(not so) fast n the furious

One of the first things we settled upon touchdown here was finding our car pool gang, and subsequently looking around for 2nd hand cars. As there were 5 of us, and 2nd hand cars arent that expensive here (definitly much much cheaper here than S'pore), we decided to get 2 cars.

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(not so) FAST n the FURIOUS

nope, i didnt name them "Fast" n "Furious" respectively

The light blue (some may say baby blue) car on the left is a '93 (i think) Daihatsu Charade, 1.0 Litre, 2 door coupe, while the other one on the right is a dark blue '92 (again i think it is) Suzuki Swift 1.0 Litre, 2 door coupe. The combined cost per person, including miscellaneous, was roughly $450 per person, which works out to be about slightly over $1.1k each per car. CheEEEeeap ya?

doraemon sticker on the Charade

Both cars have no power steering, which works out fine with me, since my dad's car has none either. But there's no air-conditioning, which is pretty bad on hot summer days. Even with the windows fully wound down, travelling at 80+ km/hr, it can still be a bit warm. Rather than focus on the bad (cant complain too much, $450 for 2 car mah),I have to say these 2 cars are really fuel efficient, n since it's fuel efficient, flooring the accelerator pedal sometimes doesnt seem such a heartache.

There's not much difference between driving here and in singapore since both follow the right-hand drive rule, altough there's no such thing as ERP here. In fact, i find driving here to be less stressful, perhaps due to friendly drivers? Or mabbe driving in their expressways (called freeways here) is much more scenic and thus relaxing?

the car pool gang