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  1. STI down 148. Go to the nearest platform MRT station NOW!!! Man, this is correction time or what?
  2. The first time I drove an Alfa Romeo, it was a 1.6 147 manual (not selespeed). It was mind-blowing. I've never encountered an engine that respond like that. I am not an Alfa owner, so the word I'd use is only a technical one - it is soooo freaking FREE-REVING. With a foot only slightly heavier than that used for highway 100km/h cruising, I was at 5000-6000 RPM when I thought I was at 3000 RPM to change from 1st gear to 2nd. The RPM is ... gravity-defying! (in a rush to get off traffic light sprint, i accidentally hit the RPM limiter of 7200). And the engine note as the RPMs go up... it's heaven. When alfa owners say 'passion' and 'soul' of driving abt their cars, i think i can understand, i think i know what they're talking abt.. and i can only dream. on Fri 6 Jul, i went to test drive the Civic 1.8. i've heard Honda's MT gear is slick as butter, so i opt for MT first. It is soooo freaking FREE-REVING!! OMG! Exactly like an alfa. i thought i would never feel such an engine outside of alfa.. i was wrong. and the short-shift gear stick .... my gooodness... short, precise. it is better than the alfa! i can rest my elbow on the armrest and it won't affect my gan-cheong "racing" mood. after all the passion has died down, i believe i know what is the secret. (i'm no mechanic) - it is drive-by-wire. See here. [ol][*]the throttle wire tells the ECU[*]ECU takes other aspects into consideration [*]ECU tells engine what to do[/ol]In "normal" cars, step #2 is missing. hence, RPM is limited by "gravity". SE tells me the clutch is also drive-by-wire. it's benefit is that when you clutch-in for a gear change, yr RPM does not drop, it is held there for the 1-2 seconds while u shift the stick. u do not lose speed, u do not lose RPM! ... wah cool! ... Has any alfa owner driven a Civic MT lately?
  3. Will TP take action? Or would they ignore our emails and letters? I once made a police report on hit and run on my car but the IO replied their investigation yielded no results.
  4. I've never read a worse extremely sour report by a supposingly respected journo. This guy started on a sour note on having less time to test drive on the new Lancer than the lambo and spend half the article making unfavorable and irrelevant comparisons of the new Lancer. I have never read such an awful totally biased SOUR article just because he cant get good enough time for a test drive. No self respecting journo should never write an article like that. He angle is article in such negative manner deserve to be This guy deserve no respect in the industry and the readers for using his position to write a petty article!
  5. Came across this really interesting article: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206...b3c&refer=home# A 4-way luxury brand fight (3 Germans 1 Japanese) which is great for customers!
  6. Drove up to KL yesterday. JB - Near Malacca Potholes mostly fixed. Traffic OK. One speed trap - did not get caught. Only car stopped was a Malaysian car with a Malay driver. Quite a few SIN cars waved through including me. Malacca to Seremban Lot of roadworks where reduced to one lane. Very slow at times. Start stop uphill due to some old trucks crawling and holding up traffic. About 30km of this. Still managed to get from JB to KL within 3 hours 30 mins and get 15 km/l on my Subaru Legacy doing 110-120km/h. Will update when I do the return trip in 2 days
  7. With reference to the below report in 16th Jan2007 TODAY's paper. It says that the retail sale of cars are better compared to previous months and last year. But we know that the monthly COE quota is FIXED and only the registration rate is variable or maybe the profit margin by AD is also variable. It does not mean that that particular month with more car registration will signify a greater demand and more people buying cars! In fact when price falls, more people will rush in to lock the car price at the low COE price, eventually pushing up COE price which the AD has to 'absorbe'. Which means when the demand is high, theoretically AD profit margin may be slightly lower? Can anyone with financial background teach me how the hell they can justify such results to 'hoodwink' singaporeans into thinking that the economy is good and more people are willing to buy cars??? I know retail sales can be calculated by the GST contributions from all the retail shop to the gov. How about car sales? Is the report of the 5.9% increase based on car quantity or car GST contribution? SINGAPORE
  8. I have noticing quite a number of cars fitted with HIDs that aren't properly installed - the kind that totally kills your night vision even if you try not to look directly at them. Those cars that come with factory-fitted HID (usually) have more diffused beams that do not cause a nuisance to other road users. Case in point, I was at the carpark next to Liang Court over the weekend when a Toyota Ist fitted with such HID was waiting for a lot while I was trying to get out of the carpark. In frustration I switched my lights to high-beams. By this time he was trying to back out of the carpark as well, so I simply aimed my car at him and followed his car (and shining my headlights back at him) till he managed to do a three point turn (I drove past him as he was doing the three pointer). I had half a mind to wind the windows down to ask if he knew his headlights was that blinding, but decided that exchanging words wasn't a good idea. It was also so bright I couldn't really see his licence plate either. I have no issue with properly fitted HIDs, be it factory, or a lower-spec car upgrading to a higher-spec car's projector HID beams (eg. 1.6 FD Civic using the 1.8 or 2.0 Civic's HID lamps) but I think drivers should be responsible for ensuring their headlights don't blind other people.
  9. OK last night went into JB for petrol fill up. Then decided to run around the place to look for CNG stations. Tampoi Utama is already known. It is a single CNG filling pump island in a Petronas station. Nothing special. This one is easy to get to. However, from the Malaysian NGV community, there is one off Jln Datin Halimah near Larkin. Users of the station reported great gas pressures with it. So much so the JBers call it NGV Sentral. For the uninitiated, CNG fill up is all about pressure. There are two kinds of systems in place. There is the direct from gas main, pass through filter, then dryer then into compressor and into storage tanks and finally into the dispenser. Then there is the mother-daughter station. This is when the CNG tanker rolls up, fills up the storage tanks with gas via a compressor. Logic will tell you the type from gas main has the best pressure. Well, the mother-daughter type can have good pressures too depending on the compressor but if the tanks are empty, there is low pressure. So actually, the more you pay for the fillup = more pressure = more gas = stuffed your tank like Christmas turkey = good = more driving range before next fillup. Very different from petrol. The Malaysian NGV community did complain that when mother-daughter stations are empty, you can fill only RM1.00 of gas which only see you a couple of km to your dismay. The one off Jln Halimah is the type that is from the gas main. Same type as the one building on Toh Tuck. The Mandai and Serangoon ones I heard are mother-daughter setup. So unlike petrol station, fill up when you see a tanker just pull out of the station for a mother-daughter station. So here I went galivanting into JB looking for this station. It is called the NGV Station. (duh!) according to the Petronas directory. So I traveled along the highway (Abdul Razak?) that goes towards Larkin. Exited the highway and went into Jln Datin Halimah. I traveled as far as I could but could not find it. It was listed as being on Jln Petaling. So I turned in there and went as far as I can and ended up in a bus depot! Mind you, it is damn dark. So I came out. Asked some locals and they said it is at the BP station at the end of Jln Halimah. OK so I came out and found the BP or rather BHP station. To the uninformed, BP in Malaysia has given up retailing petrol and transfered their stations to Boustead who now markets the petrol as BHPetrol. BH as in Boustead Holdings. I still can't find the NGV Station! OK I gave up so I pumped petrol at the BHP station. Ah! sweet RON92 from BHP. This is my first time using it. Hmmmm..... EM of Malaysia colors their RON92 red. BHP colors it green. Then I noticed red JB taxis pulling in and pumping up their tires only! They didn't even stop for petrol. I went towards a cab driver to ask him where the famed NGV Station is. Immediately as I approached, I "heard" the near silence of his engine. CNG converted confirmed! He told me it is behind the BHP station. I was perplexed because I don't see anything behind the station. So got into my car wondering what he meant by behind. Then I saw a taxi turn into the BHP station but not actually turning in. There is a small road beside the BHP station entrance. So I followed it in and was rewarded by the NGV station. The taxis were lining up but the fill up looks fast because the pressures are higher. I stopped and went in for a look. There are 3 filling islands and fills 6 taxis in a go. A taxi driver asked what he can help me with, I told him I was visiting and acquainting myself with CNG in Malaysia. Asked how is payment. He replied it is cash only. Don't even need to walk to the counter, the attendant collects it on the spot. For RM8-9, I will like them pay on the spot. The dispenser is just like a petrol dispenser except you don't see litres being pumped in. You only see a gas pressure gauge. Got white and then there is this 1/4 that is red. I guess you don't go too much into the red zone when filling up. There is a currency display as well so you know how much you pumped. After that, I went home. BTW, it was 1am this morning. So the NGV station opens 24/7. So this ends my NGV Station FR.
  10. Hi ppl! Thinking of getting a Suzuki Swift. Since the car is out for quite some time already, will like to enlist the help of the Swift drivers to advise on the performance (FC, stability, etc) of their Swifts. Thanks in advance.
  11. This morning was driving behind a car with faulty lights. Almost hit into his rear as both his brake lights are not working. Only the small light in the centre is working. As i was switching lane, here comes another car whom also almost hit into him. Can hear the E-brake sound somemore....... My question is, can we report a person's car with faulty lights? Cos if in event that the centre light goes faulty, this car got no brake signal at all........an accident waiting to happen. Its an old model ford laser. Brown in colour, seen along Thompson Road near Sin ming road @ 8.30am.
  12. http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/08/07...tion/index.html NEW YORK (CNN) -- Liz and Rocky Rothwell, a retired couple from Orlando, Florida, thought they could save money on gas by dropping a little green pill called BioPerformance in their car's tank. "When it goes in your gasoline, it disperses out. It's supposed to increase the mileage in your car from anywhere from 25 to 30 percent," Rocky Rothwell said. The Rothwells had such high hopes for this product that they went to a company presentation and signed on as distributors in a multilevel marketing plan. But the pill turned out to be a dud, according to Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott. Abbott had the pills tested. He concluded that the pills didn't work and he found they were made mostly of naphthalene, the same stuff that used to go in mothballs. Abbott shut down the Texas-based BioPerformance and is suing the company and its owners for allegedly running a scam that cost people such as the Rothwells thousands of dollars. Responding to inquiries via a letter, an attorney for Gustavo Romero, one of BioPerformance's founders and owners, writes: "It is our expectation that additional scientific testing will answer the issue once and for all." At a time when gas prices are near record highs, many people are searching for ways to make their gas money go a little bit further. And there are a number of products on the market that claim to stretch a few more miles out of a gallon of gas. CNN teamed up with Popular Mechanics magazine and auto mechanics from the Universal Technical Institute in Houston, Texas, to run individual tests on a couple of other "gas-saving" products. First, we determined the base line by running vehicles without any of these add-on products. Mike Allen, an automotive guru and senior writer with Popular Mechanics, then installed a set of magnets that are supposed to align the molecules in the fuel so it burns more efficiently. "This is one of the more elaborate fuel line magnets I've ever seen," Allen observed. "It's got three really powerful bar magnets, and it sort of straddles the fuel lines so the fuel goes through the middle." But when we ran the engine with the magnet installed, the vehicle's gas mileage decreased by about 10 percent. "We're theorizing that the magnetic field is so powerful it is interfering with the wiring in the fuel injectors," Allen said. Energy Cel, the company that makes the magnets, said its product works and that it has been tested "... with positive results." "We are dismayed that your mechanics did not have the proper training for placement and testing of our magnetic device," the company said. "We always welcome testing of our products by qualified, trained personnel that use the proper procedures. If tested correctly, our product works." Next up was the Tornado, a device that turns air inside a car's air intake valve into a mini-tornado. The manufacturer -- Tornado Air Management Systems -- said it makes engines burn fuel more efficiently. In the test, the Tornado reduced a Lincoln Navigator's fuel mileage by just under a mile per gallon, from 18.4 mpg without the device to 17.5 mpg with it installed. But the manufacturer stands behind the Tornado: "We have more than 100,000 satisfied customers. Our product works." The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency did not test the same products that we did, but it has checked out more than 100 products that make similar gas-saving claims over the last 30 years and none has worked, according to EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson. "It's a scam," Johnson said. Experts said the best way to squeeze more miles per gallon out of a vehicle is to ensure that tires are inflated properly. They said this simple step can save as much as 10 percent on fuel mileage.
  13. For those interested to find out how reliable is his car brand index.pdf
  14. Yesterday was loads of fun with the couple of us having made it there. Using (stealing) the following preview photos, here is my take on the track:- The track goes in a clockwise manner (some went counter). The first bend was an upslope right-hand, requiring some decent power to bring the car up. Slightly treacherous right now as the tip of the corner goes off into mud (somewhat like Port Dickson), so care was taken during the initial climb and drift initiation. The continuation was a downslope drift that will take you into a left hand drift, followed by a small right hand hand upslope to the area with the black barrels. Continuing after the barrels is still the right hander that will take you into a sharp downslope left hand drift (careful of the wall) The wall is up already and infront of the tree in the middle of the photo. Careful not to hit it during that left hander Then it's followed by a medium length right hander to bring you back to the main straight to the hill climb shown in the first pic. Overall, it's a good track to learn on, but it requires more run off areas without so much mud.
  15. OK. The Fumoto Oil Drain Valve was installed when I filled the crankcase with Conoco Hydroclear Super All Season Diamond 5W30. I have hit 9.5k km with this oil. I started oil change this evening after driving back home. The engine was off for at most 3min when I came back armed with rubber gloves and the low profile plastic container. Now if you can recall for those who bought the valve, installed it and have not used it yet, the flick tap is very difficult to engage when it is not installed. I guess there is no lube and it is very dry. Now with valve installed. I just crawled underneath, flick and the oil gushed out. Easier then when the valve is dry. Only 3min after engine shut off, the oil was really hot. Flowed fast. I intend to do a UOA for this oil and counted 15seconds of oil flow before I collected the oil. Even the plastic bottle became soft from the hot oil. Didn't melt. I'm using laboratory boil proof grade Nalgene bottle. The oil is still draining as I'm typing. So convenient. Now, I have to remind myself to close the tap before putting in the new oil.
  16. OK guys. You know how to do it already. So tell me what has been happening lately. Take your time and run the engine around for the next couple of days. Glad you all like the "induction piss".
  17. Was wondering whats the total number of Octy's over here? Let me start the ball rollin. 1. Relak - Ambiente 1.6 Auto
  18. Lightspeed

    Well... we managed to survive the heat once again... Guys who turned up... (in no particular order) 01) Dudemobile 02) Volk74 03) Skodarr 04) Lightspeed 05) Virus 06) Octaviafan 07) Moeykf 08) Superb 09) Koolaba 10) Portblack 11) Cola80 12) Ron 13) Kevinlapon Started off with us all going to the arranged carpark which couldn't take all of our rides, so we parked on top of the car mart instead after which we had some idle chat chat, exchanges about what stuff has been going on regarding our rides... some test drives ... some oooohs and ahhhhs and drools over the 2 Superbs , topped off with some recce by Dudemobile and Skodarr for a good spot to take photos Formed up under some traffic control by stand in RSM (who claimed to be only the COS) and then some photos taken by various guys with their cool SLRs after which we were chased off by the security for "taking photos in a private compound", we parked all our rides at the nearby shade and topped of the meetup with some drinks and more chit chat at McDonalds. (Many thanks to the guys who paid for the food and drinks ) Great turnout, great formation, great time... great meetup! Thanks alot guys! [inline IMG_2068.jpg] [inline IMG_2086.jpg] [inline IMG_2023.jpg] [inline IMG_2053.jpg] [inline IMG_2058.jpg] [inline pana01.jpg] [inline IMG_2075.jpg] [inline IMG_2091.jpg]
  19. Lightspeed

    Many thanks for all the guys who turned up ... We have our hands on the club decals finally... hopefully this would make the public more aware of our prescence For those who haven't collected their decals... can pm me to arrange something Glad to see the many new faces around (Cola80, Slowdive, Daniel, Fortress, and Seb2004) and certainly hope to see more at the next meet! Many thanks to the following for making this meet a success! C708 - Resident RSM for co-ordinating traffic Dudemobile - For helping us separate the decals and directing traffic Skodee - For negotiating the price of the decals and handling the puchasing process. Volk74 - For helping us take cool photos of the club and providing fluids to quench our thirst under the scorching sun and last but not least, the rest of the guys who took the trouble to come down and show your support for the club Photos by Volk74 will be posted shortly For the rest of the guys who missed this meetup due to work etc. Here's a pano shot (not again? to feast your eyes on what you missed till I get my hands on Volk74's photos ) Too bad some of the guys had to leave early ... if not there would be more cars for the photoshoot Till the next meet! [inline pano03.jpg]
  20. Hi all, Thanx to MadeD single handedly pulled out this extra organ from my Aveo, here are some initial observations after 1 tank: +ve 1. torque/horse powder/pick up... everything also went up up up. 2. now no need to press hard on accelerator liao. 3. nice~ engine sound especially right after starting the engine. Fierce... 4. no audible hooting sound as long as rpm never go beyond 3k. 5. because no need to push the car harder, fc actually went down slightly -ve 1. maybe because torque, etc, gone up, or maybe due to strong air sucking action, car actually vibrates more especially at higher speed 2. need to 'cham' brake from a longer distance and harder due to higher torque, etc. 3. subconsciously want to driver faster faster & faster. hmmmm, need more discipline on this. 4. don't know why but rpm actually went up. E.g. Used to be around 2.2k at 80km/hr but now already 2k at 70km/hr, 3k at 100km/hr. I thought rpm supposed to go down? Some leaves stuck in the air intake? Anymore to add from bros & sis without resonators?
  21. Hi Where do new chevy owners report online? I seen stickies, self-post new, and also at http://www.teamchevysg.com/. Do we have a main one? Anyway me just got my Aveo yesterday. So shiok! Thanks to all the people who help in answering my questions previously. Cheers
  22. I'm back from a road trip vacation. Lots of lessons learnt and lots of action as well. I will call this Aveo visits the Peninsular Malaysia's East Coast on Highway 3 . The very first day, we left on Wed 4 Aug 2004. Packed everything and cleared the Woodlands Checkpoint around 1030. Nothing much except that the resort's check-in time is 1500. I know this is the low period until the ND weekend where massive swells of SG tourists will start to arrive. The chances that the room will be available before 1500 is high. However, I didn't want to pass the chance to visit the Kota Tinggi Waterfalls. Last time been there was my prehistoric days in poly. Want to see what has changed. Anyway, the road in is nice and curvvy . OK for newbies to Malaysia because you have been scared away by our local media overhyping all the murder and rape cases (their local media is also guilty of that), the touristy areas in Malaysia are marked with white direction signs. Black or green words in a white background surrounded by a border that is the same color as the words. For the KT Waterfalls, just look for the sign AIR TERJUN. The Waterfalls We arrived at 1130. Dang! They made the place into some theme park of some kind! Should have left it the way it was when I visited way back in 1988. They should learn a bit for the Aussies. Preserve things the way they are. Ecotourism means preservation and conservation. Nobody learns when they see man-made structures. We just touched the water, see the big falls, snapped some pictures and ate some nasi ayam before proceeding to Desaru. Desaru Desaru is a designated tourist location so getting there means looking out for the white direction sign with DESARU emblazoned on it. We left AIR TERJUN around 1300 and reached the resort around 1400. We put up at the Pulai Desaru Beach Resort, formerly the Desaru Perdana Beach Resort. I made the mistake of booking 2 nights there at the cost of SGD 261 by making a phone call locally to the agent in Singaproe. My rating for the resort? I must say they are clean and the rooms are well furnished. Huge and airey. However like any hotel or resort, it pays if the management paid careful attention to maintenance. I think they are at the midst of it renovating the rooms when we arrived. We have a twin bed which is something not we wanted. We can't change because the rooms with the double are being renovated. But they got someone to join the beds together. We got a garden view room but it is the nearest to the beach and pool. Breakfast is your typical holiday fare. The beach is very well maintained though. Fine powdery white sand. With that I would say the Pulai is the very best that Desaru has to offer. I will give my reasons why when compared to the Desaru Golden Beach Resort. That very night, we went out to see the fireflies. Now this is what I call ecotourism. Nothing but the mangrove swamp in the dead of night with tons of mosquitos and of course the fireflies. RM 40 per person. My little sweet girl went free. The mozzies descended upon me and my girl like fresh meat. Strangely as always, the mozzies didn't want my wife. I have always long suspected that she is a witch and she might be one! Tanjong Punggai The second day, we got a bit more adventurous and took the Aveo out for a spin to Tanjong Punngai. FYI, the beach where the resorts are located is called Tanjong Penawar. Of course we spent time at the resort pool first before heading out at 1200. But we need to eat and we headed to the Desaru Golden Beach Resort. The food is OK and we took this opportunity to tour the resort grounds. The beach is just as nice but they got two nice pedigree horses there. Impressive looking fellas and I was told they have been there for ten years. Met a Singaporean who has just arrived there and he was complaining that the room is pretty shoddy. Paint peeling and furniture looks very tired. He was denied the villa which was promised by an employee when he called earlier. That is why I concluded that the Pulai is best in Desaru. We left at 1400 and just followed the sign that points towards Sungei Rengit along Highway 90.One thing I must say, it road is pretty deserted and gives you the impression you are driving in some European country road. We had to stop along the way to take pictures of the deserted highway flanked by tall flowering lalang on both sides. Conjours images of wheat fields. Finally we reached Tanjong Punggai. The beach is not a designated tourist sport. There is no white sign. A usual blue sign points us to turn left in. The only accomodation available there is the Batu Layar Beach Resort. Kampung looking accomodation. The beach shows that it is popular with locals. It is littered with holiday debris. Couple this with its isolation, nobody came to clean up but there are stretches that look untouched. There is a couple there with a tent pitched up. Romantic I must say. The setting sun was really scorching by 1700 so we headed back and ate at this resort nestled between the Pulai and Golden Beach called the Desu. Food is OK. Much more value for money than the other two. To Kuantan and beyond OK the next day, Fri 6 Aug 2004, we set off for Kuantan after breakfast. Didn't move off till 1030. Reached Mersing by 1300. We had lunch there before carrying on. Sad to say I missed some turns thanks to signs being covered by trees. I had to make U-turns after 2-3km after setting on the wrong way. Not bad but I wasted much time doing these. Passed Rompin, wife is interested in the Endau-Rompin National Park but I told her special permits are required. Finally hit Pekan and finally reached Kuantan around 1700. We should have made the left turn towards Kuala Trengannu as this will take us to Cherating but we would like to see how Telok Chempadek is like. All I can say it is a really hip place. The jungle next to a very clean beach (most city beaches IMHO are very well maintained). There are excellent accomodation not within our budget. We left the place of course and went north on Highway 2 into Beserah. Wife is whining on how long the journey is. I've never been to these parts and was all excited by all this. Daughter was wailing and I actually had the idea to go to the northern most resorts namely the Suria Cherating or the Impiana. Of course I don't know where they are just that they are along Highway 2. So I have to make do. I didn't make any reservations and I had the idea to go where the wheels take us. An enthusiasm not shared by my wife. Let's just leave our daughter out of this equation. Firstly I stopped at the Swiss Garden Resort and Spa. They only have a room for a night. I was hoping for that because I know how exhorbitant it can be with a resort with that kind of name. Next is the Duta Village Beach Resort. From the looks, the resort is gives a kampung rustic look but the room rates don't look very kampung . Again I was given only one room for one night . Overjoyed I left and came upon the De 'Rhu Beach Resort. They have a room at a very affordable RM 135 per night and we can have it for two nights! Whoopee. Wife should be pleased. Includes breakfast! But my joy was shortlived. My concept of accomodations is a room, bed, shower, TV, A/C. Wife is all the above but better stuff. Well, I found out why it costs RM 135. The room is rather tired looking. Towels are there. The bathroom door's veneer is peeling off and the shower is leaky. These made my wife very displeased. I should have brought her out backpacking before the arrival of our girl. The resort became very noisy as well because of three companies having their family day there. I noticed that the resort is pretty popular with the local Malay folk. We explored the beach. My wife was even more disappointed. The sand was the grayish looking type. Muddy looking like the type you find in mangrove swamps. For a moment she was mislead to thinking Cherating is a sham! I explained to her that this is actually Balok Beach or Pantai Balok. In Malay, Pantai is beach. This beach is famous for raging surf but we soon discovered the whole of this area is raging surf. Could be the season. After dinner, a pretty early snooze. Cherating and surrounds After breakfast, got in the Aveo and went up towards Cherating. I made the mistake of going straight and found myself in Kuantan port. Damn! Should have made the turn to go towards Chukai. Wasted some time going back. Finally we came to two famous resorts that you always hear about in NATAS fairs. The Holiday Villas and The Legend. I took a chance that there might be a public access area between the two resorts. So I turned in to The Legend but didn't enter it instead opting to go further inside. Yes! There is a public access area. Resort cleaned beaches without paying for the resort. Hehehe.... Spend the whole morning there. The surf is strong. Waves come crashing in. Fun. Finally wife is pleased. Little girl was having fun. Going to have many strong tanlines. Looking to my right at the Holiday Villas beach, it is mostly filled with Western tourists. Couldn't see what kind of tourists are at the Legend though. We dried up and went for lunch going into the Legend. We went to the cafe and saw a friend with his family who drove up last night reaching at 2100. They spent the morning recuperating in the hotel room. We took the opportunity to wash off the sand off our feet in the toilet. We still have our swimwear in our clothes. Much sand lodged inside but we didn't care. It is finally revealed that the resort is filled with mostly Singaporeans. After lunch, we drove up further north and hit Pantai Cherating. Over here the beach is not as clean as resort beaches but it is definitely more fun. Small motels and huts lined the entrance. The only resort that strikes me with familiarity is the Residence Inn. Looks really peaceful. Over here while walking along the beach, we came to the famous P1 chalet of the Cherating Mini Motel. It is the only one with a full glass window facing the sea. The kind gentleman staying there was filming his family playing at the water. I asked him how much the motel chalet costs. An astounding RM 30 for non-A/C and RM60 for A/C. Should have shut my wife up and drove up here last night! He offered us the next chalet, P2 to use but have to wash up before his friend comes back. We turned down the kind offer as he was mislead to thinking that we didn't have any accomodations. Crashing surf as before but there are more people on this beach. It is hip with many accomodations offered to backpackers. The beach is filled with lots of marine life. Cones and tiny crabs crawl everywhere! The natural "lagoon/wade pool" has fishes swimming in it as well as amateur windsurfers practicing. You can walk really far out on this beach and it will still be at knee to waist level in water. Finally we drove off to Pantai Chendu. We passed the famous Club Med Cherating (first in Asia), followed by the Impiana and the Suria Cherating before we saw the white sign pointing to Pantai Chendu. The beach was more isolated with more locals on it. Lots of dead fallen trees with their buttress roots on the beach giving it the sense of isolation. This beach struck me just like Tanjong Punggai. Its isolation is marvelous. The wind and surf are the only things I hear. The night drive Again, wife began to whine, daughter started wailing and we returned to the De 'Rhu. By evening, I wanted to try driving on a truly dark road with nothing but the reflectors showing the lines. So I suggested to have dinner at the Impiana. The Impiana looks very fine as a resort. The cost per night is RM 175 on weekdays and 195 on weekends. Pretty good I must say. Better than the Pulai at Desaru. Food is OK but I doubt I can really get accomodation the night before. The resort is filled with a Baptist church members on a church retreat. The beach facing rooms are nice and I spied out that they have four post beds and canopy. Ooh la la! Romance for an all night romp for hot blooded honeymooners! I can think of many creative uses for the any of the four bed posts! the rooms don't use curtains but bamboo roller blinds. Very rustic. By then it is too dark but I can see that the beach is well maintained. After dinner, a drive back along the winding roads with very little or no lighting. Awesome experience but to hit the speeds I did in the day would be foolish. I stuck to the 80-90 speed limit. The return After breakfast, left the resort at 0900. Reached Mersing at 1200. Thanks to my stupidity to go back via JB because I live in Woodlands, the jam was horrendous. Reached back to Woodlands by 1630. Next time, I will leave via JB and come back via 2nd Link. I don't feel tired and felt invigorated by the drive. The next year, I will try going to Trengannu. Tanjong Jara would be good. See the turtles and then hop back to Cherating, then Rompin then back.
  23. It is in the Maintenance folder. Check it out. Can use up to 10k if you drive like me. Applicable to 1.4L DOHC engines.
  24. Few days back, I was doing a cornering and when i stepped on my brakes, the brakes hardly stepped in and almost resulted in a head to head accident with another car on the other lane. I sent my car for checks and the test technicians told me the brakes were ok and it was not ineffective as i had reported. In the end they agreed to service my brakes and when i collected my car, they said nothing was wrong, refusing to tell me the actual problem. Some days later, my SA called and she accidently told me that the technicians actually found that there were air pockets in the hydraulics, thats why my brakes were "soft". I am still quite pissed with them for trying to cover up. Anyway a Lesson learnt and shared to all my MCF broz.
  25. The BP station in Jurong East has a coin-op vac. Good news: The vac is the longest lasting coin-op vacs I have come across. 10min I think. Bad news: Suction nozzle is huge so you cannot use it to reach into crevices. Need to go to the counter to exchange for tokens (like coin-op arcade). $1 per token.
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