honda city

Who say you’ll need an expert to review a car ? Bullchit. I can do it too (despite the fact i know nuts about cars).

I was looking at a Honda City, can’t help to think — what an ugly car it is. Short front .. and long back. According to some expert, it’s suppose to be a ‘bubble design’ concept, where it played an important role to cause my neighbour’s dog sustaining an erection without a bitch. Kidding. It’s suppose to make the car more aerodynamic. To some less techie dudes, aerodynamic is a type of very fast bird.

Well, it was a direct cross from Honda Jazz (the short front) plus our asian’s uncanny preference of big trunks — thus, they came up with the design of Honda City. Talking bout big trunk, I do not understand why we asians wanted cars with big trunks. Personally speaking, i didn’t mind cars for having a small trunk. Why would we need a trunk so big ? Stuff our mother in laws inside ? Not me. I only use it store my 24-7 ready 10 lbs bowling ball and a pair of soccer boots inside.

The new Honda City definitely was designed to suit the taste of us asians. It has a short front (good for those idiots who have problems parking their car) and a gigantic trunk. 500 liters, enough to store 6 mother in laws inside (depends on your mother in law’s size). The final look is — something that resembled the flower horn fish. It’s fucking ugly. I bet if a kid were to asked to draw a Honda City and submit his work to his art teacher — he would get a real thorough spanking for drawing a lopsided car… and get an -F for it. No shit.

I went to the Honda showroom yesterday and frankly speaking, although I didn’t liked the look of that darn car, I was very impressed with the quality of it’s interior. Everything felt solid and in it’s place. Some say it’s luxurious - but I’m pretty sure those are just a bunch of ah beng’s that are unfamiliar with cream coloured dash or probably haven’t seen a luxury car before. It’s neat and pretty inside - yes. Luxurious ? - still a lot to add.

Alright, I tried to ask for a test drive but unfortunately, the demo car wasn’t in - so, I kinda missed the driving part. Hence, I did the next best thing - I positioned myself on the driver’s seat & fiddled around with it’s control like a virgin kid’s first love-making experiencing a girl’s body. The very first thing i noticed was - it’s limited leg room under the steering. It’s too fucking small for fully grown guy like me. I mean, it doesn’t even have enough space to house a simple foot rest … and if my size 10 shoe were to be any bigger, it would be impossible for me to stretch both legs when driving.

It would have been better if the trunk were to be made smaller to give more space to cabin. I preferred a larger cabin anytime than having a large trunk. The car is more suitable for a young girl or housewife, not a savage bloke like me.

But nevermind, not that I’m interested in Honda City anyway. I was just curious of it’s fame… and went to check if it really lived up to it’s reputation. Apparently, not. The car’s ugly - period. Besides, nobody really knows if the CVT gearbox could cost an arm & a leg in case it needed any replacement.

I walked out of the showroom without looking back. Time to move to other options.

*If one’s asking why the sudden craze about cars - yes, I am planning to change my car. Budget ? 85K max. I’m now scouring for bits of info to aid my buying.