My Reva Electric car celebrated its first birthday yesterday. It was on 2nd December 2010 that I became the proud owner of my first car, my road to liberation, my freedom on wheels - a Reva.
The Reva comes in upto 7200 colours apart from the 6 standard ones,
including every conceivable shade of purple, my all time favourite
colour. One would have to wait 6 weeks for those though. So I went with
black, the eternally classic choice, and drove the car out of the
showroom 2 days after test driving it.
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| The gear shift |
One year and 5465 kms later, I couldn't be happier. I actually like to drive on the crazy roads everyday. Since I do upto 25 kms a day by just going to office and back, this liking is no infatuation or flash in the pan. Maybe it's because it's an automatic car, so I don't need to worry about releasing clutches and changing gears while squeezing between the BMTC bus and yet another meandering auto rickshaw. Maybe it's because it's so small, other car owners on the road can't help but go green with jealousy when I slowly but surely manoeuvre my car into the most impossible gaps in traffic (thumbs down, you SUV!) Or maybe it's the comfort of knowing that my bank account will not be victim to the biggest sucker of expenses after rent and eating out-petrol. My electricity bill has increased by 500 bucks, on account of charging my car. It runs for 60 kms per charge, and needs a maximum recharge time of 6 hours.
To my adorable car: thank you. For being easy to drive, light on the pocket and for being a great conversation starter!