My brother turned up last night all excited about buying his first car. He has bought a BMW estate and rang up asking if I was in and saying that he would be up in ten minutes. My first thought was "who's died?". But no one had. I looked at his car from the doorway but then this thing occurred that is considered normal.
"do you want to go for a drive around the block?"
Why, i thought..."yes" I said.
So I was driven a few miles wondering what my role was in this situation.
"yes it's a nice car isn't it....er...it has all those buttons and that. Oh.. A cd player....mmmm..it's comfy"
And I was back home again. You see I have a van and my wife has a car which I also drive. So the shine of vehicular travel has lost it's amazement for me. Maybe someone who had never been in a car would fully appreciate being taken for a spin. 
I imagine if someone turns up after buying a hot air balloon or a spaceship and says "do you want to go for a spin?"
I would reply "do I ever!!!!"