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I can offer a story of our hire car being bitten by lions
Last time I took the wife to SA we hired a Toyota Tazz (normal 4 door compact thing in SA) and during our travels I decided to stop at a safari park. Thought it would be a good place for showing her some wildlife etc and pulled up to the kiosk to pay. Chap politely tells me I really really should have a 4x4 or something 'more suitable' , I politely replied it was a hire car to which he smiled and took my money. Managed all of about 20ft before grounding out on the ruts and beaching the car on its belly , some pushing and shoving from the locals at the gate and we were off again.
Several scrapes and bangs later we came across the lion enclosure which was a huge fenced section you could drive into and see around a dozen battle scarred buggers. Pulled in and drove a bit before a rather large chap decided he quite fancied us. He sauntered over and lay directly across the road in front of the car which we thought was great, loads of photos and videos etc. What we hadn't spotted was the others coming up from behind us. Then big chap gets up and walks over to the side of the car and just randomly bit the tyre which he did like it was cheese !! Time to go, started driving out with a totally flat tyre flobbing about and they then really took an interest in the car and one charged right up to the passenger window making a small amount of poo come out
So there we were in a safari in a totally unsuitable hire car with a flat tyre which a lion had just eaten for lunch. We weren't allowed out the car while in the park so had to continue with the flat wheel. Not quite paying as much attention as I should due to recent incidents I found myself startling a rather large elephant by driving right passed him, who took two steps towards us, allowing a further drop or two of poo too come out. Made it back to the gate where the locals were are finding it pretty funny, turns out this lion has a thing for biting tyres ...cheers for the heads up boys
On the plus side, The wife was videoing the whole saga so we have video evidence of her screaming like a girl and me, well cool as a cucumber
Offending bugger number 1
Offending bugger number 2
We managed to throw the spare on once outside the park and had a new tyre fitted. At the end of the holiday I had the car scrubbed within an inch of its life by the locals and dropped it back at the airport. They seemed happy with the condition when checking it in so happy days haha
Last time I took the wife to SA we hired a Toyota Tazz (normal 4 door compact thing in SA) and during our travels I decided to stop at a safari park. Thought it would be a good place for showing her some wildlife etc and pulled up to the kiosk to pay. Chap politely tells me I really really should have a 4x4 or something 'more suitable' , I politely replied it was a hire car to which he smiled and took my money. Managed all of about 20ft before grounding out on the ruts and beaching the car on its belly , some pushing and shoving from the locals at the gate and we were off again.
Several scrapes and bangs later we came across the lion enclosure which was a huge fenced section you could drive into and see around a dozen battle scarred buggers. Pulled in and drove a bit before a rather large chap decided he quite fancied us. He sauntered over and lay directly across the road in front of the car which we thought was great, loads of photos and videos etc. What we hadn't spotted was the others coming up from behind us. Then big chap gets up and walks over to the side of the car and just randomly bit the tyre which he did like it was cheese !! Time to go, started driving out with a totally flat tyre flobbing about and they then really took an interest in the car and one charged right up to the passenger window making a small amount of poo come out
So there we were in a safari in a totally unsuitable hire car with a flat tyre which a lion had just eaten for lunch. We weren't allowed out the car while in the park so had to continue with the flat wheel. Not quite paying as much attention as I should due to recent incidents I found myself startling a rather large elephant by driving right passed him, who took two steps towards us, allowing a further drop or two of poo too come out. Made it back to the gate where the locals were are finding it pretty funny, turns out this lion has a thing for biting tyres ...cheers for the heads up boys
On the plus side, The wife was videoing the whole saga so we have video evidence of her screaming like a girl and me, well cool as a cucumber
Offending bugger number 1
Offending bugger number 2
We managed to throw the spare on once outside the park and had a new tyre fitted. At the end of the holiday I had the car scrubbed within an inch of its life by the locals and dropped it back at the airport. They seemed happy with the condition when checking it in so happy days haha
Embarrassed to admit it, but I drove with a mate from Glasgow to Edinburgh and never came out of 2nd gear.
Was a nearly new Ford Focus with 2k miles on the clock.
That was around 16 years ago though, ridiculous in hindsight.
(and I read your Stelvio pass on another forum around 4 years ago and did the very same trip with 3 other mates after being impressed with your trip)
Was a nearly new Ford Focus with 2k miles on the clock.
That was around 16 years ago though, ridiculous in hindsight.
(and I read your Stelvio pass on another forum around 4 years ago and did the very same trip with 3 other mates after being impressed with your trip)
I flew to Geneva to house sit for a friend.
Hired a Sixt basic car. They gave me a BMW 325i (this was about 2009).
Drive carefully to get to the house. Next morning a foot of snow. So bang go my plans of a great drive.
Instead I made anatomically correct snow-women in my friends front lawn instead, in a deeply religious and conservative village...
Hired a Sixt basic car. They gave me a BMW 325i (this was about 2009).
Drive carefully to get to the house. Next morning a foot of snow. So bang go my plans of a great drive.
Instead I made anatomically correct snow-women in my friends front lawn instead, in a deeply religious and conservative village...
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