Archisman recently shared this with other BHPians.
How a prize car became a prized car.
I have two cars - A 2009 Santro Xing (red) and a 2019 Santro (the prize car in question) and this thread is about the two cars.
I have run away twice from my license tests at RTO in my younger days, after developing cold feet and nearly ruining a few family member s cars in the meantime. Cut to 2007 when I was doing my PhD in Mumbai, when I finally got my license at a ripe age of 27. Having got a job, I finally mustered up the courage to buy a car and enter the 2009 Santro Xing. This after test driving a Zen Estillo and Alto. The car became my primary ride and has taken me to Daman, Lonavla, Pune, Alibag and Nasik (15000 km in 4 years). Low usage was mostly because I used to work in Mumbai High offshore for 15 days a month. The car has performed wonderfully and the pickup and highway manners is something to die for (a trait still strong after 12 years).