Our new Jetta

We sold our old, brokedown Ford Sapphire the day we left to go home for Christmas. Thus, upon returning to South Africa, we had no wheels. Luckily we found this 1996 VW Jetta for a reasonable price. This car has been a pleasure to drive. It has power steering, an alarm, gets good gas mileage, and you can acutally use the AC while driving up hills! (This was not the case with the previous car.) More importantly, she has proven reliable thus far (knock on wood). Note the totally dope surf rack that has gotten a lot of use lately!

When you show up in a foreign country for a few months and need to buy a car, one would think that it makes sense to buy a cheap piece of crap since you'll only use it for a short while. THIS IS NOT THE CASE! Buy a good car that is reliable and safe. You dont need a Porche or a Land Rover (though that would be cool...) but pay whatever you must pay to have a car that won't break down to often. That is the lesson we learned the hard way.