Outfitting a car in India

19.12.06

On that afternoon we witnessed a small miracle. As well as window tinting, Sandeep organized with the auto shop to get many things installed in his car: a Sony car stereo, remote central locking, remote car alarm, iPod connection, hub caps and car seat covers. So what started out as a 45 minute job turned into a 3 hour job, however to get all these things fitted and finished in a car in 3 hours, and for just $400 Aussie dollars was truly impressive! As we waited with the car on the side of the road outside the shop, there were about 4 men inside the car taking off windows, panels and filing heavily on the dash plastic. The end result was truly amazing! As the advertising campaign says; Incredible India.

We are now driving along with an esoteric selection of  world music, jazz, Carnatic classical and dance music as well as other interesting requests from the kids. Travelling in an air-conditioned car with the music blasting really shuts out the dust and noise of the street, and it is only when we are millimetres away from scraping another vehicle that we again notice the world out side… Actually this happens quite often. The Indian people would have to be the most alert drivers in the world with their split second reaction times and the ability to squeeze a vehicle through the narrowest gaps. Sandeep is no exception to that.