I've never been very good with figures so I always dismissed vehicles with the 4x4 tag as not for me. That was just before I had the opportunity to take an a camping holiday with chums. My pal's hubby said they would be picking me up in the 'truck', and never seeing it before, I assumed that I might need to endure the long journey to our holiday location in a huge deafening box on tires with hard unpleasant seats. Imagine my surprise when they drew up in a snazzy-looking 4-wheel-drive vehicle. This was no 'truck' in the conventional meaning of the term. The cab was remarkably luxurious inside, with comfortable well-sprung seat designs and plenty of inside room. Even though we picked up the remainder of our group of happy travelers with their huge carriers of padkos, and had been on the road for a few hours, it did not seem crowded at all.
Now, I'm rather short so I struggled to climb into the 4x4 in the beginning, until the driver showed me a clever foothold located in the running board especially to help vertically challenged people much like me. That I can't readily get into high vehicles has always been a bone of contention with me so I was thrilled to strike this reservation off my list, and once I had perfected the art of climbing into and out of the cab, I found I rather liked being up on high. The view from the cab was impressive and great for taking in the sights once we reached the national game park which was our vacation spot. My past trips to game parks had been in vehicles that sat much nearer to the road surface, so I genuinely noticed the change in my game watching experience on this occasion.
We suffered a couple of day's rainy weather in the course of our holiday however it did not interfere with our enjoyment much. The 4x4 handled the muddy and slippery conditions well because of the matched distribution of power to all four tires, and I have to admit, I was feeling very secure. My friend's spouse joked that the feeling of security was what had endeared his car to her and that she put up with it taking up the entire car port due to this. On a more somber tone, he added that it was easy to become complacent in such a secure-feeling vehicle and that he had to make sure he did not take a chance on the streets. I also learned that 4x4s are suited to both on and off road purposes due to the fact they possess a switch that allows them to be changed from 4WD to 2WD.
After I returned from my holiday and had to enter peak hour traffic again, the difference between finding myself a large 4x4 versus my normal little vehicle was evident to me. I could no longer look far in front ahead the way I had been able to in the 4WD vehicle. It was subsequently aggravating not to have the ability to see the thing that was causing the traffic jam up in front. Then later, while i was overtaking a slow vehicle, a minibus taxi pulled up on my right and attempted to drive past. I tried to speed up but there was not adequate strength under the bonnet of my vehicle to pull away from the taxi behind me and I was forced to put up with its indignant hooting from the rear. Come Christmas time, I'll be asking Santa Claus to send me a 4x4.
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