THE INSPIRA MONOLOGUE

I am a Proton Inspira 2.0L CVT. I am metallic silver in colour and named CCS 6306. And I was borned on 7th Jan 2011; at least that was the date on my Birth Certificate. Although the manufactured date was marked as 2010, for all intent and purposes I was born on the 7th jan 2011. Prior to that I was masterless, and as such has yet to earn my honour, dignity and recognition as stallion of pride to my owner.


I have waited eagerly for this date. I look forward to serving my master with competence and joy, to be caressed and loved till a ripe old age without being sold to another buyer. I have full confidence that my heart; a 2.0L CVT from that master breeder Mitsubishi would continue to serve my master over long period. My heart has been tested rigorously and tuned to performance by that master breeder and I am confidence my master would love the hum and growl of me on throttle response.

My master had rushed back after going through the registration process and even took a day off work, braving the flood along the way on hearing of my arrival, just so as not to waste any time in claiming me from the supplier. For that I am so grateful. It make me feeled loved and wanted. My master even insisted on a proper sales 'akad' made to legitimise my ownership, both legally and in religious sense. It made me feeled blessed and gave me confidence to serve over long period, knowing that I have been sort of baptised.

Soon after claiming me, my master took be back to his house where he made a 'Solat Hajat' with his family, asking for safety and baraqah from the Al Mighty God. After that he took the can of water in front of the prayer and sprinkled all over my body outside and inside, invoking the name of the Holy Prophet in the process. I could almost cry for that if I knew how. It was so good. I felt as though the good water seeped through my beeing, filling me with feelings of being blessed and honoured.

That evening I was taken to a house not far away where an elderly lady of fair skin lived. She seemed so very please to see my master. I could almost feel the bond of love and respect between them. Latter that evening my master took her, her daughter and family along for a leisure drive around town. The way they patted my skin and fingered the outline of my inside, I knew that they liked me and fully approved of the decision to own me, not that I know what that meant to my master. I just feel that such an approval is important to him.

When I was taken from the dealer's place, I just clocked 15km on the odometer. By next day I was on the road for a long journey back to my master's place in Kuantan. I was still feeling rather tight, my muscles not well oiled yet for rough work. My master seemed to understand that very well. He treated me so gently, just gradually stepping on the throttle to speed up or even when overtaking and I responded in kind; humming contently and with some slight growl when he stepped up a bit on the pedal. At times he skipped the automatic and drove me manually using the paddle shifts or the right end slot of the gear lever. I was equally at ease with both mode. By the time we reached Kuantan, my odometer had already clocked almost 700km.
I was a bit worried lest my master forgot the utmost important first service at 1,000km.

Needless to say my fear was unfounded. After the weekend of travelling nearby, my odometer was almost 1,000 and although he had a course somewhere at Kijal, his daughter took me to the Proton Service Center for that important service. Next day I was taken to him at Awana Kijal; a grand golf resort overlooking The South China Sea where he was undergoing the course. I was parked in the main entrance porch together with the likes of Beemers and Mercedes and it made me feel so proud and special. "Of course you are, you dumb!!" Ooops that was my master yelling. Need to keep my voice down a few notches.

Now that I had undergone the first service, my muscles feel so much better and more ready for hard works. I feel lighter, less tight and more responsive. My master seemed to feel this and pushed me harder this time, even reaching 130kph whence before he just keep it up to 110kph. However, I dont mind at all for I feel more exuberant now. I hope he has some patience to not push me too hard until after my second service at 5,000km which is also important. To date I still have around 3,000km to go and I am look forward to it. I am eagerly looking forward to that second service after which I will be fully ready to flex my muscles as much as my master desires and sprint out to my limit. Oh how I am looking forward to that day of unrestrained freedom..YEYYYY.

INSPIRA WITH A SMILE

Now the inspiration has arrived and named Inspira; the 1.8-2.0 litre Waja replacement Model dubbed the best from the Proton Stable by the salesman who was too eager to show all the virtues of the newest from Proton and most upmarket in terms of technology. Wheter inspiration or copy_ration, it is up to one's own judgement. However, I like good economy. This model of Mitsubishi has been on my 'Wish List' for quite sometimes. I love its good sizing; proportion of length, width and height. The boldly aggressive styling of the actual Lancer model is not everybody's cup of tea, that is for sure. I had dreamed of a toned down front end as my ideal car... When this dream came up in this version of a long promised Proton model (only the front was revealed), I just know that I had to have this car... So, there goes my Rm1,000 for booking fee with a smile.

Prior to the launching of 10th Nov, I read of 1,800 bookings. Mine must be one of those in the register. After the launching, the figure rose to 2,500, and I smiled yet again at my shrewd thinking. My Waja must definitely go away.. I cannot afford another cut of my salary when the Waja still has another 1 year plus to go under finance loan. Anyway I need the money upfront for the deposit before the rest coming from financing agreement. Now that the full car is officially revealed, is it any surprise that the rear end is SOLID LANCER??? No... I had already suspected that. In fact that was the pivotal factor in my decision; a full blood Lancer with LOTUS Touch at the price of a Proton!!! I suspect that latter on there will be more local contents for the next production. Maybe the power window will be replaced by the infamous Proton Power Window!!!!

On top of that the Price which before hand were published at RM95,000+ is now Rm91,999.. Another cause for a smile. When I saw the small chop at front and rear screen.. the 3 diamonds of Mitsubishi, anothe smile appeared. Next production will not have those, I was told; another reason to go for this model that certified its real stable. And at home, my wife was giving me that SMILE ..... "Nih nak kena charge penggunaan nama". My puzzle frown was soon followed by another BIG SMILE... OMG!!!! The first three letters of Inspira were that of my wife's NAME!!!!! That's a cause for another SMILE; a painful one... Now I have no claim of it as MY Car; she'll be caliming it as her's for taht use of her name on the first three letter.. :-))

Whatever, I am really looking forward to this car. Come Tuesday, I will be taking back my Waja for good to be put at 2nd hand shop. There will be about 3 weeks period of agony (so I was assured) before a huge SMILE be chiseled on my face. The Silver Metallic color is not so glaring as the red, but that is exactly why I chosed it. I dont want too many eyes focussing on it as I drive the first of a few of the model on the road latter.. I just want to keep that SMILE and hope the good feeling will be very lasting...

SMILE.