Motown

Automobiles: After a couple of weeks living in US. we were already used to the American way of living. Detroit is the Motor city "Motown" and the big US car industrys are here. GM, Ford, Daimler-Chrysler. The public transport in Detroit is limited to the "people mover" a monorail that circles around the inner city asn serves a hand full of station, if it is not broken down, which it has been most of the last years. There is also an attempt to a bus service which services 2 convenient lines if they are not on strike.

You get the picture: without a car this is hell. we bought our first one, a Toyota Corolla, and within weeks a 16 year old boy drives the big limo of his father in back of the car while Daan and Eefke are waiting for a red light. Almost total loss. Ough $ 7000 to get everything fixed. Luckily the insurance of the other party, who was at fault, paid a whopping US500. An expensive lesson in the Michigan no-fault insurance system.

After we solved our cash flow problems with the sudden reparation we bought our second car. Call it a min-van, but with a motor of 3.8 liter and weighting approx ???? kilo's it feels a lot safer against crazy teenage drivers who can hardly see over their steer....

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