Year 1999,My Dad's first car
Vehicle: Datsun Pickup,1600
Setting: Closing day of shule;
Morning: Excited sister closes school,She meet with Dad who is now driving. Very excited.
Story:
Dad and Sis are going home in the 'new' pickup,It was loaded with 14 bags of 90Kgs Layers mash for Dads chicken farm in shagz. Going up an infamous impossible hill,like 20kms from home,the thing kataad to move up when halfway. So they go back to the bottom of the hill,they reverse to the bottom,offload 7 bags,Dad pelekas the other 7 bags to the top of the hill. Back to the bottom of the hill,they load the other 7 bags,and the thing kataas to waka. After kusukumwa,it fires up. They ride smoothly to the top. They load the 7 bags and then the thing kataas to waka,again.
Dad tried to 'thitura' the thing (going downhill kidogo) on reverse,and then the thing kwishas brakes.Luckily he swerved and hit the side of the road and the vehicle stopped. And by this time,it was raining,and it was 10pm.
My dad and sis slept in the damn pickup - dirty,hungry,tired and wet. And no mobiles then,so Mum and I were wondering - kwani wako wapi?
My sister and Mum were the first to compaign for the sale of the vehicle,and have never been so glad as the day it was sold off. I really pity the guy who parted with 100K for that car.