My friend stumbled across a neglected Porsche 911 which was modified by Ruf. By knocking on doors he found the owner that is into racing Porsches and let him have it at a knock-down price. I saw the car today after it has been serviced and brought back to life. It’s a growling, snarling beast of a car ready to rip down the highway.

The car I am driving now is a really low power micro car that is very practical and really boring to drive. But it doesn’t entice me to drive fast. Unlike the sports motorcyles I used to own where the adrenalin rush was so good.

Here there are plenty of bored cops on bikes and most people drive pathetically slow and cautiously. So much that it is really difficult to pull out of road junctions. They see you waiting to pull out and slow down on the approach so making it much harder for you to do a right turn!

At weekends, I hear a helicoptor hovering over the city for ages and circling. What are they up to? Are they looking out for the fast cars? With a 50Kph limit on main roads I don’t think I can fully enjoy fast cars here.

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