Motors and such
DemonSpawn
Date:
20/03/2006
Did you ever notice how Motorshows tend to bring out the best and baddest of cars for the taking?I mean, the new Rolls Royce they displayed this week on our local excuse for a Motorshow was just pornographic. And what are they encouraging? Please consume as much of our world's natural resources as possible with this swanky, new, glittery, silver car, because we're really trying, and we haven't found a way to run out just yet...
I mean, what the hell are they thinking?
Yes, yes, there were The Fair Share of overgrown Matchbox (TM) toy cars that didn't make the spec to actually fit into the matchbox, and can and should be driven by housewives the world over - preferably the automatic variety - which stood embarrassingly close to those gas-guzzlers. But we really saw some damn fine eco-system decimators on that show this weekend.
There was even, compliments of Ford Motor Company, available to you, your very own Redneck Truck, (minus the gun-rack, because that would cost extra), and the super-duper-low-profile Lamborghini, which could never be bought and/ or driven by a South African on South African roads because everyone knows our roads are, unfortunately, more suited to the 4x4-kind of turbo. The potholes are so bad that when you see ears sticking out of one, you know for sure it's not a bunny. It's a donkey that can't get out.
And the only bikes on show this year were Harleys, Buells and pocket bikes. One that leaks oil like a rent-boy and costs much more to replace parts on; one that rides like a Shetland pony with its head between its legs, and several that can be comfortably stashed in a length of wrapping paper for Xmas presents.
Now, that's not much fun at all!
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