“Recalculating, recalculating….” The British woman’s voice on my sat nav is calm, but my sixteen year old daughter is not so sure.
“Mom, we are totally lost!” I reluctantly agree with Abbie as I look around and realize that I'm driving down a cow path in a field, with pheasant walking across. Just another adventure in our new life in England!
This week's good thing is my new car. Driving in England is a bit of a challenge, but the freedom of driving again feels so wonderful that I'm quickly overcoming my fear of the dreaded "roundabouts" (US translation is a rotary) and taking to the open road.
My neighbor, Steve Guglielmi, is the guy who helped me find my lovely 1987 BMW 318i.
Click to find out more about: Steve G's company
My neighbor, Steve Guglielmi, is the guy who helped me find my lovely 1987 BMW 318i.
Click to find out more about: Steve G's company
As a race car driver and luxury car mechanic, Steve is used to dealing with people who are much more discriminating in their automobile requirements than I am - my basic requirements are that a car runs when I put the key in and it doesn't stop until I put it in park. And I've discovered that it doesn't matter what country I'm in, I still need to move the seat up to reach the steering wheel!
And I'm not sure even Steve realizes all of the incredible things my car can really do:
Click to see: Highlights from my car
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