As usual the supplier sent two people to pick me up in the morning. Because of the long drive I had them pick me up at 7am. I later found out my Driver and the Sales person, Dominck, had driven from Cixi to Shanghai the night before.
There are driver and there are Drivers. Not only did Mr. Driver know all the shortcuts though Shanghai morning traffic he knew were we could have a spot of breakfast. After a traditional breakfast (We were the only people under 60 in the restaurant. Dominick said most young people are too busy to have a sit down breakfast in Shanghai) which seemed just like Chinese lunch or dinner to me we back on our way.
As the Shanghai traffic thinned I under stood that my driver was a Driver. Our Shanghai GM minivan was not passed by a single vehicle in more than 200km of driving. Gilles and Herve would have been proud.
I want to go on record as saying it first, the Chinese will come to dominate http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6519763973904403978&q=british+rally+manx&total=12&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0
The high speed cruise came to stop after about an hour as traffic stopped completely (I was glad the rotors would get a chance to cool. Does GM test the Minivans on the Nordschleife?)
When the highway was closest for about 2.5 hours. We chilled out, walked, talked and even broke out the playing cards. No one seemed that upset and everyone just kinda took the delay in stride.
Of course our Driver had a short cut and we headed off the highway though some really small towns. Here you can see the traffic to get back on the highway.
In this picture you can see why the highway was closed, poor visibility due to pollution. i guess that you could only see less than a 1/4 mile
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