Well, I was definitely intrigued what TK (Tougeking) could do during the 1st time meeting on Dato' Sagor track. Plus this time, he's got a new set of Yokohama Advan Neova AD07's, so I guess its more fair to actually see how well he could perform.
Well, I didn't expect TK to let me start first, after all, this is my second time to drive up here, since last year October 2007. Obviously, I do not drive super fast on the first end of Cameron Highland's leg, because I think its rather hard to determine whether to overtake or not at blind turns. So yeah, I started off first, overtaking him, taking the sprint as much as I could, knowing that TK's manual Neo could keep up any second. Obviously, my so-called Mitsubishi sourced INVECS II has a stupid fuzzy-logic system and it doesn't work properly with the lethargic Campro engine and the drive-by-wire system. I really wished I had an Unichip Q or Haltech Interceptor unit slapped on it.
Obviously, I didn't want to drive that fast, especially not knowing the road conditions well. Plus whilst talking to TK when we met, he mentioned there was a landslide, so I had to be vary of the upcoming road conditions, so that I don't slip off or hit a bundle of sand.
But yeah, haven't someone chasing you in the back is definitely stressful enough, LOL! So all I could do is to focus on my energy on the road and not think about him at all, HAHA. But yeah, there was a stupid motorcycle that was blocking my way. I tried to overtake him, but he came out to my lane, stupid MOFO. So I decided to overtake him when it was much safer.
Obviously TK has overtaken me by then and definitely hard to play catch. We reached the half point checkpoint (which I know now where it is on the video). I came out all drained out, haha. So I thought I get TK to try my car, maybe he could show me some pointers on what an Automatic Neo could do.
So we started off from that point. Apparently, TK has a hard time adjusting to the Automatic gearbox (which I wouldn't be suprised anyways) However, seeing him being able to keep up with Yeap, I guess he's pretty good, except I guess he couldn't go all out due to the gearbox limitation.
All in all, its a good day to meet up. No rain, all shine. I was so worried that my Toyo Proxes wouldn't hold at all, since they are near to none. Definitely would go to Cameron again, should I purchased a new set of tires. Here are some pictures and videos from the run (above), courtesy from TK himself.
