Video Shots on the 2 Newly Tested Proton MPVs

1. Got this video from the famous Malaysian auto blogger, Paul Tan. The video taken on the PLUS highway near Simpang Pulai. It is not only one, but two MPVs and this video definitely shows the real face of Proton MPV.

2. It's up to you to judge it. Good or bad. Pretty or Ugly. Thats our national made MPV. So please at least be proud :)

How Useful is the Roadside Assistance?

1. Have you ever experience car break down in the middle of night and nobody to contact too? I didn't have it yet but wish not to have that kinda creepy experience. Do you want it? I guess not too eh. This is where we need some roadside assistance called us fidelis. They can tow your car to the garage at any time and anywhere.

2. "Wait dude, what the heck is us fidelis anyway?". Well, I can say it is one of many useful agency that can help you during car break down. Besides assisting you on the problem, they also cover your repair costs on your prefered garage. As you all know, automotive repair costs is really expensive, especially when your warranty already expired. So you definitely need this kind of service. Pretty awesome eh.

3. "How about the price?". Well I can't say it is very cheap service because the truth is an opposite. But what I can say is the service worth your money value. Plus you can tailor you own warranty plans. Still not enough? I guess you should contact them by yourself and learn the benefits provided by the service. I'm here only can suggest but the dicision is yours to make.

Palma Tree Crashed Toyota Vios at Putrajaya

1. This is the scene picture of Toyota Vios hit onto a palma tree by local newspaper at Putrajaya about a week ago. The mighty Toyota Vios was being "bananized" (from word banana huhu) by a mere tree. Please don't underestimate what a tree could do to you okay.

2. A lot of people when seeing this kind of picture must say, "this car was speeding, at least 130km/h". What the heck. But from CCTV that I watched, it is not! But I can say it is about 90-110 km/h. Bear in mind that the accident happened at uphill route with a little curve.

3. Since lots of people used Toyota Vios in Malaysia, there is something you need to know about your car. The crash was happening when the Vios was suddenly hit the brake, lost control, hit the road shoulder and pivoting the car towards a Palma tree. The keyword here is hitting a sudden brake. "Dude, how do you know the Vios hit the brake before lost control". Aiyaaa, did I tell you earlier, I watched the CCTV already!

4. My colleague told me that he saw couple of accidents in front of him involving Vios and all might be due to the brake. Why? Because before the car lost control, he saw the braking light and the car just boom. Luckily on his experiences, no fatalities involved.

5. So I digged more on the brake perfomance of the car. Another colleague said, "Aku suka Vios sebab brek dia cengkam gile, tekan sket je dh tangkap". So what this supposed to mean? What will happen during emergency situation? You know, very sensitive brake system is not good, especially if you drive on the high speed and on the wet road.

6. Putrajaya has indeed a beautiful landscape and I can say it is among the most beautiful place in the world. Recently the authorities launched zero fatalities at Putrajaya but up to today, 9 deaths have been reported on the road. All crashes are almost relating due to the landscape problems. I drove at Putrajaya road yesterday, and I saw trees in front of the guardrail. Why?? Does the guardrail should be used to guard the trees, why the opposite thing happening? This is not just right, something needed to be done to ensure zero fatalities vision at Putrajaya.


7. So lesson of the day, if you got Toyota Vios, be careful with your brake system, don't do anything stupid like driving fast during raining day, if possible, make it less "sensitive". One more thing, if you drove epecially at Putrajaya road on any vehicle, please slow down your car during raining day or wet road. The road looks extremely fine but will turn bad and hazardous during raining and wet time.

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Janitor on the Road is Indeed a Hazard

1. Today I have a day off since for the past 16 days I was working straight on without any holidays even on weekend. If I were still in US, my employer already being sued because of that but here it is normal but who am I to sue goverment eh? Haha. Anyway, I used this rarely precious time to go shopping (alone is the best).

2. While driving on MRR2 towards Kepong, suddenly I saw a janitor with green vest was sweeping the side of the road. Inside me, I really thought that guy really don't value his life. No cone, no sign of work, but only safety vase. Is it enough? I saw that scene on the opposite lane though.

3. But on my way back to home, like an hour later, I was driving quite fast (about 100km/h, shuhh please not tell anybody) on the very right lane. On the middle lane, there was a huge lorry, and in front of me was another fast car, a grey Proton Gen 2.

4. While passing the lorry, suddenly the Proton Gen 2 in front of me swerf to the left and I'm the one who right behind him had really short time to evade whatever thing he was trying to avoid, plus there was a lorry on my left. But luckily I succeed to shun it. It was the previous janitor!

5. When I avoided him, I was like 1 cm distance from him. Huhhh so close. It was Bangladesh man I think. Why the employer didnt value his employee's life properly? Is he that cheap? And what will happen to me if I hit him? I will be traumarized for a long time I guess that I cant drive my car again. Both will have the consequences.

6. Lesson of the day, be careful with these kind of people (janitors on roads), this is not the first time I saw them on road without proper safety equipment. But only this time, it almost got me into trouble. So open your eyes, look around for these possible hazards!

Nissan Skyline GTR 35 2009: A New Dream Car

1. Nissan will continue building the GT-R in the 21st Century, providing the ultimate driving pleasure to even more people worldwide. In its next generation Nissan is looking to introduce the GT-R to markets worldwide, even got huge competency from other Japan car makers such as Honda and Mitsubishi.

2. Successive generations of the GT-R have consistently pursued the ultimate in driving pleasure. Over the years, the GT-R has continued to be a supreme-performance road-going car that delivers superb driving pleasure by responding faithfully to the driver's demands. Just sitting in the driver's seat of the GT-R produces a feeling of excitement!

3. With its unrivaled power, the engine has delivered outstanding acceleration and top speed combined with a driving sensation. A superior braking system has provided powerful braking performance, and an outstanding suspension has enabled the GT-R to corner with remarkable quickness.


4. The GT-R has been the showcase for the highest levels of acceleration, cornering and stopping capabilities. The delicate balance between the powerful engine and responsive suspension has been pushed as each system surpassed last generation technology. As a result of that never-ending process, the GT-R has continued to embody the most advanced technologies available in every era.

p/s: I love the rear end of the car. Looks gorgeous!

New Proton MPV 2009 Spotted. Again??!!

1. Proton has launched the prototype of its MPV for testing since last September. But only around this moment, so many Proton MPV has been spotted on roads and got snapped by people. A picture above was taken at MRR2 near Batu Caves en route to Kepong area. You might be wondering how much the Proton MPV price when it is launched next year. Me too actually, cant help it. Time for me to think about auto loans and stuff so that my spent will be still on budget.

2. Meanwhile these 3 next pictures are taken at Seberang Prai if I were not mistaken. You might said that these pictures are fake and the pictures actually some other MPV brand. Dude, go see the plate number, dont you think it is weird? Let me tell you, it is actually a plate number specially designed for car testing use. Wake up! You like it or not, these are the new Proton MPV! Even if you liked it, if you got bad credit auto loans, say goodbye to this new Proton MPV hehe.


3. I'll post more if I got new pictures of new Proton MPV on the road and will share to you guys. So stay tuned :)

A Glance on New Toyota Prius 2009

1. Toyota Prius is a leading of top selling hybrid car in US for years, killing quite number of gas credit cards companies. To maintain its prestigious achievement, the new model need to release and somebody has some photo shots on the new Prius model that planned to be released on January next year.

2. "What the heck is hybrid anyway, I always heard couple of times but still didnt get the idea of it. How actually the car kill Auto rewards credit cards industry anyway, as claimed by you at above statement?"

3. Easy bro, you could read it from the internet and undeniably lots of information can be found about hybrid car. But the reason you didnt get it because you are lack of car jargon (terms) in your mind dictionary. Let me tell you in easy words on how actually hybrid car works.

4. Hybrid car didnt use gas during gear 1 and 2. To be truth, most of gas consumption is during transition of gear 1 and 2. So if you were being on the bad traffic jam, the hybrid car is the best for you as you almost use none of you gas, thus save your petrol money. Instead, during that phase, the hybrid car use electric power. Got it? Thats the basic you need to know. Till then, bye. :)

Jokes of Strong Safety Culture

1. In the midst of many people have difficulties on promoting safety culture on public, there are also some exeggerate practices among people that will of course create jokes on the safety culture itself. Is it required for use to go this far? I don't think so. These jokes for me will only make people look down on the safety promotion. Well, maybe.

2. But anyway, regardless what I said above, please enjoy these jokes pictures below. Freaking funny Hehe. All vehicles are locked in their unique ways.

Safety: Silent Hazard Emission from Your Car

1. I got this email from a friend. Already search on the Internet to find the truth of this email but lead me to nowhere. But if we think logically, it is relevant suggestion and need to be instilled in our mind, especially those who reside in tropical countries like Malaysia.

2. According to research done by a U.C., the car dashboard, sofa, air freshener will emit Benzene, a cancer causing toxin (carcinogen). In addition to causing cancer, it poisons your bones, causes anemia, and reduces white blood cells. Prolonged exposure will cause Leukemia, increasing the risk of cancer. May also cause miscarriage.

3. Acceptable Benezene level indoors is 50 mg per sq. ft. A car parked indoors with the windows closed will contain 400-800 mg of Benezene. If parked outdoors under the sun at a temperature above 60 degrees F, the Benezene level goes up to 2000-4000 mg, 40 times the acceptable level. The people inside the car will inevitably inhale an excess amount of the toxin.

4. It is recommended that you open the windows and door to give time for the interior to air out before you enter. Benzene is a toxin that affects your kidney and liver, and is difficult for your body to expel. Prevention is Better than Cure...

New Toyota Corolla Special Edition 2009 Spotlight

1. Toyota has suprisingly released new model of Corolla without telling us the hint. The mule version has been spotted by people on the road and shocked many of them. Somebody manage snap shots and sent me the pictures which what you seen at the moment. Since it is still on testing model, the car parts was wired together. No wonder many people were shocked.

2. From the plate number, it has been an honour to Malaysia for being a host for Toyota to test his unique Corolla model prototype. This type of testing is indeed hazardous to other road users. You can't predict when will the parts falling apart, as they are just connected by wires, remember?



3. I wonder how such car can be allowed on the road. The car is indeed hazardous to the people but where is the enforcement? How the car get the road tax and so on. These are indeed a mystery to all of us...Think..

Weird Truck/Prime Mover Designs

1. As the title says, above are among the weirdest truck or prime movers in the world. They are designed for the future. They are weird now but not tomorrow. Interesting...

How Car Suspension Works?

1. Yesterday a good friend of mine asked me on what’s actually car suspension doing? The reason of the question is because her car didn’t pass the annual inspection due to problem on the car suspension. Pity her. Well, as far as I know the system will absorb the force from rough road for the occupants to have comfortable journey.

2. Also it will make the car safer as the suspension will help during braking and maneuvering. But one thing for sure, if you changed your default suspension by custom suspension accessories, more severe condition will be result in if crash happened.

3. Even though I’m quite happy with the answer I gave to her but really I want to explore more and justify my own answers. So I checked auto accessories online on the term “how suspension works” and found quite useful info about car suspension.

4. The answer I got from internet is actually about what I understand before, not swaying so much, so I feel relieve. “You said we will get more severe condition if changed default suspension but how about if we change our billet to make them look nice?” Cmon bro, the custom billet accessories are not in the car system, they are there just for showing and make the car looks nice. So NO, they wont make the crash more severe.

The Risk During Car Break Down

1. The issue has been raised recently by infamous auto club on the safety of the road users during vehicle breakdown, not necessarily on the highway only, but also on the federal or state road. What will you do to prevent something bad happening or at least to reduce the risk of getting hit by other road users?

2. There are couples of cases happening such as a driver who goes out from the vehicle to check the broke down vehicle getting hit by the heavy vehicle on the expressway. Another case is a car got onto the side barrier and the damage was not too bad because the driver could still go out and check the damage. During the checking, suddenly a car from the road lost control and hit the driver together with the earlier damaged vehicle.

3. For both cases, both innocent drivers died. Why all this happening? Remember the first rule, when you go out from the car in the middle of the expressway, you are kind of naked and you need some protection and one of the protection is to call for roadside assistance.

4. There are quite huge number of available road assistance can be found across the countries. This kind of service is indeed expensive and for your own safety, it really values your money. Plus, some of the service now offering lots of side benefits. One of those is you can get extra Petro Points where you can redeem the points to get free petrol. So what are you waiting for, please act for your own safety…

Downfall of Capitalism: You Might Lost Your Super Car

1. World is now has been shocked with United States economy crisis where most of big players on the industries has been bankrupted and need to be bailed out. The crisis and the economic turmoil is implicitly without we know it, not only affected housing mortgages, also affected car repossession rights. Yeah, things about the car loan and so on.

2. The downfall of capitalism has brought the change on people. Religion has told us thousand years earlier that capitalism is illegal where poor become poorer and rich become richer and this is indeed unfair. But people are greed and now they got their punishment. This urges people to emphasize on reevaluation of repossession laws.

3. You need something powerful to maintain and sustain your vehicle possession, if not your vehicle will be gone. Bank is so strict at the moment. One of the method is you have to pay off loans to make your finance strong on the eyes on banker. Everybody hurts on this worldwide crisis and if you love your car, you better act now or….tomorrow your car might be towed without you realize it..

In Case of Fatal Accident - What Will You Do?

1. As title says, what will you do when suddenly being in the scene of any fatal accident? First, you must be shocked, and it is normal for normal person. Then what? Below is some procedures recommended by a safety officer:

2. If the person is still alive, please asking help from medical officers or somebody with at least know first aid skill.

3. Don't remove the victim's body due to it might worsen the injury. However, if the body is near some other hazard such as machine, burning stuffs, or whatever that you perceive it as a hazard, you could change the relocate of the body.

4. If you have doubt whether the victim is still alive or not, please find help from those who know the skill.

5. If the victim is confirmed being dead, please cover the body with any sheet (better with some kind of cloth, but newspaper is good too if you got no choice) to prevent any trauma by those who being on the scene and also to give some respect on deceased's private part.

6. However, open a little bit space on the victim's feet to show to people that there is dead body laid on the place. Also, please mark the location of the deceased body with any rope or anything to help authorities for their case report.

7. The rest, please leave it to the authorities..

8. Hopefully this piece of information will be helpful. This post is tranlation from one Malay article on OSH The Journey. So no wonder the words sounds a little bit weird, oh maybe most of them are wrongly translated. I'm suck at translating. Period. Haha.

Is Drag Racing Race Safer?

1. While almost everybody is so noisy with the severe road safety problems in Malaysia, there is a sport, and well I can say it is one of sport that didn’t give a damn about what’s happening. The sport looks the most dangerous thing on earth but without you realize it, it is among the safest sport on earth. The sport that I’m referring to is drag racing. Does the sport ring some bell on your head?

2. I got the feeling you are kinda lost when I talk about this kind of sport. How about if I tell you about muscle cars? The one that usually being modified until it looks fierce and sturdy. Still not eh, hmm you leave me no choice, I think a picture tells thousand words and I agree with the saying.

3. So if you interested, what you are waiting for. Guess what, even it is an old model, you could buy it. Hell yeah, the one that I’m talking about is on the sale ranging from Toyota, Mazda to Pontiac, Chevrolet and Ford. There are couples of places where you can find these muscle cars on sale. The only problem is that the sport is not well popular and accepted in Asia. The Asians are more interested on getting killed on the road by racing on the street, not only will kill themselves, also someone who innocent. Grow up pals!

Dream versus Reality? Which One you Prefer?

1. "At last! I got my dream car! Honda Civic Type R, superb!" The car is indeed undoubtedly so beautiful and very powerful machine, which will make everyone's eyes unbearably watching you on the roads. You will feel proud and feel you are the best man in the world. Everybody just respected you. "Hey man, you are the luckiest man in the world, you car looks awesome!" Is that what you want?

2. At the same time, among those mesmerized jealousy eyes, there are also couple of bad eyes watching, planning to steal or maybe spoil the car. You locked the engine, you locked the gear, you steel locked the steering and lock everything that can be locked everytime you leave the car. It's such tedious work but who cares, you love the car!

3. During nights, you can't sleep soundly as your mind keep thinking on the safety of your car outside. You keep looking the windows and without you know it, it's already morning and you barely have a good sleep. As a result, your boss is scolding you at work. Your work performance went down.

4. Moreover, the higher price you pay, the higher cost for you to maintain the car. The maintenance cost is indeed expensive. Your cloths are 1 year old and you never have a chance to get the new one. All your salary has been eaten by your lovely car's expense. What can you do? For your lovely car, anything and everything...

5. You suddenly look at your cubical neighbor at work. He loves Honda too. But he merely has Honda Civic without Type R label and it's not even the newest one. But he looks so content and happy with his life. One day he said to you, "The best won't bring you happiness, but it is the one that make your eyes happy". Huhu I can't translate this, oh my god, what I want try to say is, carilah kereta yang asalkan biar sejuk mata memandang cukuplah, namun hati bahagia, selamat sampai ke destinasi sudah lah..

New Honda MPV 2009 - 12 Seaters!

1. As been seen on the picture, guess what, everyone can buy this super duper new honda MPV with very promising price. Plus, it is 12 seaters! or wait, could put more passengers! This is indeed will value your money, but not your live.

2. Don't get angry lah. This is just a joke. Don't take it serious, at least this multi purpose vehicle still branding Honda right? :D

Proton Persona NGV is Released in Thailand. Malaysia?

1. Proton Persona NGV or so called CNG has been launced in Thailand few days ago. The Persona CNG will be able to run on both petrol and compressed natural gas, a fuel which is also available in Malaysia and though limited in availability. CNG is very popular with taxis because of its cheaper price. The question is why not in Malaysia, the home of car maker? Another question raised could Thais got Discount Auto Parts on those just released model?

2. "Dude forget about that, what the heck is CNG actually, I know NGV errr not". Huh don't worry it is expected though. CNG means compressed natural gas and NGV means natural gas vehicle. Both actually refer to the same meaning, only difference on the matter of words and precision. This is I'm not mistaken lah.

3. Sorry for swaying on a little bit off topic. "Psstt which one is more difficult on getting? Proton parts or Nissan Parts in Malaysia". Well, I dunno dude, maybe I could say Proton's parts. That's the reason why lots of Proton cars in Malaysian roads right? Anyway, the only problem inconvenience thingy about this new model if ever released in Malaysia is limited petrol stations that offering CNG. Currently merely selective Petronas stations on Klang valley, Johor Bharu and Penang offer this kind of service.

4. You asked me on the price? I dunno. I'll update you more when I got the hint. But based on the experience, it wont be exceeded RM100k. Why should you buy car exceed RM100k where the main reason for you to buy is to save on fuel. Instead, you should better off buying a jeep car with cheaper Jeep Parts. Is it right?

Little Glance on OPS Bersepadu 17

1. During OPS BERSEPADU 17 in Malaysia, we can see majority of deaths (193) are contributed by motorcyclists. Yeah it is indeed a true fact; the figure is more than fatalities caused by cars or other vehicles. Why? Motorcycle is the most utilized and most affordable vehicle in the country, everybody could buy it, don’t matters whether you are old or young, rich or poor, you could still buy motorycle.

2. Hmm some of you might wonder what the heck OPS BERSEPADU is. OPS BERSEPADU is basically an operation of 15 days or can be called as project that conduct by variety of national authorities and institution such as police (PDRM), road traffic department (RTD), road safety department (RSD), MIROS and also some other departments during nation festivals. The objective is basically to reduce the fatalities comparing with previous conducted OPS.

3. Among many causes of accidents spotted during the OPS, using crappy or expired tires is one of the issues. Many transport company didn’t emphasize on the safety of this area, they took it so easy by using crappy tire or in Malay word called tayar celup. “We used it to cut the cost bro, you know we want to profit too”.

4. That’s right. What the use of company if it didn’t profit. You can profit but please bear in mind that if you do bus business, remembers that you bring lots of lives and if you do goods transportation, remember that there are lots of people using roads for their business. So please consider them too.

5. “What is this related, I don’t understand?” Ok, if you wore crappy tires, and it blow out during the journey, what you think will happen? Think about it.

What are the Difference between Auto Loan and Car Finance?

1. Both are actually the same, only words are different. Don’t believe me eh? According to Mr. Wikipedia, auto loan can be defined as hmmm well in easy word it is just a debt, that within some amount of time, you have to pay some interest. I told you on the last post that interest is indeed a bad thing. Anyway, we are frequently heard the term bad credit car finance. What is that supposed to mean actually?

2. When you have bad credit car finance, you will have difficult time on selling or buying new car. But that is not the problem as many people can still buy the new car. You know why? Let me tell you the secret.

3. The secret of many people look onto when having bad credit finance is to look for non status car finance. “What the heck is that dude?” Chill out bro, the term is actually meaning something like even if you have bad credit history, you can still get the car you want in the condition that you have decent and trustable personality.

4. Basically the company will buy the car and lease it to you. It is easy right? Yeah, everything is easy nowadays. You don’t need to buy or borrow books from library or shop to know something; you just need to google it! This is how world progressing and so with the loaning system. Do you agree? Whatever…

Car Spare Part: Is It Really Important?

1. We hear a lot of people talking doubt about the integrity of any car parts sold in the market. Some said, “This is from Taiwan, cheap but not good”, others said, “Go buy spare parts from Japan, good originality even it is used parts”. The question is, is it really important on our cars?

2. You have to be brainwashed or got slapped on the face if you said NO. Why? Ok let me give you some example. Do you know why people prefer to buy sedan car rather than 4WD vehicle? Most of you already know but I want to clarify it more. One of many reasons is because even the price of the 4WD somewhat is cheaper or affordable, the vehicle spare parts are really expensive. It’s really killing your yearly budget.

3. Next question is which one is better, is it new or used car parts? I have a Honda Civic car and personally I prefer new car parts. Even though the price is ridiculous, well I mean expensive compare to used car parts we got from scrap yard, I feel much safer driving on newly car parts.

4. So it is better to use new parts and what I mean by new car parts is not something that coming from Taiwan, which is kind of so crappy even it is new. Look for original parts from the car maker or go buy from Japan or country where the car is made. You can seek for money, but please remember this, your life is priceless.