Essential Motoring 101

Ever since the Peugeot 207 arrived on our shores some years back, Malaysians have began to appreciate French masterpieces on wheels.  The 207 was dubbed the sexy looking entry-level car in its day and the unveiling of the Peugeot 308 pushes it’s meaning a little further. To me, the car clearly defines aesthetics inside out, [...]

I would like to congratulate the people behind the zippy Suzuki Swift for scoring a perfect 5 stars in the safety department. In simple terms, the Swift scored the highest rating in the occupant protection in frontal, side, pole and rear impacts as well as child protection, pedestrian protection and the availability of driver aids. [...]

Celebrated American car journalist Jerry Flint passed away almost a month ago. He was 79 and is a year younger than my grandpa who is currently living in Kluang, Johor. Jerry was the man with stories to write in business magazine Forbes. He was born in Detroit, the city in United States where General Motors’ [...]

Where on Earth do we find the most number of bicycle users? China, of course! But times have changed.. We dont see or hear news about these two-wheelers in China anymore. Since they opened doors to the world, four-wheelers rolled in (pun intended) and now Volkswagen is China’s top passenger vehicle producer (source) in the [...]

Have you ever tried one of the oldest trick on the book – of pulling a table cloth with dishes, glasses, etc on top a table? Bet you that on first attempt, broken glasses on the floor is all you get. But in the same trick, this time the people at BMW has ‘up the [...]

Here’s a question, when buying a new car, do you pay by cash or prefer the easier way of taking up a hire-purchase loan? What may seem ‘easier’ to finance a car doesn’t mean its easier in the pocket because dont forget the extra cost (we call it interest rates) that jacks up the total [...]

Every one of us have in some point experienced the perils of a major traffic jam in our country. City dwellers are the most hit where they have to combat the morning and evening traffic congestion on a daily basis. Being caught in a traffic jam is a torture upon your mental, physical and even [...]

Living in KL and the areas surround it is like living in a big maze. Everyday, KLites have to wade thru these mazes just to get from Point A to Point B. Sometimes one have to mind map for the brain to calculate, estimate, etc just to avoid the horrendous traffic jam caused by either [...]

Tell me, how many of you who drives a car, at some point, send out or reply SMSes while driving? I’m pretty sure many would admit they did, yours truly included. But do we know what are the dangers of texting on the steering wheel when we should be focusing on the big screen upfront [...]

If you wonder what happens to the sh*t from the people in UK goes, they end up in experimental VW Beetle! British engineers apparently build a ‘dung beetle’ that runs on processed waste that originates from humans’ bottoms. Runs on bio-gas, this “Bio-Bug” is Britain’s first car to run on methane gas and the conventional [...]