Ravings of a Nomadic Mind

(The Present)*&&^^@*&#^(&*(*. &^%&$@^* its not until my lungs start to scream that i realise i am holding my breath. i let out my breath slowly, then i realise i'm parked 90 degrees to the residential lane i just came on to.

(roughly 45 seconds back) The Maruti Swift is a good looking car, i always thought it was what a modern Mini would have looked like and it was very new on the road then, Jaipur barely had a handful at the time. so it was fresh in and looked extremely cute and Handsome at the same time. OK so my friend had bought a new one in red and as i was visiting him he said he'd take me for a drive. as we were about to get into the car he threw me the keys to his day old car. I get in the car and move to start it as he walks towards the gate to open it. get in turn the ignition, "oh, nice throaty burble" i didn't know it was this loud. i found it a trifle too loud for a family hatch. shifting in to gear i think to myself be nice and gentle you don't want to trash a brand new car. i ease my foot of the clutch because the thing i feared more than trashing the car was stalling it, in front of my friend. i was a relative novice to cars at the time, and didn't want to show that. May be if i had been a little more concerned with the car than saving my face i wouldn't have done what i did then. looking back the clutch was a little heavy too. i ease the foot of the clutch the engine note rising as i ease onto the accelerator pedal the little red car jumps of its rockers, like a rottweiler leaving hell, i miss my friend and the gate to his house by inches as i hold onto the steering wheel for dear life.

(back to Present) i look at the rear view, and reach for the ignition and then change my mind. i get out of the car on wobbly legs, look at my friend who sees my face and doubles up laughing. i feel like murdering him, well if i hadn't almost run him over with his brand new car i would have killed him. what Had happened was with a subtle body kit and spoilers he had got the engine changed with a Baleno unit and the unit that was peppy in the heavy set Baleno was out right snarly in the lill car. the point of the little anecdote is that lill cars with peppy engines are way more fun than big burly cars which we don't have space to run around any way. secondly it would be a good idea for auto makers to introduce cars with souped up engines in limited quantities. there is no sporty choice in the affordable segment. so a flagship model in the range would be a nice idea. i think it would need less money and make more money than creating hedious little monstrosities like Swift Dezires and the logan, as i later found out a little later when i stopped shaking and got back in the car that even after the aftermarket job the ill car just soaked up all the power and reveled in the new freedom.

God Bless After market Tuners