It looks as though we may one day get a car after all. As you will know if you have read any of the older posts within the Kazakh Driving section at this blog, I don’t really relish the idea of driving in this country, and certainly not on a regular basis. However, with walking to work each morning, I am beginning to see how a car would make life a lot easier, especially if I did not go driving through rush hour or through some of the nightmare junctions they have in other parts of Astana. One issue when considering which car to get is the make - you need to make sure you can easily obtain spare parts, and that mechanics are experienced with a brand before purchasing. Although I doubt we will ever go as far as some drivers in Almaty, donning their cars in a lot of Chrysler 300 accessories. The final question is the gearbox - Irina wants an automatic (changing gear was never her forte…), whereas I have always used a manual, and worry about the perceived lack of control an automatic would incur.