Uma isihloko besisithi, “Ford Mustang Spinning To Death,” ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi akekho kini ongamangala kakhulu. Kodwa njengoba kuyi-saloon yaseJalimane, izinto sezishintshile, akunjalo?
Uma ukhuluma nge-BMW 5 Series, umuntu ukhuluma ngemoto ewubukhazikhazi, enokuziphatha okuhle okuguquguqukayo futhi elungele “ukundiza” ngokunethezeka emigwaqweni emikhulu. Kodwa ngobuwula noma cha, kukhona labo abacabanga ukuthi lena imoto efanelekayo kakhulu ukwenza phezulu futhi ushiye uphawu phezu asphalt. Nokho, angifuni ukwehluleka ukudumisa intando enhle yalesi Russian(?) ekufuneni ukwenza le 530i umshini oguquguqukayo.
Uma ngikhuluma iqiniso, kumelwe ukuba babebaningi laba bashayeli ePortugal. Kungani? Ngoba ngaleyo ndlela basize ekufukuleni umnotho wamaPutukezi emkhakheni wezimoto. Uma singaboni, amathayi ashisiwe adinga ukuthengwa kwesethi entsha yamathayi, ukuguga nokudilika emotweni kudinga uhambo oluthile oluya egaraji, isilinganiso seminyaka yokuphila yemoto siyancipha, ngakho-ke, kuzodingeka thenga imoto entsha ngokushesha. UMnu. UNgqongqoshe Wezomnotho Nokuqashwa, njengoba ubona, lena ithiyori enhle yokusiza iPortugal…
Umbhalo: Tiago Luís