Yeah I'm going to F1 Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang tomorrow... Going to practice my panning skill on the Formula 1 cars!!! Hopefully no rain for tomorrow... Keeping my finger cross!!!

Proton just unveil their latest car which is base on Proton Satria Neo... The car is call 'Satria Neo R3 Lotus Racing'... So there is nothing surprising to see the car drape in Lotus Racing F1 car's livery... As for the bodykit, I'm very sure that most of you have seen it because this is the standard R3 bodykit used previously on their 'Satria Neo R3' which is the top of the range Satria Neo until this car comes along... Only 25 of these will be produce...


I really like R3 bodykit... Not over the edge while still manage to looks menacing at the same time... Kudos to R3 bodykit designer...


Now to the exciting part!!! This car uses the current Campro CPS engine and its pushing out 145bhp at 7000rpm... As for the torque, it is rated at 168Nm at 5000rpm... The engine is producing 25bhp more compare to standard Campro CPS engine while the torque is up 18Nm...


This car comes equipped with R3 ECU, R3 camshafts plus adjustable alloy cam pulley, R3 underdrive pulleys, R3 titanium header, R3 tuned exhaust system and R3 carbon fiber air box with K&N air filter.


This car also comes with R3 carbon fiber bonnet, front 4-pot AP Racing calipers and Ohlins fully adjustable coilovers tuned by R3!!! Awesome stuff I must say...

R3 carbon fiber air box...

Front 4-pot AP Racing caliper with slotted and vented disc brake...

Ohlins fully adjustable coilovers...

Nice car... Really nice car but the best part of the car is actually the asking price... Give it a guess and I'm very sure most of you will NOT get it right... RM115,000 for this car!!! Is a very nice car but the asking price is a bit steep in my opinion...

My poor Pug... Mileage only around 20k ++ and she need to succumb to this!!!

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This happened to my darling yesterday when she went for lunch with her colleagues... At first they suspected that the poor Pug got a dead battery and ask a nearby workshop to clarify it... The foreman opened the bonnet and said that the battery was dead but they dare not jump start the car because of all the electronics and told us to tow the car to the service center...

Once there, the technician took a device and connected it to the battery... 'BAD CELL... REPLACE'... So we can confirmed that the battery was indeed DEAD!!! The mileage is only 20k++ and the battery is dead!!! OMG!!!

A word of caution to all 308 owner be it VTi or Turbo... Please ask the technician to check on your battery once your mileage reach around 20k... I was told that after 20k, the warranty does not cover the battery and the battery itself cost more than RM700++!!! So better be safe than sorry... Besides the battery, remember to take care of your tire also because it cost around RM750 per piece!!!

Sent the feline for its 20,000km service yesterday... So far, we are really happy with the car... No major problem until recently... There is some sound coming from the front driver side tyre... It sounds like a faulty wheel bearing and I'm so right... But I'm really shock because the car just register 20,000km ++ on the odometer and the wheel bearing is gone!!! Hmm I guess we are really unlucky... At least it is still under warranty... Still waiting for the bearing though... But this problem doesn't stop me from recommending this car to others because it is still one of the best value for $$$ car that you can buy right now... By looking at the amount of 308 on the road, I'm very sure that a lot of people agrees with me... Peugeot 308 Turbo ROCKS!!!

First of all, I don't get a single cent for promoting whichever brand of petrol nor get paid for condemning the others... This is purely base on my experience and my 'trusty BUTT DYNO'!!!

Straight to the point... 'Shell' is not the company that produces the best petrol in my humble opinion... Ever since I switch to RON95, I stopped using 'Shell' petrol for good... Why??? The answer is very simple... Because it SUCKS!!! BIG TIME!!! In fact, before switching over to RON95 I've already stop using 'Shell'... Last time I used to be a big supporter for 'Shell' petrol but definitely not now... Whenever I use 'Shell' RON95 petrol, I can feel that my car is begging me to stop using it... If I continue using it, my car engine will start protesting!!! My car engine can never be rev past 4k rpm when I'm using 'Shell' petrol and the whole car started to feel really sluggish... At first I thought there is something wrong with my car until one day I decided to pump 'BHP' petrol... Surprisingly my engine stop protesting...

I continue using 'BHP' for few more times before changing it back to 'Shell'... SHIT!!! It happen again... So as a conclusion, 'Shell' petrol is the main culprit... Now my car can rev all the way to redline without any hesitation... Then one fine day, I decided to try other petrol instead of 'BHP'... To my surprise, my car accepted all the other brands of petrol as well... So this lead to another question... Why does it happen only when I use 'Shell' petrol??? And this is a question that I myself cannot answer...

All hail to a new supercar from the land of the rising sun... The LFA is the first ever supercar by Lexus... Lexus is a brand created by Toyota in order to rival Mercedes Benz, BMW and all the others luxury car maker... So this is something really unique from Lexus... A supercar!!! But kudos to Lexus from building this awesome supercar because the sound the engine makes is really awesome... Orgasmic to my ears... Sending chill down my spine and turning my whole body weak!!! One of the best engine sound ever created!!!

Finally!!! No more changing to other brands of engine oil... Motul will solve my problem once and for all...

After testing it for a few days, I found out that Motul really live up to the expectation... Initial feeling is my engine rev more willingly... As most of you know, Campro engine is notorious for its low end torque... Really dreadful I must say... I don't know how Motul did it... It seems that Motul added some 'MAGIC' powder to their engine oil because my car's low end torque increase tremendously!!! No more cog swapping when I slow down for speed bump... Just step on the accelerator pedal and watch the car go...

As for high rev, the engine sounded a bit coarse if compare to Blitz engine oil but the needle is ever willing to visit the redzone... My car felt a lot smoother as well... So as a conclusion, I highly recommend Motul to all of you out there... Is really that good...

Motul 4100 Turbolight...

I change my engine oil brand AGAIN!!! Actually I'm not that one who likes changing... Instead the reason why I keep on changing is because the shop decided to stop selling the engine oil that I frequently use... Haiz... From HKS to Blitz... They keep on doing the same thing... I only manage to use it for a few times and they decided to stop bringing in... Actually the shop told me that they are bringing in another brand which is GReddy... Quite famous also... The price is the same as Blitz which is retailing at RM150 for 4 litres... I don't know whether the GReddy is full or semi synthetic but Blitz is full... So in my opinion, it is really worth using because you can't find full synthetics for RM150... But too bad they decided to stop bringing in and this makes me made up my mind... I decided to stop going to this particular shop for engine oil because I don't know when will they start changing brand again!!!

I heard a lot of good reviews regarding Motul oil... From friends to forum... So this time I decided to try out Motul... But Motul is expensive!!! I can't afford to go full synthetics on Motul... Motul full synthetics are retailing at RM3++ almost to RM400 for 4 litres... So instead I try out their semi which I got it for RM145...

Don't know about the performance yet because I don't have time to test it out just now... Give me a few days in order to get a better judgement on the engine oil... So far I like Blitz the most... Hopefully Motul is able to surpass Blitz so that I can start using Motul and not fear of needing to change to another brand in the future... If Motul is really good, you can rest assure that I won't be changing to another brand ever again... Motul all the way!!! Hopefully it is good... Keeping my finger cross...

A lot of people said that the 308 Turbo was a very small car when they first looked at it... But in my opinion, it was a huge car... Just that it was not as long as other saloon because the 308 Turbo was a hatchback... The 308 Turbo was so much wider compare to my Gen2... It was also wider compare to a lot of cars... Cars such as Merc C Class, Proton Perdana just to name a few... These car were not small but in comparison, the 308 Turbo was actually wider than them... As for interior space, the front occupant can really sit like a king... As for the rear, I consider it as spacious but definitely not Merc S Class or BMW 7 Series category... Nevertheless, it was a BIG car...

EP6DT Engine...

'Prince' is the codename for a family of modern automobiles straight-4 or inline-4 engines jointly developed by BMW and PSA Peugeot Citreon... It is a compact family engine of 1.4 - 1.6 litre in displacement and includes most modern features including gasoline direct injection and variable valve timing...

Tested my darling's 308 Turbo just now... I'm really impressed with the acceleration... If the car was much lighter, the acceleration would be so much better... As for now, I considered it as brisk but certainly not fast but nevertheless it was so much better compared to my car... Don't really have to think much when overtaking slower cars... Just step on the gas and the car just piled up speed effortlessly... That's the benefit of a turbocharger... No crazy revving like a NA car (But sometimes I do enjoy revving the nuts out)... I didn't notice any turbo lag in this car... Unlike older generation of turbocharged engine where you need to wait for the boost to arrive...

Okay performance wise, I've got no complain... Handling wise, I still think my car outperform the 308 Turbo... I will find one weekend and head up to Genting and find out how it performs...

Still remember my previous post with the 'Coming Soon' title??? Here, this is it...

Price at RM113,888 OTR, in my opinion the Peugeot 308 Turbo is the best value for $$$ car around... This baby comes with 6 airbags, a full Panaromic Glass roof, 17" alloys, dual zone climate control, rear aircon vent and not forgetting the awesome 1.6 litre turbocharged engine... This engine is the same as those use in BMW Mini Cooper S... But too bad, Peugeot decided to detune it... Mini Cooper S comes with 175bhp while Peugeot 308 Turbo comes with 140bhp... But the torque figure is exactly the same... 240Nm!!! Peak torque arrives at a freakingly low 1400rpm...

My first impression is the car is really powerful comparing to my Gen2 MME... You can really feel the pulling power (I know you can't compare turbocharged cars with NA, is like comparing apples to oranges... But too bad, I don't have other cars to compare with)... Till now I still don't have the chance to fully test out the power as the mileage of this car is still very very low... Maybe in a few more days I will try to have a blast in this car... But you can definitely feel the G force when you accelerate...

The only downside I find so far is the kerb weight of this car... This car is heavy... If not mistaken is more than 1400kg... You can really feel the mass when you corner... Feeling the weight shifting from left to right or vice versa... Handling wise, I think it lose out to my Gen2 MME...

More to come...

Yesterday my car engine had its first taste of RON95 petrol... What I can said was the engine runs smoothly... Is there any performance deficit from RON97??? The answer is 'NO'... It drives just like RON97... The engine rev smoothly to the red line as well... But all this is base on my so call 'butt dyno'... At first I was a bit skeptical to try it out but after trying it, guess I will be switching to RON95 from now on...

Just change my absorber a few days ago... I change it to GAB SR which stands for 'standard replacement' absorber... Never use GAB product before so I decided to give it a try...

Initial feeling is the absorber is a bit harder compare to my stock absorber... The ride is definitely busier but turn-in is much sharper... And I can feel my car changes direction quicker as the response is better compare to the original absorber... So far so good...

But I read some bad comments on GAB products... Some of them complaint that after using the GAB SR absorber, their cars feel like a basketball bouncing non stop... But so far pairing the absorber with my R3 springs it was awesome but definitely not as nice as coilovers... Besides the ride quality, most of them also complain about the after sales service...

So I'm keeping my finger cross now... Hopefully nothing happens to my absorbers...

Result of hitting a pothole...

Haiz... I was driving on Friday evening... Using Sentul way to Cyberjaya... Somewhere near Sentul, I heard a very very load thump then only I realized that there was an invisible pothole!!! But it was too late... Nothing I can do to undo what had happened... Guessed I need to change to 15" rims because it was just too dangerous to drive in Malaysia using BIG diameter rims although I'm only using 16" rims... Really salute to those that dared to drive around using huge rims!!!

As you know, I've been using this engine oil for some time now... The main reason that I choose this engine oil is because of its performance and also that it is really cheap... But too bad, recently the price for Blitz engine oil have increase... Last time it retails at RM130 but now it is retailing at RM150... RM20 difference... The reason for this is because of the Yen and Ringgit conversion rate... But it is still cheaper compare to others full synthetic engine oil...

Is been a long time since I last posted my car pic... Well, here it goes again...

Nice looking Toyota Alphard... Very nice bodykit... 

Brabus C-Class... But this is not the full blown version...

Brabus B-Class... Same as well... Not the full blown version...

A two door Subaru Impreza!!! But my guess, this was not the legendary 22B... Because 22B had wider rear wheel arches... But nevertheless, it was really a rare sight in Malaysia...

Fuu!!! I am really speechless when I saw this car... Saliva dripping non stop... Luckily I managed to stop it if not I guessed the whole carpark would be flooded by my saliva... I will definitely picked old Subaru Impreza over any newer version... Their distinct boxer engine note will make any car enthusiast's knees weak and trembling... I don't know why but I really loved the design of old Imprezas... Timeless beauty in my eyes!!!

Is time to service both mine and darling's car again... Before I started using Blitz full synthetic oil, I used to prefer HKS semi synthetic oil... The reason I stopped using HKS was because the local distributor decided to stop importing HKS semi synthetic oil... Instead they started to import Blitz full synthetic oil... So I got no choice but to change... But is ok because both these brands were my favourite... Either one will do...


When I am using HKS, I felt that my car was really revvy... The whole car felt lighter and you can easily rev to the red line in every gear...


Then I changed to Blitz, and I am really amazed at the performance it produced... Really impressive... My car felt so much lighter and it was really easy to rev... The performance was really beyond my expectation... So much better compared to HKS... No regrets changing from HKS to Blitz... Highly recommended to petrolheads alike...