A couple of weeks ago, I started a poll running at the Lowyat forums asking folks whether they have any qualms about driving a diesel powered vehicle. Out of the 166 people who responded, almost 75% o…
Sunday Musings: Car Dyno Days
If you happen to wander around Sunway on certain weekends, you might find a group of people and a bunch of cars slowly lining up at the back of some alley, all heading towards a single garage. Dodgy a…
Sunday Musings: My Top 10 Favourite Car Related Videos/Adverts
I scoured through the internet to come up with a list of what I thought would be my top 10 most interesting car related videos as well as car advertisements. I can tell you, it wasn’t easy compi…
Sunday Musings: Our National Cars
What grabbed the headlines this week was when Dr. Mahathir, our former Prime Minister, wrote on his blog about his thoughts regarding car prices. Quoting his blog post, Dr. Mahathir mentioned that: &#…
Sunday Musings: Safety Comes First
The word on most vehicle owners this week was probably about the plan the scrap cars older than 12 years of age. The main factor, safety was used as an argument but thankfully the powers that be have …
Sunday Musings: Weekend Excursions
Amidst a very wet and cooling day, Sundays seem to be filled with family activities, having brunch and to the car enthusiasts, the idea of a Sunday drive. Now what constitutes a Sunday drive? Like min…
Sunday Musing: Modernising Busses
I just realised that I have finally hit the big ten-O when it comes to a career. Whilst it may have been rather colourful and different, I spent a fair bit of my time in Malaysia’s version of wh…
Sunday Musings: Tyres, Tyres, Tyres Part 8
This is a follow up piece of my tyre review articles. Do check out my earlier articles to get a better context of the story. Did you know if you actually upsize your tyres, you get a fair bit of benef…
Sunday Musings: Decision between the right move or the popular move?
The internet has made us all into the same animal. We hide behind the anonymity of what we call the world wide web while we throw criticism and our opinions (this is an opinion piece as well) at issue…
Sunday Musings: Tyres, Tyres, Tyres Part 7
This is a follow up piece of my tyre review articles. Do check out my earlier articles to get a better context of the story. I have finally hit the magical number of 100,000km mileage on my car and so…
Sunday Musings: Highway Pet Peeves
As we prepare for the exodus (which probably started yesterday) that is the Chinese New Year, let’s take a bit of time to plan for our journey which includes pit stops, toilet breaks and time to…
Sunday Musings – Tyres, Tyres, Tyres Part 6
This is a follow up piece of my tyre review articles. Do check out my earlier articles to get a better context of the story. My car’s mileage just recently hit 95,000km two weeks ago. That trans…
Sunday Musings: If you see something, say something
It’s already late at night, 1.02am to be exact and here I am sitting at my old laptop typing away. While I was just about to shut it off and start working on something else, I came across an art…
Sunday Musings: Of Potholes and Roadworks
I had a uni mate whose family was into the tyre business. Every now and then he used to tell me about tyres and even once, during a gathering of uni-mates over dinner, he was proud to announce that he…
Sunday Musings: My Top 5 Favourite Hot Hatchbacks in Malaysia
You just gotta love them hot hatchbacks. A hot pocket rocket is what the doctor ordered and I fell in love with them ever since I saw and drove the Golf GTI. And that began my love for fun hot hatchba…
Sunday Musings – Tyres, Tyres, Tyres Part 5 (Understanding what your tyre codes are)
This is a follow up piece of my tyre review articles. Do check out my earlier articles to get a better context of the story. Ever wondered what those little numbers on your tyres actually mean? When I…
Sunday Musings – What To Do When You See This Happening [+video]
I just realised that a couple of months ago marked my 10th year anniversary in the working world. Yes, I graduated from university and started working and for many of those who might ask me what exact…
Sunday Musings – Tyres, Tyres, Tyres Part 4
This is a follow up piece of my tyre review articles. Do check out my earlier articles to get a better context of the story. Just the other day, my wife saw a patch of oil on the drive-way, she starte…
Sunday Musings: Biker Woes
Every single year we see more and more cars joining the ever growing list of vehicles on the road. Students graduate and get their driving licenses and as the economy gains some slight advantage, we s…
Sunday Musings: A Weekend with the KIA Sportage
I had an interesting mishap over the week. My first article which I wrote for this got wiped out. I think I probably didn’t manage to save a draft of it before I accidentally closed my Chrome wi…