Isaac asked me this the other week, and I had to think about it for a moment: How many cars have you driven? I probably drove more cars while learning to drive than subsequently: My driving instructor’s white Corolla – André from the RACV Driving School must have nerves of steel, and his car a ... [More]
Yes, I saw the other car at that roundabout. Despite the rain, the dark, I was quite aware it was there. And it would have been entirely my fault if we’d collided. I failed to give way to the right. Because I thought it was turning left. I ask you: those dickie little driving lights ... [More]
People who wanted their supermarket transaction split-up into separate $30 bills just to take advantage of “spend $30 for 4 cents per litre off petrol” and other such deals would have to queue up again between dockets. The expression “I’ll let you go”, which is meant to sound like the person is doing you a ... [More]
On my way back to work after lunch with lovely girlfriend yesterday, I hopped on a tram on Collins Street. Before it even reached the next stop, some bloke in a seat near the front keeled over, his two sneakered feet the only thing visible to me, sticking out into the aisle. The driver stopped ... [More]
What the F— do you think you’re doing, Mr White Stationwagon? Where the F— did you get your driver’s licence? Why the F— do you think you can decide as you’re driving through an intersection in the left hand lane, that you are suddenly going to turn right, across three lanes of traffic, cutting me ... [More]
Navigating to a party on Saturday night (with a woman who can read maps! A good reason — not that another one was needed — to hold onto her!) it became apparent from looking at the Melway that the street in question has three names over its 6 kilometre length over the stretch we traversed, ... [More]
I was driving my car. I was driving my car and sitting at a traffic light. I was driving my car and sitting at a traffic light in Wurend… Wudrunj… [checks Melway] Wurundjeri Way. I was driving my car and sitting at a traffic light in Wurundjeri Way when I saw a white car stop ... [More]
My old place post-renovation. I’ll have to have a nose around when I get the chance. I was told that yesterday my car was in bits all over some engine shop’s floor. Well, actually what the guy said (with baited breath) was that they had to go into the cylinder to adjust the flange sprocket ... [More]
Obviously some people have great problems using their indicators. After all, when your hands are on the steering wheel, the switch is a long long way away, and so awkwardly placed too. I’ve come to the conclusion that the first day of the month is when they let all the idiots onto the roads. There’s ... [More]
It started with a funny noise. A funny noise, a kind of throbbing, and a little extra smoke. So I took the car in on Monday to get looked at, to find out why it was doing it. "Oil", they said – "lack of oil". Ah. Okay. Wish I’d checked the oil more regularly. Then ... [More]
This morning a good Samaritan leapt out of her car at an intersection to tell me I had no brake lights. Well, at least that they weren’t working. This put me into something of a panic, as of all the lights on a car, the brake lights are some of the most important. Screw keeping ... [More]
Even though I got a good eight hours of sleep last night, I’m still tired. Maybe I’m still playing catch-up for Saturday night (5.5 hours). I was in Geelong for dinner on Saturday night, and ended up driving back home late. I’ve been humming Area 7‘s Bogan song all weekend, so it was pretty funny ... [More]