Falling in love..

Alas, they never made "writing and driving" legal! I feel I could write this best while at the "flat-bottomed" steering wheel of my darling GTI! Nevertheless, you guys have to make-do with the second best piece I could write or tolerate my going to jail.

As they say, you can never tell when a dream started. I have been in my dreamworld with these beautiful creations called "cars" since I don't know when! Those of you who have read my last blog-post would very well be aware of the recent turmoil that had been brewing in my mind. I had to choose one from among the very things I love most! I had to find sense in my dreamland and that seemed quite an uphill task! Yes, I had let my heart do the groundwork and quite predictably it came out with a beautiful list. A list of such desirable cars, that I wouldn't hesitate a second before committing adultery! Some of them were too cute to ignore, others had "hot" written all over! Only if heart ruled the world, I would have all of them for me!

This is when the significance of another faculty in my body dawned upon me, goes by the name "brain". God did not create it out of whim after all! As soon as my brain was summoned to service, that smirk on some cars became very apparent. The smirk which said "i will keep you happy, but do not expect any purpose out of  me!". These are cars which titillate impulsive buyers initially; then pinch them very bad when anything other than pleasure is asked of them. That "other" might be some insignificant chore like stashing your grocery or giving your parents a short ride. But the very inability to do these things in spite of having your own car is potentially more depression inducing than your dog's death. So, those cars were kicked out with all due respect.

Courtesy: Sujay Sarkhel

I was left with cars which were pretty equal on paper. This was as far as the brain could forge. It was time for heart to take over again! These cars deserve to be named here: Ford Focus ST, Honda Civic Si and the VW GTI. All of them capable sports cars, with the rare ability to frequently don the very important role of a daily car. The first one was ruled out pretty quickly when I saw it together with a GTI in my office parking lot. The ST does have a boy-racer look which screams "sports". But there is something about the understated and gorgeous lines of the GTI which took my heart away. It looked innately more polished and soulful, something which would live on through years. Now I was left with the Si and GTI. The day of test-drive arrived and I let my heart do the rest. Read on.

PS:
You know why I got so late writing this post? I was on honeymoon :)