You missed installment deadline? Oh boy. Maybe next time do standing instruction? Then no need to remember every month.

I sympathise. While the "wife" is in workshop, you will constantly anticipate her return. But she will eventually be fixed, so just be patient.

Or maybe consider buying a new "wife"... ehehe.

I'm a frickin idiot. Once again I've caused my MyVi to get hurt again. At the same friggin spot too. Today while I was forward parking, my left bumper scratched the pillar.

riazorblues: Yup, not the same wall, and this time I was trying to park, but yes it's the same spot on the left bumper.

All my bumps and scratches have happened on the passenger side so far. But I think I know what I did wrong this time, won't happen again.

Better explained in a diagram.

Yes, my first car. Although hurts, I don't really regret, because I originally intended to buy a Suzuki Swift. I know what I did wrong this time. I was deliberately trying to leave space for the next car to park on the right (ironically I thought it would reduce the chances of scratches), so I turned a bit later than usual.

From now on, I'll just park normally...

This post has been edited by Andrew Lim: Nov 18 2009, 10:47 AM

I seriously considering gluing or taping a stick to my left bumper.

nottyKitty: New driver's growing pains... but luckily haven't hit anybody's car yet.

Maapu: What I meant sticking a pole or something long, so I can see how far my left bumper is from the driver's seat. But half-joking only.

Haha, when I drove in to Mun Thoong's workshop today, the mechanics were like...
-> -> ->
Then we all laughed... very funny...

After car fixed, I told the boss I say I hope don't see him again next week.
The boss also say he don't want to see me and my MyVi also.

Today I reverse parked.

Haha, maybe next time when I more confident.
Haha no, didn't bang anything.

These few days I go to work a bit earlier to practice reverse parking, but still not very good. I only dare reverse park if there's only 1 car beside the bay I'm in. If there's 2, I will chicken out and just forward park.

Hopefully with practice can reverse park like a pro next time...

Cannot be. I bought the Exclusive Edition and have been driving it for a few weeks already. Maybe your salesman not good.

Perodua factory. I waited 1 week.

My SA is missdream. Here's her Automotive Garage topic.

Fear my n00b driving skills!
Hope I won't langgar anymore. haha.

Yeah, they didn't. They only taught enough to pass the JPJ exam, which consists of parallel parking, not perpendicular parking.
Now I'm self-learning.

This post has been edited by Andrew Lim: Nov 23 2009, 02:23 AM

I don't think it'll affect MyVi's sales that much. Alza costs more than MyVi and not everybody wants to buy a 7-seater. MyVi's main market is university undergraduates, working singles and small families. Most of the girls I know own a MyVi, don't think they'd choose the bigger variant.

My driving school is Sekolan Memandu Kancil Jaya Sdn Bhd (Jaya Driving School) located in Lucky Garden, Bangsar. Yes I agree a driving school should properly teach everything, and my instructors weren't that bad. First day I learned driving on the highway already. But it was hard to find proper parking lots to learn perpendicular parking.

Ah I think I've seen Kancils belonging to that school around there before.

Do you live near Bangsar too?