The decision is about my car ;) To those close to me , you would probably know about this already but to those uninformed , my car , Proton Kembara always gets into troubles easily , either by having a weak battery pack , loose wires , weak generators ( which costs a bomb to replace ) .The latest episode in this seemingly unending misery unveils the malfunction of one the cables containing the black oil , thus leading to a black oil leakage.
Upon consultation with the mechanics, we discovered that it would cost nearly 1 k to repair it . After much consideration , finally my parents decided enough is enough . We opt for trading in the kembara.
In the shop , after much much hastle and bustle , I thought I had found the right one, the dream car, affordable , fuel efficient and doesn't look too shabby , appearance wise. The car is... Proton Savvy .
This is a Proton Savvy
This is inside a Savvy
For those keen on tecnical details , it is a hatch-back shaped car which runs on AMT ( automatic manual transmission ),powered by a 1.2 L D-Type SOHC 16-valve engine sourced from Renault
. Hmm, actually i don't even know what tat means, just copy pasted tat from wiki :) but boy, from the looks of its interior and reviews i got from net , this car seems to be not too shabby ain't it ?* ok wait, now before u proton haters out there start throwing spits and spats over how useless and practically pathetic this car is , read first :) )
But somehow, the thing about it running on AMT transmission and engine sourced from Renault just seems to have bad vibes on it . So,i surfed the net for more details. Surprisingly ,my bad vibes earlier turned out to be a premonation . Slowly and steadily, I started uncovering the ugly truths about Savvy.
True enough , everything looks fine from the outside but from what I heard from Savvy users , most,if not all complained that Savvy requires a LOT of maintainance, and they say that some parts of the car are easily spoilt and requires a bomb to replace or fix it . e.g the ignition coil , the amt chip/ comp ( apparently there's a little computer chip inside which enables the AMT transmission and this little chip / gadget requires around a few thousand ringgits to fix it if it did break down )
That's the turning point . After seeing that , I immediately called the dealer to look for other available cars.Before I closed my research though , a little comment in the net caught my attention though , it goes like something along this line " If you wanna get a savvy, might as well opt for hyundai getz or chevrolet aveo " At that time, I didn't really care much about it as I was getting my bouts of depression because I am at loss of which car to choose as my options are limited and my budget constraint is pretty tight.
But today, after school , I went to the car dealer shop with my family and guess what , the dealer recommended a car that just arrives recently ... Guess what car is tat ? Hyundai Getz and Chevrolet Aveo !!! Imagine the look at my face... I was flabbergasted , completely shocked and numb upon seeing those cars. Is it some sort of revelation ? And what's more is that price is reasonable and the features of the car are pretty neat ;) + i have good vibes with it.
But the only thing that bothers me is its maintainance fee and spare part problems. Will it have problems easily like my kembara? or will it run smoothly hassle free for years to come ? That is the question i pose to the car dealer and he laughs it off saying " Of course it will have problems,every car have problems ! It just depends on can it be overcomed or not and the ans is yes "
Again, i felt like this is another revelation . Upon hearing that , all my bad vibes disappeared completely. The truth hurts but true enough , in this world , there are no such thing risk-free . Everything we do comes with a certain uncertainties and risks of being damaged/ spoilt / harmed in one way or another. The best we can do is just to minimize the risk , we cannot avoid risks.Knowing that , I begin to think that risks are mere opportunities that drives you to grow and overcome it , learning to be a better person along the journey . Maybe it is designed to be that way all along , just that some pessimistists interpret risks as something unlucky that were meant to push them down and drove them into the abyss of darkness.
It's amazing how my mood can change ..just yesterday I was suffering from pangs of depressions ,grief and sorrow and now i am happy again ;) Anyway, I just wanted to say I am really lucky to have such exceptionally caring parents ,though sometimes our mindsets and generation gap might set us going against each other, but deep inside their heart , i know they care for us the most.. thank you ! :)
Oh btw, i end up buying the Hyundai Getz in the end. This time, hopefully things will work out well =) .
