Driving Back to Happiness

I hadn’t driven for quite some time until lately. I used to drive every day for my work in the UK but then I spent a couple of years in Spain without ever getting behind the wheel.

After a couple of car-less years here in South America we bought an old 4×4 and I am only now starting to regain the pleasure of driving. So what could make it even better for me?

I realise that the traditional use for the best carpet cleaner you can find is at home but the inside of my car is really dirty. A lot of the roads here are unpaved and because it is hot I tend to drive with the windows down, therefore allowing a steady flow of dirt into the vehicle. Add in the presence of my daughter, who lies on the floor and throws food and drink all over the place, and you can see that it is time to get some serious clean up work done.

I could also do with a full length mirror. No, I don’t intend to try on stylish new clothes while I am driving. The problem I have found here is that there is no control on the roads. There are few traffic lights, no traffic cameras and most of the roads aren’t even marked. To cope with this you need to look everywhere at the same time to try and avoid collisions. Well, I thought that putting a giant mirror up as my rear view mirror could help me stay safe.

Could I use Menards garage packages? I park the car in the driveway just now and if I am being honest it is getting too much sun about it. Add in the neighbour’s cat – who has a habit of jumping on it and scratching the paint- and it is clear that a garage might be a good idea.

Should I just ditch the thing and go for fibreglass hot rods instead? I can’t exactly tear up the highway in my old 4×4 ans since it got converted to gas it goes uphill slower than an arthritic tortoise weighed down with several bags of shopping. I have never been all that interested in fast cars but I am getting to that stage of life where I need to slap on my wig, fasten my braces and hit the road in style.