... 00:40 ... read my car's digital clock... i had carried my full sleeve pullover... although i was not feeling to pull-it-over myself yet... as we drove out of One-Lounge, A-MG reiterated that i stay back... but then it was our 'working' day on One One Eleven although the production plant was closed... so i dropped them off and drove back ... i remember waking up quite fresh even though this was after (about) two hours of mindless shaking of entire body and five hours of sleep...
... first i got a call from my car service centre... my Vista was due for the service and i told the that they can pick-up the car from the company... and then nothing extraordinary in the office... but as the day was turning into evening i received an offer... nope! not the job offer... nor to 'attend' any party... the offer was simply to visit the car dealers to finalize on one hot hatchback... and i happily obliged! :-)
... after few calls we decided to visit the Volkswagen dealer in Poona... apparently there is only ONE in poona!!! ... we decided to visit first the Skoda dealer... but then i got a call from the Service Station... the Vista was ready for delivery after six... i looked at my watch... it was five... no time to waste we decided to go ahead to visit the dealers... first stop to my service station, asked the engineer to keep the car with the security ... next stop Skoda showroom... and we found it closed... and then we rushed to the VW ...
... thanks to the accuracy of the Google Maps and collective effort of my grey cells... we reached the dealer with fairly no wrong turns... good thing about the location of the dealer is that it is in the middle of the city... the bad thing about the location of the dealer is that it is in the middle of the city!! ...
... we decided to get the look and feel of the Volkswagen Polo without any delay... and boy-oh-boy! these Germans know how to build an automobile!! ... the thuddish clunk sound of the door is oh-so-impressive!! the steering wheel is so grippingly rich in feel... i was already feeling comfy in the driver's seat... and the seat! yep! they 'hold' u in right places ... and with the proper adjustment for height (only in the top end variant!) u can have a reasonably good 'view' ahead ...
... the switch gear feels premium and the dashboard is driver oriented... some clever, or i should say very cleaver, design cues... like the parcel tray parking slot!... i loved every part of the car... except for the fact that the base version is NOT suitable for the (somewhat) vertically challenged people ... and then comes the worse part... even if i pay 50K i still don't get that height adjustment!!! WTeF!! ...
....now... we were already feeling not-so-good about the car but decided to go for that test drive anyway... and now the interesting part... to engage the car in reverse gear u have to push the gear lever down and then put it in the 'traditional' first gear position... yep! i know that sounds weird... but it was very very interesting... given the 'push' feel of the lever was... ummm... exquisite!! :-) ... and then the next surprise... VW Polo has the switch gear straight from the LHD type cars... which means the stalk for the turn indicators is on the left and if u want to use the wipers use the stalk on the right... so on my first test drive of the Polo ... i switched on the wipers when i actually wanted to turn on the left indicator!!
... we winded up the trip with goody goody feeling about the car but with a heavy sigh that it will cost us a bomb if we were to actually enjoy the features! ... so now the hopes were hinging on the Skoda Fabia... that was to be tested on January 02... and that ride was Fab! ... keep reading ... keep motivating... and keep commenting! :-D
Wondering what was this visit to different showrooms for? for yourself or for reverse engineering for your company??
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