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I just love driving the N1 from Cape Town
I’m not Aerophobic…I Love Driving
Well let me tell you something, I’m not afraid of flying…I just love
driving. Just because a lot of people don’t see the point in sitting in a car
for 16 hours, or worse, in a bus for a million days; that doesn’t make me afraid
of flying. And in any case, I know for a fact that a plane is the safest form
of transport; Superman even said so. There is a scene in Superman – The Return
when Superman saves a plane from plummeting into a baseball field, and just
before he makes his grand, Supermanly exit, he says to the passengers: Don’t
let this put you off flying…it still is the safest form of transport
statistically speaking. Now tell me, if Superman can reassure us that flying is
the safest form of transport…what’s there to be scared of? After all, even if
something does go wrong in mid-air, there’s a 0.1% chance that Superman will
come and save the day…
As much a safe transport as an airplane maybe, I prefer the tar road and those
white lines; and I prefer that anyone who sees me coming up in their rear-view
mirror use the yellow line because I’m driving. For the N1 I prefer a 4x4
because I have to contend with trucks…lots and lots of 18-wheeler, freight
trucks; they carry whatever they carry between Johannesburg and Cape Town. Now
if you’ve ever driven the N1 you’ll know that those monsters are a bit of a
pain in the boot; the truck drivers are pretty mean after all those years of
driving up and down the N1.
When I prepare for a journey down my favourite stretch of road, I don’t just go
for any 4x4, I go for a beast. These beasts come in many forms; like a Land
Rover Defender for instance, or a Hummer. But these two beasts will just create
a situation whereby I’m an elephant and the truck driver is a dinosaur that is
hesitant to mess with me; he doesn’t know what I’m capable of. So which beast
of a 4x4 could possibly better the two I’ve mentioned? A BMW X5 4.8is or the
Range Rover Sport Supercharged. Though they are not as monstrous as the other
two, these two machines are brutally, and I mean brutally fast.
We can save the Defender for the day I decide to just cut through the mountains
until I get to Johannesburg. But for the tarmac, nothing beats the X5 4.8is or
the double R. Both of them can stand up to those trucks…heck even the trucks
move to the yellow line when they see you in the rear-view mirror.
So if you want to fly with Superman in the sky it’s your choice…for all we know
you’re the one who is scared of driving. But as for me, I’m not scared of
flying I just love driving.
About the Author: Mokhalaka prefers driving on the N1 in
his new auto that be bought at a lucky car
sale in Cape Town.
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