2009
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A few days back I was walking down M.G.Road killing time while the car was at the service station on St. Marks Road. Well, that’s not the main story.
As usual, I walk down till Cafe Coffee Day under the Bombay Store, get me a Cappuccino and walk around. I spot two women who come out of Bombay Store and confidently walk towards a car, a Black Suzuki Alto, and try to open in. They try for sometime and give up.
Suzuki Alto (or Maruti Alto, 4 door version of the same)
Hyundai Santro, they are close, but not really that close when put on the road.
One of them spots something down the road and they have a small discussion. Post this they start walking towards a Black Hyundai Santro parked about 40 meters down the road, facing the other way. She tries the key, and this time the door opens.
Quick question?
How different is a Santro from an Alto? Well, a lot, its larger, higher, and looks completely different. And in this case it was even facing the other way.
I was amazed at how someone can mixup their own car for some other car, of some other make and model, and parked facing some other way. And at 11 AM in the morning, it’s unpardonable.