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Cheerio to the new polictical scene and breakthrough, all bros relax as it is the mid week liao..... share a little joke here to cheer all up.... extract from another webby As the bus stopped and it was her turn to get on, she became aware that her skirt was too tight to allow her leg to come up to the height of the first step of the bus. Slightly embarrassed and with a quick smile to the bus driver, she reached behind her to unzip her skirt a little, thinking that this would give her enough slack to raise her leg She tried to take the step, only to discover that she couldn't. So, a little more embarrassed, she once again reached behind her to unzip her skirt a little more, and for the second time attempted the step. Once again, much to her chagrin, she could not raise her leg. With a little smile to the driver, she again reached behind to unzip a little more and again was unable to take the step. At this time, a large Texan who was standing behind her picked her up easily by the waist and placed her gently on the step of the bus. She went ballistic and turned to the would-be Samaritan and yelled 'How dare you touch my body! I don't even know who you are!' The Texan smiled and drawled, 'Well, ma'am, normally I would agree with you, but after you unzipped my fly three times, I kinda figured we were friends.' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Why can't all cars be turbocharged? To me, it is a super efficient means of getting pickup when required... there's no harm in turbocharging and I don't think that it would cost anymore than a NA car if they built turbos right into the streamlined production process like TDIs. Even a small one would suffice. lowering the compression would also increase engine life, only use turbo when needed. a turbo is just another rather simple part in the equation, there is no mystery about it, it is not complex. This is really sad how the car industry markets that crap to us all. I also heard that if you abuse the car, it will most likely blow the turbo before blowing the engine, which saves you a huge amount of money rather than changing / overhauling the engine, and you can still drive without the turbo. ALL CARS SHOULD HAVE TURBO. we should have a worldwide petition. we would never have anymore complaints on slow pickup this slow pickup that... and rubbish magazine writers / reviewers saying that the car has got pretty good response, when you see the 0-100kmh timing at 12 seconds. That's lame. That's BS. All cars should have at least a 6 second 0-100kmh timing. And I never see the reason why all cars (except utility vehicles like SUVs) should not look like Ferraris or lamboghinis or perhaps the look of the new Suzuki's swift... at least Hyundai's Tuscani has done well (again lousy and slow car). Worse still, car buyers shouldn't be allowed to buy ugly cars like the Altis... super Ah Pei car. There should also be a ban on generic looking cars. Every car should have a design basis beginning from the : Rolls Royce (Hyundai Sonata), Audi RS4 (Mistubishi Airtrek), VW Phaeton (Mercedes E200), Lamborghini Gallardo (Hyundai Coupe), VW Golf GTi (Kia Picanto, Proton Savvy, Perodua Kelisa), Nissan Silvia S15 (Honda Integra, Toyota Celica), Toyota MRS (MX5 - ugliest piece of crap), Subaru Legacy GT (Altis) There's many more... but this topic is supposed to be on turbos...

Home > ST Forum > Story July 7, 2008 I AM confused and annoyed by policies affecting car ownership in Singapore. As a motorist, I am of the view that there are more and more cars on the roads nowadays, so the Government has to set up more Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) gantries and raise ERP rates to control traffic. My question is simple. What happened to the original purpose of the certificate of entitlement (COE)? Isn't it supposed to be the ultimate tool to limit the number of cars on the road? If the COE is doing its job well, why are the roads so choked that the authorities have 'no choice' but to set up ERP gantries everywhere to control traffic? Let's see what went wrong. First, for the past few years, the number of COEs grew, and car prices tumbled to a low five-figure sum. Second, car loans stretched to 10 years, with banks and dealers offering cash-back deals and zero downpayments. Third, additional registration fee taxes were reduced. The road tax has also been lowered. Simply put, the measures made cars cheaper and many people flocked to buy them - and many of those shouldn't own a car at all. I estimate at least half the car owners today earn less than $5,000 a month. Why are they buying a car? With ever-increasing oil prices and inflation, one will soon need to pay more than $1,500 a month for a small Japanese car, including loan instalments, petrol, maintenance and repair, parking, road tax, insurance and so on. And now, the new scheme will allow cash rebates to scrap cars, in order to turn drivers back to public transport. This is not wrong, but we are not using the system correctly. In the first place, we should make it very difficult to own a car, but we are doing the exact opposite by making it easy for people to own a car and subsequently 'converting' them back to public transport. This is moving one step forward and two steps back. Asking a car owner who has been driving for a decade to convert back to taking buses is like asking someone who is used to getting water from the tap to fetch water from a well again. A better solution is to limit car loans to five years, with a minimum 50 per cent downpayment. This will weed out thousands of people who can ill-afford a car. And yes, make the COE useful again by releasing fewer of them. Tan Wee Liang