Remember when Top Gear tried to destroy an old Toyota Hilux bakkie and failed?
Seems they weren't the only ones trying to see how much life could be squeezed out of an old Hilux. Northern Cape police in Kimberley have just impounded a 1976 Toyota Hilux whose only roadworthy part was its windscreen, according to a Beeld report.
"In my 40 years as a traffic policeman, it was the worst car I've ever seen on the road," head licensing officer for the Sol Plaatje municipality, Moses Alfonse, told the newspaper.
The bakkie had only two gears, the tyres were completely smooth, the shock absorbers had been tied into position with wire, and the driver had been using a leaking five-litre plastic bottle, which he had mounted in the engine, as a petrol tank.
"Nothing worked. It had no lights, no wipers and only rudimentary car seats," Alfonse said after the vehicle was pulled off the road on Wednesday.
The owner, a Zimbabwean, told police that he had bought the car for R5000 from a South African in 2011. He was fined, and the car was permanently impounded. -Sapa & IOL