Time for our cars to go green?
The recent petrol price hikes have been scandalous! Nobody expected the price to ever go beyond US$100 (and counting) but the unexpected, happened. Now even the government is cutting down the subsidies, how do they expect us to get around without our metal ‘kaki’s?
I love to visit my grandparents at Kota Kinabalu (KK), Sabah, at least once a year. But the only thing I gripe about? I’m heavily dependent on my uncle to drive me around as the only public transport there are taxis and buses. Taxis in KK are impossible to flag down on the side of the road, as you can only find them hiding away at taxi stands near shopping malls (Hello! We will only flag you down IF we can even get there in the first place!). Buses, well, let’s just say I’d rather walk :p
(Photo thanks to Matt Watts)
Guess the best thing to do then besides walking (or siphoning petrol from other people’s vehicles, haha!), is to find a car that consumes less petrol. Well, me being me, I like tiny cars which are easy to park. Yup, you guessed it right, I’m a TERROR at parking! Terror for other people lah because of the way I park, haha! Forward, reverse, forward, reverse, repeat 3 times (Maybe I should be reading this for tips: “How do I park a car?“).
One of my friends has a super small car, the Mitsubishi I, which is only 660cc and consumes half of what a normal family sedan requires. Small and not greedy, what more do you want? 
But lagi better? A hybrid car (”When was the first “hybrid” car ever made?“)! Petrol plus battery, and less emissions too.
(Photo thanks to exo_duz)
Let’s save the Earth (and our wallets)!
