[calverson]

While driving this morning I saw this in the lane ahead of me.

Welcome to Africa.

[Maflynn]

OMG your steering wheels on the wrong side and you drive on the wrong side of the road

[brassplayersrock²]

and what's the deal with that green crap all over the place?

[Andrew Stephens]

and there aren't at least 35 commuters piled into the back.

Cheeky Citi golf CTi in front too. I always fancied having one of those back in the UK

[mattyb]

WTF are you doing taking pictures while driving?

[calverson]

I am talented.

[NobleMatt]

just looked up that golf Citi, dam they look wicked, from what i could tell they still make them over there yer? i found a 2007 model with 60,000k on the cock for which worked out to be 4.7k sterling, couldn't find any for sale in the UK, but like the look of that little thing, quite fancy finding a cool car to do the Student Gunball rally in

[mattyb]

Originally Posted by crazyreaper 

i found a 2007 model with 60,000k on the cock for which worked out to be 4.7k sterling

Quoted for posterity, and potential new thread material.

[osiris]

Damn you, calverson, and your fancy frod and green trees.

I've just returned from tropical climes. I'm quite bitter, thanks for reminding me why.

[dcmacdaddy]

Originally Posted by calverson 

While driving this morning I saw this in the lane ahead of me.

Welcome to Africa.

Isn't Africa also home to all the YO-labeled Toyota trucks as well?

[NobleMatt]

Originally Posted by mattyb 

Quoted for posterity, and potential new thread material.

gotta love typos

think i'll leave as it is tbh

[mattyb]

Goes well with your sig as well crazyreaper

[NobleMatt]

yer i try to live up 2 it

[iMOTOR]

I’m more surprised to see that Opel makes pickup trucks. Learned something new today.

[Spheric Harlot]

Originally Posted by mattyb 

Quoted for posterior, and potential new threat material.

you dirty swine.

[Laminar]

Where's SWG to make a redneck comment when you need him?

[Shaddim]

Originally Posted by brassplayersrock² 

and what's the deal with that green crap all over the place?

You call that green? Pfftt

[brassplayersrock²]

if it were brown, I'd call it brown. If it were blue, I'd call it blue, in other words, shut up.

[calverson]

Originally Posted by Shaddim 

You call that green? Pfftt

Did you just let one rip?

[Andrew Stephens]

Originally Posted by iMOTOR 

I’m more surprised to see that Opel makes pickup trucks. Learned something new today.

IN the local vernacular the are bakkies, not pickups (pronounced buckies)

[calverson]

Originally Posted by crazyreaper 

just looked up that golf Citi, dam they look wicked, from what i could tell they still make them over there yer? i found a 2007 model with 60,000k on the cock for which worked out to be 4.7k sterling, couldn't find any for sale in the UK, but like the look of that little thing, quite fancy finding a cool car to do the Student Gunball rally in

This is the beast that I want to get:



I was going to get a Golf V but, due to the scarcity of them at release, they were incredibly expensive. Dealers charged about 40% more than the indicative price, and people still bought them.

Originally Posted by Andrew Stephens 

IN the local vernacular the are bakkies, not pickups (pronounced buckies)

Hiltamaal.

[Shaddim]

Originally Posted by brassplayersrock² 

if it were brown, I'd call it brown. If it were blue, I'd call it blue, in other words, shut up.

eat me, Mr. Notsogreengrass man.

[phantomdragonz]

Opel is GM right? GM makes a lot of trucks...

-Zach

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by phantomdragonz 

Opel is GM right? GM makes a lot of trucks...

Open Europe doesn't do trucks.

So it's a GM truck, with a Opel logo. Kind of odd, but hey...

-t

[- - e r i k - -]

Originally Posted by dcmacdaddy 

Isn't Africa also home to all the YO-labeled Toyota trucks as well?

Australia has a lot of those. If I had one, I'd do it

[calverson]

Originally Posted by Shaddim 

eat me, Mr. Notsogreengrass man.

The notsogreengrass is always notsogreener on the other side.

[Eug]

Heh. Given the pronunciation of "FROD", you'd almost wonder if it was intentional.

[calverson]

That could be so. And that is potentially worse, because that would make him a TryHard™.

[Andrew Stephens]

[QUOTE=calverson;3772221Hiltamaal.[/QUOTE]

excuse me?

[calverson]

Its Afrikaans. Spelt wrong, I am sure.

[mattyb]

Reminds me of something that I saw on a Range Rover. The artwork was excellent, it said : Strange Lover

Made me chuckle anyway.

[Andrew Stephens]

Originally Posted by calverson 

Its Afrikaans. Spelt wrong, I am sure.

I don't actually speak die taal so it so I ran it past my wife who drew a blank as well. "hangs head in linguistic shame"

[calverson]

It is pronounced:

hil-ta-maal

which means "completely"

[Goldfinger]

A bit like "helemaal" in Dutch

I love Afrikaans, sounds pretty funny to us Dutch speaking people because it's so similar.

[calverson]

There is this guy from Holland (I think) at my work who laughs everytime someone speaks the language. He says it is like a "child Dutch".

[Andrew Stephens]

The red circle is my car, parked in what used to be Transkei. Not so much greenery here.

[calverson]

Is that flagstaff? or nearby?

Here is the transkie as I know it:



A lot more green! I love that place. No power, no cell phone signal, but good seafood and awesome beach.

[Andrew Stephens]

Originally Posted by calverson 

Is that flagstaff? or nearby?

It was Lusikisiki. Very dusty, very African. I knew a guy there who was an artist, mildly well known at the time.

edit: just found him through the power of google: http://www.samgabula.co.za/studio.htm

[Oisín]

Originally Posted by calverson 

It is pronounced:

hil-ta-maal

which means "completely"

Ah. Heeltemal. (This as a first guess from someone who doesn’t even speak the language)

I guess if you’re going to make your cars backwards (well, mirrored) and drive on the wrong side of the road, you might as well go the whole mile and type the brand name on the car half-backwards, too. Sort of makes sense.

[calverson]

Good guess. Now that I look at it, it looks correct.