i have an Insight

i mean like, literally. i hope she stays =)

it wasn't planned. we were supposed to make do with what we had. unfortunately someone else couldn't. padang pasir katanya. in fact, prior to this i didn't even know the model existed, haha. from conversations between sil and Significant Other i could only catch 'inside', 'inside'.

inside what? (teringat balik kata2 eiwa, 'i see 'dead' people'. ahem!)

and the best part was, the Insight wasn't even part of the initial plan. i had my eyes set on the new Myvi Elegance, especially with an interest rate of 2.88 which was far better than what my other friends were offered. no, i did not want another Proton, despite the Saga FL getting good reviews. the two cars up for selection were the two cars we test drove previously (for the record, sil still hasn't decided on what car she wants to get @_@). the next plan was to purchase a car in Langkawi and ship it out after 2 years. God knows how much of tax would be imposed, customs kept saying the actual amount can only be calculated by the system at the time you bring out the car. pffft. vios and city were local assembled cars, so they were exempted from import tax. even after paying the hefty tax amount (in cash, mind you), the price would still be wayyy cheaper compared to buying at the Peninsula.

blame the decision on being allowed to test drive the Inisight the other day.

i wonder, if i had gotten the opportunity to test drive the Prius, i'd get that instead? >.< but they say you can't compare the Insight with the Prius. price pun beza by 50k okay. so out of my price range... >.<

the car was already waiting a day before Raya (super fast booking and delivery), so i guess you could say it's literally a 'kereta raya', lol. finally, after struggling with 2-doors, i finally get a 4-door car! loading and unloading the kids have never been easier =D. this time, i went with the color of my choice (as opposed to last time when i initially wanted iridescent white but got swayed by Significant Other's choice of midnight blue, pfffft), which i noticed on the road recently was quite popular among the Insight users T_T.

ok actually ever since then i keep seeing so many white cars on the road. sama macam when you bring your kid's stroller out for trips to the mall, all of a sudden you notice there are so many other stoller-users out there, padahal before this tak pernah notice pun hahahaha.

the Insight comes in 4 colors, btw:
- Premium White Pearl
- Crystal Black Pearl
- Alabaster Silver Metallic
- Dyno Blue Pearl II

btw, i chose the car with knowledge that it isn't a race car; heck my 1.6 Neo had more speed than the 1.3 Insight. and jangan harapla nak compare with Significant Other's 2.0 lolz. i hope this car saves me fuel in the long run.

at the steering wheel. Significant Other managed to charge the battery to full

the audio controls

keep getting pissed off at the econ indicator; green indicates fuel-efficient driving, blue is not. i keep getting blue whenever i turn corners, or when i speed up haphazardly. grrrr. macam ini i need to brush up on my green driving skills. hahahahahaha. no more mad-driving with this car.

oh, i now have a driver again, temporarily. LOL. didn't really do much camwhoring with the car, i didn't really mention anything to anyone, didn't want to jinx the whole process. and for the record, traffic lights still turn red upon the sight of me. so i guess it's not the car, it's me. grrrrr.

how was your Raya holiday? i spent the whole week in KL, driving was heaven. shopping complexes however, were not. haha.