Found a freebie through Hotukdeals forums where Hyundai were offering potential car buyers a free chance to test drive the high end luxury car that they were going to release on sale a few weeks later:
http://www.hotukdeals.com/freebies/free-safari-park-entry-when-test-driving-a-hyundai-i40-woburn-longleat-west-midland-996054
Wiki of the car and manufacturer site
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyundai_i40
http://www.hyundai-car.co.uk/i40/?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=PPC&utm_term=i40&utm_campaign=Brand
As it was Summer I booked 2 cars - one for my dad and one for me to drive (each car allowing 5 passengers) which meant we could all go! Before going I was slightly worried that there was a £500 insurance fee should the car become damaged! (and lots of stories of monkeys wreaking cars in a safari, not to forget the different types of animals found there!)
The car itself was extremely spacious especially when we start talking about the boot size and leg-space and other features such as individual front seat heating/climate control (here's to Ray Sum saying she's heating her butt up so the lion would turn around and face her for a good camera shot!)
I must admit that I did stall the car a few times due to the unfamiliar controls etc and after the 1st time and errrr.. how to release the electronic handbrake I quickly gained control and was definitely faster than my dad in doing so! Power-wise I felt the car didn't have enough - may that was because I was mostly in 1st/2nd gears (and 3rd at one point) due to the small drive space we had and number of other cars on the road.
Whilst driving through the 1st parts I used the jetwashers to clear the front windscreen for better camera photos but quickly thought bad idea as the jetwasher heads were rather powerful and cover the panamora style sunroof as well!
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