Saturday, February 24, 2007

Car Hunting

Hello everyone!! Aloha!! Today we formally started car hunting - looked at the Honda's and Toyota's of the world. Also looked at some of the Lexus models (these are the premium segment of the Toyota group).

Incidentally, for the uninformed, in the US, virtually each car manufacturer has two segments which they market. One is the usual segment such as the Honda, Toyota, etc, while the other is the premium / luxury segments, where the same manufacturers push out luxury cars - as in Honda has the Acura, Toyota has the Lexus, in their luxury segments. I'll see if I can get a consolidated list out to you all.

Anyhow, we saw the Honda Civic (normal & Hybrid) as well as the Honda Accord. We also saw the Toyota Yaris, Corolla, Camry and Prius (hybrid). We also saw a few used Lexus cars whose pricing was kinda comparable to that of a new Camry.

The fact of the matter is that in this country one could go bonkers with the amount of choice that is available. Hopefully, within the next couple of weeks we would have narrowed down our search, and finalized our car!!!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Aadaab!

Sure, when it comes to cars, you'll be spoilt for choices here. And since you seem to be, you might wish to add the Jaguar to your list. Who knows, you might get a great deal on a really good piece and then .....and then you might want to live on the other side of the Bay so you can get a decent driving experience. But is that possible in Cauliflornia?

Ramesh Ramakrishnan said...

Hey Sridhar, fancy seeing you here. Yeah, I know...I know...the Jags and the BMWs of the world. But well, even if I did pick up a decent jag, I'll have a tough time selling it later !!! As for living on the other side of the bay...well let Mahi and I atleast start living on this side first !!!

Anonymous said...

Knowing your exacting standards, Bachha, I know you'll find a GREAT car sooner rather than later. Happy hunting!
PS:Is Sridhar anybody we know?

Ramesh Ramakrishnan said...

Same here aunty - hoping to close on something really soon.