Plentong Kart track...

[Jonbummer]

it's has been awhile since this track has been opened

after it was moved from Premas Jaya, Johore Bahru.

 

Ok, 1st thing 1st, how to get to the new Plentong kart track

please look at this:

 

http://obracing.sg/KARTING_tracks_Plentong.html

very well done by some bro!

 

next is the final 4.5km leading you into the track.

it is a very rocky, ditches and potholes dirt track.

see my pic.

and as the 4-5 Swifts who try to go in while i was heading out

last sunday... some are wonderfully lowered!

and better still, ask one guy, who drove his S2000 with

semi slick tyres thru the 4.5km. yes, he was preparing for a

private track day on Monday at Sepang. very likely he has to change

brand new tyresAGAIN just in case the tyres are damaged by the rocks.

 

thus choose your choice of car wisely while going in.

a Toyota Hilux will be one wise ride.

 

upon reaching the track, the configuration of it is the 1.1km layout

while the rest of the 300m is set to complete next month.

see pic for track layout.

 

take note of turn 4, which is the hairpin where many karters got caught out.

it is because the straight before it is downhill from the Highest point

of the track. speed is very fast so braking has to be either early or

very precise. choose the former option to be safe. one karter was very

very seriously hurt when he was hit by his fren. gushes at the elbow

area are so deep that bone can be seen. both were in fun karts.

see pic for the slope and the hairpin.

 

all in all, this track is very exciting because as u will see from the

track layout there are 3 straights one after another. u can almost

continue full throttle for a long distance. then there is the 3/4 circle.

finding the best line there is tricky. and neck is strained to the max

at this stretch.

 

well hope to see some bros, and sis there!

 

cheers

 

PS. according to the boss, he MAY get a space somewhere near the track so that

in the future those who do not want to drive in can park the vehicle and

he will have a van to get u guys in. well, let's wait lor

[Alpha78]

Bro, the red squares in the track circuit shows the fun kart route? Looks more fun than the old circuit. Must give it a try some time.

 

From the road directions given in the website, it looks like we are supposed to head past the old Permas circuit and continue further in? Not sure if cab drivers can find the way, especially with the dirt track.

[Jonbummer]

hey

 

the path indicated by the read spots are the route

everyone is using at the moment.

 

it's fun, as it's very fast. but if you kart alone, it

can be boring as the track is wide with the long straights

you can be bored.

 

but if u can kart with others, or frens, just take it easy

 

high speed accidents / incidents is no joke there.

 

if u drive, u will past the old Premas track, and then turn left

on the junction before Jusco Premas. all the way straight, traffic

light turn right. then i think there's a sign to turn left

into the Plentong kumpong liao. shortly after, it's WRC time!

 

yes, i have heard that taxi drivers are now willing

to bring people all the way into the track. so that shld not

be a prob too.

[Abba]

Track looks like in the middle of plantation, looks very ulu leh.

 

Definitely not for the fainted hearted and inexperienced, he should put up marker boards and proper run offs to make the track safer Accidents are no joking matter

[Jonbummer]

it IS very ulu

 

but be very surprised that their biz is actually

very good

 

just goes to show if the product and services is right

people is willing to go anywhere for it

 

 

if one "fainted hearted and inexperienced" just go slow lor

and the grass patch is already the run off areas

 

no need for Huge run off as we are talking abt small tiny little

karts

[Ah_tee]

hi bro

 

any idea how much the karters pay for the damages?

 

my friend once told few yrs back when they visited the former permas track

 

they were greeted with a very grumpy auntie who quoted them exhorbitant rates and told them in a bery threatening manner, if u damage this, you will pay how much, if u damage that u will pay how much. and when she finish, even b4 they could answer, the auntie jus ask, how ? u want we do it now if not thank you.

 

its ok if shes just reading the T&C. but the tone as they told is not, its more like threatening them with the ai mai attitude.

 

from then on, no one from my side actually wants to go there but furthur up like melaka or batam

Edited September 28, 2008 by Ah_tee

[Stary]

bro, where to get the kart? they rent?

[Jonbummer]

i did not ask how much the karters had to pay leh

 

will not be surprised the boss will just bear the repair

himself as the injury to the guy is really serious

 

give and take lah, i think. but then again, i dunno

 

hmmm

 

the problem with fun karters are that they sometimes are

too gungho in their driving. and during the 10mins of driving

they bang into one another or something.

 

upon returning to the track, they just say something like already

No Brake leh, Cannot Turn leh, It was already like that le.... etc

 

to me, all these may be true. and if it is true, why dun they

return to the pits immediately after one lap and get a better

kart? better kart is not a perfect kart. get one that one

is comfortable with, rite?

 

maybe that day, some silly arguments occur hence the bad attitude.

 

i'm not siding with them, but i have seen some really unreasonable

customers previously.

 

therefore, in a nutshell, as a paying customer do hop into something

that u feel ok with. if it's beyond drivability, return and get a

another one. or just wait out for the next session.

 

dun be like some cheapo who really damage the kart and try to

argue it out.

 

u pay, u enjoy. if u crash & damage, u pay somemore.

 

it goes both ways.

[Jonbummer]

yes bro, they have rental karts.

 

check out their site. it's still udner the old name though

 

http://www.permasgokart.com/main.htm

[Picanto]

is this the track where a woman was killed while karting?

[Jonbummer]

CHOY !!!!!

 

err, this is a brand new track lah

and the lady died last year in a track somewhere in KL.

 

happened to be my fren's fren

[B0ss]

The track is more challenging than the old Premas track. There are more undulating terrains with steep downslope ending in a hairpin turn.

But some familiarisation drives, you will be able to grasp the racing lines and braking points quite easily.

 

I seriously doubt any cab drivers will drive you all the way into the new Plentong track. At most, they will drop you at the school just before the dirt track.

 

I have resorted to borrowing my fren's 4WD jeep and car pool with my other kakis in...

(The route leading to the Plentong track is too painful for my car's suspension...!!!)

[B0ss]

Yea... the charges for the 80cc fun karts and 390cc karts are still the same as before...

 

I seriously agree with you - some people too gungho in their driving and cause potential danger to other karters on the track... (I was almost forced into the concrete wall near the entrance of the pit when an idiot rammed into me). Have requested Louis to form tyre walls at that spot...

[Abba]

hi bro

 

any idea how much the karters pay for the damages?

 

my friend once told few yrs back when they visited the former permas track

 

they were greeted with a very grumpy auntie who quoted them exhorbitant rates and told them in a bery threatening manner, if u damage this, you will pay how much, if u damage that u will pay how much. and when she finish, even b4 they could answer, the auntie jus ask, how ? u want we do it now if not thank you.

 

its ok if shes just reading the T&C. but the tone as they told is not, its more like threatening them with the ai mai attitude.

 

from then on, no one from my side actually wants to go there but furthur up like melaka or batam

 

guess you are not the only ones, have heard similar stories. a friend had it worst, had to pay quite a fair bit for minor damage to a poorly maintained kart and the chassis was already bent. The boss can say management decision; guess what, the whole group boycott the place from then on

[Jonbummer]

dun repeat hearsay lah

 

i heard yesterday also that Nelson Piquet crashed purposely so that

Alnoso can win.... crazy but who knows???

it's a bloody hearsay.

 

 

if u experienced it yourself, come share with us all.

i am / we are more than happy to hear YOUR stories.

 

the rental kart will not be in tip top condition like a personal kart

because there will be a flow of beginners who thinks they are their

F1 heros impersonators on a smaller vehicles, and what happen after?

 

lo and behold... at corners, they started to scream and goes WTF....

and crashed. then blamed the karts.

 

every now and then there will be people come on their Big bikes

and sports car who says " i know lah, i drive / ride..... leh

i know how to control.." when the boss or mech tried to give advices

then crashed & crashed again

 

u may think i'm kidding but i'm not.

 

it's different. they do not understand how they can 'control'

a beast engine of XXXX bhp but can't even turn a kart of XX bhp

around a corner.

EGO wounded... have to blame someone or something lor...

 

hence, be responsible for your own actions.

[B0ss]

Bro, I totally agree with you...

However, the rental karts can be in quite poor condition. Too bad, I have no $$ to own a personal kart.

 

P/s: Sometimes, it's not the kart... it's the person behind the wheel... (Power is Nothing Without Control)!

[Abba]

kart condition is little to be desired, not hearsay. I HAVE experienced myself and they breakdown in such frequency I have not experienced in any other part of the world for rental kart. Chassis twisted, disc rotor have bits broken off, engine to engine power varies so much, etc etc. Those who have been there and stop going there know what I'm talking, they have given up.

 

Not forgetting the arrogant boss and rude workers using hokkien vulgarities on customers

 

You can stand up for them but reality of the poor maint and poor condition cannot be ignored, add the poor behaviour. You make your choice, others have theirs; so do not force yourself onto others

 

cheerio

[Abba]

"the rental karts can be in quite poor condition."

 

I agree, it's worst than poor, it's pathetic condition