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Bedokboy,
Huh? *Bulb lights up* You have no idea who I am? Thought you recognised my username. And I mentioned to you before that I have a Sibe! Bi-eyed huskies are actually quite common but she's pretty alrite.
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Win already lor. Chicken & duck talk for so long. How many posts has it been?


Simpleman,
Fwah. Lau nuah. Not that I know how to appreciate the added performance but I also want the M series too!!
 


ok simpleman. I am not organiser, but facilitator. Haha.

Make it happen lor.

Sorry lah laundry, a lot of conversation to follow sometimes. Hehe. Sorry sorry.
 
Still talking cars ah? Stupid internet connection down the whole day in office so cannot join in the fun. Anyway, was quite busy wrapping up stuff before my long leave. Back to cars...

Was actually thinking of getting a Swift when I get a license. I like a small, zippy car, but I can't afford a Beetle and the Mini is too mini for me. The other choice is a Colt Plus. I like the booty which is not a giganomous like the Murano but still cute and pert....storage junkie lah...
 
hi jewel, i'm ok with toyota actually...

G-gal, i love the Swift! especially white or yellow! the beetle getting abit dated... the Mini is bigger than most think, great drive on the Cooper-S! the old Colt was one of my most loved cars... new one looks nice too!
 
kekeke.. lucky i drive toyota... I really hate those MPVs on the right lane hogging the expressway! argh! if i drive a vios and can do 110km/h why can't they do it? and Beemers and Merc changing lanes without signalling and thinks your car is too far behind them ... always make me jam brake... i always think Merc/BM drivers have lousy skills... maybe their side mirrors are too misleading or they dun even bother to look... especially old aunties driving big cars.. big turnoffs
 
powder your girl is so cute! and chubby! coming to one year? my niece just reach one year... so fun to play with.. and learning to talk fast!
 
tks ceci, still haven't walk yet so chubby lah (i heard)... but chubby very very nice to hug and kiss... 7.5mths

oh i Love the swift... to me Hatch must be hatch... the latest COlt is nice, but abit like a shrunken version of the Grandis and too curvey for a hatch to grow on me. so i prefer mini over beetle and swift over colt... these purely on looks hor...
 
ya powder chubby chubby bso nice to hug! my niece one year ols still chubby.. can't walk yet.... and i think she's getting fatter! haha!
 
RX8 is nice... Lexus always gives a smooth ride. I feel like I'm towering over other motorists when i ride a RX8..haha. But I've read how the RX8 is not so stable when turning fast...prone to turning over. The other SUVs I like are the BM X5 and the Volvo XC90..power and safety!

Powder, the Grandis is like the Honda Stream I find... machiam 'roti chia" too bulky for my taste. I prefer the Colt Plus' curviness cos the old Colt has no butt...v straight and "abrupt" end. Swift is cute hor.. I like the blue or red one.
 
so u saying u very tall lah... hehe. ya, make me blur abt lexus... Stream was a car i used to hate... lucky most off the road liao...
 
Me pretty tall by normal stds lah.. haha..taller than most gals I know anyway....BTW, is the Honda Jazz same as Fit? Swift or Jazz better?
 
powder so late not sleeping yet?? Feeding bb ah? i haven't rode a Swift yet. I look for both looks and consumption but comfort is also important. Jazz is a bit cramped... ;p
 
agree with G Gal tat Rx8 not v suitable for tall pple..me not considered tall by guys std, but when i sit inside, have the feeling of my head hitting the top soon..hehe...but one thing i find it difficult is the car kinda too low profile, wanna climb out also bit tough.maybe getting old haha..

btw, do u pple know the wrx is coming with a tri tronic cum auto gear box?? saw it at the car show
 
Fave topic lah. RX8 is pretty snug without feeling uncomfortable. Should try the back seat. It looks so cramped but surprisingly comfy leh. Driver has A LOT of leg space. Dunno why. Ok lah, I short lah. Got to move the seat pretty forward to reach the pedals. Then spoil the whole cool image liao. Handbrake machiam behind me liddat. Basket. Need to go lengthen my legs. Rotary engine, lousy FC, high maintenance, but I still like! Ai swee mai mia.
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Powder, I managed to con someone into letting me drive her car. Nissan Sunny. Now I know why it's on your most hated list. A bit cannot make it leh. Accelerator not very responsive, a bit heavy some more. But then, I bo chia liao so drive until quite shiok also leh. Ahahah...

Mazda got SUV now leh. CX7. Die lah. Must go rob the bank liao. Tell them to stop waving flashy cars in my face.
 
ah siao, ya i had the same problem getting out of the car!! It's v low and it's even harder to get out of the back seat! The only thing I like about the car is how the seat "hugs" my back..hehe. I dun like Subaru leh... I know the WRX is a powerful car but the look is a bit too "beng" for me :P

Laundry... I need to shift the seat back in the RX8 but you need to move forward ah? Hehe... I've not seen the CX7 before.. Mazda 5 yes... they got this nice teal colour which is pretty unique.
 
haha Laundry,

i think it's more becos alot of pple dun step on the pedal and remain light-footed even in situations when they shuld step up the speed. for me i always redline on my 1st 2 gears, hitting 7000rpm before change gears... so actually i hit 100kmh by the time i change to 3rd gear...

in case anyone thinks it's being reckless, let me just say that the best way to prevent accidents, is to always be ahead of everyone so tat u always have alot of road on your left and right and ahead... tat's my secret to driving. i simply leave everyone behind, and i stay behind the 'flight of cars' ahead of me...

if u stay within the flight u're with, and u have some Stupid drivers who 1. dun know where they going/searching for a place, 2. not concetrating on the road... then if any accidents occur, u'll be caught cos u're in the same flight...
 
powder,

I used to drive like that - 1 gear for 40kmh. When hit 3rd gear it is already 120kmh and way off the speed limit.

Going faster than everyone is good provided you are the first car. If you are not the first you will be frustrated if there are slow cars in front of you - sometimes it is impossible to overtake and at times they may suddenly stop and you are left for dead. It happened to me once that is why I always keep a decent distance from the car in front.

And also remember that there may be crazy people dashing across the road and as always uncle mobile is lurking around the corner.

It really doesnt pay to go too fast nowadays. That being said, I am still much faster than the average car - although not as fast as I used to drive.
 
rx8 is one of the very few production car using rotary engine. twin 650cc rotary engine produing 236 hp - not bad at all. Road tax will be cheap for similar power car but probably not fuel efficient

Is maintenance high? How high? Thought the engine compartment will be much simpler and the car is also much lighter than car of similar power.
 
have a rich towkay friend, 30s, who could easily afford a BM or maserati but drives a nissan. despite the bad reviews, we still see alot of nissans on the roads. there must be some saving grace? given the price range, buyers could have bought other jap-made cars but didnt.
 
Well my dad bought powder's no 1 most hated car, a Nissan Sunny, this yr. He's retired and just needs a car to go from pt A to pt B once in a while. Basically it's just a no-frills car that serves its purpose. Only complaint is the loud beeping alert when the car is reverse-parking. My dad says it sounds like a pickup truck :P
 
estrellalq,

different people have different views on cars. some people may be able to afford more expensive cars but they do not see the point of "wasting" money. Most likely they do not enjoy driving. For them a car is to take them from point a to point b.

I drive a BM because I really enjoy driving - sometimes I just drive around for fun. It wouldnt be such fun if it is a nissan that I am driving. When when I gets older and retire, I would probably settle for a more modest car or give up car completely. Or I can go fulfil by dream of being a taxi driver
 
simpleman,
no doubt abt it, cars mean differently to different people. my point is not abt buying more or less exp cars.
what i am curious is, nissan-owners could have bought other jap-made cars which are of similar px range but "supposedly" better make. apparently they didnt. nissan is still selling well despite the bad reviews. perhaps it ultimately boils down to perception.
 
hey simpleman, i still drive like tat, hehe... but of cos i make sure i'm in 'pole position' all the time. this is only in lighter traffic, never in rush hour... and YEAH, i am extra alert for pple cycling or walking...

definitely cannot drive this way in shenton/orchard cos these places the pedestrians do not respect the roads and worst, expect u to slow down or come to a comlete stop... if they are really too much, i'd unleash my FIAMM horns on them... i get cheesed off becos i will go to jail for THEIR nonchalance...
 
estrellalq,

nissan as versus other jap brands like honda and toyota? I think the only possible reason is nissan is cheaper or for the same price, nissan will have more features.
 
powder,

be careful. nowadays there are a lot more hidden camera.

Recently I got a "summon" from traffic police for speeding. Luckilyi it was only a warning. They said I travelled at 100+ and is only giving me a warning - I don't really know when or how they could have "caught" me unless there is some hidden camera somewhere.
 
let me be controversial here...

i find tat the Sunny was successful based on the concept of "everything also i want", including cheap. very singaporean, tat's why it sold so well in the mid 90s. it was the size of a 2-litre (back then), had cup-holders and a pretty nice design... in Most cases, it represents a certain mindset uniquely sporean. it doesn't help tat sporeans are a funny lot, they like to pull other pple in to buy the same product... (maybe from a sense of insecurity, the way we illegal park with more confidence when we see a whole stretch of car illegal parked).

from the profile of the car, i derive the profile of the buyer... therefore i have my theory on why these fellas are so afraid to step on the gas (actually this car is a guzzler after the 1st year). and becos of the Herd mentality behind the pple who buy this particular car, it is also unsurprising tat after paying 'so much' (or so little?), they naturally wanna drive on the extreme right lane 'in style'...

ok this part i abit unfair, but what's with driving on the right side of the road at the speed limit of 80/90 kmh thinking tat u have the right to hog??? the extreme right lane is meant for overtaking, and tat means we shuld give way to Any car tat is faster than us, whether they're driving 100 or 200. it's not relative to us driving at speed limit.

But of cos being spore, the license is so easily obtained... we're the country of passing tests... even for passing driving tests - there's formulas and stickers on instructors' cars to assist with parallel parking etc. when i learnt my driving, i never drove slower than 60kmh from the 1st lesson. i was deaf to the instructor and told him tat as long as i am not speeding nor hogging, i was part of the traffic and there's nothing wrong. he slept most of the time, hehe.

estellalq - in spore, the herd pple all buy the most popular car becos there's safety in numbers. but when u try to sell your hugely popular car, u realise tat the market is flooded with it and thus u can't get a proper price for it... but when u first bought, pple tell u this car got high resale.

next time u;re free, observe the Cefiro drivers, and see if i;m right about my observation... tat they are Sunny drivers who got a little more bonus the year before. same driving style, same hogging habits... buy a freakin V6 and drive it like a 1 litre car... for me it's simple, wanna save petrol - dun buy car.
 
yeah simpleman u're right. they shoot from overhead bridges etc... there's a list in the motoring forums.

sometimes i wish they catch Roadhogs too.. roadhogs and bkur drivers are just as much a cause of accidents. in fact, in Actual fact, French studies has shown that driving at higher speeds increases our focus on the driving and the roads and raises our alertness... as compared with slow-driving which tends to allow our minds to wander into daydreaming and we lose focus on the road.

Of ALL the rules taxi companies come up with... i wish they would just send out the golden rule - If Your Cab is Unchartered and u're looking for passengers - KEEP ON THE FARKIN LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD!
 
powder,

so you are the same as me, road hogs hater?

Why drivers persisted in driving at 80 km/hr on the outermost lane when the centre lane is empty? Or driving on the outerlane at 80 km/hr alongside two vehicles occupying the left and middle lane? And worse, when I got behind them, whatever I did, either signalling or waving or sounding the horn or shining the high beam - it has no effect. When I eventually pull onto their left (side by side) and sounded my horn for their attention, they would stare blankly in front, as if I was non-existent. I have gotten tired of such people and that is why on the expressway it is faster to travel on the left lane - just need to move to the centre lane for over-taking slow moving vehicles.

Singaporeans (especially taxi drivers) just don't have the concept of moving out of the over-taking lane. I can be travelling fast (over 120km/hr) on the right lane but if there is a car wanting to go faster than me, I would simply move to the left and let them past. What so difficult about doing that?

Like the other day I was travelling at 130kmh on the right lane and there was this WRX right behind me - I can feel it and I simply moved to the left to let it pass. In a split second I moved to the right lane again.


Sometimes I wish the traffic police can give me license to book road hogs.
 
EXACTLY!!! same sentiments... i normally travel centre lans nowadays and just overtake at will, tat's why i will always drive a more powerful car so tat i can overtake at ease...

u know wat's worse than a person staring blankly? a person who speeds up and tries to cut u off... if they are just travelling alone i might engage them... and blow them away!

but sometimes i realise it's just ego, and abit of cheesed-offness when u meet with selfish drivers on the roads...
 
G~gal, dun liddat lah. I'm not tall mah. I blame my parents!! Eheheheh... CX7's pretty new. Let me go kaypoh & see if I can find a pix to post here.

Powder, not my car leh. I dare not rev too much. But if too light on the pedal, the acceleration is so painfully slow! Think SBS bus can overtake me liao. :P I like your driving style leh. I wanna be ahead of others too. Unfortunately, the driver is willing, the car is not! Cannot maintain speed. I need a Lamborghini lah. Too early to start dreaming hor? Ahahah...

Simpleman, this one I'm not too sure but I heard maintenance for rotary engine is expensive? Not many people know how to service rotary engines some more. That's the scary thing about getting an auto gear RX8. Have to get from PI, so u can't go back to Mazda for servicing. Engine oil also has to be maniacally topped up all the time. As for road tax & car insurance, it used to be cheap for such a flashy car since the RX8 is a 1.3l car and used to be classified as a 4-door! But the insurance companies have wised up liao leh. Reclassified the RX8 under sportscar category now. Sigh... There's a deep purple RX8 around my work area. Definitely spray-painted since it's not a Mazda colour. Lau nuah... Driven by this guai-guai looking lady leh. Image! Image!!
 
Morning! Wah... Laundry...*drool*.. nice..nice.. make my breakfast seems so tasteless.. Oh ya... what does the booty look like??
 
my road hog experience not so bad.

everytime i meet a road hog, I curse under my breath, like, 'wah lau eh, what are you doing, uncle?'

then when I overtake, is really uncle, or auntie. Paiseh. Feel a bit bad for cursing under my breath a few seconds ago.
 
Mazda changed designers recently ah? Their car models seem to be getting more & more droolworthy these days. Save me the trouble of running around showrooms. Camp at Mazda can liao.

Eh, G~gal, u so lazy! Call yourself goooogal then go google it! What does booty refer to? Boot of the car? Or kar-ching of the car? K lah, help a bit...
 
Hehe... Laundry... ya me lazy la.. but busy also... got a lot of work to clear before I'm free next week. Booty is butt, karcheng, pi ku, backside, a$$...hahaha...
 
Not bad... but not as perky as the Mazda 5? :P BTW, how come SUVs are all named CX/XC something, X something, RX something?? Hmm...
 


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