KL International Motorshow '06

Well, to be honest I didn't really plan to go, but since Ang & King are going, I thought, "Ahh, screw it, studies can wait".

First we went to The Mall for a quick bite at their top-floor food court. I had murtabak, King had some mee+rojak substance and cendol, and Ang had a humble roti planta. Next, PWTC.

Luckily for us, student rates are only available on weekdays (RM5 instead of teh usual RM20, wee!). After obtaining our tickets, we went to the expo entrace; which is ironically one of PWTC's exit. WTF? Well, apparently, we're supposed to cross a bridge (there's a river) to go to the 1st two showrooms on another building. Fine. Oh bdw, it was raining heavily.

Hall 1:
YES! KLIM06! I SEE A FERARRI F1! OOO! THERE'S A 1.6 PROTON WAJA CAMPRO!!!

Wait a minute.

Proton?!??!

Yep. Yes the first car was a Ferrari F1, used to promote Bridgestone's Potenza tires (same as the one I've seen in 1U not long ago). Then the next visible booth is indeed Proton's (with Lotus, which they own). Waja Campro, Gen2 R3, Savvy R3, Lotus Elise, and a few other Lotus cars (forgot). Then the next one was... forgot who's as well, but they had lorries. Yes, lorries. Kia booth, various cars, more lorries. (Wasn't too interested)

Hall 2:
Okay now we're talking. Nissans. 2006 350Z Coupe, Nismo 350Z (sweet!), several other standard issue Nissans. Don't have the one shown on Epi 1 of Top Gear Season 8 tho. =P

Brabus, with it's various Mercs, no SLR. Hyundai, with the new Coupe, Getz, Tuscon, etc etc etc. Some audio system stand, with a sweet-looking pickup truck issue boombox system.

Various, various. A crashed crash-test Savvy (Ang took a pic; for Jat... hehe). Various, various.

Sorry that I'm not being specific. I have no pictures, so.. haha. If u want them, can try at LowYat.net. I'm sure they have plenty.

Hall 3:
Back at PWTC. Pergeot. 206cc, 407, etc etc. But what really caught my eye (and King's) was the 307cc, a convertible. It's freaking sweet!!!!! I want THAT car. Hehe. Gooogle it for the image. =P

Mitsubishi, its winning rally car, new Lancer, Evo IX, etc. Mazda MX-5, 6, 5 , but no RX-8. Weird. Perodua with Myvi Sport, Rally Myvi, and other cars.

2nd floor, Concept cars!!! Volvo, with its C70 & 3CC concept car, and freeplay of their X-Box game (played for like 15 mins). Toyota with it's Sportivo, CS&S, and PM concept cars. Ford with it's 4Trac concept. YES! I had fun here!

Hall 4:
Only two manufacturers: Honda with its Mega-huge stage and Merc. Honda had it's FCX, Sports4 (S4) and Civic Modulo concepts. SWEEET! Not as sweet as the 307cc tho, mainly because it is more accessible. =P

We then later stayed to watch the Asimo presentation. The robot itself was impressive, but the presentation's script was horrible:

Honda Chick 1: What can you do Assimo?
Assimo (Voice probably from some British Council kid): I can walk up the stairs. Do you want to see?
Honda Chick 2:Yes please, Assimo.
*Assimo walks*
Honda Chicks: Waaaaaauuuuu...
*Assimo arrives at top of stairs*
Honda Chick 3: That is really impressive Assimo.
Assimo: Why but of course. Thatnks to my creators at Honda.......

The entire 15 minute show was like one of those 'Let's Learn English!' shows by TV Pendidikan...

Merc: Finally, the McLaren SLR... 7 million... *swallows tongue*
Oh, various other Mercs too, including a toy mobile car version (not the colectible model version) for kids selling at Rm2k.

Talk about spoilt brats.

Hall 5:
ALL Naza World cars.. the Pagani Zonda, Lambos, Ferraris, Porches, etc etc. The EXACT ones I've seen (and touched) during my free visits to Naza World.

Exit: Heavy rain. Very heavy rain. Ran to the LRT. My Merc poster turned to pulp. Sobs.

Journey Home: Drove King's Hyundai Coupe FX.

Verdict: Pergeot 307CC.... I want.

If you want pics, go to forums like lowyat.net. They'll have pics taken with SLR cams... haha. Better than Ang's HP cam. ;) ciaoz


P.S. Kingsley mutilated his hair. =S

Here on request -- linnie

Nothing to say about cars except that I want a Murano too in the near future but that is freaking impossible so its okay so I'll just settle sitting in it every now and then and that isn't at all that often. Sheesh. Still like the Rav 4. There's one in black, take that, and in the coffee coloured house. Dang it. Now I want a coffee coloured house with a black Rav 4 and a black Murano and a white something. And a silver something , and more black somethings. Yeah. Exams coming. Study lar k. Don't think bout cars so much, people.

Shall note that I spent like 30 mins or so chilling in the black Fair Lady using toothpicks to pick out Ian's beloved memory card from the player, which he inserted and it fell in deep due to being a lil too short and had no way of retrieving it. Yeah, toothpick-memory-card-retriever, I am. FOC too, at that. hehhee.

Achievements these past few days:

1. Completed 3 freaking assignments within 4 days.
2. Awake for more than 36 running hours.
3. No inatake of food and water for 24 running hours
4. Popped 3 panadols in a row
5. Cold war with dad for over 130 hours
6. 300+ sms with Shakira to date.
7. Skipped PDL for the longest time

Owh ya, Su Ann wanted me to post this.. so...


It's something I made during my free time... Shin-Ra Midgar welcome screen... want it? Contact me (pals only)

3 weeks ago...

Well it's been a long time since I posted an actual blog entry. Well, here goes:

Went for buffet steamboat with Ian and Sue Lin three weeks ago. Darn nice! I mean, it's all-you-can-eat seafood for only RM18 per pax! we took like.. 10 plates worth of stuff, and stuffed ourselves (yes, I tried to use a pun).

Next up, NAZA World. What's there to report? Two Lambos, one SLR, several Porches, and a Naza Sutera...

Naza what? LOL. Its the new compact car Naza launched. 1.1L SOHC, and terrible as hell. The design is nice and all, but the body felt... thin.

Next, we made our way to the 2nd showroom with two umbrellas. Heavy rain. Got wet asses by the time we got there. Heheh. But it was worth it. Saw the new Rav4 (Sue Lin's fav!). No key required. Button ignition. Sweet. Though the size has grown rather huge from the previous generation.

Then there's the new Toyota Estima. A masterpiece I tell you. There's so much of room in the car that one "can even have sex in here!". (Sue Lin, 2006, Quote)

Not implying that you can't have sex in any other car, but this is one where you can reach paradise comfortably (unless your one of those kinky people who likes cramped spaces)

Also saw the 2.8L Skyline GT-R34... sad case tho.. price increased from RM224k (few months ago) to RM310k. Haiz.

We then hopped to Proton to checkout the Savvy and Gen2, and lastly made our way to Honda to check out the new Civic (Ian test driven it too!)

OK that's abt it i guess. Yes its old news, but at least its news. =P Will catch up on my bloggings. Till next time. Ciaoz.

Oh ya, Su Ann, it's really nice of you to constantly post on our comments blog. Thank you, sweetie! =)