"Straightenin' the curves,
flattenin' the hills, someday the mountains might get 'em but the law
never will" - from The Dukes Of Hazzard theme. Let's
hope that last bit turns out to be true...
So anyway, my worn out mk1 Fiat Strada was to be given an adventure of
a lifetime - a chance to make it home to Turin
with myself and co-pilot Mark on board. The hope was to save it from an
undignified end - a scrapyard somewhere in the North of England, and return
it to the Lingotto Fiat Factory.
Periwinkle, for was it's name, was reluctant at best - rarely getting
a hundred miles on the clock before some mechanical failure would occur.
Not the best vehicle then, for tackling the Alps. But now it was going
home - perhaps it would just try a little bit harder not to breakdown?
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