{"id":3717,"date":"2024-04-11T13:37:37","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T10:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/sponsored\/?p=3717"},"modified":"2024-04-11T23:52:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T20:52:30","slug":"milestone-how-does-it-feel-to-buy-and-drive-your-first-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sponsored\/milestone-how-does-it-feel-to-buy-and-drive-your-first-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Milestone: How Does it Feel to Buy and Drive your First Car?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man buying their first car is a milestone that feels straight out of this world. Do not for a moment equate that to bourgeois issues like a man\u2019s first love or kiss.<\/p>\n

The first time you get in your car. How does it smell? You run your fingers through the textures. Leather? Fabric?<\/em><\/p>\n

You start it – let it idle for a few minutes as you bask in pure awe that you finally got to own one.<\/p>\n

Then, you drive it. You go fast. You go over the speed limit the very first time. You make the engine roar with unnecessary raves – and think “Wow! I can’t believe this is happening!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Content Creators Njugush and wife Celestine pose with a newly acquired Matatu van. (Photo: Njugush)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You spend hours sitting in that car, chatting up friends.<\/p>\n

Any chance you get to reverse, you subconsciously become your father: Ignore the mirrors, drape your hand over the front passenger seat as you reverse\u2026. It is an awesome feeling!<\/p>\n

At home, while in parking – you cannot sit still. You go to the window to check it out every five minutes, like: Is it actually there or is this just a dream? Is THAT really my car?<\/em><\/p>\n

It is there, and yes – that\u2019s your car! It is an overwhelming feeling. Finally, you get the feeling of the gods having smiled upon you.<\/p>\n

Biko Zulu writes:<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a big thing, your first car. My first car was a Toyota E100, 1300 CC, or something like that. <\/em>
\nI was 27. It was a basic car with a basic shape designed by a Japanese fellow called Akihiko Saito with a Ph.D. in Engineering.<\/em><\/p>\n

I thought I would never fall in love with another car again. It was white and faster than light. I don\u2019t recall if the AC worked or not. I know the brakes did, and that\u2019s all the expectation you had of your car; could you stop when you needed to stop? The back left door had a problem, couldn\u2019t open from the outside.<\/em><\/p>\n

I had to lean all the way, between the front seats, to open it. It felt grown up to do that. It felt grown up to do something I saw my dad do when I was a child; hold the passenger seat as I reversed looking back.<\/em><\/p>\n

It was just me and my old Toyota E100 with about 200 million kilometers on it. But what a beauty that carried beauties. Man, the memories!<\/em><\/p>\n

In nine out of ten times, it is an uphill task achieving that first milestone.<\/p>\n

It often calls for months of saving, living hand-to-mouth to even get enough to lay down as the deposit – or to build enough credit score with the banks to qualify for car financing.<\/p>\n

Luckily, Co-op Bank has risen to the occasion, making your car dream come true.<\/p>\n

Co-op Bank is now offering financing on Pre-Owned Cars.<\/a> You can now secure funding for up to 100% to buy a pre-owned motor vehicle of your choice.<\/p>\n

You do not have to be a lifetime client of the bank – as anyone with an income can walk into a second-hand car dealership.<\/p>\n

Select the vehicle that best suits them, and walk into a Co-op Bank branch to get the financing they need for the car.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s that simple.<\/p>\n

Features of the Co-op Bank Pre-Owned Car Financing?<\/strong><\/p>\n