What was he thinking! An American truck driver literally dropped off a Ferrari 430 Spider when his boss told him to do so. One thing for sure, somebody’s gotta pay for it. So who’s to blame here? The hydraulics or the driver?
Boch Luxe is a luxury car dealer that distributes cars like Maseratis and of course, Ferraris. Since they deal with expensive stuff, the mishap will be an expensive lesson for all – only yank the lever when the right time comes.
Never in my life that I come across such an innovation! But if it originated from the folks from the Land of the Rising Sun, it’s a no-brainer; there’s always something up their sleeves when it comes to new (and crazy?) inventions. They say, ‘You are what you eat’ but in the automotive context, ‘You are what you drive’ fits the bill by the creators of the Sentras, Skylines and Latios. The cutesy Nissan Cube on display at the Nissan Design Centre was wrapped with polyurethane elastimer, enabling the car to show ‘facial expressions’.
Many car owners have their own ways and ‘beliefs’ in the ideal approach of maintaining a car. Interestingly, there are also facts and myths surrounding this subject.
So tell me, how often do you send your car for oil change? Every 5,000km or 10,000km? Would changing that oil regularly prolongs the life of your car?
How about pumping higher octane fuels, say, the RON97 or VPower? Do they REALLY make your car super faster?
We are mostly aware that Jackie Chan, Hong Kong’s top kung fu maestro, love to drive fast cars and crash them in his movies — and escape unhurt, or maybe with some minor bruises. Yup, he is a petrolhead alright and it doesnt need rocket science to figure out that he also ventured into China’s automotive industry.
No, he is not selling cars (I think) but he has a website good for potential owners of new cars to find out more about whats in the booming Chinese market.
Here is a list of the ugly ducklings of the automotive industry, fifty of them for the past 50 years. Funny that they also included a Ferrari Enzo in that list! Do you think the Hummer H2 is butt ugly? Also found in the list, the Corbin Sparrow, a shoe shaped electric car that had a cameo appearance in the Austin Powers movie, Goldmember – now I think that car is really ugly but it’s quite an environment saver. Can you believe the Toyota Prius was also in the list?? Well, I don’t know how do they judge the cars so most probably it will be for obvious reasons – the total outlook of the cars itself.
What the.. ! …Do you have a word to describe this car??
There are currently 2 car-related online contests that’s nearing its due dates. Both contest are similar whereby contestants need to post a picture (or three) of their own cars and write a short story describing the pictures in the most wackiest and interesting way.
Does this picture qualify to win? Oops, I still need to write a short story too.
If you are intending to sell your car but not sure of how much is the car worth, fret not as we have Redbook to help you. Redbook is an orgnization that provides pricing and identification data to the automotive, insurance and finance industries. In other words, they indirectly set the standard of values of car in monetary sense. In this case, they can help you to valuate your car if you want to sell off your prized possession.
Does this look like a 15 year old car to you? Let RedBook find out for you
I stumbled upon a Facebook profile (someone I didnt know) and found a couple of pictures of a car that crashed into the roof of a shopping mall and fell onto 2 women, leaving one killed on the spot and the other died while rushed to the hospital. I thought it happened long time ago but when I Googled it, it showed a story on it courtesy of New Straits Times and it happened today itself.
I wonder how it all happened. I mean, looking at the pictures from the Facebook source, I think it was sheer clumsiness of the driver that thrown the car out of the rooftop parking lot. Obviously the driver was a rookie and yeah, accidents do happen but this is a little bit too freaky..
My condolences to the respective families of the deceased. They were too young to die..
People usually get panic whenever they got involved in car accidents. Some will stay calm but others end up in the state of shock. But what happens after an accident happens especially if you were involved in it? (touch wood) I would like to share some tips on how to deal with this, but this guide is skewed towards the motor insurance part of it – to help you in helping the insurance company process your claims faster, if not smoother
Sticky situation: Keep your blood pressure low and all else will end smoothly
I am back! Sorry for having the blog down for almost a month. This is the price one pays for being a layman in online database stuff. :p But anyway, my blog is alive and back in action! Wanna thank a good friend of mine KWC to help clean up the ‘mess’. Still, there are more stuff being fine-tuned so please bear with the layout and links of the blog.
To resume posting, I have one experience to share. I just renewed my car license and this is my first time doing it online! I heard a lot about MyEG, the country’s first online insurance and road tax renewal system, launched last year but here I am, for the first time ever using their service. Why? Because I had no choice – today is my last day of driving my car because the roadtax expires today itself
Well, since I dont have much time and I need to use the car tomorrow, what the heck, MyEG was the last resort. I went to www.myeg.com.my and keyed in my full name and IC number and clicked on submit. To my surprise, my insurance policy number was added to automatically. I bought my car insurance from AIA and there is was, the policy number and insuring company details. I clicked the next step to pay by Maybank2U transfer and confirmed the transaction. At the end of that process, it says ‘please allow up to 3 working days to process the issuance of roadtax’. Hard luck for me this time, I still have to wait..
Later in the afternoon, I received a call from a stranger and he mentioned my name and that I renewed my roadtax using MyEG. I accepted everything he said and was shocked when he told me that my road tax is APPROVED and will deliver after lunch time! :O Was I lucky or what!
By 3pm, he came to my office (I used my office address as the destination of delivery) and handed me a parcel. I ripped it open and there it was, my new roadtax! I scrutinized at every details on that piece of plastic paper and was dead convinced that it is a valid and true copy of the roadtax.
Wow, talking about efficiency in a government agency! This I have to respect! Just hope they continue their good work for all Malaysians.
Here is a video of the launch of this online road tax renewal system:
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