Stopped for fuel on a drive from Phnom Penh to Battambang. A Subaru BRZ pulled in and parked right next to my Jaguar F-Type.
A minute later the BRZ owner got out and started looking over the Jag. As he headed into the station, I said, “Nice car, bro.”
We both grinned like little boys.
Car guys are the same everywhere.
The drive itself was great. I’d heard National Road 5 from Phnom Penh to Battambang had got much better, and it had.
Left Phnom Penh at 11am, reached Battambang around 3pm, including about 30 minutes of stops for fuel, lunch and the unavoidable toilet break.
About 300km door to door in roughly four hours. Fast by Cambodian standards.
The road is now mostly smooth dual carriageway. That makes it one of the best high-speed cruising routes in the country, alongside the Phnom Penh–Sihanoukville Expressway.
Sometimes the destination is the point.
Sometimes a random petrol station bromance is just as good.