Archive for December, 2009

Debunked: Car maintenance myths

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? [...]

JCAuto – Jackie Chan’s portal on cars in China

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 [...]

Top 50 ugliest cars in the past 50 years

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 [...]

Win prizes in Nissan and AsiaOne contests

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 [...]

How to know the actual value of your car?

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 [...]

Accident or sheer carelessness?

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 [...]

Road Accident – What to do next?

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 [...]