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Hi, Am looking to buy car wash, caruba wax, sealant, leather care, rim cleaner, tyre cleaner and finally glass cleaner. Comparing prices from Giant online, ntuc online, autobac online and some online shops selling these products. Will be getting microfiber cloths too. Juz visited 2 auto shops at alexandra mkt area. Never ask price but their products are all very old. Anyone juz buy all those products off the shelves or go to any paricular shops in SG for better price? Brands considering, turtle, soft99, armourall, meguiar, sonax, etc. Waxco (malaysia brand, cheap but quality wise, whether on par with jap or us brands, i cant compare) any recommendations? Thanks.

Most cars today has rather huge openings and lack of a protective mesh to deflect small stones and debris away from the radiator. Often causing damage to the radiator fins. Although these damages are cosmetic rather than detrimental, it is always good to maintain a clean and good looking car, and not to mention those unsightly dented fins on those shinny radiators. Here is a DIY video on how to remove a car bumper and installing a mesh to protect your radiator. Cost of mesh is couple of dollars from most Handy-shops or DIY stores. Most cars manufacturer uses similar methods on mounting their bumpers, so the video is as detail as possible without causing boredom to you. Hope you all benefit from it. Youtube link here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWO097xLl34 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWO097xLl34

My car comes with OEM decals, or decals that were installed by the manufacturer. They are rather small decals placed. I like them a lot and I want to preserve them for as long as I can. Lately the decals are showing signs of peeling off. Any sort of thing I can do to protect these decals? Like a clear coat sticker to paste over them??

Hi, I just collected my car and would like to know how I can protect the paint work. Can I apply Synthetic Paint Sealant? Thanks for advice in advance!

Woman says Lambo drivers like her need 2 parking lots to protect their 'exotic million dollar cars' Posted on 28 October 2013 Miss L, a Lamborghini driver, has come forward to explain why drivers of exotic cars tend to take more than their fair share of parking lots in public carparks. According to her, drivers of exotic cars tend to have their cars damaged by other motorists, so this is their way of avoiding scratches and bumps. She wrote: "On behalf of my brothers and sisters out there who also drive Lamborghinis, I would like to apologise for what others may consider inconsiderate, occupying two parking lots. "The other lambo drivers may feel that it is a waste of time explaining ourselves here, or don't care what others think, or that we are the minority driving an exotic million dollar car, or even that we know what's best for our cars and others do not need to know. "These are the reactions I've got from my friends when I told them about explaining to the public on STOMP. "Yes, we know it is a very selfish act, but in public carparks everyone knows you get all sort of drivers. "Some but not all are irresponsible drivers who park beside our cars, and when opening their doors and getting down from their vehicles, they carelessly knock onto our cars, leaving dents, scratches and unsightly marks. "By parking in two lots we prevent any vehicles parking beside our cars. "I strongly believe that no matter what car or vehicle you are driving, you should be gracious when opening your vehicle's door, ensuring that you do not knock into someone else's vehicle, no matter what car or vehicle he drives. "I used to park in only one lot, but there was this incident that made me into a selfish driver too. "Basically my windows are pretty tinted, and after parking my car, I was putting on some of my makeup, with the engine off. "This other vehicle who just parked beside me, he probably did not know I was still in the car, and when he open the door, he basically slammed his door onto my car, leaving a dent and unsightly scratches on my car. "FYI, the parking gap between our cars is approximately 60 to 70cm. "When I got down from my car to confront him, he was very shocked, as I think he did not know there was someone in the car. And he was very defensive with his words, was hot-tempered, and he was pretty arrogant, saying that it was just small damage, and that I should just charge the bill to him. "I don't understand what got into him, but he went on to kick my car, and landed one of his fists onto the bonnet of my car. "Whether you believe me or not, I was calm, and kept telling him to calm down. "I did not retaliate to any of his harsh language. I'm a lady driver, so probably he was aggressive towards me? If I was a man, I'm not sure if he would do the same? I was in shock, as It was pretty frightening, when a uncle keep shouting at me ,"driving Lambo so what?" "You think you very rich ah?" "Who you think you are?!", and a whole lot of vulgarities. "Thank God a security officer was nearby and came over to help me. "To cut the story short, now in addition to the car damage, he also threatened me. So on top of the car damage, he has a lawyer letter as well. His family, called me to drop the suit, as they were salaried workers and did not have the money to get into these sorts of law suit. "The uncle also apologized to me personally, saying that he had lost a lot of money on gambling, and was in a very bad mood that day. "I've dropped the law suit, and as for the car damage, I did not take a single cent from them. "They were not in the best of shape to pay for the damage. "This is only MY part of my story, there are lots of stories out there from other Lambo drivers on why we became very selfish drivers. "I will not disagree that our cars, are our babies/wives, very expensive ones, that we have to take very good care of. "We also hope that the public will be gracious to our babies as well. "This also explains why as much as possible we love to park outside hotel lobbies. Although we are not staying in them, we don't mind paying extra to park there. "It is not what most people who think that we are trying to show off parking outside hotel lobbies. "Two main reasons, 1) someone will be there to keep a lookout on our car 2) we can have a personal/private parking space, and WILL NOT NEED to take up two parking lots in the public car parks. "3) Some carparks are too narrow or have humps/slopes that are designed too high, and we cannot enter without damaging the bottom of our cars. "So to conclude, to save all these trouble, money and time for both parties (myself and the uncle), we rather be labelled as selfish freaks, yaya papaya selfish freaks... "Hope you guys in future, will think twice before criticizing us. "But of course we can't stop what others say, but before you Stomp our cars, kindly take a nicer photo of our babies. "Have a great week! "Yours Sincerely, Miss L" Miss L's comments are in reference to ​STOMPer KC's article about a Lamborghini driver who had taken up two parking lots. KC feels it was very inconsiderate of the driver to do so. Said the STOMPer: "It was very inconsiderate of this driver to occupy two parking lots. "Trying to attract attention?"

Hi The rubber trims like antenna base and sunroof trim is getting brittle and somewhat cracking. ANy products you guys use to restore and protect from further deteroriations?

The Straits Times; Published on Mar 8, 2012 Protect CPF savings from inflation TO ENSURE the adequacy of retirement funds, Central Provident Fund (CPF) members should consider their 'real' returns on CPF savings, after subtracting inflation, which reduces future purchasing power ('CPF Life: Wouldn't the monthly payout be eroded by inflation?' by Mr Christopher Teng; yesterday)[alt link]. The Minimum Sum is adjusted for inflation, yet the Ordinary Account (OA) and Special Account (SA) 'nominal' interest rates are not; and neither, it seems, are the CPF Life payouts, which thus create significant exposure to inflation. For example, if the SA nominal rate is 4 per cent, and inflation is 6 per cent, one loses 2 percentage point purchasing power. From 1995 to 2006, this was not so important because inflation was low, between a negative 0.4 per cent and 2 per cent, averaging 0.87 per cent annually. But from 2007 to last year, inflation rose dramatically - as high as 6.6 per cent (2008) and 5.2 per cent (last year), averaging 3.5 per cent over this five-year period, which is four times higher than that for the 1995-2006 period. So, at a 4 per cent SA rate, the real return from 1995 to 2006 would have averaged 3.13 per cent (4 per cent minus 0.87 per cent), and from 2007 to last year, a low 0.5 per cent (4 per cent minus 3.5 per cent). To demonstrate the magnitude of these real return differences over a career, compound $10,000 annually over a 30-year period. Using a 3.13 per cent real return yields $25,200 after 30 years, while 0.5 per cent correspondingly yields only $11,600. Thus, today's real yields will leave retirees with only half the real purchasing power of the earlier period, and their CPF Life payouts are also exposed to inflation. While future inflation and OA/SA rates are unknown risks, it is clear that inflation can affect retirement purchasing power dramatically. Without inflation indexing, CPF members seem to have no means to maintain purchasing power over the long haul should inflation continue or escalate rapidly. Perhaps returns in CPF retirement accounts should be set at a minimum real yield to factor in inflation. Many countries offer inflation-protected notes and bonds, so this is a mainstream practice. The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, which invests the CPF capital, has a target long-term real return that takes inflation into account. Factoring inflation protection into the SA rate assures CPF members, who will rely on their retirement savings, that these are protected from the unpredictable ravages of inflation. Michael Dee Copyright

Noble reasons and passionate plea but given that our HDB always insist on charging "market" rates for their units, residential, commercial or industrial, this reader is unlikely to succeed convincing them. Besides, aunty lucy's chain and other similarly-theme super-markets are now almost everywhere and most traditional heartland shops stand no chance competing with them. It is inevitable that the majority of these type of shops will go the way of the dinosaurs eventually... From ST Forum: http://www.straitstimes.com/STForum/Story/...ory_757687.html Do more to protect heartland vibrancy Published on Jan 20, 2012 I AM happy that the Housing Board has set aside $11 million to upgrade the common areas of heartland shopping zones and fund promotional activities for up to six years ('HDB to give shops $11m boost'; last Saturday). But the authorities can do more to protect heartland businesses that are an essential part of the way of life of most Singaporeans. Given rising inflation and rentals, coupled with the aggressive encroachment of megamalls into our housing estates, many of our locally owned and operated shops - be they traditional provision shops or food stalls - are struggling to survive. Some shops which have served the community for decades are giving way to rows of nondescript, low-price chain stores that stock a limited range of substandard products. Instead of allotting shops to the highest bidder, the HDB should consider giving more leeway to traditional provision shops that have defined the neighbourhood for decades and are now a part of Singapore's urban heritage. Shops within HDB estates can also be a seeding ground for encouraging potentially promising start-up businesses by aspiring young Singaporeans, many of whom would not stand a chance in a mall with a rental rate of about $25,000 a month. The authorities can even consider letting out units at token rates to arts groups which could use the space to create and exhibit their works. Preference should be given to residents in the vicinity of the estates. As for the process of selecting the types of activities and businesses, the Government should establish a more inclusive system with local committees comprising a mix of grassroots volunteers, community organisations and ordinary residents. Like our public housing, the value of the shops leased out by the HDB should not be pegged to short-term fluctuations of the private market. The shops should aim to give Singaporeans a greater sense of ownership and belonging to their homes and to Singapore. Liew Kai Khiun

What do you think? We install chaff in our cars to prevent speed cams from capturing.....

Some owners (in fact 99%, due to human nature to sell their used cars at highest possible prices regardless of the cars' true/fair values) will not hesitate to lie about their car when they try to sell it. If I have to sell my cars, I would probably do the same, to be honest. I would probably pretend that the car is flawless even if it's far from being that. There are innocent car buyers who are not, or have no friends, knowledgeable enough to help them check if the cars they are buying are good relative to the asking price. And workshops who may help 'check' the cars may just are as dishonest as the sellers. Given the above situations, the only hope for such buyers are organisations like CASE or rules/laws to protect them. One such possible rules would be sellers or their authorised agents are obliged to provide factual history of the cars which are for sale. Borneo Motors made a statement in Weekend ST that they will never release such infoon the cars (eg service/repairs records etc) if their customers are selling their cars and the buyers ask BM for the info. However they will provide the info if the buyers are buying used cars from BM. The reasons for the 'double-standard' (maybe be too harsh a description) are obvious. This is where CASE can come in to protect the innocent buyers if it's worth its salt and serious about encouraging fair plays. Case should at least make it mandatory for all ADs/PIs, and workshops to disclose repairs/service info on cars if potential buyers ask for it. Its not a matter of privacy, its a question of preventing false info given to potential buyers, such acts amount to fraud in busines transactions and therefore CASE should step in to have such a rule in order to reduce frauds. If the specifications, years of manufacture etc are required to be made known to buyers in new car sales, why used cars' history are so 'sacret' that CASE choose to allow sellers to lie just to 'con' the buyers to pay more than what the cars are really worth? We may argue that historically buying used cars always has its risks, but the risks are mainly man made ie allowing the sellers to lie. If something can be done, as suggested above, to cut down such lies, why not?

Hi guy, i saw this product online which protects our rims from kerb rashes. However i dont think this company ships to singapore. Do you guys know of any similar products available here? This was the webbie i found. http://www.alloygator.co.uk/home.asp

This driver really makes me laugh my arse out. Paste sponge on the door to protect his door. This car didn't move for a few days, and in these few days, he uses this sponge to prevent others creating dings on his door. Today he has remove his mighty sponge.

My friend recently lost a Camry in JH. He parked his car near a small restaurant for lunch. After lunch, he found his car gone. How do you protect your car when you drive to Malaysia?

My insurance company offer this at $62 per year, should I take it ? Is there any gimmick ? What I have been told is that with this protector, NCD will only be affected at 2nd claim within the policy year. Please share your view.

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How to tell if tyre has rim protector visually ?

A sad and terribour story that just find out from newspaper.. Do we have anyway or method to protect us while in place like JB?? http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?f...2987&sec=nation Another woman gang-raped JOHOR BARU: A group of men took a couple on a terror ride before raping the woman, the second such case in as many days here. A 55-year-old contractor and his 35-year-old female friend had stopped at a petrol station along the Pasir Gudang highway at 10.30pm last week. As he was filling up, three men armed with parang overpowered him and forced both victims into the car. The assailants took the victims on a one-hour terror ride before stopping at a secluded area along the highway. As in the case on Monday, the contractor was slashed in the leg when he tried to escape. With the injured victim watching helplessly, the men took turns to rape the woman before fleeing in another car driven by an accomplice. The victims lodged a police report after the incident. On Monday, a 19-year-old girl was raped by three men as her boyfriend watched helplessly in Taman Tampoi Indah. Their car was rammed into by another car. Three men in the car then abducted the couple. The boyfriend was also slashed in the leg when he tried to escape. In another incident, a doctor, in her 50s, fell and injured her head after two thieves on a motorcycle snatched her handbag while she was walking to her car in Taman Melody yesterday. Passers-by who saw the incident caught one of the suspects. He was handed over to the police.

This is a little untimely, however, this is the first time I witness such agressive behaviour on Singapore roads... I was ferrying my gf along CTE (near Yio Chu Kang) on tuesday afternoon (2nd Jan, around 5pm) when I saw a Honda Odyssey (purple) agressively cutting into the lane of another Odyssey (black)... Boy, it was really rude and dangerous as it was probably only 2 metres allowance at speeds of around 90 km/h. Well, you guessed right, the black retaliated by accelerating and cutting back into his 'rightful' lead. Then, the purple floored the accelerator, and pulled up in front of the black, coming to a TOTAL HALT on CTE! The guy from the purple odyssey then, jumped out of his car and charged towards the now stationery black odyssey... It was absolutely, ridiculous... I didn't managed to catch what's next as I drove past them. The question posed: What should you do if challenged in this way? [well, I think people wouldn't jump outta their cars if you don't react to their aggressive driving... However, just treat this question as a hypothetical... How to protect yourself if the agressor threatens or damages your car??? Before police can intervene... that is]

Hi all, Is there any car paint protection product to advice. I am looking for tough coating. I am working around Alexandra, any good vendor around this place. Thanks

Hi, I need help on this... Currently, I have a 6-ch Velocity VR6000 amp. I have the habit of not switching off the HU when turning off the engine. How can I protect the battery when I start the engine? Recently, I do have some problem starting my engine...is my battery spoilt? Will installing the following solve my problem? Capacitor 1 or 2 farad? Pivot Voltage Stablizer Pivot Sound-voltage Stablizer Hot Imazar? Thanks a lot

Hello All, I'm gonna get a car soon and want to go and do some good waxing or equivalent to protect my paint work. Issit necessary ? Is waxing or similar has any negative effect on the car ? Where is the best place to go and do it (Me lazy to do myself) ? How much does it cost ? Appreciate it alot !

http://www.carcapsule.com/Easy_Setup.htm check this out mann guys...heh...got this from my gf working at the automotive logistic industry..

Hi Guys, My spoiler below the front bumper hits the kerb easily if i park my car head-in wherever the kerb is taller than the normal height. The lower edge of this spoiler doesn't face the front directly, it faces 45 degrees downward and hits the kerb. I am thinking of adding/glueing a piece of rubber strip thick enough to cushion the impact and also protect the paint work. Ideally a transparent rubber felt/strip should be good and look nice. Alternativelly, a colour matching strip/felt should also be ok. Any other methods for protection??? Where can i get the strip/felt or other material??? (thought of adding the common side strips, but they may look too "obvious" n unsightly) Thanks

Juz wondering, besides Amourall, is there any other good silicon protection spray for plastic black trim i.e plastic bumper inserts, side moulding, etc? Find that Amourall doesn't last very long.

Hi car experts and gurus, I would like to know how to protect your auto tranny from excessive wear n tear especially long distance driving and hill climbing or steep slope for example going up and down genting ... Wat are the preprations I should make before the trip? I find myself a complete idoit with an auto stick