The Urban Road Test
After a Maundy Thursday spent largely crawling into then out of the damp greyness of London, the following facts of relevance to our trip were established.
Handling: The VW is particularly adept at cornering at speeds below 8 mph. Tests above this speed were not possible.
Satnav: Our failure to procure a satnav in time for this dry-run did not prove to be the marriage breaker it was feared. With aplomb did Laura take us through the backstreets of south London. Her one failing was that she could not be reprogrammed to deliver the directions with the husky confidence of Joanna Lumley or the alluring sweetness of Natalie Portman. (memo to self: check spec of satnav on order).
Placement of children: Despite the superficial attraction of having the children a good three feet further back than in the standard family car, it turns out that (1) you can still hear them and (2) the visitation of punishment is rendered more difficult when they are out of reach. This decrease in authority when one is splayed horizontally across the intervening space in mid remonstration may require a logistical revisitation.
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