My buddy, Noell, owns a Proton Waja 1.6 Campro manual sedan. However, he is going to migrate from a FF sedan to a FR sedan, which happens to be a BMW520i E34. Sounds like a pretty awesome ride to me, except I have no money!
I was feeling random, since my Pro-hatch and Kansei buddies were busy, so I thought I hung out with Noell. Noell said he was going to hang out with the Bimmersclub, so I thought of following too! Whilst others went up using Karak Highway towards Gohtong Jaya, Noell (and Alex in his car) decided to use the old route, which happens to be the Batang-kali/Ulu Yam stretch. It was the usual playground, except I wasn't using Toyo Proxes anymore. I'm currently using the Falken Ziex ZE-912. These are just budget tires, but for that price, they are pretty much better than Continental Sport-Contact 1, which suprisingly is the same size per piece!
The tires were smooth, there were hardly any screeching, but I didn't go all out, as I haven't familiarise the tyre settings. The tyres seem to be a bit tail-happy. I had to get used to the car, all over again, as if it became another machine. Overall, they are good tires (for that money)
We reached Gohtong Jaya around midnight. We were there first, then the other members who went thru Karak Highway came as well. We spent time chit-chat, drink tea and eating plates of noodles and vegetables. Whilst chatting, I would not have expected to bump into some of TK's friends, which happens that Andrew003 and Zoggee to be there. It was great seeing them, as I've heard a fair bit from TK's blog. It's finally good to meet these great people!
We finished tea-time around 2.30 PM. We were convoying down, until some of us decided to be naughty, haha. I saw the Z4 run past me, so I thought I followed and played along. The Z4 turns out to be a remarkable car, really fast acceleration and great handling. I was only leading around the 1/4 point after Gohtong Jaya, but I lost my lead in the Karak highway, where the Z4 was faster on acceleration. Although I managed to catch up, -whk-'s machine, a Dinan 328i was able to tail up pretty closely too! Suddenly, my car was spraying huge amounts of sparks and the brakes failed to function. It turns up that I have already finished my brake pads, in the middle of the chase! I decided to drive a bit slower, since I couldn't efficiently brake. Whilst passing by Karak toll, I tried to signal the Z4 and -whk-'s ride, but they must be thinking I'm some random stranger! I was hoping they could maybe help me a bit, maybe by escorting/monitor my way home, for those who lives around Subang/USJ area. But that didn't happened! Oh well. Overall, I was scared and I thought I was going to be a gonna. I'm glad I'm alive though. Imagine 180 km/h without brakes!
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