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Picasso was our first 'car baby' and took us on an epic honeymooning adventure across Europe and back.
Born just a few months before we arrived and with 5km on the clock when we picked her up, Picasso is a child of the DriveEurope leasing system - a way of circumventing the tax laws in France by having foreigners 'own' the car first. When we were done with her we had completed a 10,500km journey across 21 countries, and with only one little scratch to show for it. Besides all the cool things - sunroof,cruise control, mirrors that automatically tuck in to squeeze through the tight European alleyways, suspension made for cobblestones, the ability to get up to 180km/h on the authbahns - she also came with built-in satellite navigation that meant we never struggled to find our way from Paris to Istanbul, and back again. The only thing Picasso lacked was sleeping space, and the effort of finding a place to stay was a constant hassle; thus leading to our future vehicles Weisenberger and Pickles. But she planted the seeds of joy that a driving holiday can deliver, and we couldn't imagine travelling any other way since. |