Rant & Raves

“I don’t know. They are all the same.” exclaimed Maria.

“No, they are not the same!” I said back defensively. Maria looked at me, and said, “Well, they all have wheels, and they take you to your destinations. So they are all the same.”

We were on a journey and somehow, our conversation went from normal stuff to cars, and I was telling her about my plan to buy a lot of cars. But she doesn’t understand the difference between a BMW M5, a Lamborghini, a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution and a Porcshe Cayenne. Naturally I was telling her how the M5 can go from 0 to 100 km/h in 4.3 seconds, and how the Lancer Evo IX can do the same in 5.3 seconds, and other various performance difference between those cars.She looked indifferently at me, and said, “Yeah, they can go from 0 to 100 km/h in one second different. Great, but in Kuala Lumpur, there’s traffic congestion everywhere, everyday. So you will still get stuck in the traffic with all the Protons and Peroduas. By the way, why need so many cars?”

“Well, when I need to go for fishing trip, I will need to go offroad, so Cayenne will be the choice. And during working days, I can drive the M5 which is comfortable, and Lamborghini is when we have a function to attend!” I said more defensively.

“Again, how many times a year you go offroad? Once?” Maria smiled cheerfully. She knew she was winning on this conversation.

“Well, I don’t understand why you need more than 50 handbags and 50 pair of shoes. I have just one wallet, and 4 pairs of shoes. All those bags are the same, to me at least.” I said, hoping to counter the points she made earlier.

She looked at me with big eyes, and slowly and carefully, she said, “Oh no! You are very wrong. No two bags are the same.”

“Yeah? How so? They all look the same to me.”

“There are bags that I bring to work, to party, to a dinner, and during weekends. So they are serving different purposes. Same goes to shoes.” She explained briefly.

“Yup! Same thing here. I will need different cars for different occasions.” I exclaimed happily.

“But your one Lancer Evo can buy me close to 60 handbags. So mine is cheaper.” She gave me a smile.

“Uhm….”

I know this is a battle that I cannot win.