welcome john i am aberto gorin from mini country netherlands

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks Guys and Girls for the welcome..its good to be here and have people speak..unlike some other groups..i suppose you ahve all found that happening in places...well like i said..thanks for the warm welcome and im looking forwards to getting to know some of you...

Kev..your right..it was  DODGE INTREPID..but not mine..only a hire car..and i was stading outside one of my online friends homes where i had stayed with the family for a few days before i came back..its a nice place just North of Philadelphia...

                 

       hugs y'all...john

 

 

 

Hello again Kev, When i hired the car it was brand new..and was a wonderful drive. It was the first and only auto i have driven that had a control that allowed the engine to slip out  of gear when either descending a hill..(bad practice huh).. or using it as an over-run control when approaching traffic lights etc..i cant recall no whether it was marked up as freewheel but thats what it was...It was so good on petrol..accelerated very well and handled so well..i think the cost for 4 days from philly airport was about $27 a day plus tax..which i think was good value..and the year was 2003.That year i flew into Houston, TX. from London Via Chicago...and then after 3 weeks there, (what a wonderful city..almost as good as London..but not quite), i flew to Philly and stayed with my friends who live about 100miles north of there.I have driven a few cars over there, i even had my own Pontiac Sunbird when i was in Vermont..now that was a great little car..man oh man that was inspiring..both the car and vermont..lol..this year after a spell in Gulfport and Biloxi after Katrina i had the pleasure of driving the Chevy Sebring convertible and the new Ford 500..both good cars..and the 2006 mustang...i loved that..better ride than the original..lol, but not the admiring glances or the nostalgia....but then again after hauling around a 7 1/2 ton truck here for between 70 and 80 hrs a week for the previous 9 months any car would have felt good..lol.i didnt drive a people carrier but did also use a Ford Ranger truck out there and thats a great drive if your hauling stuff..i was hoping to have had the chance of using a Dodge Ram..but sadly it never happened..maybe next time..the closest i came to that was the newish Ford F150..with the double cab..i just love driving..thats why i stayed with it as a living for the past 20yrs over here..Now  i am trying to find a driver training programme over there that will take me on so i can make a living over there as a driver..i love it out there and intend to end my days over there somehow..

Hi there Alberto..i love the dodge ram trucks too..they are a beautiful beast, but i think that the newest ones now arent as powerful as they were about 4yrs ago when you could hook one up to a house and still drive away with the house in tow..they sure did have more raw power than the Hummer and more good looks to..and they were super fast...whooooeeeeeeeeeee..

                            happy driving over the holiday alberto..John