Defining “Respect”

On paper in writing of course respect can be defined in one sentence: a feeling of admiration because of their good qualities or achievement, taken from the oxford dictionary a reliable source. Yes this is the definition of respect which one can take and use in their own way and yes that’s what I am about  to do define respect using one of German brand BMW`s car

The BMW E30 325is, a car that you`d swear was designed in our country because of the way South Africans respect the 325is in fact we respect it so much that we take it as one of our own. South Africans have even gave it a proudly South African name “Gusheshe” not every car from the 20^th century can be parked next to one from the 21^st century without the driver feeling ashamed of owning an old car.

 So how did the Gusheshe earn respect? well it`s simple through lots of Smokey doughnuts. In America doughnuts are associated with cops as their favourite and easy meal on the job, but here in our country we associate them with rear wheel drive cars mostly the Gusheshe.  The Gusheshe has baked the most doughnuts in South African motoring history hands down, it is so familiar with baking doughnuts that you can create a recipe book featuring all the different doughnuts using the 325is that’s if you have the techniques and driving skills to control the Gusheshe, in the book you would feature all sorts of doughnuts from the traditionally circle shaped doughnut to the proudly south African koek sister ,burning lots of rubber in the process.

So if you want to be respected I advise you to get yourself a Gusheshe, you can even park it next to presidential cars like it`s bigger brother the BMW 7 series without feeling like an ordinary citizen.

by Robert Mabusela