Sunday, October 10, 2004

Went for the pre-launch of the new Toyota Avanza in the stiffling heat and sardined packed with kiasu prospective and non-prospective buyers at KLGCC. (Non prospective buyers like me, who decided to tag along with loaded friends to catch a glimpse of a car that I wasn't even aware existed!)

The seven-seater Avanza is powered by a 1.3-litre VVT-i (Variable Valve Timing-Intelligent) 16-valve DOHC (Dual Overhead Camshaft) engine – producing a healthy 89PS, peaking at 6,000rpm and generating 120Nm of torque at 3,200rpm. Woah! That's quite a dosh of motor speak garble I just copied from somewhere... hah! proving that I'm the whatever–lah type, not the specs type of a car driver.

Quite affordable (RM55–60k) for the chic and slick urban family and we're not even talking about having this as the main car. It's for the mom who needs to ferry the kids to school and to ice hockey practices.

You know what I noticed during the whole event? That people are getting more inconsiderate with the rising level of income. Walking on the curb, I saw a brown paper bag with the food contents all spilled out. Apparently someone dropped it and didn't bother to pick it up and dispose it off properly. I was just thinking, what a waste of food. And worse, what horrible manners. Were they expecting the stray dogs to come munch them up? Even worse, no passer by bothered to bend over to pick up the mess. Everyone gingerly crossed over the hotdog and sighed, 'What a waste!'.

I didn't pick up the mess because:
1. I didn't do it.
2. I didn't want to dirty my already sweaty dirty hands.
3. I didn't want to walk the extra few steps to the bin.
4. I didn't care.

Somehow... I feel ugh about myself.

Anyway, back to the Avanza. Looks cool for a MPV. Chic. Good price. Performance wise, I wouldn't know a thing. But it's a Toyota. Any car that has a Japanese/Korean/German name tagged to it is a good investment. At least if you compare it with local ones.

I'm not into cars at the moment. Maybe it's because I'm so financially strained to even afford a two wheels sans motor means of transportation. That's what I plan to get first though, a racer. And if it doesn't come in pink, I'll make sure I'll paint it pink. And besides, who needs a car when I have a willing driver to 'chauffer' me around. FOC too btw. Ah the good life! *shrugs*

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