It does its job without demanding much credit, like that boomer in every office who quietly holds the company together
BHPian cefiljoseph recently shared this with other enthusiasts:
If there’s one time, I wake up early on my own it to go on a drive – I was up before 4 and started the checks.
All fluid levels and tyre pressure is good. I also carry a tyre inflator from Quboa 12V socket converter to household plug in case I need to charge my laptop in an emergency.
We were good to go!
Once we crossed the Pune expressway, had a hearty breakfast at McDonald for me and a tankful that increased Coco’s value by another 5 percent
My god was the Konkan route scenic. On the ghat roads, I stopped at a viewpoint to take in the view and snap pictures of Coco. This kept happening every couple of hundred meters until I realized that’s just how beautiful the views were, and I had to make peace with it to continue driving.
Further into the journey, while passing through a peaceful village that is fed by its agriculture, I halted for a while on seeing some beautiful birds. Took out my camera and clicked a few pictures. Why is it that many car people are also fond of birds – a correlation that I never quite understood.
Small Minivet
Purple Sunbird
Spotted Dove
Long-tailed Shrike
Golden-fronted Leafbird leaf birding
Siberian Stonechat
Lovely nests between the tamarind trees
In the world of birds, what would Coco be? A crow—useful, reliable, intelligent, and powerful, all while staying under the radar. If the 9th-gen Corolla were cheaper to run, like a Gen 1/2 Suzuki Swift, it would have fallen into the hands of young enthusiasts who would have modded it to death and abused it. If it were a bit more fun to drive and as expensive to keep running as it is now, it would have, once again, fallen into the hands of young enthusiasts who would have modded it to death, like the Honda Civic *cough* *cough* Ricers . The 9th-gen Corolla sits in this interesting place where it’s expensive to run and powerful yet not as fun to drive. It does its job without demanding much credit, like that boomer in every office who quietly holds the company together—just as a crow holds the ecosystem together without being showy about it.
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