My new ride...
So, my current car (soon to be my old car) had been giving me some problems lately. For the benefits of people new to my blog, my current car is a 2001 Ford Focus ZTS. Bought it 2nd hand last June. It had 113k miles on it when I purchased it off craigslist. Don't get me wrong. The Focus is not a bad car. It's very economical, but, after a year, and 12k miles later, making it to 125k miles, and it's 7-year-old, if not 8, since you can get a 2001 model in year 2000, so, it's about time.
Oh yeah, the problems? A couple months ago, I had to change the front brakes and all the stuff at 120k miles, set me back a whopping 800 bucks (a stupid move, since I'm trading in 2 months later). Then, few weeks back, the a/c started to give me some noise when I accelerate, and then, the cigarette lighter died (I smoked like a chimney, yeah right! It's for my GPS and other electronic stuff). Then, the best one came last Monday: As the weather is getting colder, my windows are covered with a good layer of dew every morning. So, I powered down my windows before my drive that morning, and 'click-click', my left rear-window ran out of its track, and wouldn't stay shut. And it had been raining a lot lately! To have food wrap covering a window is definitely not a good sight to behold. Figuring all these little fixes will add up to some money, I decided once and for all to get a new car instead.
For those who has yet to find out what my new ride is, i'll make it a teaser, kinda slowly ease into it.
Some hints: It's a new car, it's sporty, it's blue, it's Japanese, and it's setting me back a good 20k. And it has CVT technology. It's unique.
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/cvt.htm
I'm getting the car next week. And the mystery will be revealed!
I'm so excited!
Oh yeah, the problems? A couple months ago, I had to change the front brakes and all the stuff at 120k miles, set me back a whopping 800 bucks (a stupid move, since I'm trading in 2 months later). Then, few weeks back, the a/c started to give me some noise when I accelerate, and then, the cigarette lighter died (I smoked like a chimney, yeah right! It's for my GPS and other electronic stuff). Then, the best one came last Monday: As the weather is getting colder, my windows are covered with a good layer of dew every morning. So, I powered down my windows before my drive that morning, and 'click-click', my left rear-window ran out of its track, and wouldn't stay shut. And it had been raining a lot lately! To have food wrap covering a window is definitely not a good sight to behold. Figuring all these little fixes will add up to some money, I decided once and for all to get a new car instead.
For those who has yet to find out what my new ride is, i'll make it a teaser, kinda slowly ease into it.
Some hints: It's a new car, it's sporty, it's blue, it's Japanese, and it's setting me back a good 20k. And it has CVT technology. It's unique.
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/cvt.htm
I'm getting the car next week. And the mystery will be revealed!
I'm so excited!
posted by Voon Seng at 10:39 AM
3 Comments:
a Honda Civic?
Probably a Civic
Nope. It's not a Civic. Civic violates the "It's unique" criteria. No offense to Civic owners. Update it's Gray, not Blue anymore.
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