The cold lasted for a week. That’s a bit longer than they typically last but my head was beginning to lift out of the fog. This is good news because I have a supremely busy week ahead. There’s a bit of travel, some track driving, some off-track fun, and even a race to watch this upcoming weekend. But as the cold moves out, a brain squeezing sinus infection has been left behind. My head hurts and it’s constant. I can’t get anything out of my right nostril but I know that side of my face is positively packed with nasty. Hopefully some antibiotics and nasal spray right this issue sooner rather than later.
While sitting in my bed, with an aging dog happy to have my laid up most of the week, I started pondering the appropriate vehicle that one should drive when one is under the weather. Now, ideally, you can drive nothing and just sit at home. But if duty cools and you need to hop behind the wheel, what vehicle would make for an ideal machine?
To tell you which ones are not on the list, here’s my upcoming week:
- Makellos Classics 1978 Porsche 911SC Safari (We drove their ’73 RS-style earlier and it was great. I was supposed to drive this a week prior but had to push back, assuming my cold would move on.
- Fly to Sacramento to drive the Hyundai Veloster N on track at Thunderhill.
- Come home from that Thursday, then fly back north to the Bay Area to link up with Bentley for the Pirelli World Challenge at Laguna Seca.
Now, to be clear, none of that is being said to make you feel sorry for me. All of that makes for an awesome week. But imagine that the right side of your face is filled to the brim with snot and you can’t get it out. Your head feels likes it’s about to pop from the pressure. There’s no fever, but you still feel hot for no reason.
I hope this clear up soon… or that flight to Sacramento might have just enough pressure to force it all out mid flight. My apologies to the others on that Southwest plane.
Back to the question. What would you hope to drive if you were sick and had to drive?
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