The Wheels - SA

We've spent loads of time on the road, and in some cases the car has been like a 2nd home so we thought we'd write a little something about them....

Car 1 - Daewoo Sirion (3 Days - Benoni)

Basically a Toyota Yaris. High off the ground and quite compact, and only did about 100kph!!! Was sky blue and has a femine touch. Came with power steering, CD player, air con, central locking. In heinsight, we got real value for money on this baby.

Car 2 - Toyota Tazz (1 Day - Jo'burg)

Some disagreement on this one - Marc says its like the Honda Accord - all of the bad features, none of the good. Evelyn compares it to the Corolla. It had NO POWER STEERING !!! No central locking, but did have air con, cd player and a bit more ummmmmph than the Sirion. And was more manly - you needed some real muscle to turn this thing as it handled like a tank!! Came in silver.

Car 3 - VW Citi Chico (8Days - Kwa-ZuluNatal)

Bit more like it. Was a Golf GTI (old style) and went very nicely. Virtually brand new with only 1500km on the clock. We doubled the k's on this and at a decent speed given all the luggage - topped at about 160kpm. Stereo and air con were luxuries, but NO POWER STEERING. Dead easy to find in car parks, but scared the animals when on safari - was bright "internet explorer" blue

Car 4 - VW Citi (20 days - Western Province)

Just the standard old-style Golf this time - same features as above but with no air con & the radio got no signal. Did have central locking and alarm which was reassuring. NO POWER STEERING - got some real muscles now ;) This baby came with only 700km on the clock, and we've added over 2,000km. Was white, and has been an excellent fly swotter so is now polkadot yellow ;)




Car 5 - Kia Picanto (3 Days J'burg)

What crap! It had no boot space and you could barely see over the dash as the engine was practically inside the car! We got a free upgrade to this but would of prefered the lower grade Golf (even if that meant giving up the CD player, power steering, AC...)