1 of the 5 C's. Wait, is it still relevant?
The weather's so freaking hot! It's like after a shower, you still feel the stickiness.. Arggh.. Think I have to go from being shirtless to naked, cos my butt perspires too. HAHAHA. Before u fantasize any further, STOP! I'm jk. =P
Anyway, I went car shopping with my parents and sis and her bf yesterday. It was my first time really visiting a car showroom. We went to Toyota's at Leng Kee road, which is near Alexandra Rd, where IKEA is. Anyway, wasn't surprised my dad would visit Toyota's since we're much of a Toyota fan anyway. He's got his Camry, and I got to share a Corolla Altis with my sis. I guess after much talking about wanting to change to a better car with a better engine(by the way, my current 2nd hand Altis' engine sucks. Going up a slope feels like crawling haha), he decided to bring us there, having heard that there's some kind of promotion going on.
I was so excited when I reached there. So many cool cars around. Though I've seen most of them on the roads anyway. But still, it's real great to see brand new cars around, shining under the sunlight. Woohoo! When we first got there, I already saw a couple of new Corolla Altis 1.6 and some really nice Camry's.
I espeically liked this electric blue Camry. It just kinda appealed to me. Though my mum said the color's not nice. But I like the fact it looks so strikingly blue. Well, maybe it's the yellow light in the showroom. But it looked great nevertheless.
After that, my dad went for a test-drive with the new Corolla Altis.
I liked the comfort and silent-ness of the new Corolla Altis. Even the audio player is touchscreen! Pretty cool. Soon after, I got to test drive the car, after my sis!
My sis test-driving..
Yeah and now's my turn. Argh, my sis' photo-taking skills is bad!
My dad actually intended to buy the new Corolla Altis. But we discussed on the price and everything. The new Corolla Altis costs nearly $70K. That means every month's installment will be near to $700. I'm not sure if I'm able to handle that amount. So anyway, we decided to give Toyota Vios a try. They came up with a new model too. And though I don't like the knobs control design on the aircondition inside the car, it's a pretty decent car. I was surprised at the "lightness" of the car when I drove it. And the pedal's pretty sensitive as well. I LOOOVE the kick-off speed. It picks up real fast. I liked the steering wheel too. Very light and easy to manouvre.
Me test-driving the Toyota Vios
So after a long discussion, we decided to get the Toyota Vios instead. We thought it's a cheaper alternative. It's 13K cheaper than the Altis, though not as comfortable, but still pretty decent. We considered the fact that it boasts the same horsepower of 109 as the Altis. And it has a relatively smaller capacity of 1.5CC. So yup. We made our mind.
To my surprise, my dad decided to buy not 1, but 2 Toyota Vios!!!
Ok. Great. Wow. I'm speechless. That means my sis and I each will get one car. That means I need to pay around $500 plus for the installment each month, not including the road tax, insurance, season parking, petrol, etc. I'm not sure if I can handle that. But that means I have to work extra hard now!! I think I need to teach more tuition, find a better-paying job.
All in the name of convenience.
Is it worth it? Well, at least I get to be independent for once. Time to kick in some motivation.
My new car will be arriving somewhere in late June. =)
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