Sunday, August 26, 2007
Big changes happening
Unbeliveable but already tomorrow we'll drive to Munich. We packed some suitcases (biiiig ones!) and quite a few boxes and I just hope I'll fit everything into the car tomorrow.
I will take a picture of the fully loaded car then. I bought a car trunk fence so that I can load above window level without risking the lives of the whole family (you don't want to have luggage pieces flying around in the car hitting a head). I bought a station wagon but with two people and a baby you don't have many options in extending the trunk.
Some old news make me worried about reaching my family while on vacation. It's normally one of the easiest possibilites to reach them when they are in China. Else I'll have to buy a phone card or search some stupid predial number.
I will take a picture of the fully loaded car then. I bought a car trunk fence so that I can load above window level without risking the lives of the whole family (you don't want to have luggage pieces flying around in the car hitting a head). I bought a station wagon but with two people and a baby you don't have many options in extending the trunk.
Some old news make me worried about reaching my family while on vacation. It's normally one of the easiest possibilites to reach them when they are in China. Else I'll have to buy a phone card or search some stupid predial number.
Monday, May 28, 2007
A video about the traffic situation in Beijing
This is a video about the traffic situation in Beijing and how rude drivers of expensive cars (there is a high import tax on luxury cars!) can be when they should pay a 10 RMB (ca. 1 Euro - $1.20) parking fee:
More videos can be found on danwei.tv (link to this video).
More videos can be found on danwei.tv (link to this video).
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Rental Car
Our car had a serious issue with the aircon two weeks ago - it decided it doesn't like to work anymore. So I got it checked and they found out that there is a leakage somewhere in the aircon. Took them a day more than expected to find it so I got a rental car (the new Opel SUV - "Antara").
They couldn't find the leak so the had to add some special liquid to make the leak visible. Found it now and they repaired it today. As this takes more than two hours I got another rental car. Much nicer than the SUV - the Opel Astra TwinTop. This is a convertible with a steel roof.
Nice car. :-)
Labels: Cars, Convertible, Germany
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Car Presentation
This was a car presentation during the Shanghai Auto 2005:
Jackie Chan as Superhero
On the Shanghai Auto Show:
I have to say that the car he was promoting is a flop in China.
I have to say that the car he was promoting is a flop in China.
Shanghai Auto 2005
I just uploaded all pictures from last year's Shanghai Auto to Picasaweb. I will add some videos to YouTube too.
You may see some cars that you never saw before and (hopefully) will never see again:
You may see some cars that you never saw before and (hopefully) will never see again:
Labels: Cars, China, Shanghai, Taxis
