I think I forgot to jot down a real superb experience, which happened two weeks ago. I drove an AUDI. Ok la, ok la, test-drove an AUDI A4 1.8 L car. Fuiyo!
How it happened? Well, my dad and I went over to Auto City in Jawi to check out the latest Kembara. I had an eye on that car, well now no more. Why? Well, the new batch, Kembara Elegance has such a sleek and as the name, elegant design but it runs on a 1.3 engine which is too small for the size of the car, it runs on 4 wheels all the time, meaning you can’t switch between 2 wheels and 4 wheels, slow and it drinks up to 15 cents worth of petrol per km. Considering the price of petrol nowadays, that’s a huge sum. So we were walking around, then my dad spotted the latest Volkswagen on display. The gallery was closed so we were just peering at it from outside and along came this salesman.
(The following is the conversation between dad and the man)
“Yes sir, how can I help you? Looking for a Volkswagen?”
“What’s the price of this car?”
“Oh, cheap only. Come inside I show you”
“No, I just want to know the price”
“Aiya, never mind. Come in”
“But the place is closed”
“Never mind, my gallery (for Audi) is open. I sometimes help the Volkswagen salesman too.”
So we went in and sat.. and he was explaining to us about all the Volkswagens in the market and the features. The Volkswagen which dad was pointing to, runs on a 1.4 L engine, which is too small for the car. By the way, this one looks like Honda Jazz.
“So, what’s the price like?”
“Cheap only”
“How much”
“RM140, 000”
I almost burst out laughing. My dad thought it costs about 70,000. I looked at my dad and there was a slight smile on his face. Then the man started promoting Audi. Showing us all the pictures of all types of Audis. Their cars are so futuristic; some of it will only come to Malaysian roads after 10 years. There was a car, which is called Shark and looks like one too, and it runs on balls. Not wheels, but balls. Hold it! Don’t get those dirty thoughts into your head. Shame on you. I didn’t mean the ‘ball’ but sphere shaped balls. Ahem! It costs 5 million and can never run on Malaysian roads. There was another type too, coming soon to Malaysia, only one unit in Malaysia, costs 3.5 million and ordered by a Mentri here…sigh!
Then I got bored with the conversation so walked around looking at the cars on display. Along came another salesman.
“Hey girl, don’t just look at the car. Open the door and sit inside”
And he opened the car, which costs 240,000 thousand and showed me the booth and told me,
“Your hands will never reach the end of the booth”
True enough. The booth is hugeeeeeeee! Then I sat inside. Fuiyo! This is the car I test drove. So I’ll describe the car later.
While the man was explaining the features of the Audi A4 to dad, I spotted another sporty looking two door Audi so I went inside, closed the door and held the steering, drinking in the comfort. I thought the steering would probably hit my knees and the car would be too small for my size but truly, the car might look a little bigger than a kancil but it was extremely comfortable and luxurious. Of course, it costs almost 300,000. Just when I was beginning to enjoy the interior the car,
“Oi, where are you going? “
The salesman who was talking to my dad spotted me and opened the passenger door and started showing me this and that about the car.
He started talking and talking for almost 1 hour about almost all the Audis in the world and even served us Chinese tea. My dad later told me he was surprised about the reception from the salesman, as usually they won’t usually bother entertaining Indians when it comes to car sales. (Earlier we checked out Hyundai’s and the salesman didn’t even lift his head to look at us).
Then, he ‘forced’ us to test-drive the Audi A4 1.8 L. My dad was happily accelerating on the road with the salesman at the back seat. Then, the salesman asked me to drive the car and I said, no. I was too scared just in case I ram it somewhere.
“Come on. How many times can you actually tell someone you have driven an Audi? Dun worry wan. Nothing can happen. Got airbags somemore” =P
So I drove it. I can tell you…after driving that car; you wouldn’t want to drive any other less superior cars. The control panels’ lit up the whole car, making it look like a control panel for a space ship, with touch screen, TV etc. Leather seating. Adjustable air conds, meaning u can make it blow hot air for ur side and cold air for the passenger side. The driving experience was the best. A single acceleration, the car doesn’t buffer to gain speed. It just simply accelerates without you feeling it. I drove it at 140km/per hr at the stretch of roads outside Auto City.
Then I forgot the road to get back to the gallery.
“Aiya Suba, like this means, next time I date you means how you going to come and fetch me?”
“Ha ha, I date you means you must come and fetch me la”
“Oh, like that wan ah..Ok la..morning date, I fetch you. Evening date, you fetch me”
=P
Then we reached the gallery and stood outside talking for a while. He told us an Indian man working in a company as a Director recently bought the car for his wife from them. Then the other sales man whipped out his PDA and showed me his kids photo and asked me, “cute ah cute ah?”
=)
Then,
“You still single ah, Suba?”
Sigh, what a question to ask in front of dad.
“Yes,still single” (He he!)
“Then no need to buy Audi. Find a hubby who can buy an Audi for you”
“Then must marry old man la”
“Ha ha..Where you working?”
“Penang”
“When you started working? Fresh grad ah?”
“Yup. 5 months ago.”
“Then work first. Then get an Audi,ok?”
“Ok,sure sure. I have fallen in love with the car”
“Ok,come sir, we have a drink in Coffee Bean”
“No,never mind, we need to go back now”
“Ok then, here’s our cards.”
“Thanks a lot for all the explanations and the free ride”
“No problem. C u”
Kembara? No way! =P
