Country for two

Many Muscovites and St. Petersburg residents believe that there are only two cities in Russia. You yourself understand which ones. For this reason, Muscovites and St. Petersburg residents are not very liked by citizens living in the territories of other subjects of the federation. These citizens also note that in Moscow and St. Petersburg it is expensive, pretentious, uncomfortable, dangerous - in a word, bad. We decided to test the truth of their words through our own experience, and we did it in a sophisticated way. They found two expensive Audi Allroad cars, put two authors in them, who had never driven in Moscow or St. Petersburg before, and gave them the same task of recording their impressions during a two-day trip to visit each other. And this is what happened. All my fellow journalists know that Moscow publications pay more. Drivers know that Moscow has excellent roads, but they are of no use because there are traffic jams. Businessmen know that in Moscow, with an equal degree of probability, you can earn a million in a year or be shot dead in the entrance. I went to the capital to check at least the first two statements.
There are written and unwritten laws. This is especially true for road traffic. Sitting in the cozy leather seats of the Audi Allroad 2.5 TDI and turning on the xenon headlights, I drove along Kamennoostrovsky Prospekt accompanied by diesel rattling and, like a child, rejoiced as I watched the Zhiguli and low-budget foreign cars that I was overtaking go into the next lane, embarrassed by the blue glow of those overtaking them headlights
The next morning I met with my colleagues, and together we moved towards Moscow. Peter saw off with heavy rain. This, combined with the desire of my colleagues to go first, quickly convinced me that a simple walk would not work: their “4.2 gasoline” versus my “2.5 turbodiesel” is not the best combination for harmonious movement in a bunch. What helped was the “manual” mode in the automatic transmission and the memory that the “instant” fuel consumption, which reached 40 liters per hundred during hysterical overtaking, was paid for by the Kommersant publishing house.
Read the full version of the report in the November issue of Autopilot magazine.
In addition, in the room:
Volvo S40, Jaguar X-Type Estate, Lexus LS430, Subaru Legacy Outback, Citroen C2 (oncoming lane section), Nissan X-Trail, Land Rover Freelander, Ford Mondeo New, Porsche Cayenne S, Volkswagen Golf V, Hyundai Elantra & Mitsubishi Lancer ("Test-drive" section), Opel Vectra 2.2 ("Long-term test" section), Rover 75 ("Three Years" section), Toyota Land Cruiser 90 Prado ("Second Car" section), Nissan Maxima ("Second Car" section), "Gray Market"), Ford Excursion Limousine ("Tuning" section).
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Newspaper "Kommersant" No. 198 dated October 29, 2003, p. 7

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