On top of this, my wife doesn’t drive.
Well that’s not strictly true, she passed her test 12 years ago and hasn’t driven since. We have a second car, and she’s a Construction Quality Inspector, and her colleague usually takes her to the company quarries at various locations around România. Anyway, he’s retiring soon, so she has to get back into the driving seat!
This weekend she decided to drive up to the house
It’s 110 km not too far, and as we needed to take the 3 bikes back there from Bucharest I drove the truck and followed her!
She insisted on doing it alone, a brave move in my book, she’s never driven a car without having someone with her, before.
OMG, what a journey, leaving the city Friday night was the worst bit. Her clutch control is close to non existent, so it was stall after stall at traffic lights with angry motorists beeping her when she sat at a set of lights for 2 change cycles, before she got away
When she did, she went off like a rocket, wheel-spin the lot, leaving black lines on the road
Anyway, after escaping the city, she settled down well on the open road, even if she did drive painfully slowly. Better that I suppose, than racing out of control.
All in all I was very proud of her, it was a brave move.
She’ll drive more now and get more used to it and the car. Everything was new to her yesterday. We’ll leave early today for the return journey, and see if we can get Home in the light. Otherwise, at her speed, it will Be midnight when we get home...