Don&rsquo;t worry, it&rsquo;s all under control, just keep going slowly and don&rsquo;t steer too much.&rdquo; These were the words of wisdom that came from my jovial driving instructor, and on the face of it, the advice seemed perfectly straightforward and logical. The problem was, I was in the driver&rsquo;s seat, at a seemingly impossible angle, with my door almost touching the side of an embankment; had it not been for my seat belt, I would have slid quietly out of the window, sideways.

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The SL350 got me into a fair amount of trouble, you know. Friends called me after my school reunion and said, &ldquo;My child&rsquo;s asking my husband why we can&rsquo;t have a cool Transformer car like Pablo&rsquo;s. You&rsquo;re such a rascal!&rdquo; I have to say that I received all this with a smile on my face, partly because it was all said in jest, but mainly because I appeared to have achieved my objective &mdash; rock up to the reunion in the SL, create a bit of a stir, have a party and leave in a cloud of tyre smoke. This kind of out-there behaviour is highly unusual for me, I hasten to add &mdash; in any large gathering, you&rsquo;ll usually find me in a quiet corner, nursing a beverage and minding my own business. This, however, is the kind of car that makes even a wallflower like me want to preen a bit.

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