0-100K in 8 years

I distinctly remember the May 1999. Awe and unknown of living in the foreign land far away from the safe nest was not over yet. Got the hang of right lane and left hand drive from Suresh and co. With the backing from pros who bought Passats & Audis when Corolla & Civic are the standard, I went to car shopping.

I will leave the car shopping in dealership to another blog. In summary, after tug-of-war, we settled on the price and I signed the dotted line to get my Acura Integra, the brand I never heard before. To sound knowledgable I educated myself to 0-60mph time, horsepower, fuel efficiency etc. (though I have to find what they meant much later).

It was Mile 0 for both me & my Acura. Driving up and down on El camino is how it started. The journey continued... From weekend Tahoe drives to adventurous long drives the car has travelled with me everywhere.

Acura saw so many things as it travelled with me.
- It carried a awe stuck early 20s bachelor and his friends across the valley aimlessly
- It moved job with me
- It saw aggressive 90 mph (in 40 mile zone) changing into to passive 65mph in freeways.
- It smiled at its driver's changing music taste
- And happy at driver's changing life status (bachelor->married->father)
- It even worked a small squrriel's part in getting its driver married to a beautiful girl
(would-be mapillai is owning Acura so he must have some taste in life was the comment by cross-reference guy :) )
- It safely carried the new born around in the compact back seat


Apart from the aging issues it never distrubed its lazy owner much.

Yesterday as I was driving past Auto Mall parkway after 8 years and few months later, the car odometer touched 100000.

I am happy too to travel so far with you Acura-Integra 4FGP160!