Turbo Man's Fitness Blog: My new Car

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'It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.' Theodore Roosevelt 23 April 1910

Saturday, 14 March 2009

My new Car

After 2.5 years the "Red Rocket", namely my 14-year old 1.4 Vauxhall Astra, has been replaced by the above, a very youthful (in comparison) 8-year old Ford Focus 1.8 Ghia. It seems Mrs Turbo Man could not get on with a car that didn't have power steering and with me taking our other car to and from Gosport every week I was told The Red Rocket had to go. The back seats fold leaving a completely flat floor so it is very bike friendly. All it needs now is a name; it's a pale green colour so something like The Green Goblin would suit it - any ideas?

I'm writing this whilst carbo loading in preparation for my ride tomorrow morning with Sags. I've also just found out that you get half price pizzas from Dominos if you show your ID card - brilliant.