psychobabble

As many of you know, I drive an 18-year-old, 1st generation, Japanese-made Proton Saga that was handed down to me by my mum (who got an upgrade courtesy of the father to an SUV).

I’ve driven it around the Klang Valley, the North South highway and Penang for 4.5 years already, and it’s served me decently.

Okay, “decently” is stretching it.

In the past 4 years…

Repeated visits to the mechanic has cost me thousands
The brakes failed while I drove along the Sprint highway in 2007
It has locked me out 4 times already, and locked me in once
It refuses to function smoothly with RON95 and insists I spend RM15 more on petrol each time I gas up

And much, much, more.

I’ve complained endlessly about my car.

Until now.

Yesterday, my Proton got into a battle with Vishen’ (my boss’) Mercedes. Long story short, Vishen wasn’t paying attention to his surroundings and pretty much reversed into my Proton sitting innocently on his right. From my point of view, I knew things would end up pretty ugly when I watched my car bob up and down as Vishen tried to extricate his car from the mess.

So when I rushed over to survey the damage, I was ready for the dents, scratches and potential bumper-drops.

Surprisingly

There was no dent, my bumper was still intact, and car had polish-able scratches. Huge sigh of relief — that didn’t look too bad.

Then I looked at Vishen’s car. Multiple scratches (which would have to be repainted)… and a significant dent!

I can see the headline already…

Ancient Proton Saga Emerges Victorious From A Battle With Brand New Mercedes Kompressor

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