Getting to Know My "Red Gecko" Mazda 2

It's been a while since I blogged (so busy and so tired from work). In the time away from blogging, so much has happened, including getting a new car for my son.

After scouring the Malaysian car dealerships for the best looking and best value buy (for non-national car), my wife and I settled for the Mazda 2 sedan auto (1.5L) with LCD touch screen (with GPS navigation built in). At RM82,000+, the Mazda 2 was just at the right price point, especially with 3 years free service thrown in.

More importantly, having driven the car around for about a month now, I've come to realise that, moving forward, I don't need a big-engine car to get around quickly.

Yes, big-engine cars are really nice to drive on the highway, especially when you want to outrun tailgaters and overtake road hoggers. But at the end of the day, a small engine car can do just fine - or maybe I'm getting old and prefer to drive more like an "uncle".

Anyway, with a bit of money, I'm sure I can do up the Mazda 2's understated beauty simply by getting larger rims and lower profile tyres, but I'll leave that for later; much later.

And speaking of beauty, I never thought I'd go for a car that looks like a gecko - a bright red gecko. But over time, I guess almost anything can look good :)