Driving the impressions

I drive a small car, they call it the Suzuki Swift. Diesel, red.

Red car and I seem out of sync, they said. White or grey was more my kind according to them.

I was amazed, when that was the near universal observation of friends. Boring and colourless is what I am supposed to be.

What impressions do I leave, had not thought of it so strongly ever before. Perceptions have often been my undoing.

Extension of that logic, I should be driving in the third lane, often end up tailing auto rickshaws and other slow moving vehicles. On the contrary I have loved driving at top speed, once hitting 150kph on the Nelson Mandela Road.

My driving, has changed quite a bit since I first started driving my new car. The 'Swift' with its smooth engine, amazing pick up has been a pleasure to drive. Wish it came with a prettier bum.

From driving like a maniac, as if the roads were a screen on a video game to now has been quite a change. Have once done office to home in 17-18 minutes during peak evening hours, it was atrociously crazy. Never again, I promised myself.

Am rather pleased to have tempered down. Lane driving, no pushing and shoving and of course no zig - zags these days. What has been the trigger - a friend's accident, or the resolve to drive slower and sensibly when there was someone else in the car too. The second is what I will go with.

I want to participate in some motor rally, where I can drive at crazy speeds. Must try some powerful vehicles too. Never really driven a SUV, must check that out as well.