Sapnon ki gaddi

I have been driving a 92 model bajaj chetak for 10 years now. People always tell me I am crazy for not buying a bike but I dont care. I love my scooter though it broke down leaving me in situations which would lead to nothing less than a social disaster. Recently , while I was returning after watching "rang de basanti" , it broke down in a red light zone( anything worse on this planet ?? ) . A more recent incident (rather accident) was of the rear wheel coming out while I was driving. I know how lucky I am. I love my scooter.

I always thought I would leave the scooter only if a car was replacing it. (nah , I will never sell it ). I am on the lookout for a car for the nth time , 100! < n < 200! .
In the past two days, I have changed my mind so many times that it refuses to think and shows me a virtual "fuck you" signboard for every plan change. I admit that I have this habit of getting excited about things ultra fast. This time, its real bad.

I have spoken to 100 banks (ok , 5 actually) , 3 financers, 5 showrooms,15 auto agents . I took test drives of two vehicles on the same day. A second hand maruti 800 in the morning, and another brand new Santro xing in the evening. I didnt drive the maruti 800 fearing serious dents to the car that would eventually leave permanent holes the size of "grand canyon" in my pockets. ( Come on, what can be worse than banging a test drive car and having to pay for it , a perfect example of khaya na piya, glass toda , 12 aane.).

For some reason against "principles of marketing", the guy from the hyundai showroom brought a "yet to be sold car" as the test drive car was not availabe. Ironically, I drove it and this was an experience of a lifetime. Now I have some prior driving experience, a maruti 800 (800 Before Christ model ) , an ambassador, and fiat that I owned and sold as scrap for 7.5k. This was more than enough confidence to test drive a benz.

We went to necklace road and the drive was fun. The "kindness" atoms inside me we pleading me not to take the steering, but all in vain. Now this is a long road with hardly any traffic and it went on well. Then we took a U turn by cutting accross a car, narrowly missing a collision . I quickly told to myself "I was too occupied with checking out car's performance while turning",but frankly , it was a big mistake. The lady who was driving the other car had basic driving sense and it was them who avoided a collision. The lady's face had the greatest form of surprise which I cannot express in words here. Had the other car hit us, the best I can imagine myself doing is to pioneer improvisation of the begging industry with IT enabled services.
My search for the dream car is still on!!.