ICE ICE baby - Internal Combustion Engine Only Chat

[Mkl22]

On 9/20/2025 at 9:52 PM, Tohto said:

And you are complaining I bought a old car for my girl in Australia. 

She got a 2014 Mazda 3 2.0L with 6 spd manual.  She love the manual gear,  the steering is heavy and has a lot of feel, Handling is also very good.   I drove it when I was there last Dec.

She don't like auto car. 

Best decision, you won’t get anyone trying to borrow the car. 

[ER-3682]

@Mkl22 If i go Brisbane,i will ask Her Daughter borrow me.

[Mkl22]

On 9/21/2025 at 12:47 PM, ER-3682 said:

@Mkl22 If i go Brisbane,i will ask Her Daughter borrow me.

For sure will lend you after adjusting the brakes so that you cannot stop. 🤣

 

[Gnahp]

On 9/20/2025 at 3:57 PM, ER-3682 said:

What is your Avg FC.?I mean Total Distance & Pumped the Number of Litres.?

I just pumped petrol

563km / 50.00L

11.26km/L

this weekends wife made a few 6km/L ~ 7km/L trips

brought down the average

[107fan]

On 9/21/2025 at 10:32 AM, Ginyu said:

Another way of saying the poorer one drive fwd and richer one drive rwd but now non premium brand EVs are all rwd 🤣

Other than the husband who may be into cars, most of the time it's the housewives and taitais driving the X5s Q7s GLEs Bentaygas...you think they can appreciate meh

[107fan]

The most challenging real life scenario application of premium RWD AWD is most likely Raffles City or Funan carpark la for those tai tais...or trying not to mount the curb when parallel park. Joke sia...

[Etnt]

On 9/20/2025 at 4:20 PM, Volvobrick said:

Totally agreed. Yet to spend 600 plus on a faulty oil valve (only use is to restrict the oil flow for quicker warm up) that is buried inside 5he oil sump. How bl🤔🤔dy stupid the German engineers can be to put an unreliable 20 dollar part in a place that requires a few hours of labour to replace? 

PS. I don't warm up. Just go. Car moves within 2 seconds of me starting the engine. If spoilt then repair. So far so good.

 

i recall spending 1.4k to replace the plastic gear guide on a selespeed. it caused the car to be unable to engage any gear and basicaly stall on the road waiting to be tolled to workshop.

so not limited to germans and they already did it decades before.

[Beregond]

On 9/22/2025 at 12:17 AM, 107fan said:

The most challenging real life scenario application of premium RWD AWD is most likely Raffles City or Funan carpark la for those tai tais...or trying not to mount the curb when parallel park. Joke sia...

To be fair. Alot of guys cannot do parallel park also. Esp new drivers. Very seldom got chance to train😅

[Beehive3783]

On 9/20/2025 at 8:28 PM, Tohto said:

Mazda has one of the best handling among Japanese car. 

So that those new CX60 with RWD, double wishbone suspension likely we won't get it here.  Even here the price will be crazy.

Yes... I call it the japanese conti. But with the newest Mazda 3 that uses rear torsion beam now, handling is still good but loses to its predecessor with multi-link rear suspension.

[kobayashiGT]

On 9/20/2025 at 8:45 AM, inlinesix said:

Toyota Fortuner needs to pay $25k surcharge now

That's a fortune!!!! 🤣

[boonhat_91]

On 9/20/2025 at 12:47 PM, Gnahp said:

yes, can feel the difference between a cold and warm gearbox 

on the left is the ATF temperature, it warms up slower than the engine oil

Interesting! In my Mazda, ATF warms up faster than EO. In fact, one day I drove from home to somewhere in JB, the EO temp never surpassed ATF temp.

[ER-3682]

On 9/22/2025 at 8:39 AM, Beregond said:

To be fair. Alot of guys cannot do parallel park also. Esp new drivers. Very seldom got chance to train😅

Can do.!..But most Drivers need to send their Nice Wheels to Wheel Specialists like Hurry Tyre to repair Curb Rashes.

[Gnahp]

On 9/22/2025 at 11:17 AM, boonhat_91 said:

Interesting! In my Mazda, ATF warms up faster than EO. In fact, one day I drove from home to somewhere in JB, the EO temp never surpassed ATF temp.

maybe need an ATF cooler or a bigger one if your car already has one 😁

[ER-3682]

On 9/22/2025 at 11:51 AM, Gnahp said:

maybe need an ATF cooler or a bigger one if your car already has one 😁

Mazda Cars are not for Racing or for High Speed Circuit,so no need ATF Cooler.

[Beregond]

On 9/22/2025 at 12:48 PM, ER-3682 said:

Mazda Cars are not for Racing or for High Speed Circuit,so no need ATF Cooler.

Now alot of modern cars have atf cooler already. Not only performance car.

 

[Stratovarius]

On 9/20/2025 at 11:44 PM, 13177 said:

But in SG now, even have manual licence also difficult to find a manual car to drive lo.

Manual cars make better drivers. 😉

[Gnahp]

On 9/22/2025 at 1:51 PM, Stratovarius said:

Manual cars make better drivers. 😉

not the fastest, fiddly, inconvenient, difficult to master but they stir emotions 😁

 

 

[Volvobrick]

On 9/22/2025 at 2:14 PM, Gnahp said:

not the fastest, fiddly, inconvenient, difficult to master but they stir emotions 😁

 

 

Old things are acquired taste.

 

 

like old women...