Take My Breath Away

Move over, baby - make way for my new love...

T'was another lazy hazy (*not) Sunday morning when noodle and I decided to drop by our neighbourhood Honda showroom to check out the latest addition to the Civic family. Perhaps it was early in the morning still, but the crowd was still bearable, and it didn't take more than 3 turns before it was our take to test the baby.

And what a drive it was - of course, bearing in mind all I have only been driving is my humble '85 Toyota Corolla LE, and me not bring much of a racer. So, there was only so much I could experience during the short 5-minute of circling around the business district, unlike a more "technical" test-drive by others like blogger damion.

But I dare say the car fitted with the newest 1.8l SOHC i-VTEC engine was really a breeze to drive. The interior was cool, esp. the sporty dashboard (really makes me wonder if noodle can handle this baby properly...), the handling effortless and responsive, the insulation good and etc etc etc. One downside is perhaps the compensation of comfort versus performance during sudden acceleration when one could feel the heavy pull as well as the very much noticable revving sound of the engine that seems to suggest it's making a lot of effort. But then again, this ain't a >MYR200K sedan so gotta be realistic with the expectations.

I would have placed my booking there and then, but my conscience told me to give it more consideration before any commitment is made. Though it would be really nice to have this baby as our second car, I am still far from being able to accept the repercussions of owning such a beauty on our budget (earlier on we were actually considering the P2 MyVi which has a standing waitlist for 4-6months! Such a turn off, apart from the looks compared to the Civic lah... muahahaha). And definitely that would mean I'll have to work harder, and worst of all, being away on a foreign land, again.

But for the mean time, I'll just syok sendiri and carry on the debate with noodle on the choice of colour - I'm hooked on the bronze silver pearl whereas she's more into the bluish silver metallic. On another note, the sure thing now is that this spells "bye bye" to my earlier target, the Toyota Corolla Altis, which is already a car 4 years older than the new Civic baby.

So move over, make way for my new baby...