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Saaami's
Car Purchase! From: Kallushap Road News [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 8:58 AM
Subject: Saaami's Car Purchase!
Nandi :
Mr NN
Our Californian correspondent, Mr KP
Introduction :
Thikachum vyathyasthamaya oru sambhava paramabara yum
ayi itha Kallushap veendum. Puram raajyangalil pani
eduthu kaashundakki india yil varunna oru s/w
enggineer inte psychological hook aaya oru
vasthu vine chutti patti aanu ee kadha. Yes, india
yil thirichethunna ethoru s/w enggineer inteyum
swapnamaya, "proof of life" aaya, "stairway to heaven"
aaya, allengil oru puthan jeevi thathinte chavittu
padiyaya oru vasthu :
Car.
Kadha naayakan mattarumalla.
Mr Sami.
Yes, sami car eduthu. Aa sambhavathinte pinnilulla
intellectual and physical workouts itha ningalkkayi:
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vereonnumalla... sami oru car medichu...
USil ninnum thirichu vannathu muthale
thudangiyathaayirinnu samikku car
praandhu... reason is same, veetukaare onnu settle
aayennu bodhyapeduthaan..
Kurachu R&D cheythathinu sesham sami theerumanichu
best car TATA INDIGO aanennu..
Samiyude favourite Zen tanne.. pakshe Zen machaan 1
kollam mumpe veetil vendi medichaarnnu..
Pinne samikku small cars onnum ishtamalla :
"USilum Franceilum okke irinnu valiye cars ingane
oodichu
oodichu sheelichu poyi..ushhh"
Njan paranju :
Sami, Indigo diesel is value for money.. petrol
nashtam aaanu.. pinne TATAyude ella
carum aadhyathe 1-2 kollathu enthengilum prashnam
okke undakum..
Sami - usshhh.. nee poda.. ninakkenthu ariyaam..
njan kure kaalam R&D nadathiyathaanu.. pinne USil
njan rathri motham odichathaayirinu.. New Hampshire
muthal NYC vare.. enikku ninne kaatum vivaramunde..
Indigo showroomil sami poyi (njanum kode poyi).. car
nokan onnum samikku interest illa.. kayariyathudan
sami oru hello parayunnu,
"I want Indigo petrol, fully loaded...what colors do
you have, when you can deliver?"
- ennu chodikunnu..
salesman onnu njetti...
njan samiyode paranju :
nee ingane eduthu chaadathe, onnu kayari noku...
comfort level okke noku.
samikku mind illa.. black veno, beige veno.... aake confusion..
salesman paranju, don't you want test drive, sir?
But petrol car is in udupi now, it will come in 2
days.
then ill bring it to your office..
sami - its ok... I don't think I want to test
drive..
njan - sami, atleast nee onnu odichu noku..
sami - usshhh...ok ninakku nirbhandam aanengil
sheri... get
ur diesel version.. I will drive it and decide..
njan - sami, what are u talking, man.. how can u
decide abt petrol verison by driving the diesel..
sami oru nottam.. ivane kode kotiyathu abadham
aayennulle mattil...ushhhh
avasaanam salesperson paranju, sir, I will bring
petrol version 2 days later, u can test drive and
decide..
sami - shall I pay now?
Salesperson - no, its ok if its after test drive..
TATA showroomil ninnum purathirangiyathinu sesham
njan paranju:
sami, this is a big decision, u d better try out
other
showrooms - Ford ikon, hyundai accent, opel corsa are
good cars..
Sami - no need.. I want to bring money to Indian
economy and car industry... ikon valare common..ende
ammavamde aduthu ikon aanu... opel pinne sheriyilla.. expensive aanu.. pinne enikku italiansine ishtamalla.. (he doesn't
know that its not italian.. anyway..)
I forced him to go to Ford showroom... avide poyi
salesperson vannu numbers thudangi.. samikku yaadhoru interestum illa.. ayaale mindilla.. ayaal desp adichu ende aduthu va
nnu.. njan thirichu samiyude aduthekku vittu..
avasaanam sami decided to test drive the ikon.. that
is another story.. may come in next editions..
anyway, samikku ikon theere pidichilla :
"Ikon is all MNC car.. I want Indian Car..pinne
ammavande
aduthu ikon aanu"
njan chodichu, sami, did ur uncle give bad feedback
abt ikon?
Sami - aae, ammamanu nallonam ishtamaayi... pakshe
athukondu njan ikon medikilla.. entho...
Pinne nammal Hyundaiyil poyi... avidathe salesperson
samiye parichyamundu.. ayaal samiye kure soapittu..
samikku oru cheriye manasumaatam.. pakshe pidichu
ninnu.. reason given -
accent is a big car (5 cms longer than indigo:)
Njan paranju, sami, u wanted big cars based on ur US experience, right?
pakshe sami still mentioned the Indian car economy
reason..
Appo decision already set.. ICICI bankil poyi sami :
"I want car loan"
ennu paranjapolekkum avar avane ullil kayatti juice
okke kudipichu, kaal okke thadavi koduthu, avidathe pennpillere konde negotiate cheyppichu... (sami is a priority customer
there.. some minimum balance
funda..)
normally infosys ppl get 8% rate loan after
negotiation...
sami was unwilling to negotiate.. happy with 10%..
pinne naatukaar okke samiye updeshichathinu sesham
sami with reluctance called them again and asked for
8.5..
finally they felt sorry for sami and gave 8%...
The next 2 days, everybody around sami was asking
why Indigo.. sami was giving fundas like :
a) the virtues of the indian car industry
b) the suspension type of indigo
c) tata engine technology
d) bhp
e) torque ....
..and what not..
(njan thermal engineeringil thothathinu sesham IC
Enginesine
patti discuss cheyyan yaadhoru interestum
kaanikkarillaa)..
In the afternoon, TATA salesperson came with indigo
test car. Njanum kode poyi...
Sami - do I really need to drive? I don't like to
drive others' vehicles.. .ushhhhh...
(USilum Franceilum 2 kollam rented cars oodiche
machaan aanu
ee dialogue adikunathu)
Indigo kaaran samiye nirbhandichu..
sami kayari, first gearil ittu.. vandi chaadi chaadi
ninnu... (mumbil ille oru 1-2 bikesine just narrow
aayi miss
cheythu)...
Pinne oru 2 minute test drive.. 2 minuteil oru 4
praavashyam vandi ninnu poyi..
Driveinu sesham njan chodichu samiyode:
Sami, engane undu? Valiye sheriyilla ennu thonunnu..
Sami - "aae, athende kuzhapam aanu.. car valiye
kuzhapamilla.. pinne enikku pande Honda CRV polathe
SUVs valare
ishtamaanu.. athukonde indigo mathi.." (what
relation??)
Njanum shibilum paranju, sami don't decide now. lets
go to opel showroom also.. sami thought long and
agreed..
we immediately went to opel showroom...
We reached opel showroom.. avide corsa and optra
(chevy) were displayed..
samikku optra kandittu aake kambi aayi... pakshe
kurachu overbudget.. ennalum oru valare temptation..
Pinne aanu climax..
The salesperson made this most memorable sales pitch
--
"Sir, if you take corsa, you will be the first corsa
owner in mangalore infosys"..
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! ! !
Mathi.. ithu mathi...
samikku ithu maathram ketal mathi..
oru bhayankara manassu maatam...
decision made....
also, another reason:
Corsa is smaller than ikon and accent...!
(seeing sami's enthu, I didn't feel like reminding
his
dialogue that he wanted big cars.. )
Samikku bargaining onnum venda.. whatever he is
giving sami will take..
nammal okke salespersone chorinju, saying first
infosys customer, so u better give good value -
stereo, wheel hub, etc etc.. sami almost refused, but thankfully kept quiet..
angane corsayude papers okke oppittu sami udan
delivery......
ella formalities um kazhinju njangal porathirangi...
appol atha oru indigo aa vazhi pokunnu...sami thala
thirichu onnu nokki..
mukathu oru pucha bhavam
"ethadey aa pokunna car? aake oru clumsy look..
sound is also bad..ushhhhh"
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Nandri
Kallushap Reporting Team
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