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Racing the Thompson Singapore Grand Prix in the 1970s, Singapore race driver past as told

Had some time over lunch with my mum today and talked quite abit on Singapore's racing past given the Formula 1 fever up now over the past week and running up the race weekend. Despite it's introduction in the 1950s, formula one was a sport I've always followed since the late 90s even before the fever touched Malaya with...
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Blue and White favorite automobile colours from DuPoint surveys

Here is an interesting read from Dupont automobile painters, especially if you are in the design scene where colour tells more than it being just a plain dab of hue. From their surveys, it seems that Blue (and their varying shades) will still always be a favorite colour among many. While its still interesting to know that black is...
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Toyota- Hybrid versions of every model between 2020 & 2029, we get plug-ins now!

I believe nobody is any stranger to Toyota, rightly or wrongly, can be is widely considered the greenest automaker. For automotive news, the company hopes to solidify its hold on the title and move beyond oil through a series of plans to produce cleaner, more efficient cars beginning with a plug-in hybrid which we can see rolling on our...
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Singapore Formula Drift – USA’s Ryuji Miki Champion

Though I have a whack more for continental cars more than Japanese tuner cars, the recent formula tuner drift held on April 27 was a sold out crowd at the Changi exhibition center, with Team USA's Ryuji Miki taking the crown in his RX-7. You can check out more on their site at www.formuladrift.com.sg. So the Japanese who started...
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Volkswagen Park Assist Vision, where cars do “it” all for you!

Well, we've seen self parking cars in the Lexus IS series, and Volkwagen with their "Park Assist”, in its Touran, Tiguan, Passat and Passat estate to help drivers parallel park. Now Volkswagen is presenting the next evolution of self parking cars with it's new "Park Assist Vision". Now parking a car out of it will definitely turn heads! Release: Volkswagen...
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Fast & Furious 4 the Movie in the makes

Fast and Furious (FF) 3 was Tokyo Drift and there is a 2009 sequel coming up right too, was actually in the theaters. Unlike the old dumpy FF2 which was descent and the given fact that FF3 simply screwed up the whole series, FF4 will feature the original cast from FF, well most of them... Vin Diesel, Paul Walker,...
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2008 Honda Odyssey Touring

What do you get when you cross the front of a Liana and the rear a Chrysler Grand Voyager? You get the 2008 Honda Odyssey Touring. Contrary to the 2007's lower and more sportier Odyssey, the 2008 model had definitely much grown up with more practically as a family MPVs it provides for. Honda's incrementalist approach to improving its...
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BMW z10 Supercar

Back in 1979, BMW had their last mid-engined supercar the M1 which not really saw the light in of mass production, price and having to pry the designs off Lamborghini who was faced with bankruptcy then. The M1 was also the first car produced by BMW M Division, aka the blue red and purple stripped Motorsports people who, brought...
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Is owning a car beneficial in Singapore? 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer

And yes, on Cars. Dad came around one day with mum asking about plans for our next new family car. Despite all his talk on Renaults previously, he was considering the 2006-2007 1.6L Mitsubishi Lancer which is going for a dirt cheap $43,000 with COE at C&C, which is close to half of how much we paid for our...
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Driving License – One year!

It comes a time in Singapore, where a driver will go ultimately go through the ritual to take down the probation plate after obtaining his/her driving license for one year. As scared as it can be as putting it up initially, its a day I had been long counting down too... haha! YEA BABY! its time! Today! 8th of...
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Chauffeur for the day

You can always expect something when dad leaves home on a saturday morning to work, on overtime. Strangely commuting to work by bus & leaving the car parked at home. Sure enough, mum later approached me asking: "shaun the car's ours & I've got an assignment for you: I need you to drive us around the place today" Today...
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Coasting to a stop

Just came back from a visit to granny's. Went to abc market for supper thereafter, had chicken cutlet while the rest of my family had a more muslim type meal with satay & mee siam. The more I drive, the more some habits start to show, such a "dishwashing the wheel", not keeping left & coasting on neutral to a...
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First drive out

Its sunday morning! family day & what better than driving my family out for the morning. With my dad as my "navigator" (well I am sitting on his usual throne!) mum & sis as passengers behind. Fetched my sis for her tution class in good old jurong west & went to visit my grannys at nearby clementi thereafter. Did...
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Beautiful sunday

Didn't go out today, as I wanted more rest at home. 😉 Since I've passed my driving test, I think hey why not compile a small set of tips & hints for anyone out there taking the traffic police driving test. Hope that may prove useful. Reality check: Payday is on & pay is in, but my marksman bonus is not in...
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20 Traffic Police Driving Test Tips and Hints

Golden rules for learner drivers taking the traffic police test. Taking a driving test can be an unnerving experience, here are 20 tips I share from my own experience as a learner driver myself. These tips are updated for the 2017 season. 1Understand your test vehicle. Try to make the warmups before the test, its crucial if you are using a different...
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Fahrenheit 381

I am now typing this post on my family computer, as my personal one is under maintenance, will get back to it later. On a recap for the day: The day began quite slowly, but otherwise quite painful as I didn't really get a good sleep the previous night. Furthermore its the day of my traffic police test. Whats worst...
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Losing streak

Lost waterpolo match Well, when there are lots of up recently, there will too come the downs. I guess the last *up* was me getting the news to be "attached" to home for Army Open House projects and tasking. Then, luck came falling down- first with us losing against Commandos in the regiment waterpolo match, the second lost after arty. Driving...
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Lady drivers

Well it struck again, I guess one of every 5 instructors who taken me have something against lady drivers, its either being too "careful on the road" or a nitemare when it comes to fine skills driving in the circuit. It all either it boils down to one thing: the female of the species are not very inclined to...
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Bye lessons, hello test *gulp*

Its the peak of the driving frenzy. There are 6 more stamps left in my training record book, with a little math here (& there) estimated that I should be able to clear all the lessons in bout 3-4 practical slots. When things are heating up, just say that I went crazy & went booking 2 consecutive lessons tomorrow from...
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Done with driving theory

Finally, I've managed to complete all my driving theory lessons before schedule, ahha! end of those boring sleep inducing lectures & up come more exciting practical driving.
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