Cars and Transport Articles
posted on 22 January 2012
I'm a keen dirt biker - I have the latest in motocross clothing too - from my airoh helmets to my goggles and knee and elbow protectors. However, when it comes to owning other vehicles, I would rather buy shares with the money than buy a car. I enjoy investing in the market and consider cars as depreciating assets. It is quite unusual for anyone to make a profit on a car that they have bought. I have been hiring out a car for a number of years now and would have it any other way. I often swap the car over each month. I am rather selective in the cars that I drive. I prefer sports cars however I do like models such as hatchbacks and the like. I often take the hired car for long drives and like to show off my latest car to my work friends and relatives. I hire cars out for the long term so I get a much cheaper rate. If I hired a car for the short term it would cost me too much money. I doubt I would be hiring a car if that was the case. I intend to get a new hire next month. I am unsure if I want an imported convertible or a hatchback. There is too much choice! |
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posted on 1 January 2012
Around late January to early Feburary, the Detroit International Auto show is in full flow. For two weeks, the city is a flutter of activity, the center of attention, set upon the world stage as if participating in pagentry. Detroit becomes a mecca of elegance and cleanliness,and it's sad in a way, because what visitors don't understand, what they can't understand is this clean, emaculate, SAFE city is a mirage which only lasts for those special and all too short two weeks. Detroit is in decline.Has been for almost forty years, since the riots of 1967,when flight to the suburbs were at its zenith. Detroit was a golden jewel in the Midwest, now, it is an eyesore, with gutted, abandoned houses, delapitated buildings which either should be demolished or repaired, and streets not made of gold, but filled with litter and dirt, and nary a road sweeper to be seen. Detroit's problem is not with the citizens, but with the system, the government which does not have the money to repair broken roads, and with layoffs going through the roof, repavement of asphalt is all but a distant, unattainable dream. No money is coming from the State of Michigan either. In fact, this year, and possibly in 2012, the govenor will seriously want to place a "Financial Manager" over the city, stripping the current mayor of his power to lead. The city is in such a bad state,that ordinary citizens, the few that are left in the city, take it upon themselves to pick up the trash that is thrown into the streets. Volunteers have donated recycling bins for plastic and paper garbage. The financial straits are so bad, the Mayor (The Honorable David Bing), has had to cut millions reserved for street sweepers, which included funding for new vehicles and snow plow trucks. There is an exploding rat, bed bug and cockroach population. Stray dogs and cats are becoming common place, along with the infestation of drug pushers, prostitutes, and addicts. These issues are being addressed, but unless the Mayor can get some sort of financial help (which the State is unwilling to provide), it will only get much, much worse. |
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posted on 4 August 2010
My best friend got one for her anniversary last year, and I was so bummed. Her husband works for a pretty prominent law firm here where we reside, and he gives her everything her heart desires. I was happy for her, but I had always wanted a Navigator, and when I saw it roll up into my driveway, I wanted to scratch her eyeballs out of her head. I'm not exaggerating either! I was so green with envy, it was probably pouring out of me in waves. Envy is such a horrible feeling isn't it? Why do we covet that which others have? I should be happy - we have everything we need, even a pair of electric bikes to keep us fit and healthy. And yet envy is such a human failing, and part of our nature, sometimes we just have to accept it.
My best friend knows me better than anyone, so she asked if we should take a ride. My husband kissed me and told me to go. I hopped in the passenger seat, and we went for a cruise up the road.I love my best friend, don't get me wrong, we have an awesome relationship too. But I have three sons, She has no kids. I been married for ten years, she's a newbie to the marriage thing. So, we envy one another for all different reasons, that's probably what helps makes us such strong friends.
But this day was hard for me.
When we parked, I looked over at her, and smiled, some tears in my eyes, I told her I thought she was a very lucky woman. We talked for hours in this beautiful SUV. Gray interior, fully loaded, with everything. Black exterior, with chrome finishes, and rims. The car was undeniably, the most beautiful car I had ever laid my eyes upon. She told me, how much she loved me, and how happy she was, to know that even though she knew showing it to me was going to be hard for me, I was the only person she wanted to show it to.
I was the first person she wanted to share her happiness with. I was so taken in by that. I gave her a huge hug, and she handed me the key, here, she said, you drive us home! I was so happy, I was getting to drive this bad boy. Three months later, a few days before my birthday, a beautiful off white Navigator came pulling in to our garage. My first thought, was someone was lost. Then I saw my husband poke his head over the steering wheel. He mouthed "do you like?" I shook my head yes, then he mouthed "happy birthday". |
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