Desp1999

Panic at the Palace

By: Desp1999 (31 Jul 2001, Tuesday)

The car interior lit up and went dark again in a monotonously repeating seemingly never–ending cycle as the car passed under the orange lights of the motorway. Passing a brightly lit road sign Filip pushed the accelerator pedal down. Immediately the electronic auto–adaptive gearbox shifted down a gear to provide the driver with maximum acceleration and the sound of the mighty V12 engine changed from a hardly noticeable rumble to a deep low roar as the engine revved up. The needle of the speedometer moved steadily clockwise until Filip eased of the accelerator and the car settled at a comfortable cruising speed of 160 kph. Traffic was light at this time of night, and the few drivers on the road quickly changed…