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Another NS trainee dies!

I wonder what is the benefit of this so-called National Service programme, except seeing our kids die. Read more here and here.

Kg Gajah Track Day - May 18th

Track day at Kg Gajah this 18th of May. Very excited!

Come join us, it would be fun! fun! fun!

 

Here’s what taken from Tougeking’s:

 

Great news, boys and girls! There are quite a few sponsors for our upcoming track day this May 18th:

 

Participants that end up in the top 3 placing of the mini-races will get prizes from:

(gift details to be announced later)

And:

Ultra Racing has graciously agreed to sponsor the following:

<1.5l>1.6L Mini-race
1st place: RM150 (Voucher)
2nd place: RM100 (Voucher)
3rd place: RM80 (Voucher)

Stay tuned for more gifts and prizes !

 

Honda Civic Type-R and Nissan GT-R

My friends wanted to check out the new Honda Accord and the Nissan GT-R, he invited me to come around. Well, I will never turn down a visit to a car showroom.

Sorry guys, no pictures of the Honda Accord though, as I have no interests at all.

At the Honda showroom, I was all over the Civic Type-R instead. This car is selling at a cool RM199k, which in ‘track time per dollar’ term, should be the cheapest around! If I remember correctly (need to view the Best Motoring video again), it laps the Suzuka circuit within 1 or 2 seconds of the Honda NSX-R’s time, in the hands of Keiichi Tsuchiya if you are wondering. That’s really something!

The Nissan R35 GT-R (not Skyline GT-R anymore, pls) is selling from RM680k to RM780k, depends on where you ask. No doubts, this is the cheapest super car! I’m not going to talk about the specs here, which you could easily google for.

Tested by Best Motoring (our beloved Uncle Tsuchiya was one of them again!) at the Twin Ring Motegi, the GT-R was at least a few seconds quicker than the likes of Lamborghini Murcielargo, Gallardo SL and Porsche 911 Turbo. Very impressive as the others are 2 to 3 times more expensive!

If you think the Japanese being biased, Jason Plato (BTCC) of Fifth Gear was full of praise for the GT-R when he tested it.

VW Golf R32

Saw this near 1-Utama the other day. It’s selling at a whopping RM300k. Who on earth would buy a hatchback at that kind of money. Furthermore, from what I read, the R32 is NOT any faster than the Golf GTi (around RM200k) around a race track.

Here’s the spec, taken from paultan.org:

Volkswagen Malaysia has started selling the top of the range Volkswagen Golf R32 in Malaysia, featuring a 3.2 liter V6 engine and 4MOTION all-wheel drive, with a price tag of RM302,618.50 on the road without insurance.

It does the 0-100km/h sprint in 6.2 seconds - 0.7 seconds faster than the Golf GTI , thanks to it’s 250 PS at 6,300rpm and 320Nm of torque that kicks in from 2,800rpm, a relatively low engine speed for a normally aspirated engine. Power is sent to all four wheels via 4MOTION all-wheel drive and a 6-speed DSG gearbox.

Other than the 4MOTION system, the car also has ESP stability control, Traction Control, ABS, and an Electronic Differential Lock to keep things into check. Passive safety is provided by 6 SRS airbags. The car rides on 18 inch wheels of the Omanyt design.

On the interior you have nice sports bucket seats, rain sensor wiper control, dual-zone climate control, and a 10-speaker Volkswagen Sound RCD 500 system with an 8-channel 250W analog amplifier.