Ride in My Life

As far as I can remember, my father was a car junkie. That means I get to ride a lot of different rides back then. Not really understand my father's point of view of philosophy but it seems like he have a fetish to change his car every a few years. Not that we are rich to start off so most of the rides are 2nd hand or the more affordable one. I am trying to scour my memories and try to remember all the rides if possible but the time-line may not be accurate as I don't remember the time and order....most of them.

The earlier ride that I can remember as I child was the Mazda 323 GLC.

I believe I was only in my pre-kindergarden when my father drove this car. It was olive green in color if my memory doesn't fail me. I don't have much memories with this car as my father changed his car again soon after.

The second ride was a Nissan Sunny. The first Sunny was Blue in color and he changed to Sunny again after a few car changes. The second one was Gold in color and looks more modern. My father seems to have a very bad history with Nissan Sunny as both of the Sunny also involved in accident before and it was the main reason why he changed both of the Sunny. PS:- Both Sunny at a different timeframe and not at the same time. The Sunny was very comfortable in my opinion as the seats feel comfortable and the internal looks very modern (at that time). I was a bit sad when my dad sold the Sunny.....I still remember there were a song for the car....haha.

Then there was the 1st Proton Saga. Of course it was very interesting and proud to won one of the first local manufactured cars. It was white in color and weird is the seat colors were navy blue??? It was very boxy and looks kinda different at that time. I was proud to tell my classmate that my dad owns a Saga at that time. I still remember the launch of the model whereby our former Prime Minister drove it across the Penang Bridge. So I guess that trigger my dad to drive the Saga all the way to Penang. Haha. The most memorable item of the ride ... was the hard box seats...it was very uncomfortable for long journeys....I can't recall though why my dad sold off the Saga neither I recall when it was sold....but i recall that it have a indicator on low fuel warning which my dad didn't know what it's mean. He used to say "few morning" ..... hahahaha.

Then enter the Mitsubushi's. My dad used to drive 2 models of Mitsubishi....the Lancer and the Galant/Sigma. One must be thinking that I used to drive a Lancer....haha. Nope the model I was refering was the old one not the latest one. The Sigma was more memorable as it have another lever beside the hand-brake. I used to asked my dad what was the purpose of the lever. Then he told me something real cool, that the lever was for turbocharge the engine for more power. Once the lever is pulled there will be a "star" indicator on the dashboard indicating the engine is on turbocharged mode. My dad used to drive quite aggressive so you can guess that it's one of his favorite car.

Another more prominent car that my dad drove was the Mazda 626 Hatchback. It's memorable for 2 things. One is that it's the most spacious car compare to all other and the second is the plate number 6699 whereby it was very easy to remember. The 626 was a very spacious car and a very stable one as well. My dad and mom used to drive this car to KL for trips and it was travelling at the speed of 180KM/h but yet the car is stable and felt as though we are travelling at 120km/h or 11o km/h.The only drawback of the car is that it have a very "heavy" steering without a power steering option. Lolx, guess that's only fair for a heavy car. But it was crashed by a school bus and really thank god the car's toughness that my mom is safe and sound. Can't say the same for the car as it was sold shortly after that.

The 2 most recent cars will be back to the locals. But this time my dad opt for Proton Wira. The 1st one was in Meteor Brown color and the main reason we get a Wira was due to my younger brother's request to want a Wira (haha, wished he asked for a BMW or Merz). It was an ok ride as it was the standard model. Then later on we sold the car due to the car paint defects and got ourself another Wira but this time its a facelift version with full-spec. The car was filled with techs that was very new to me back then. With it's auto back shade, the auto-cruise functions as well as other cool looking stuff. That was the last ride that we have as a family and having family trip every once a while in the year...

Those are the most beautiful memories in me as family, going for road trips with my family looking for roadsigns and going to our fav vacation....KL, Desaru, Kukup, Genting Highlands, Fraser Hill, Taiping, Bkt Merah Waterpark, Johor and a few more...though I can no longer have it anymore but I am determined that I will have my own family and have my own family trips.