QotD: My First Car
Tell us a little something about your first car. Do you have any photos you can share?
The White Rider, El Blanco, a 1994 Fiesta.
Of course, she was prone to the occasional lapse in motor function, but in an endearing way. She served us well, and opened up the joys of weekend surfing trips for a summer. On one such occassion, we drove to Fanore beach, got suited up, and were about to get into the water when someone told us that the waves were much better on the other side of the head, in Lahinch. After a short conference, we decided to throw the boards in the back, and head inland, directly towards Lahinch.
About halfway there, I got a flat.
And so it happened that on a hot summer day in the middle of the Burren, miles from the nearest sign of water, a busload of puzzled Japanese tourists drove slowly past a brokendown car which, for some strange reason, was being attended to by two young men dressed entirely in wetsuits.
