I liked that car, it’s the best car we have ever had, brand
new and shiny, loaded with gadget and toys to play with. When it first arrived
i wasn’t so sure but having lived with it for about 6 months i was really
starting to like it.
Christ, what was that bang? It sounded like a car had veered
off the road and crashed through the front of the house, the clock said it was
2.10 am and Debbie was telling me to go and have a look. I jumped out of bed
and ran to the upstairs landing when i heard a shout “Police, stay where you
are”. Bloody hell fire, what had i done to deserve an early morning raid? Had
the police discovered i was hiding a box of staples i had taken from work,
maybe it was the “tax free” cigarettes i had purchased for Debbie?
I have never liked being told what to do and usually make a
point of doing the opposite so i ran down the stairs to challenge this trespass
in my home. Only there was no sign of any police, in fact there was no sign of
anyone anywhere? The house lights were all on and the place was freezing cold,
i noticed my keys were missing from the front door and that’s when i heard a
car start.
Nissan make a good car but the Qashqai is a strange beast,
its neither one thing or another, they call it a “Crossover”. More like a cross
dresser, looks like a 4x4 and an SUV mixed together. We have the Qashqai+2, as
the name suggests, it has 2 more seats than the standard Qashqai, but you get
the same cosseting ride, impressive refinement and a long list of standard
equipment.
I could see the Qashqai’s lights come on so rushed to the
kitchen for some key and dashed out the front door, only to see our Qashqai
being reversed off the drive, now i can run pretty well but i’m not as fast as
a car, however i am game and sprinted out of the front door, bare footed and
only wearing my boxer shorts with a determination to cause some serious damage
to the cheeky sod who was trying to nick our car. (the lease companies car
really).
Luckily the car was indeed faster than me and i was left
standing in the road dressed only in my boxers watching the Qashqai disappear
into the distance. While i was playing silly games, Molly my 14 year old
daughter rang the police and reported the theft. While we waited for the
police to arrive i took a look around to try and assess what, if any damage had
been done to the house.
I have been a motorcyclist for 30 years and could never believe
that driving a car could be pleasurable, but Nissan have done such a good job
on the Qashqai that i actually enjoyed driving it. With a 1.6 Diesel engine it
was never going to be a flying machine but it could certainly pick its feet up
and cruise comfortably at 90mph on the motorway.
Bloody animals had thrown half a concrete flag through one
of the patio doors in my computer room, ran through from the back of the house
to the front, taken the keys from the front door and escaped the way they came
in, leaving a trail of destruction behind. They had removed a window from the
conservatory and there was broken glass everywhere from the patio door, bloody
hell fire, this was a real mess.
And that was that, good bye Qashqai.........
