53% drop in Honda sales

[Booboon]

KM says about 3 weeks..

 

the first thing i'm gonna do after outpatient is change to aftermarket pads+steel braided hose..

 

Thou should be sell off the car

 

[Quantum]

Honda sales drop due to its pricing,Too ex even for 1.6.But i chose Honda over any other Japs make for its FC,Reliable and robust engine,Not to mention the looks

talk about FC,Reliable and robust engine, objectively speaking Honda is not really better than Toyota and Nissan, but performance is really

Edited July 17, 2009 by Quantum

[Axela72]

in the past, SSDC used honda civc as their car for training. why now no more? Too ex? This is a big income loss to KM.

[Detion]

They using Honda City now liao

[Benarsenal]

in the past, SSDC used honda civc as their car for training. why now no more? Too ex? This is a big income loss to KM.

 

BBDC also.

 

I think because of the digital speedo thingy the Civic has. Maybe they prefer to have a more 'normal' car to learn in.

[Ferraricalifornia]

it's just too expensive to buy so many cars at one time...only can afford City...

[Pchmj]

in the past, SSDC used honda civc as their car for training. why now no more? Too ex? This is a big income loss to KM.

 

The honda used in BBDC and SSDC might not be from KM. Read somewhere that the 2 are owned and managed by honda japan, so all their cars are honda and no need to go through KM.

[Ferraricalifornia]

that can be done...

 

like how SMRT get their buses directly from Mercedes Germany...dun have to go through C&C...

[macrosszero]

I'm really surprised too, that your Civic sustained such little damage for a 60kmh impact. at the point of impact, was the other car still rolling? Did the other car roll a lot forward after you hit it, also?

[donchew76]

maybe(only maybe) with better brakes, i might have avoided the collision..

 

anyway, thankfully..no one banged my backside..

 

if not, claiming against msian cars sure headache one..

 

Like I mentioned to u before, it's not with better brakes, but with more distance from the front car.

 

U mentioned that at speed of 100 to 110km/h, u are keeping about 4 to 5 car lengths, tt's way insufficient safety distance....if u use 1 car length every 10km/h as a guide from the basic theory.

 

There is always an impt lesson learnt from every accident and it's essential we noe what causes the accident and adjusts our driving habit accordingly to minimise recurrence....focus on the root cause, which obviously is the insufficient distance maintained from the front vehicle in this case....

 

[Dafansu]

Like I mentioned to u before, it's not with better brakes, but with more distance from the front car.

 

U mentioned that at speed of 100 to 110km/h, u are keeping about 4 to 5 car lengths, tt's way insufficient safety distance....if u use 1 car length every 10km/h as a guide from the basic theory.

 

There is always an impt lesson learnt from every accident and it's essential we noe what causes the accident and adjusts our driving habit accordingly to minimise recurrence....focus on the root cause, which obviously is the insufficient distance maintained from the front vehicle in this case....

 

the basic theory now is 16km/h instead of 10km/h

[Shull]

Like I mentioned to u before, it's not with better brakes, but with more distance from the front car.

 

U mentioned that at speed of 100 to 110km/h, u are keeping about 4 to 5 car lengths, tt's way insufficient safety distance....if u use 1 car length every 10km/h as a guide from the basic theory.

 

There is always an impt lesson learnt from every accident and it's essential we noe what causes the accident and adjusts our driving habit accordingly to minimise recurrence....focus on the root cause, which obviously is the insufficient distance maintained from the front vehicle in this case....

 

well..although it's true that for every 10kmh, we should keep 1 car length..it's totally impossible to do that on NSH on heavy traffic..the moment you have more than 5 car lengths, it's more or less road hogging..

 

left lane lagi worse...jam packed with cars and lorries going at <90kmh..distance is approx 3 car length..

 

the traffic condition during the collision, it's totally impossible to keep 1 car length for every 10kmh..imagine, 10 cars travelling at 100kmh will occupy 1km of road..just 100 cars is 10km liao..

Edited July 18, 2009 by Shull

[donchew76]

well..although it's true that for every 10kmh, we should keep 1 car length..it's totally impossible to do that on NSH on heavy traffic..the moment you have more than 5 car lengths, it's more or less road hogging..

 

left lane lagi worse...jam packed with cars and lorries going at <90kmh..distance is approx 3 car length..

 

the traffic condition during the collision, it's totally impossible to keep 1 car length for every 10kmh..imagine, 10 cars travelling at 100kmh will occupy 1km of road..just 100 cars is 10km liao..

 

That's a common misperception, imho.

 

How can keeping 5 car lengths or more from the car in front be road hogging, assuming that both of you are travelling near the speed limit or just over the speed limit?

 

Isn't road hogging when someone travels way below the speed limit when there is no car near him or her in front?

 

Even if traffic condition is heavy, it's still possible to keep a safe distance....just because others dun, doesn't mean that u also have to keep a close distance....the point is we can't control others' actions but we can control our own...

 

U really have to think about the root cause of the accident....as u are still quite young, it's impt to continue pick up these life experiences....no point blaming on the brakes or the car in front.....I hope I dun sound too blunt....

 

 

 

[Pchmj]

Awareness of the traffic around is also very important. If it's packed in NSHW, I don't keep 1 car length for every 10km/h, as long as I don't tailgate. I'll only keep more distance if the car in front like to tap brake for no reason, don't understand this kind of drivers. Try to notice the traffic up front instead of just the car in front. Sometimes it's strange that you can travel at 80-100 km/h smoothly for a period of time then suddenly traffic in front just jam brake to a complete halt.

 

Had experience few times and once, I manage to brake even before the car right in front of me do so. When he reacts to the situation, the tires skid, almost bang the car in front. If I'm not aware of the situation, I will bang into him when he jam brake and might lead to a chain collision.

[Shull]

That's a common misperception, imho.

 

How can keeping 5 car lengths or more from the car in front be road hogging, assuming that both of you are travelling near the speed limit or just over the speed limit?

 

Isn't road hogging when someone travels way below the speed limit when there is no car near him or her in front?

 

Even if traffic condition is heavy, it's still possible to keep a safe distance....just because others dun, doesn't mean that u also have to keep a close distance....the point is we can't control others' actions but we can control our own...

 

U really have to think about the root cause of the accident....as u are still quite young, it's impt to continue pick up these life experiences....no point blaming on the brakes or the car in front.....I hope I dun sound too blunt....

 

i tot road hogging has been discusses to death already? road hogging can be defined as 'failure to give way to faster vehicles coming up from behind on the overtaking lane'..even if i'm travelling at 150kmh and another car comes up behind me at 200kmh, if i don't give way, i am considered as road hogging..

 

anyway, i have to agree that one of the major cause of the accident is my failure to keep a safe following distance..

[Shull]

Awareness of the traffic around is also very important. If it's packed in NSHW, I don't keep 1 car length for every 10km/h, as long as I don't tailgate. I'll only keep more distance if the car in front like to tap brake for no reason, don't understand this kind of drivers. Try to notice the traffic up front instead of just the car in front. Sometimes it's strange that you can travel at 80-100 km/h smoothly for a period of time then suddenly traffic in front just jam brake to a complete halt.

 

Had experience few times and once, I manage to brake even before the car right in front of me do so. When he reacts to the situation, the tires skid, almost bang the car in front. If I'm not aware of the situation, I will bang into him when he jam brake and might lead to a chain collision.

 

i always did that..just that, that night, the vehicle in front of me is a Toyota Alphard(MPV)..which totally blocked my view.. =/

[Pchmj]

i always did that..just that, that night, the vehicle in front of me is a Toyota Alphard(MPV)..which totally blocked my view.. =/

 

Alphard is huge, I hate to drive behind a tall vehicle. If that's the case really cannot do anything.

[Quantum]

now seldom to see 2009 Civic FD on the road