Honda City Test Drive

I was given the chance for a Test drive by this nice sales person, Tony Soh. He is the salesperson who sold my aunt a Honda Civic. I am always perplexed by the Honda City. It has a BMW 3 series rear and a Honda Accord Euro front end. Yet this car does not disappoint, in contrast with the Toyota Vios. Judging from the price, this car is a much better car than the Toyota Vios. You guys should be the judge, whether if you wanna pick up a 120PS monster, with a huge boot and a nice aerodynamically made car. Your choice

Downhill in Hawaii - Oahu Island 2

Test Drive Unlimited Downhill. I'm driving a Nismo 350Z (Class E) racing against a Ford GT (Class B). See how I pwned that driver, although I almost spun out and hit something awful.

Touge in Hawaii - Oahu Island 3

Me in Ford GT racing against the bunch on a winding touge route

Touge in Hawaii - Oahu Island 2

This is another touge, going uphill. I'm driving the Chevrolet Corvette Z06, racing against the Mercedes-Benz CLK DTM, Dodge Viper RT/10 and the Lamborghini Gallardo SE. Watch out for the twist and turns. Followed by magnificient crashes (and my own human error). So much drama, this is what a touge should be. (Sadly our logic kicks in and no way we drive like that in real life)

Drag in Hawaii - Oahu Island

This is me in the Shelby Cobra Coupe, a classic sports car, doing a drag and top speed record, crossing the Oahu Islands and reaching checkpoint to checkpoint. It could be boring, but I learnt how to control a muscle car (Terrible handling)

Touge in Hawaii - Oahu Island

Due to rising petrol and the 7th month in the lunar calendar, I am forced to stay home and do nothing. Taugeh hero's friend met a car crash while some unfortunate friend broke a leg. I decided not to maximise my chances, so I sat home and did nothing. Due my recent move, I've discovered my old collection of games. One that includes Test Drive Unlimited. It's a game that features 1000 miles of driving on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii. So I decided this is the cheap alternative to touge, "Virtual touge". As you see, the roads are modeled exactly like Hawaii. The game publisher claims up to 1 meter accuracy and mapping was done via GPS. So I decided to go on a friendly touge, with an anonymous computer driver. The computer driver decided to whip up a powerful Jaguar XJ220, as you can tell, it over accelerated me, but I overtook him later, taking corners with confidence with my Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder. (I decided to pick a female driver, because it's like having a bimbo pwning a pro-driver :D) Anywhos, heres the video to my cheap-ass touge. Mind the crashes, LOL, I wish I had a Steering wheel control pad.

Toyota Altezza test-drive

Sorry for the late update. I was busy with my final exams and I am finally over. I am looking for some great things to come. Tommorow, I am going to attend a birthday party of a Belgian girl I met in Bangsar. It's going to be a happening party in her house I think. Anyways, other than that, I have been helping Tougeking with a favor. He will disclose it once it is done.

Anyways, I've been bored, so I thought I wanted to look for a car to replace my Proton Satria Neo. I think I have maxed out the car and there are no more mods the car can go, apart from high-cams, Unichip and adjustable suspension. Besides, for driving it for 2 years, I really can't bare the auto-gearbox. I always get eaten alive during sprints (but I always catch up when my car hits 160km/h and above and they all get pretty intimidated)

So, I found this car on a classified. It was asking for around 80K for this 6-speed manual Altezza. The Toyota Altezza has been part of my dream car, since it was featured in Initial D, as part of the Northern Saitama Alliance car that ran briefly with the Trueno. The Altezza is known to be the distant cousin of the AE86, since it was designed by the same person. (Refer to wikipedia) Other than that, I did consider a Honda Integra DC2, where Todou Racing School had it for uphill duel with the Mazda RX-7 FD from Project D. I did had a similar looking Mitsubishi Lancer, that looked like the Evo IV, driven by Team Emperor (had them both similar in Australia bar minor cosmetics and engine differences) in Initial D.

Of course, Boy's EG6 is one of my faves, since it was used by Shingo, in Night Kids. But, I really don't know if my dad is going to buy me another hatchback since I have the Neo already. I am looking for a fast 4-door, but the type 99 EK's are so common with Ah-bengs and Lala-boys.

Sadly, when I was there for car viewing, the seller told me another person has put in a deposit for RM1500. I am not sure if his finance will go through, if it doesn't then I am going to push my dad for either the EG6 or this car. I just love to drive something special and not a car every Tom, Dick and Harry has.

Thanks to the other Kevin, who was being sporty. He let me take pictures of the car and had a ride on the car. No doubt, it was similar to the Toyota Corolla with Beams engine that I saw in ZTH, but this car is way more confortable and much better looking. Other than that, this car is sold in the States and Europe as the Lexus IS series. JD Power 2007 Car survey ranked this as the most reliable luxury car, and 2nd best reliable car, next to the Toyota Prius in the UK.

Here are some pictures to enjoy. Its a rare sight and a rare feeling to be on a 6-speed manual Altezza. I do want to get a nice FR car someday.

2008 Chevrolet Captiva - 2.0 Diesel AWD

I've decided to go next door of the Mazda showroom, where the Chevrolet showroom is. I went inside the showroom and test drove the Chevrolet Captiva. Overall, its an SUV you want to buy, other than a Honda CRV. Best of all, it's diesel, so it's going to save a lot more in terms of mileage and fuel prices. The 2.0 litre DOHC turbo-diesel engine churns out 150hp and 320nm of torque on paper. Not bad at all. The pick-up was instantaneous. Sadly the dashboard wasn't the most inspiring or European looking, compared to the Mazda 6. But the exterior looks ok, no doubt. Seats were comfortable. The only complain was the dashboard and its meter clusters. Only Ssangyong has the best interior for an SUV, but lousy exterior (like the Ssangyong Actyon, Kyron, etc) Overall, it's the vehicle to own, if you need a family car, that could seat up to 7 people. Look at the boot space, it's not too bad too.