I’m a bike person, in fact to such an extent, that I drive cars for the safety and sanity of other people and the law.

However my nephew and I often discuss cars. During one such enlightening session, we came to the conclusion that cultures worldwide seem to have certain characteristics highlighted in their cars. The British are fond of cars with ejector seats and champagne (and sometimes mix up the buttons), the Americans like to add massive tires and drive over other cars. The Russians remove turrets from tanks and call them cars (armor piercing shells are painted like matryoshka dolls by grannies). In the Sheikhdoms, cars are long usually decked in gold and often one needs to go by taxi to reach one end. In India, cars are prized for having loud horns and a certain Bollywood celebrity has been know to drive them over people sleeping on pavements.

Anyway here’s a bedevilled Volkswagen for you.