Testdrive
"Ok, moment of truth I suppose, let's see how it holds up." He curved around the slip road in fourth gear before pushing down on the accelerator and sliding the gearstick up in to fifth. This 80s' model had been foistering in that garage well before six gears became the norm, despite dating from the definitive transition decade of fuel injection. His shotgun passenger was just as concentrated, switching his intense gaze between the road ahead, the speedometer and the driver's foot on the gas pedal as it pushed down. "How's does it feel?" The driver's response came after a few seconds of seeming analysis: "It's good, feels steady, no wobble on the steering wheel." "Give it a bit more." ***** It had come with the territory as they say, covered in an eternity of dust, in the detached garage from the house. There had been so much junk left heaped in there from the previous house owner. Little more than the chassis and crusty...
