Prologue: One day during the Great Pandemic of 2020, a realisation dawned in the noopster household that we hadn't bought a new car in over 10 years. Now that's a long time for a petrolhead. And it's not like we hadn't been shopping around since whenever . But somehow nothing felt right. The Vento was our last purchase and is now pushing 135k, despite me being away more than a year in Middle Earth, where the only cars we drove were rental Toyotas and the occasional ride borrowed from friends. Even after returning to the homeland, all of 2019 we were kept occupied with family health issues and some role realignment at work. And then Covid-19 hit!