Responsibility like.. having a car.. can be quite a messy affair at the beginning. When i was first given a car to use, there was the constant forgetfulness of locking the doors, and the number of times going back to the parking lot to double check. I forgot to off the car lights, (about 3 to 4 times already!) and after lectures the car can’t be started and first i called a friend, to jump start it. If not i called the LON PAC - which is an insurance company the car has policy with. LON PAC is very reliable and anything happens to the car while driving they are the first person i’ll call, then only will call my parents or other people. But basically LON PAC is the man.. when things happen.
This car hasn’t been reliable since using it 2 years ago to drive to campus and back. It broke down many times, and out of the many times, a few was because of overheated engine - no water - not just once, but twice - Once it broke down with smoke coming out from the engine and i was told by the mechanic that if i drove any further, it would have blown up. Thank God!
The gear box has been changed twice already. The gear suddenly gave up and it wouldn’t change gear. LON PAC came and drove it to the mechanic and it cost few thousands to get it changed.
And there are other minor problems of the car that its not as important. I do feel insecure driving an unreliable car that has died on me so many times before. Luckily for the past few months it works fine.
But just these few days, i noticed a new problem with it. The pick up of the car is now extremely slow, like slower than usual. This is EXTREMELY dangerous because when you’re on a curve, the car will slide down and you need to pick up fast so that the car wouldn’t knock the car behind you if it is very close.
And because of the lack of power and slow pick up, the car will slide down even on ‘dead corpse’ (bum?) and has gotta put more force onto the accelerator. I almost knocked the security guard who so happen to be so ’smart’ as to walk so close behind the car as i was going out of the condo on the ‘bum’.
.. and i do want a good and powerful car. Good and expensive cars aren’t only for show-offs, it is for safety, security and reliability!
.. aiming for a Toyota Camry!

One of the funnier thing that happened. Didn’t notice this green thing while driving until later but as i was on the road, this was there until i reached the destination. LOL!


















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