A 2-days car hunt has finally come to an end. I found the next car I am going to own from the Car Giant in White City and they were willing to part-ex the Mazda. Although it has been a mere 1 yr and 5 months, the Mazda has brought me through all sorts of unpredictable weather in UK. Strong gales on M40, Snow storm in Birmingham, 36C ovenly hot day with malfunctioned Aircon, heavy sprays on motorways, hail storms in Richmond and hazy rainy nights. It was 42K miles on the clock when it was in a garage in Liverpool, and now it is 69K miles, an impressive achievement of 27k miles mainly due to business trips. Most of the business trips were to and from Preston, Oxford, Hemel Hempstead, Feltham, Liverpool.

I would say, the most memorable experience with the car was the Snow storm in Birmingham when it was also my first experience driving back to the hotel from Dudley office where most of the road was covered with black ice. It was pitch dark, slippery and of course freezing. Exciting! Others were my Parent’s visits to Peak District, Windsor, Bath and Oxford, and also TienHow’s family’s (my x-classmate) trip to Windsor. My idea of changing the car grew stronger and stronger since a month ago and quite coincidentally, I had a cracked wind screen on my way to Preston last month.

Knew that I was going to change the car, I didn’t bother fixing it. Then what pissed me off last Friday Morning was on my way to Hemel, a lorry refused to let me into his lane and subsequently scratched and dented my rear. What a bummer! It was a Marks and Spencer’s truck ! I didn’t pursue any legal action nor tried to stop the truck. I was a coward because I knew I was partly at fault for going into his lane via the Malaysian way. Well, I wasn’t in a top mood the whole day and Mel very much supported me that it was time to get it sorted for good that weekend…. We spent the whole Saturday afternoon looking at a VW Bora and Nissan Primera. Came home thinking that I was going to pick 1 of them. But the night itself we changed our mind and decided to check out Car Giant – The biggest car supermarket in the Europe in White City London! It was totally unplanned, both of us spotted a car that we knew we would be feeling heart broken if we were to leave the place empty handed. The rest of the story was like a dream where we couldn’t recollect how many ppl we’ve spoken to sort out the sales transaction. At the end of it, I got what I wanted, a car that I have been thinking of owning and just couldn’t stop grinning. And obviously Mel didn’t miss her opportunity to earn her smile by requesting for her favourite Mui Choy Kao Yok in Bayswater. As I am writing this… I am waiting to leave for Mel’s doc appointment and to pickup my Insurance cover note for the car.

Then… my four rings experience will begin tonight… - eng