• Question: What car do you drive.

    Asked by james1 to Dalya, Derek, Sarah, Tim, Tom on 17 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Derek McKay-Bukowski

      Derek McKay-Bukowski answered on 16 Jun 2011:

      When I’m working I drive a four-wheel drive. At the moment, the one I’m using is a Toyota Land Crusier. It is good for wet and muddy conditions and when there are wildlife on the roads. There is plenty of space in the back for all our equipment too. This is a work vehicle. It is owned by the observatory, not me.

    • Photo: Tim Millar

      Tim Millar answered on 16 Jun 2011:

      I own an Astra, but I cycle into work (over 100 miles each week) and I’m not particularly interested in cars, but I like Top Gear. Go figure!

    • Photo: Dalya Soond

      Dalya Soond answered on 16 Jun 2011:

      Volkswagon Golf. Am I super cool or what?

      My husband has a Ducati Superbike, if that makes me cooler. It’s really nice, but I call it his girlfriend.

    • Photo: Sarah Thomas

      Sarah Thomas answered on 16 Jun 2011:

      I don’t drive a car, but I have a Yamaha motorbike that I ride to work every day. (There’s a pic of it on my profile) Everyone jokes about me being a hardcore motorcycling chick because I am really small and nice and not really ‘hardcore’ at all lol!

      Motorbikes are a lot more fun than driving cars and they are faster and easy to ride! I think everyone should ride motorbikes. 😀

      I used to drive a car which was a red VW Polo 1 L but I was involved in a pretty serious car accident and my poor Polo was smashed to bits. After that I built up a big fear of driving and that’s really how I got into motorbiking. I feel a lot safer on a bike than in the car, and it’s fun which takes the fear away. I can now bring myself to drive a car if it’s essential, but otherwise I avoid it at all costs!

    • Photo: Tom Crick

      Tom Crick answered on 17 Jun 2011:

      I drive a Mercedes CLC180 Kompressor Sport…in fact, exactly this colour and model!

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