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  1. I spoke to a female acquaintance several weeks ago about the car she drove. She remarked that her parents had insisted on her buying the better spec-ed variant as it came with better safety equipment in the form of more airbags, better brakes etc. But she ended off by saying "But I don't think it makes a difference because I simply end up driving more recklessly". And that indeed is very telling of us humans and our attitudes towards risk taking. Psychologist Gerald Wilde points out that humans have a tendency to compensate for lower risks in one area by taking on greater risks in another. Such an attitude was evidently at work during a German experiment (as described by Malcolm Gladwell). A group of taxis were fitted with ABS while another were left untouched. And other than the ABS, both groups were identical. For a period of 3 years, these taxis were observed in secret. Logically speaking, the taxis with ABS ought to be safer. But the results revealed that the opposite was true. They tended to drive more recklessly by tailgating more and driving faster. They used the additional safety to drive more recklessly without increasing their accident risk. In which case, the introduction of ABS probably did not do much to improve road safety (at least in Germany). Yet, improving road safety has been one major area which car manufacturers devote huge amounts of research and development towards. Volvo, for example, is extremely proud of its collision avoidance system. But if past experience and theory holds true, then perhaps such systems may prove to be a massive waste of resources. If, we drivers, are going to act like the German taxi drivers, then they are not going to make much of an impact on accident rates. And I guess it will probably be the case that protected by the safety of a system like Volvo's collision avoidance system, motorists may well multi-task even more on the roads. How about coffee or breakfast while caught in the morning peak hour traffic jam? How about a shave or putting on some eyeliner? And why not, since it would be near impossible to bump the car in front with the safety system? In which case, it might just be cheaper to leave things as they are and focus R&D dollars on other projects like environmental friendliness. Credits: Malcolm Gladwell, "Blowup", The New Yorker
  2. Singaporeans are a pretty practical bunch. It is hardly a surprise that certain car marques associated with reliability, fuel economy and resale value dominate our best seller list. We go for the safe bet; the choice that makes sense to us numerically. And so, I am often met with a puzzled look when I explain that the most important attribute for me when car shopping is power (both bhp and torque) or when I tell people that my hobby is modifying my ride to go that little bit faster. Inevitably, the following refrain will be heard. "Fast car in Singapore? For what? Our roads are so congested and traffic lights are everywhere. You won't be able to travel much faster than my [insert choice of unclemobile]." To them and those of you practical minded folk reading this (yes, even in a car enthusiast's forum, they exist), my answer is a firm Yes. I personally find it strange that society can look upon practicality with such deference and respect. To me, being conventional and practical reeks of one thing - being a boring person. But I don't expect that practical folk can ever understand this and I just want them to stop being so judgmental and so insistent that their way is the only way. So here goes. This is my tongue-in-cheek list of "practical" reasons why sports cars or fast cars have a point in Singapore. 1) Some sports cars can become future classic cars. Just like art pieces, there is a chance that some day down the road, that sports car may actually appreciate in value or at the very least, retain value much better than the typical bread and butter car would. Well, I will admit that it is a bit of a gamble and not all sports cars will reach cult classic status but there is the possibility right? And isn't this just like investing in art or fine wines? 2) Powerful cars are safer. Yes, you heard me right. Powerful cars allow you to overtake more easily and more safely. Fast cars usually also come with better and grippier tyres, better safety features and better brakes. If driven sedately, I would say that such cars would probably be a lot safer than the typical bread and butter car. Now, isn't being safe a very important consideration, even for you practical folk? 3) Sports cars incentivize you to keep you healthy. You never thought this is possible but your car can have an effect on your health. Driving a sports car with a rock hard suspension is painful for those who do not keep themselves limber and fit. The hugging bucket seats mean that you must keep your weight and girth in check. And if you do not stretch regularly, I doubt you will be able to climb in and out of a low slung sports coupe. Now we are often lazy when it comes to keeping fit, so what better incentive can there be than the fact your ridiculously expensive sports car will go to waste if you didn't? With all these practical benefits, be sure to make your next car a fast or sporty one! Note: this is meant to be a light-hearted and humorous article, not genuine advice/opinion!
  3. Did you know that it basically took Audi 126.5 million years to finally agree with everyone alive that having a tall 4,6 or 8 cylinder engine set up high and way in front of the front axle does not do wonders to the handling of their front wheel drive sedans? Having driven the current A6, the previous generation A4 (B7 series) as well as the earlier ones too, I have to say that massive understeer is the preferred way for these front wheel drive Audis to corner. On the B7 A4 I remember driving it hard and it felt so nose heavy that even with a pointy nose it felt as if the steering was the one end of the stick and the other end was the large elephant hanging off of it. That A4 was a pretty good car and in 2.0TFSI form was a fast ride but the high speed handling on a twisty road was really bad. I would assume this trait would be lessened in the Quattro or All wheel drive version of the cars, but in the front wheel drive A4, it basically was awful. Now this brings us to the current B8 Audi A4 1.8 TFSI launched around two years ago. The car I tried is owned by a friend of mine and it is a car that is very familiar to me. His ride pictured above is the 1.8TFSI 160bhp spec that comes with the larger 18inch tires and rims. It looks so much better than the stock 17inch rims that the standard car is specced with. I suppose it was because of nearly universal criticism of mega understeer that Audi had finally decided to re-engineer the engine and gearbox placement of the A4. The wheels are now at least 8cm forward compared to the earlier setup and this equates to better handling as well steering feel. The car does not drive like you were sitting just slightly behind an arrow
  4. So with major concern towards the environment, changes are happening to the motoring public. The promotion of hybrid cars, electric cars, fuel efficient petrol and diesel cars as well as eco-friendly supercars. But say you still think that motorcars are what's causing global warming and you'd like to contribute less towards this. What could be done about it aside from walking more, taking the MRT, buying or converting your car to run on NGV, buy a hybrid, drive like Mother Theresa or just stay home and not go out? You could buy a horse. A thoroughbred race horse from the turf club that is about to be pensioned off is a good choice. It may be cheap to buy and maintain unless he's a prize winning horse like Seabiscuit whereby his sperm could make fast baby racehorses an and therefore make it rather expensive. Find one that always loses, learn horseback riding as a horse carriage would be considered as a trailer and may fall under the jurisdiction of the LTA (that's Land Transport Authority to those of you who aren't local) and you may need to license it. So you trot your way to work. If you live in an apartment. You could park the horse at the grassy patch near the entrance of the apartment and let it graze and eat grass there. Then later at night, I'd bring that horse to the apartment carpark which I've paid for and have it converted into a stable. I think it's a foolproof plan if you're traveling alone or with a friend. The costs would be very little and you'll be kind to the environment as the only greenhouse gas the transport (horse) will produce if some methane when it farts or passes motion. If it gets sick and outlives its usefulness, you could always be the John Wayne you wanted to be and shoot the horse like cowboys do. Of course the horse is just a radical thought that will never see the light of day. It would be simpler to ride a bicycle rather than do what I've said above. Add the quite strenuous fact that you have to climb quite a bit to reach the saddle makes it a chore. To me at least. Riding a bicycle is a good eco-friendly option. No fossil fuels are burnt and you will be fit and healthy too. But you're definitely not going to pedal from Johor Bahru to Changi for your daily commute as if you were unfit in the first place, you may end up with a cardiac arrest. And this is an automotive website. Where's the motoring part of it if I were to talk to you about cycling? This brings us to commuting on a motorcycle. A motorcycle is a motorized bicycle if you wanted to keep the explanation simple. It is most of the time a cheap and efficient means of transport. A commute on a motorcycle would mean that you don't take up so much road space and you've bought yourself a vehicle that does no use much raw material compared to a car. This means that you've already made an environmental friendly practice by buying a motorcycle and using it. Unless its a two-stroke motorcycle that is, which is polluting to the environment due to its designs using the total-loss lubrication method, with the lubricating oil being burnt in the combustion chamber, causing "blue smoke" and other types of exhaust pollution. So a good four stroke engined motorcycle is the bike you want to be seen on if you want to be regarded as an eco-friendly person. Buy one with good power to weight ratio and you will have speed, power, great fuel economy and less CO2 emissions than average car. This does not mean that you should buy a Ducati Monster over a Honda Cub as the Honda does its job pretty well too, and is an automotive icon on its own too. You also save time and fuel too as you don't sit in a traffic jam as you do not get stuck behind another car. Actually I am suggesting that everyone starts riding a motorcycle to work so that the roads are free of traffic jams. Free of jams so that yours truly may use his car peacefully. I tried riding a bike before and I had very bad coordination in trying to change gears with my foot and use the hand clutch. I kept thinking why can't a bike have a gearshift that you could use your thumb to change gears or a DSG type transmission so I can just focus on the riding much better and avoid myself getting killed. I also felt extremely naked and the thought of being under a lorry or a bus somehow made the joys of motorcycling much lesser for me. Pillion riding on a BMW motorcycle a long while back was also a little unnerving as every time the chap piloting the darn bike gunned it out of a junction I felt as if my hands were about to be torn off from the hand grips and that I was going to land on my behind and get hit by a truck. Yes I am paranoid when it comes to riding a bike. But I want you people to ride one for my own car using convenience. Hence the irony. The other reason is that I just like the Confederate motorcycles pictured below, and this article gives me a reason to post some pictures of what I think beats the heck out of owning a Ducati 1198 or a MV Augusta Brutale . The styling on these bikes are very steam punk-ish or retro modern or whatever art based term you may have for the designs. The Confederate motorcycle is a stupendous piece of handcrafted American engineering. Their cars may be rubbish, but their bikes are, as I believe, made with as much passion as an Italian motorcycle. Check out two Confederates below. -Confederate B120 Wraith - Confederate P120 Fighter
  5. [extract] Almost nothing truly British are sacred nowadays. If you entered a restaurant in the UK you may encounter a Polish immigrant baking those scones and macaroons. If you went to Harrods you
  6. [extract] -using this while driving is as good as having a few bottles of anything alcoholic according to two spoilsports. Recently a study was made on the concentration of people using a phone in the car, even while using a hands-free device. The study found that braking reaction time and driving skill were impaired in almost all motorists who took part in the study. Two scientists, Jason Watson and David Strayer, psychologists at the University of Utah, located in the land of cheeseburgers and fries, asked 200 volunteers to drive along a motorway in simulator. Braking reaction time, following distance, memory and the ability to do a simple sum were all measured. The subjects were then asked to repeat the process but this time they were asked to conduct a phone conversation which involved memorizing certain words and carrying out more mathematical problems. Their findings, to be published in the Psychonomic Bulletin and Review (a journal that isn
  7. - The O/S system in this crashes occasionally...could the MMI system in our cars do the same occasionally too? Recently we've read or heard that Toyotas and Hondas are being recalled for faulty electronic parts and this as well as that, but all the problems reported by Toyota and Honda are happening in America and nowhere else. This actual debacle could actually be caused by 'patriotic' Americans who do not want to see any Japanese company cause American cars companies to close shop. So they create issue after issue till the sales of Japanese cars drop and the American public will resort to buying American metal (or sometimes called junk) again. Conspiracy or not, I think I have to tell you readers out there that cars nowadays are now as unpredictable as they once were in the early 1900s and that we're entering another dark age of automobiles due to electronics and technology. In those days people were upgrading from horses to automobiles. Almost everything didn't work out right. They tried steam engines which were bulky, cumbersome and especially unreliable. And these horseless carriages took over one whole minute to start. Then the inventors tried the internal combustion engine and found out that this was the way to go. But starting the car was a hassle as in the early days, cars had no starter motor. It was like witchcraft. Or like when you called the rain maker to call for rain. You prayed, did some mumbo jumbo ritual and then pray some more so that your car would start when you turned the hand crank. This would basically happen every time you wanted to go somewhere and improper cranking could result in the engine backfiring, and would turn the hand crank the other way. If you weren't careful, your arm could be broken by this. The ride was also horrid on those spindly tires and before the 1930s there was no standardization of the transmission, meaning you had to operate the gears in unfathomable ways or the Force in order to get at the controls. If you've ever witnessed or seen a video of someone giving instructions on how to change gears on a Ford Model T you'd know what I mean. But nowadays, a hundred years after having suffered from problems of early automobiles we're having another round of unpredictability due to electronics. Look at the debacle Toyota landed themselves into with their drive by wire throttle/accelerator combo. I sometimes wonder how can we trust electronics in taking over most of the functions in our cars. The accelerator pedal is now drive by wire, the climate control electronic, the seat adjustment by electric motors and now there are electronic sensors that supposedly keeps the cars in lane, detecting drowsiness and detecting sudden braking by the cars up front. And we are supposed to trust in all these electronic gizmos? How can I feel secure in putting my hands into driver assisting electronics if Toyota recently recalls their cars over their stuck throttle pedal issue or that Honda over faulty power window controls (that may turn the Honda driver into a flambe) regardless whether the fault is true or made up? What makes you think that the lane assist system in your Teutonic vehicle wouldn't take a short holiday due to some electronic glitch? Or that the USB interface in your car decided that it suddenly refused to open the IPod as it hates playing Barry Manilow. The cars being recalled are basically doing personal computer favourite, which is crash and hang up the whole system. Even to this day our laptops or desktops with will occasionally fail to do what we want it to do. Even the 5 month old notebook I use had recently crashed. You see, our personal computers crash occasionally and this would mean that our electronic gizmo filled cars would obviously do the same too. And that is what's happening to Toyotas, Hondas and a few other manufacturers nowadays. Maybe when we realize this fact, we would either: - ignore such electronic faults, keep buying the cars and pray that there's no recalls for the model you bought; or - decide to return to the stone age and build everything without electronic gadgets except for electronic fuel injection which does not seem to fail most of the time; or - expect car manufacturers to build cars like aircraft, with two or three backup units for every single electronic item. Aircraft systems are sometimes be quadruplexed (four independent channels) in order to prevent loss of signals in the case of failure of one or even two channels. This is so they don't crash every time there is a system failure. So could it be possible for car manufacturers to build a fail safe backup into each car like in an airplane? They could. But then they would pass the buck back to the customers. Obviously the customers still bear the brunt of all additional costs. Furthermore I do not think consumers would be willing to stop buying cars with all the newer creature comforts. So it would be confirmed that electronics are here to stay. So it's either car owners end up hurt, panic stricken, or end up quite dead trying to stop a faulty car with tons of electronics that do not work; or end up paying for a car that costs more as it has additional fail safes in their cars so that it will ensure that they don't wake up very dead after an accident brought about by some electronic problem. Its a win-win situation for car manufacturers isn't it? - Back-up systems in this aircraft make it safe to fly. Back-up systems in our cars? Cheaply?
  8. Please express your views. The above is what i can think of. You can add in more.
  9. [extract] I recently posted something about Saab going extinct and that there won
  10. My colleague's car coming to 7 years in 6 months' time. Looking at various options as he has no clue (his previous car he drove until scrap... not really a car person). Requirement - huge car .... he wears size XXXXL - comfortable ... he drives at 70-80km/h on expressway.. .so century sprint is not important to him - economical .... he clocks about 600-700km per week - intention .... he drives a Camry now.... never owned a conti before... itching to try one. Preference 1. If willing to spend up to $160k Choice - Audi A6 2.0T, Audi A4 1.8T, BMW 520i, Volvo S80 2.5T 2. If willing to spend up to $110k Choice - Skoda Superb 1.8T DSG, Citroen C5 2.0, VW Passat 1.8T DSG 3. Not willing to change, stay with Japs Choice - Toyota Camry, Honda Accord, Nissan Teana Real owners of these cars, please give your honest opinion. He would only want to shortlist probably 3 and go for test drive. Headache otherwise.
  11. Three myths about the Singapore woman by Skilldo If you are a male and still single, you may probably have heard these myths about Singaporean women, or even more likely, you may have used them at some point in your dating career. Myth #1: Singapore girls are harder to approach It's highly likely the guy who believe this has probably approached less than than 10 women in his life. Here's the fact: if you have walked up to and chatted with enough women, you will find plenty of highly responsive ones. Sure, there are girls who have their noses in the air. If that happens to you, simply turn away and speak to another lady. There is really nothing hard about it. Never use limited references from just a few approaches to become the overall verdict about women. In the end, it's NOT that S'pore females are harder to talk to. Instead, it has got to do with how much a guy is preventing himself from going up to a girl to break the ice. Myth #2: Women in Singapore have very high standards for men I won't totally disagree with this point, but hear me out. Women all have standards. They all have "wants". In terms of the type of man they want, they say - "I want a guy to have this, I want a guy to have that." But when you attract a lady enough (even if you don't fit the description of what she says she want), she will still be happy being with you. I know women who say they want good-looking guys, but end up with common-looking ones. I also know women who say they want to get a rich guy and be a 'tai-tai' - haven't we all heard that before? - but end up with ordinary salaried males. Of course, we also know examples of rich guys getting beautiful women, but I can tell you surely that for every "rich guy gets girl" example there is out there, I can show you two more cases of "ordinary guy gets girl". And as a personal example of someone who's heard it before, there are women who say they will only consider tall men, but end up with partners who do not fit that bill. Note:I happen to be living this reality. My current girlfriend made it clear that she preferred tall guys when I first met her. Well, I'm at best average height and could have taken what she said as final. But I didn't. If one knows what attraction is all about, he should not be bothered by what a lady says she wants. Myth #3: All the pretty/nice ones are taken Not true. Maybe if you said that the hot ones are more in demand, then it's correct. But when it comes to them confirmed as being taken, then that is not the case. As we speak, countless pretty and/or nice ladies are still holding onto their single status. Again, this relates closely to being limited by a certain view. People who think all the good ones are taken obviously has not socialised enough. They observe the six gorgeous girls in their office who are all attached, and conclude that there is no one else left for them. But if a man gets to know a lot of fine-looking women from different places, they will invariably find a large number of them who are single and 'still looking'. Never be fenced up by what you're faced with. The entire Singapore is your girl-getting arena. About the writer: Skilldo is an 'ex-unhappy' Singaporean guy - who grew from being lonely,dateless and single... into breaking out of it, and obtained a fulfilling social life in meeting, dating and entering satisfying relationships with women. He is the author of 'The Ultimate Singapore Girl-Getter'. A locally-focused guide for Singapore men to approach, date and successfully attract the type of women they want for themselves. He maintains a website containing secrets and training for men at - http://www.seductionsingapore.com
  12. Hi guys, need some help in making a decision. I'm currently driving a 1991 Nissan Presea, it's running fine, with usual wear and tear probs that are not hard to fix with some re-con parts. It's nearly paid-up, with just a couple of months to go, after which i will enjoy installment-free driving for another 2 years before the COE finishes. I'm also looking at a 2nd-hand Ford Focus Stationwagon, rougly $30K+ for a 3 year old car. Is it wise to change to the Ford now, or wait until my Nissan goes to the scrapyard 2 years later? Cheers.
  13. The other day I was browsing the shelves of a petrol station minimart. There was this woman who was shopping for tidbits with her son. Suddenly, she shouted to her son "THIS ONE IS MADE IN CHINA YOU ALSO WANT TO BUY?" I was so taken aback by her outburst I instinctively looked at my bag of cookies to see if they are from China. My friend has his own business and imports an edible product from China. He said his sales have dropped since the melamine affair. He related an incident where he spied on a consumer at the supermarket. The consumer picked up my friend's product but put it back when she realized it was from China. She then picked up similar products from Australia and New Zealand but realized they were much more expensive. In the end she walked away without buying. What is your opinion of China products? Are they really that bad or have they been unfairly smeared? Is something that is made in Australia or other angmo country definately superior? Is a more expensive product guaranteed to be good quality?
  14. ok, my car is 3 years and doing 110k km during 80k i start to notice my car fuel consumption getting worse from average of 11-12km/l drop till 8-10km/l. driving patern the same more or less the same. i highlight to C&C. they says its normal for KIA Cerato to get that consumption but i argue how come all the while i can get 11-12km/l before. i also highlight to them of a tapping sound that occurs occasionally. still they maintain its normal. by the way the sound is like you take a spoon and gently tap an empty milo tin sort of rattling sound now here's the big headache for me. that tapping sound can even be heard when the engine temperature is at normal working temperature. before that it only heard during warm up stage. another thing, the engine now give this odd sound like you took a spanner and drop into a box then shake the box! again this sound only occurs sometimes but it start to get frequent. anyone knows before i sent to mechanic to check and if i do not have a clue, scare kena chop carrot by mechanic. thanks
  15. lately there are panerai and tag heuer topics that popped up, which aroused my interest on watch. I came across a more affordable brand called epos today and wonder what is sifu's opinions here on this brand, particularly this model with rubber strap : http://www.epos.ch/collection/gents/sportive/3365.htm
  16. Anyone heard of APR Remap? Or any other remaps? Anyone keen on the remaps?
  17. I sm really thinking of changing my present car to a Toyota Prius in September anybody driving one now how is it expensive to maintain petrol consumption should I buy or nOt thanks
  18. I'm thinking of getting a 2nd hand Mazda 5...currently new M5 cost about $88K and a 1 year old priced ard $62K, is it worth to get a 2nd hand? Thanks for your opinions...
  19. 1st... its a porsche... and now a gallardo with a CNG sticker on the cover page of the latest issue of Torque... what do you guys think?
  20. Points to bear in mind USA is technically in recession In Davos - CNN poll among industry leaders suggest slow-down In asia we are not sheltered by CHINA and INDIA because much of trade is with USA in fact we are boosting CHINA and INDIA economy from out-sourcing our services GST has increased to 7% more gantries are up inflation has gone up to 4.5 - 5% which means if you keep money in the bank you will be experiencing contraction to your money and I am not sure what else will contract malaysia will go to poll soon in March 2008, therefore may affect short term sentiments many sillyporeans are into equity even in Newpaper about this 26 year old lady putting all her spare cash into equity (shares) etc taking all these and your own take on the financial health of sillypore and the world what is your expert opinion on our economy this year? Your well thought of opinion may affect how we forumers here plan with our money this year thanks have fund
  21. "dose dreams again...ok had another one of dose dreams again n i'm afraid it's not one of de good ones or harmless one...sadz okay u might ask wad kind of dreams...thing is since like a few yrs back like when i was in sec 3...everi once in a while when i'm like troubled or under some sort of stress be it exams or wadeva...i'll have one of 'dose' dreams where i can really 'see' dat which has yet to happen...you might choose not to believe but i stand by wad i type...let me explain... back when i was still in sec 4 before my 'o' levels...i dream of a place where de stool n tables were like a cafe's one, where de tables were de round metal kinds and de chairs were dose made wif de rattan one but it was in a school not a cafe...fast forward to jc 1...it turns out dat it was de place i studied for 3 mths...temasek jc...before hand i had nva heard ani1 talk about de canteen dere or been dere myself...ok at least this was harmless... den when i was studying in temasek jc before de 'o' level results were announced i dreamt of another place...where it was an entrance to a place where de stairs slanted from de left to the right den from the right to de left but it still led up...fast forward 3 mths...i couldn't stay in temasek jc cos i missed by 1 point and i was then posted to tampines junior college...guess de first thing i saw when i went to tpjc for de first time...yup de slanted stairs...ok another harmless one... another incident...beocs i haf some connections...i knew my posting way before ani1 in singapore does for de jc one...one week in advance...so when everi1 else knew deir posting during de march hols...i knew mine during de last wek in school...and thus i was troubled...cos i was in dis LEO club as cca in temasek jc...i was involved in de anti drug dance competition in 2004 as a helper...den when i was still studying happily in temasek jc daes months before de actual event...before i even knew about this dacne competition...i had a dream...i remember it veri well...even up till now... in de dream i was at indoor stadium...but i dun see myself...as in i was dere at de stadium but i dun know wad i'm doing...all i know is i heard de dj daniel ong introducing a group here how's it goes :"in chinese dey call demselves zi long...in eng dey're de paper dragons...so let's give it up for dem". The reason i remember it so clearly was cos i was amused by it...it was a sch dae so as usual i woke up earli on time...den i said aloud to myself...:"zi long paper dragon?" weird name...den i went to wash up...fast forward to de dae of de actual event in de march hols...i heard de exact same thing WITHOUT A SINGLE WORD MISSING said by de exact same person in de exact same tone n voice n speed n lighting n EVERITHING...dat was when i believed i could reali see into dat which had yet to happen...n turns out paper dragon was frm de jc i was being posted to...tampines jc... when i spoke about this to my folks, it turns out dat it's not jus my imagination...yrs ago n i do mean yrs ago...when my dad was still young as a boy. My dad's family at dat time wasnt well off...poor in fact...one day he dreamt of numbers n went to tell my granma...in fact dese numbers were de winning numbers of de 4D or lottery back den...3rd place numbers which could have won my dad n his family a few hundred dollars at least...back den a few hundred was a princely sum...genes??? fast forwad to jus now...let's jus say its not a pretty dream i had which involved a dbl decker bus, a black lexus suv (i saw de liscense plate, but i'm not gonna type it here) and me n a few other ppl...thing is, it's one of dose dreams...i can feel it...and in de dream i dun see myself veri much older...in fact i dun see ani diff between me now n de other me...so i'm not feeling easy now...esp when i am troubled now n dat if it reali does happen de way i 'saw' it...i wonder if i ever mattered to some1...i mean i know i matter to my family n all but dere is some1 which i wanna know if i mattered...dats why i'm troubled n taking this so badly i guess... years back whenever any1 asked, i could confidently say dat i reali had to leave this world de next dae, i would be able to do so w/o regrets becos i reali was happy...but now i can't do so animore...it's reali true dat when ppl pass on de things dey regret are reali de things which dey did not do, not de things dey haf done...for me de regret i haf now if i were to reali go would be an ans to something which i'm afraid to know but yet at de same time i wanna know so badly...haiz...uneasy...n i'm not even 21 yet..." friend's experience. would like to hear more opinion from you guys if you had any similar experience..
  22. As I have mentioned in another thread that my front left rim is bent and beyod repair. But the thought of changin all 4 rims just because on one damaged seems quite wasteful. My rim already out of production as told by the tyre shop. Need your honest opinion what do you think of changing just one rim to a different design. Would you gives a in aesthetic?
  23. dear all, i hv this sort-of half-past-six problem : Occasionally, maybe once / twice a week I would recv. calls while i m driving home/to-office. Previously i used to use a SE K750i whose speaker phone is rather loud and is suffice for me. Now with the K810i, the speaker phone is rather tinny, though the other party can hear me well. What should i do ?? #1 - Get a full fledged BT car kit. ( Nice n neat, but implementation cost just dun justify usage) #2 - Get a BT ear piece. (simple solution, charge holding maybe a prob. though cheap solution) #3 - Use the supplied wired ear piece. (FOC solution, clumsy) #4 - Live wif the problem. ( no need reason) Any comments - MCFers ? ty ty mice
  24. Just saw the best yet from Audi Q7 on the road tall and beautiful anybody test drove it already any comments how is this compared to Posche Cayenne
  25. 1. Anyone currently driving a Mazda 5 or have tested this car before? 2. Wanted to know how it stacks against Honda Stream, Pinic and Zaifira in term of pricing, performance, comfort, fuel consumption and reliability? Thank you. Regards,
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