Our Italian supercar

Driving here in Izmir is pretty civilized, at least on the major roads where there is some chance that the police are watching. The side streets are another matter entirely with cars parked on both sides everywhere, often leaving only enough room for one car on a two way street. And "One Way" signs might as well be in Greek since we can't really read them and no one else bothers. The kids have taken to calling our gutless, boxy little Fiat the "Italian Supercar" and on the way to school each morning they carefully track (shouting numbers in Turkish) the cars we pass versus the number of cars that pass us. It's tough to end up in the positive numbers with five folks in our car and brakes that leave a grain of doubt but we try hard and have started including buses and trucks just to boost our numbers. We're driving 1600 cc of Italian stallion about as hard as we should and can only ogle the Volkswagons that pass us like we're standing still. Someday...