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OLD IS GOLD
Its been a long time since I wrote something on this site. This time during my semester break we decided to restore our beloved 20 years old Maruti 800.
This car has a small story attached with it:- This car was purchased by my father on 8th February 1992 from Pebco Motors, Jamshedpur. After using it for 10 years (2002) and 250000 Kms we sold it to one of our relative. That guy literally abused the car and got it repainted by some local mechanic. I think that mechanic didn’t even knew how to open couplers in wiring of the car, he cut all the wires in the car and again joined it by applying insulation tape. The owner was equally irresponsible about the work carried out on the car. The owner drove the car for 100000 km and then he bought another car after which this car was barely used. They didn’t also bother to cover it. The car was exposed to sun and rain for 3-4 years. In 2011 my father went to their house for some function and he saw our beloved standing under a tree with dust and leaves all over it. He was shocked to see the car in this condition so he asked our relative that what is he going to do with it? He said- I am planning to sell it. My father asked the price and he told Rs 35000. After some negotiation he agreed on Rs 25000. My father bought the car and asked him about the car he said they haven’t started it from quite some time. My father asked for the keys and it started on the first crank. The car was cleaned by our driver and he took it to get it fuelled and air pressure check. The front RHS tyre rim developed a hole near the valve and the tube got cut by the rim so the spare tyre was fitted and that rim (except tyre) was thrown there only. At 5 o clock in the evening my father started from my relative’s place which is 100Km from my house and reached Ranchi by 7 o clock without a single puncher or breakdown. The car proved its loyalty again.
OLD IS GOLD
Its been a long time since I wrote something on this site. This time during my semester break we decided to restore our beloved 20 years old Maruti 800.
This car has a small story attached with it:- This car was purchased by my father on 8th February 1992 from Pebco Motors, Jamshedpur. After using it for 10 years (2002) and 250000 Kms we sold it to one of our relative. That guy literally abused the car and got it repainted by some local mechanic. I think that mechanic didn’t even knew how to open couplers in wiring of the car, he cut all the wires in the car and again joined it by applying insulation tape. The owner was equally irresponsible about the work carried out on the car. The owner drove the car for 100000 km and then he bought another car after which this car was barely used. They didn’t also bother to cover it. The car was exposed to sun and rain for 3-4 years. In 2011 my father went to their house for some function and he saw our beloved standing under a tree with dust and leaves all over it. He was shocked to see the car in this condition so he asked our relative that what is he going to do with it? He said- I am planning to sell it. My father asked the price and he told Rs 35000. After some negotiation he agreed on Rs 25000. My father bought the car and asked him about the car he said they haven’t started it from quite some time. My father asked for the keys and it started on the first crank. The car was cleaned by our driver and he took it to get it fuelled and air pressure check. The front RHS tyre rim developed a hole near the valve and the tube got cut by the rim so the spare tyre was fitted and that rim (except tyre) was thrown there only. At 5 o clock in the evening my father started from my relative’s place which is 100Km from my house and reached Ranchi by 7 o clock without a single puncher or breakdown. The car proved its loyalty again.
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