My 2010 Ford Figo's 14th birthday gift - Service + new set of Yokohamas

While I contemplated replacing him with another car, I couldn’t find anything that is trouble free, solid and small! May be a Mini? Who knows?

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After a long hiatus and yearly visits to ford service center, his 14th birthday gift arrived. The Michelins that were running from 2016 were showing signs of age (or overage). It was time to get some new rubbers. Since my vacation was relatively short, couldn’t travel to city. Since the car is mostly idle, the tires have gone hard and cracked. In came 4 new Yokohama Earth 1 E400 and out went the Michelins. The car now feels again like a go cart.

Time for some new filters, oil and a regular service. The cosmetic damages from the parking spot is a pain to manage. The gate sometimes open into the car and scratches. Time for a bumper and tail gate repaint. Funny thing was the right side passenger door now has a bee colony living in there. The colony was ceremonially removed and rehoused, but the door latch has bit of bee wax stuck in the lock/unlock mechanism.

In 14 years, the car covered just 43000 kilometers and had 3 sets of tires. With the annual oil change, I feel like I am unnecessarily polluting the world. It is almost like an oil change in just 3000 kms! But the joy of riding this is unparalleled. The torque after 3000 rpm and that "point and shoot" hydraulic steering is to die for. Next year will be the ceremonial 15 years and the 15 year check from MVD to extend the registration for another 5 years. While I contemplated replacing him with another car, I couldn’t find anything that is trouble free, solid and small! May be a Mini? Who knows?

For now, An Tarbh goes on with his new shoes - munching the broken roads of Kochi.

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