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Wednesday 9 December 2009

慾望街車

Your car is just to get you from point A to point B; my car is to get me there in style...


I have been looking to get a car for the past few months, sgCarMart was a permanent tab in my browser for the past weeks looking at cars within the $10k to $30k range...

My first encounter was these 2 red S13s shortly before my birthday... The first one was bad, the bumper was sagging and it seems like it went through a minor accident... The second was perfect!! I can see that the owner really took care of the car... There were a few exterior aesthetic touch-ups to be done but no real biggie...

I went back that day and asked my dad to lend me the money to buy the car... My dad didn't even want to hear me explain and just said a car this old is useless... I told him these type of cars won't ever die off as there is always demand... I've seen 2 cars and this is significantly better that the other and I asked him to view them both... He said he already know that both cars are bad before even viewing them... I went overseas the next day for my birthday...

When I came back, my brother has sort of convinced my father to buy the car... We talked over dinner and he kept telling everyone that I treated him like a fool by saying that he won't understand... "How can I understand when you don't explain anything? If you think I don't understand then explain it to me." Like hell I did... Or at least I tried... How do you begin to explain something to someone when they don't even want to listen?

Any way, I found another S13 last week...


This one...

It was a disappointment, much like the first red S13 I saw... In fact, the repairs would be much higher than that...

Next, there's this Honda Prelude:


Yep, that's me...

There's still 9 years to the COE and the owner is willing to let go at $24k!! I went to view the car yesterday and its still in a very good condition... I went back to tell my dad and his face lighted up immediately (Finally I know what this phrase means)... He asked for my mum as he does not have the cash now... My mum came in and said no... I didn't know to laugh or to cry at that point of time... She didn't want to listen to any reason - an old car is an old car... There's a very high possibility that old cars will need frequent repairs and my salary might not even be enough to pay for that... She's right though, I can't refute that...

The reason I'm happy when she said no? She allowed me to get the Koup...


Tada!!

I've tested the Koup last Saturday, and its pretty good... Even my brother who is 1.8m can fit comfortably in the back seats - this is a 5-seater coupé rather than the normal 2+2... Power wise? Well, anything is better than my dad's Mégane... Now I'm just waiting for a great promotion to come out then I'll go down to sign straight away... I really hope it'll be soon before my mum regrets her decision...