On that ol' Autobahn
I was pulling onto the very fast and very scary autobahn in my 1.25l Fiat Punto, which is not known for its acceleration. It is even less known for its acceleration when carrying mountains of food, clothes, equipment and spares, including four spare wheels.

As I pulled onto the slip road, I looked round to my left, my view highly obscured by the mountains of stuff in the back. I expressed my annoyance at being unable to see properly, but looked in the left-side wing mirror to check whether the next lane was clear. It was, so I pulled out, only to be met by a shout from my co-driver. The coach that had been hidden from my view in the middle lane - which was going faster than us - was also pulling into the outside lane.

I swerved back onto the slip road but with only a hundred metres or so of it left and trees beyond, it was getting tight! I put my foot down and accelerated.... slowly. We crept up towards the front of the coach and as the end of the slip road came nearer and nearer we managed to slip out in front of...

...the Bayern Munich team bus. If they all die in a crash in the next couple of years, it'll be the driver's fault, I swear it.
(cypherspace is not a toaster, Tue 13 Oct 2009, 17:38, Reply)