The Chronicles of Andy

Feeling a bit free today so I was thinking of sharing with you my current wife. Let me introduce to you Ms. AD Resort. She was born in Japan from Mr. and Mrs. Nissan.

Before

It comes with a carburated 1599cc GA16DE engine.

After

New paint, new look and new butt.

Why am I posting pictures of my wife here is because i am so obsessed with stationwagons. Started to have this ‘disease’ since 2002 when a local car modification magazine featured a ‘dancing wagon’ of the same make. I was like, WTF, like that also can ah?? Then after I went for a short holiday and back to start looking for a job, I needed a car, desperately. My budget was around less than MYR30k.

I went to a car dealer in Cheras (coz it was near my house) and found the right car. There it was, sitting at the front of the dealer’s office, freshly brought in to be sold. I checked it out and took a test drive. I felt in love immediately I got it the car! After a short spin around, I booked it immediately. The following week, I was the new owner of the then 9 years old car. I didnt expect to really own the car that I drooled upon the year before. But hey, for MYR26k, 1.6 litre engine, like-new interior, superb stability and lots of space in the back, whatelse could you ask for. Although it was dubbed the ‘coffin car’ or ‘the car for uncles’ (I was 22 yrs old then) the whole package was to die for and right up till today, the car didnt give me big headaches. Besides the minor wear and tear, she was running just fine and I love every minute with her. This model is derived from our ubiquitus fleet of Genting taxis that has been in operation for more than 10 years. I brought her up north to Penang and down south to the tip of Johor and even to the peak of Genting Highlands without any problems (so far) and I must say I’m more than satisfied of her inner abilities.

My wife is turning 12 yrs old this year and I hope to keep her until the end, of course, if possible. Now that the powers that be of Bolehland has ruled that vehicles above 15 years will be sent to scrap, I now starting to feel that she is nearing its end pretty soon. I sure hope that she stays with me till the end but looking at my measly salary, I dont think I can afford to keep her, if I ever get another wife. I was thinking of passing it to my other half coz she dont do alot of driving therefore it wouldnt hurt the car whereas I will either get a bike or a pickup truck. But, we’ll see la how..

If everything went smooth for our local distributor of Nissan cars, by right, the AD Resort is replaced with the latest version of it called the AD Van in Japan, as below:

Sleeker, modern looking wagon this time.

Sigh.. so how ah? To let go or not to let go ?

As mentioned in my earlier posting, I’m eyeing on the Toyota Hilux but this time its off. Too many news on Hilux owners being hijcked and taken for a terror ride in this country so whats the point of owning a car and yet worry about it whenever you drive or park in public areas? SIGH… What a waste laa..

This weekend I will be joining the Ford’s Lanun Darat mini expedition to a small jungle in Pahang. This would be my first venture into 4×4 motoring, same time testing out the new Ford Ranger TDCi Details of the expedition is here. I will be posting my experience here so stay tuned!

On the following weekend, I will be test driving the Mazda Fighter pickup. There wont be an expedition to actually test this baby but we’ll see what will happen then.

Wish me luck for this weekend’s affair!

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