hello everyone, its been a really long time since i have last posted.
As most of you, who have seen my last post know that my dad had a pristine 1999 maruti 800. We have had that car with us for over 23 years. Sadly early this year we had to sell the car
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We had been living in Shillong for over 12 years now, and it seemed like the perfect place for us. The weather was perfect, the people were great, there was a certain clam and quietness in the place. But in 2020, my dad retired and we had planned to move to our hometown in Lucknow that year itself, but then covid happened , and we were happily stuck in shillong.
We stayed in shillong for another year or so, before be eventually decided to move to Lucknow.
When the thought of moving came to our mind , the only problem that remained was that we could not take the car with us. there were many reasons which contributed to it.
The hardest part for my dad was to let go of the car. He always told us that , he had treated and raised this car like he would raise a child and this car had reciprocated the same. It never gave us any trouble, took us to the remotest part of India, and was still going strong. It was indeed very sad to let go of such a perfect car, one that had given us so many memories over the years.
Please note that unlike other parts in India where maruti 800 is not in demand, In shillong its quite the opposite. Maruti 800 has always seen a good and healthy demand. Even the last Maurti 800 that was rolled off the factory floor was headed to Shillong. This is the reason why we had decided not to put the car advertisement on any social media platform or any other platform. We only shared some pictures of the car with some close people and almost all of them interested in the car.
One of my college teacher wanted to have a look at the car as she was considering buying it for her sister. They asked us to bring it to the Maruti workshop where the car went through a through inspection. The people at the shop were also quite impressed with the car , as even after so many years, the engine was working properly, the pick up of the car was quite strong and There was no sign of rust on the body panels. They came back to us, and gave us a price for the car. My dad agreed to the price without even negotiating. He said that the priority for him was that the car should get a good home.
We actually had not thought that the car would be gone so soon, we thought that the car would be with us for a few more days, but when we took the car to the showroom that day and things happened so fast and in no time the car was gone. End of the day we were both sad and happy. Sad to let such a wonderful car go and happy that she had found a good home, where she would be taken care of in a way that we had taken care.
In all the whole experience that we had with the car was just wonderful. In the 23 years of the car with us , we never had 1 breakdown of the car, the engine was never repaired for anything, the body panels were all original, the paint was all original, only a few parts were changed / replaced over time.
Since we have shifted to Lucknow we have been nagging dad to get another car for himself but he said that the he prefers to travel like a king now
as cab operators like Ola / uber are available at a click away.