Over the weekend, my mom, my sister and I went out to pick up some groceries and do a bit of shopping. We decided to use my dad’s car. Before we left home, I noticed that the fuel gauge reads it still has about ¼ tank of gas in it. We first dropped by the nearest Mitsubishi Dealership, Citimotors Alabang to submit the documents needed for the car we would like to buy for my sister. After which, we went to Alabang Town Center, which is just about a kilometer from the dealership. We parted ways and proceeded to our preferred shops to buy. I went to True Value to buy the car shampoo I prefer, Zymol. I’ve been to three stores namely, Ace Hardware at SM Mall of Asia, Handyman at Robinson’s Place Manila and SM Southmall Ace Hardware, still no dice. Luckily, True Value has Zymol in stock. My brother and I prefer this shampoo because not only it smells great, it’s also gentle on your car’s finish since it won’t strip your wax. Plus, it always has this large can of degreaser named Mechanix. It works like WD-40, as an all purpose mechanic spray. Only, mechanix smells better. I have this thing about aromatic automotive chemicals. After grabbing a bottle of Zymol carwash with the free mechanix, I scanned the rest of the aisles loaded with car stuff and lo and behold, they have the California Car Duster on sale. With an original price of P899, they provide a 30% discount. I immediately picked the one in best condition. I got it for only P629. To think I bought my first Cali Duster for P1,500 at Han’s Tools in Shangrila Edsa a couple of years ago when I was still in law school. It has served it’s purpose well. It was 1,500 well spent. It has also saved a hundred liters of water or more for car wash. I just hope that the one I bought will be as sturdy as my first one. If you have a dark colored car, I suggest you get one for yourself. It effectively picks up dust because this car duster is specially formulated with paraffin wax. Lately, Microtex came out with a similar car duster with supposedly same result since their product is also formulated with wax. My brother bought one for his car. He preferred Microtex since the head of the duster can be replaced unlike the Cali Duster’s. While waiting for them to finish their shopping, I just sat at an empty bench at the Activity Center Area. I noticed that Conti’s has just opened a new branch at ATC. When I met up with them, I asked if they’d like to drop by Conti’s for merienda, but my sister declined because she’s planning on cooking spaghetti at home. I guess that Mango Bravo will have to wait. So when then decided to go to S&R for pizza. We just love pizza and pasta for merienda. When we left the ATC parking area, I noticed that the car’s fuel gauge is a few millimeters away from empty. Since most of the time I can get it away with our sedans, I decided to just forego gassing up and wait for a few hours till the sun sets since cooler ambient temperature is more desirable in order to get your money’s worth on gas. From ATC to S&R, the trip is only a few hundred meters. We immediately went in to buy pizza and Bavarian -filled Churros. ( My girlfriend’s favorite) When we were about to leave the parking area of S&R, the car wouldn’t start. I ask them to just wait for me inside the store, while I go Caltex, which is luckily a few meters right across the street. I asked them if I could buy some sort of container for gas. Luckily, they have this container meant for gasoline, which you can pay P400 for and is refundable when you return the container within 24 hours. I guess, such incident happens occasionally. I then loaded up the container with 200 worth of silver. After a few turns of the ignition, right after pouring the contents, the car is back to life. I called them up that we can now finally go home. I learned that what I can usually do in smaller displacement cars cannot be done to bigger cars like my dad’s SUV, a 3.0 V6 A/T Montero. I like the comfort and ease of driving when using it. I just hate it’s gas consumption. But then again, it’s good practice for prudence once in awhile, to help one get rid of that lead foot in driving.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Thirsty
Over the weekend, my mom, my sister and I went out to pick up some groceries and do a bit of shopping. We decided to use my dad’s car. Before we left home, I noticed that the fuel gauge reads it still has about ¼ tank of gas in it. We first dropped by the nearest Mitsubishi Dealership, Citimotors Alabang to submit the documents needed for the car we would like to buy for my sister. After which, we went to Alabang Town Center, which is just about a kilometer from the dealership. We parted ways and proceeded to our preferred shops to buy. I went to True Value to buy the car shampoo I prefer, Zymol. I’ve been to three stores namely, Ace Hardware at SM Mall of Asia, Handyman at Robinson’s Place Manila and SM Southmall Ace Hardware, still no dice. Luckily, True Value has Zymol in stock. My brother and I prefer this shampoo because not only it smells great, it’s also gentle on your car’s finish since it won’t strip your wax. Plus, it always has this large can of degreaser named Mechanix. It works like WD-40, as an all purpose mechanic spray. Only, mechanix smells better. I have this thing about aromatic automotive chemicals. After grabbing a bottle of Zymol carwash with the free mechanix, I scanned the rest of the aisles loaded with car stuff and lo and behold, they have the California Car Duster on sale. With an original price of P899, they provide a 30% discount. I immediately picked the one in best condition. I got it for only P629. To think I bought my first Cali Duster for P1,500 at Han’s Tools in Shangrila Edsa a couple of years ago when I was still in law school. It has served it’s purpose well. It was 1,500 well spent. It has also saved a hundred liters of water or more for car wash. I just hope that the one I bought will be as sturdy as my first one. If you have a dark colored car, I suggest you get one for yourself. It effectively picks up dust because this car duster is specially formulated with paraffin wax. Lately, Microtex came out with a similar car duster with supposedly same result since their product is also formulated with wax. My brother bought one for his car. He preferred Microtex since the head of the duster can be replaced unlike the Cali Duster’s. While waiting for them to finish their shopping, I just sat at an empty bench at the Activity Center Area. I noticed that Conti’s has just opened a new branch at ATC. When I met up with them, I asked if they’d like to drop by Conti’s for merienda, but my sister declined because she’s planning on cooking spaghetti at home. I guess that Mango Bravo will have to wait. So when then decided to go to S&R for pizza. We just love pizza and pasta for merienda. When we left the ATC parking area, I noticed that the car’s fuel gauge is a few millimeters away from empty. Since most of the time I can get it away with our sedans, I decided to just forego gassing up and wait for a few hours till the sun sets since cooler ambient temperature is more desirable in order to get your money’s worth on gas. From ATC to S&R, the trip is only a few hundred meters. We immediately went in to buy pizza and Bavarian -filled Churros. ( My girlfriend’s favorite) When we were about to leave the parking area of S&R, the car wouldn’t start. I ask them to just wait for me inside the store, while I go Caltex, which is luckily a few meters right across the street. I asked them if I could buy some sort of container for gas. Luckily, they have this container meant for gasoline, which you can pay P400 for and is refundable when you return the container within 24 hours. I guess, such incident happens occasionally. I then loaded up the container with 200 worth of silver. After a few turns of the ignition, right after pouring the contents, the car is back to life. I called them up that we can now finally go home. I learned that what I can usually do in smaller displacement cars cannot be done to bigger cars like my dad’s SUV, a 3.0 V6 A/T Montero. I like the comfort and ease of driving when using it. I just hate it’s gas consumption. But then again, it’s good practice for prudence once in awhile, to help one get rid of that lead foot in driving.
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