UChris Harris, enye yezona ntatheli zibalaseleyo kumaphephandaba, wenze amalungiselelo okudibana neemoto ezimbini ezikhethekileyo. Injongo? Fumana undoqo wokuqhuba.
Ndihlala ndizibuza ukuba ivela phi le nto yokuthanda iimoto, nto leyo eyenza intliziyo yam ibalekise (malunga nentsimbi yeshumi elinanye ebusuku kwaye ndiselapha ndibhala ngale nto inamavili amane…). Kutheni sisihogo ndiziva ndonwabile ngokudelela imithetho yefiziksi? Kutheni ndizithanda kangaka iimoto? Xa kusengqiqweni, zonke ii-alam kumzimba wam kufuneka zindibhekise kwelona thuku liphambili: ukusinda. Kodwa hayi, le nkanuko indiqhubela ngokugqibeleleyo ukuya kwelo jiko kunye nelinye igophe. Kwaye le iza emva kwayo, ikhawuleza, ikhawuleza, ilumke ngakumbi kwaye inesibindi, xa ekuphela kwento ebendifanele ukuba ndiyayenza kukusuka kwindawo A ukuya kwindawo B ndisongelwe ngeengxowa zomoya kweyona moto ikhuselekileyo nekruqulayo ehlabathini. Ukuba kuyenzeka uhlobo lwesixhobo sasekhaya esingacalulwanga.
Kodwa akunjalo. Okukhona undibetha kokukhona ndikuthanda. Okukhona imoto iyindoda kwaye ingenangqondo, kokukhona ivuselela iimvakalelo. Kungenxa yeemvakalelo ezifana nezi ukuba iimoto ezifana neMorgan Three Wheeler okanye iCaterham Seven, ngokungathandabuzekiyo zisisiseko kwaye ziphelelwe lixesha, ziqhubeka zingoku nje njengoko zazinjalo ngomhla wokuzalwa kumashumi eminyaka eyadlulayo.
Kuba ekugqibeleni, eyona nto ibalulekileyo ziimvakalelo. Kwaye akukho nto esulungekileyo kunonxibelelwano lomatshini womntu ngaphandle kwabalamleli phakathi. Kulapho sifumana khona «undoqo wokuqhuba» kwaye kulapho uChris Harris efuna ukusithatha kwesinye isiqendu seDrive. Bukela ividiyo, kwenye imeko apho ithisisi ethi incinci iyasebenza kuko konke ukugcwala kwayo. UChris Harris ujonga:
Umbhalo: Guilherme Ferreira da Costa