Interns@AutoCom

Two more weeks have past and right now I am in my fifth week in the USA. Meanwhile I got used to the daily American life, so far many things are already quite normal for me, which have been very overwhelming in the beginning. Now I am feeling comfortable in stores with all the grandmas and grandpas sitting and cruising around with small electrical caddys through the widths of Walmart. When I hear a beep in the store, I know that it might be a granny backing up around the corner. I am always prepared for a caddy crash ;-) Another thing is: cars and trucks in a bad condition wouldn’t have a chance to get a wheel on roads in Germany. In the U.S. it is not a problem driving a car which is falling to pieces. I pass those cars everyday but still with an uneasy feeling right next to them. On the other hand there are many luxury cars and pickups, more than twice as high as my car, glaring at me through my rear window with their headlights on every traffic light :-D. I think I should get...

Hi guys, this is Martin again..  Time is running by so fast – it is my third week at AutoCom. A lot of exciting things happened in the meantime. Find some of my most interesting experiences below.  Wednesday, October 22nd, was an awesome day: After a couple of days looking around for a car, I was finally successful and bought a 2002 Taunus with comparatively few miles. Now I am happy to be more flexible. I am proud to drive my car with the Michigan plate on a cruise where and whenever I like to.  The next event on Wednesday was the Oktoberfest: The Detroit Press Club celebrated their Oktoberfest at Jacoby’s Biergarten, downtown. AutoCom and two of our clients sponsored the band, so Merle and I attended the celebrations as AutoCom representatives. It was fun to be there and I never would have guessed to drink some German beer so close to my arrival ;) This was my first time in downtown Detroit and from now on all the prejudices were reduced since I had been drivin...