Esimese t\u00f6\u00f6kohaga on alati midagi erilist \u2013 teatav uhkustunne, \u00f5ppetunnid, \u00fctles Davies WSJ ajakirjanikule. Vahel l\u00e4heb seal idanema mingi unistus. Minu jaoks v\u00f5ttis see unistus vana Toyota Land Cruiseri kuju.<\/p>\n
Ma olin teismeline ja t\u00f6\u00f6tasin New Yorgi l\u00e4histel Johnstons Toyotas, aga ametist sai palju enamat, kui tasku pistetud palk. Ja poepidajast Steve Jardine\u2019ist sai rohkem kui boss. Pigem mentor. Ma alustasin autode pesijana ja l\u00f5petasin parima m\u00fc\u00fcgimehe ja t\u00f6\u00f6dejuhataja staatuses. Vahetevahel viskas Steve mulle pihku oma 1982. aasta Land Cruiseri v\u00f5tmed ja mul oli tunne, otsekui s\u00f5itnuks ma t\u00fckikesega ajaloost. Ma hakkasin seda vana Toyotat v\u00e4ga armastama ja andsin endale t\u00f5otuse, et ostan \u00fchel p\u00e4eval Land Cruiseri.<\/p>\n
See t\u00f6\u00f6 oli mulle h\u00fcppelauaks tulevikku ja Toyota voolab mu soontes siiani. See on mul juba viieteistk\u00fcmnes Toyota.<\/p>\n
Aga kerime edasi p\u00e4evadesse, kui meile see pandeemia kaela kallati. Ma elasin oma noore perega pealinnas Washingtonis. Nagu paljud teised, leidsin ma end \u00fcmber hindamas, mis on elus t\u00f5eliselt t\u00e4htis. Kui kaugt\u00f6\u00f6 normiks muutus, otsustasin ma oma igap\u00e4evamasinast vabaneda ja l\u00f5puks ometi unistuste autot taga ajama hakata \u2013 klassikalist Land Cruiserit. Just selle \u00f5ige leidmisest kujunes kinnisidee, kuna tegelikult ei otsinud ma pelgalt Toyotat, vaid seda vabaduse ja v\u00f5imaluste fiilingut, mida ma 16-aastasena kogesin.<\/p>\n
Mu abikaasa isa Tim Reid oli samuti autoentusiast ja sai minu otsingutest haisu ninna. Ta jagas minu kirge ajatute automobiilide vastu ja tegi mulle pakkumise, millele ei \u00f6elda oli absoluutselt v\u00f5imatu: ta v\u00f5taks poole Land Cruiseri hinnast enda kanda, kui ta v\u00f5iks sellega suvekuudel n\u00e4dalavahetustel ringi s\u00f5ita.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Esimese t\u00f6\u00f6kohaga on alati midagi erilist \u2013 teatav uhkustunne, \u00f5ppetunnid, \u00fctles Davies WSJ ajakirjanikule. Vahel l\u00e4heb seal idanema…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[35043,26,27,37,33,35,34,36,31,32,35046,21,35040,35041,28,29,19,25,35045,35042,35044,23,24,3181,22,20,30,2405],"class_list":{"0":"post-68947","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eesti","8":"tag-atlanta","9":"tag-breaking-news","10":"tag-breakingnews","11":"tag-ee","12":"tag-eesti","13":"tag-eesti-keel","14":"tag-estonia","15":"tag-estonian","16":"tag-featured-news","17":"tag-featurednews","18":"tag-greg-kahn","19":"tag-headlines","20":"tag-johnstons-toyota","21":"tag-land-cruiser","22":"tag-latest-news","23":"tag-latestnews","24":"tag-news","25":"tag-populaarseimad-lood","26":"tag-sloane","27":"tag-steve-jardine","28":"tag-tim-reid","29":"tag-top-stories","30":"tag-topstories","31":"tag-toyota","32":"tag-uldised-uudised","33":"tag-uudised","34":"tag-viimased-uudised","35":"tag-washington"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ee\/115751615420287373","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}