In honor of KF purchasing a new vehicle today (huzzah!), I'm posting a map of all the breakdowns and car troubles I've experienced since arriving in Lusaka. They're split between the Hilux Surf and Corolla I was driving alternatively for a time. They range from the repetitive to the totally unexpected, and, as you can see, occurred in a wide variety of locations. At the least, I can now say I know how to sort out an overheated car.
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Just to highlight my personal favorite incident; #5 involved a faulty fuel gauge telling me I still had a quarter tank left. This put me in the tight spot of running out in the middle of a main highway which has no space to pull over. The only thing to do was throw it in neutral and roll backwards downhill into oncoming traffic until I reached a turnoff. Thankfully the other drivers, not wholly unused to this sort of sight, were quick to take evasive action.
Hahaha, fantastic! Though I do wish the "rolled down the hill into oncoming traffic" story was described here. =] Was 16 the time we broke down coming back from the KF luncheon? All I remember was that it was between two roundabouts...
ReplyDeleteI put it in! That time was #15 ha
ReplyDeletehahah this is too funny - i'm glad you made out of all of those safely!
ReplyDeletewheel fell off...??! haha so scary!
ReplyDeleteright? luckily I was driving really slow on a back road ha
ReplyDeleteMark!
ReplyDeleteFANTASTIC! I love seeing all of this visually displayed...gives method to the madness and order to the chaos. I love this as a record of your time. So glad you put it together! Hearing your stories was a highlight of the retreat. Best of luck with the new wheels!