the smell of new cars

i swear the smell of new cars make u just feel like getting a new car. havent been in a showroom for quite a while and went to Leng Kee today morning. reason was to get a chance to win the Kangoo petrol van. quite cool la but din manage to start the car. so wasted! at least W won a keychain while i got NUTS for going. oh well, wat to do. next stop was Kia but my SE wasnt around. really wanted to test drive the new Rio and see hw it feels compared to Summer Rain. saw the Rio hatch with bodykit. really quite nice. the Rio sedan with bodykit is DAMN nice, as i mentioned b4. big turn off was the beige interior and black rubber strips and manual mirrors. but the dashboard meter and bodykit and more solid-sounding doors are thumbs up! too bad this model wasnt around in march if not i would have gotten it. saw the cerato hatch with carbon fibre printing. quite nice. makes me feel like doing it. but too ex.... this kinda thing can wait

after Kia, it was on to Hyundai to see the new Verna. same chassis same dashboard instruments same steering as the Rio. anyway Kia is owned by Hyundai mah, not surprising. but the looks pale in comparison to the Rio sedan. not half as fierce. summore the Verna more ex. the new Getz also looks slightly better than the old one. just some cosmetic change to the grill. anyway the Tuscani is a cool car. 1st time i sat in it. 1st time i sat in many cars, come to think of it.

Verna = Rio
Getz = Picanto
Tucson = Sportage
Santa Fe = Sorento
Trajet = Carnival
Sonata = Magentis

this self-competition allows Hyundai to earn??? anyway the last stop was to Honda to see the new Civic. bigger, definitely, but i think it looks sort of weird. think needs getting used to. the new City is nicer of course. but Honda is just so ex. i rather get Lancer den Vios den City. Lancer Sports best, and i dun like the central instrument cluster for Vios. hmmm if budget was less than 50k, think i will go for Rio Sports. got bodykit leh! den no need to mod liao, just pump petrol can liao. i just prefer sedans over hatches. and 4 doors over 2 doors. anyway i bought the Rio cos its the cheapest sedan, and 3rd cheapest car, in Singapore in march, not for its looks. Picanto and Kelisa are juz too small. Getz and Wira and Accent are all more ex. wah now got so many more choices.

anyway i fixed up the licence plate as promised. most pple agree that the dent is not obvious at all now.... and i waxed the car yest and the day b4. now kilat kilat liao.... hmmmm oh yeah the leather seats i smelled today are really terrific. damn comfortable. perhaps next time i change my fabric seats to leather ba. the grey interior looks a bit off. or maybe just change car la.... well the decision will be made after i graduate at the earliest. the FOC 3 years is good for the wallet cos i take 7 yr loan nia. but the WRX is tempting. wonder if it will still exist after i graduate? wah lao last time the Civic so beng, now all the bengsters change to WRX liao. wonder if korean car can tahan till 10 yrs anot also. think can la, the build quality improving liao. meanwhile, must save up for bodykit and gauges. more tuition please!! oh gtg liao. talk again next time....