Hyundai Accent

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Oops, I have just realised that I had not published a blog entry about my new car. More importantly, I have not shown you all any photos of it! So, here are a few photos of my new car. I took a few internal and external shots. It is what I call a “starter car” as it is a rather basic car with limited features.

Driving the car has been an absolute terror joy recently. Initially, I was not used to the responsiveness and power under the hood. Also, the brakes had a noticeable lag in responsiveness. The car is supposed to come with some sort of pseudo-ABS system, which might explain it. However, I’ve now grown better accustomed to it. These things take a few days after all.

I have even taken it for a long distance drive, down to Melaka and back, which is about 250km in total. I will be taking it for another long distance drive, down to Kluang and back, which will be about 500km in total. So, I will be needing my first 1000km service soon.

Like I mentioned earlier, manual cars are fun to drive. Only in manual cars can you actually feel the acceleration of the engine. Only in manual cars can you actually feel everything moving immediately to your commands. However, it is also only in manual cars where you can feel the aches and pains of driving through a 3 hour traffic jam.

I am also going to keep a log of the amount of fuel consumption for the car. I will then analyse this data to see how good or bad the fuel situation is. I have a feeling that the results will come back something like this: bad for traffic jams, great for driving long distances.