tyre review

http://www.caranddriver.com/features/10252/tire-test-the-quick-and-the-tread-page13.html

12 days since last update

spent a couple of weeks mugging at the library. well worth the effort. 1 paper down, 2 to go. today wasnt too bad, just that i got couple of MCQs wrong. sucky.

tml will be 2 down. hope its alright. and with my uber cheatsheet....

damn lam nua these 2 days. spent them at home instead of the usual library. slept and slacked whole morning and afternoon yesterday, and pia-ed the textbook the whole night. and spent today morning re-reading the notes juz b4 the exam. likewise, slept the afternoon away today, and juz finished re-reading my cheatsheet and the tutorial qns. looking forward to 5th dec 11am.... guess i'll start playing in the meantime already..... muahahaha

still hoping somebody buy my stuffs. and still waiting for my springs. and enjoying my new HU. and raising funds for new Levi's. and drooling over lowered ride height + big rims....

interesting point raised by pat on sunday. he went w/o servicing his car for 20k! amazing. and he said that cars shld be changed when breakeven hits. cos with the same $500+ instalment can drive new car, why not? problem is of coz the downpayment... cos he said servicing older cars is exp and troublesome. kinda agree with him. the best thing is of coz the new car feeling. change to a lancer/sunny instead of a wrx? abit sianz coz i love the wrx, but maintenance is damn exp. but come to think of it, i wun be changing ride at least till after grad, so i will drive my little rio for 1.5 yrs more min. the most interesting point i realised from the stuff pat mentioned is that once i change ride, all the mods have to be transferred/sold... $$-losing exercise.... maybe shldnt mod so much so when the time comes, changing car wun be so heart-pain. den have to restart the mods again. scarly love the rio so much i cant bear to part with it...

ya ok la muz make a promise here to myself. after lower height, cannot mod car no more. no buckets, no bodykit, no ICE. okok confirm no bodykit no ICE. oh ya still got Remus.... okok Remus and buckets KIV. hehe. i still cant remove all the poison within me. i still remember when i was booking the car, the 5 main expensive (> $1k) things i wanted to do were rims, leather seats, tinting, ICE and bodykit. in the end the most exp mod was the rims for $450 nia. budget la cant help it. tinting was done cheap. ICE, bodykit and leather will never be done. too bad.

Cao Ge is king....

movies i caught. in chrono order, latest first.

just so i dun have to log in to friendster to update.

The Prestige - movie of the year
The Departed - ok but predictable
World Trade Center - ok but abit boring. more action will be nice
Miami Vice - nah. waste $$ on plotless movie
Pirates of the Caribbean - nice. jack sparrow is cool
Underworld Evolution - nice
Munich - nice
I Not Stupid Too - nah. waste $$. not really funny
Fearless - nah. waste $$ on his last action movie
Goal - best football movie i ever seen
Seven Swords - nah. not enough action with the swords
War of the Worlds - nah. lameass movie
Initial D - ok if u like cars. or jay chou.
Kingdom Of Heaven - nice
The Best Bet - nah. another lame local movie. with lame ending
White Chicks - lame, but for a special reason.
Ocean's Twelve - nice
The Day After Tomorrow - nice. effects are stunning.
Troy - nice.
King Arthur - nice.

some favourites. not in any order.
Armagedeon, Bad Boys, Final Destination, Taxi, Italian Job, Ocean's Eleven, Jerry Maguire, Lord of the Rings, Remember the Titans, Catch Me If You Can

6 days since last update

amazingly 1 week has gone by. almost 1 week. if u noticed, the blog is simpler now. dun get me?? nvm den.

did alot of shit to the car, amidst the exams prep. i did my 30k servicing. damn cheap. not using Shell anymore as i said. and no, i din go JB. supporting the SG economy u see. anybody who wanna do servicing, i have THE cheap and good lobang. using Chevron Supreme and original Kia filter. dun know what shit filter the workshop used for the 20k servicing. but at least it went 10k w/o giving me problems. but its seriously too exp compared to this new lobang. even JB is too exp. if the oil is good, i'll do the 40k there as well.

i DIY SP-ed the car. got the bitumen sheet as mentioned and DIY-ed it up. pretty simple, except that i got cut. now i know why pple get cut. anyway was quite careful and learnt the lesson. so only ONE cut. no big deal. anyway SP was ok. lesser noise but i cant give percentages. like i dun know how to give percentages to tyre life.... wonder how pple gauge. anyhow zham one i suspect. the thud sound.... a very little bit more solid nia. hexy said theres no difference. KNN. dun know whether to carry on anot. cos i did only 1 layer b4 the material went out. the audio shop said it was enuf for 1 layer anyway. perhaps i'll consider after my exams. maybe i'll do the other door and the 2nd layer for this door.

hmm oh ya i din service the brakes. muz go tyre shop to do... heh. that will wait. i already waited so long anyway. ever waited so long for something that u lost the gian to buy it?? think its happening to the Italy jersey. buay gian to buy liao. haha. save the $$ for other things. waiting for alot of things man. sian. if ricky still no stock den no choice liao i will go stamford to get my springs....

oh ya i got my locking nuts for a bargain.... damn cheap. heh another story for another day. i started my exam prep already. really muz work harder this sem. work hard everybody. good luck for NTU strategic management pple tml. juz chatted with 1 O-Level student. hope he does well. another year has passed. time flies. another sem, and the NTU pple are out. cant wait to get out too. random thoughts, all coming out suddenly. well, time to go... adios

RE: update request

here it is. long time nv blogged liao. about 1.5 months to be exact. no mood + no inspiration + no time. been busy with school. anyway, i nv do much to my car la. pics will be uploaded when im free and in the mood.

changed my lorry rims to 15" Scorpion. CMI la, it looks too small. but handling improved alot. this Nankang tyre isnt bad. above expectations in fact.

changed my steering to Momo Millenium. 350mm so its bigger and easier to turn. and the horn is much easier to press. muahaha.

changed to Hella electric horn. "bor bor" instead of the CMI "bip bip"

dekitted my eyelid. no more obvious illegal stuff.

stuck a cute sticker. against my theme but its just so cute. will post pics next time.

fixed Philips Diamond Vision. and all the other lights. now white white bright bright.

fixed an exhaust tip. see below.

dekitted my exhaust tip. against my theme of (simple + practical). and its hyper cosmetic... no more poser stuff.

sent Summer for knocking + spraying. sian really cannot avoid it la what to do. i already very safety liao. nvm will be extra careful next time. now its like new... hehe.

bought bitumen sheet for DIY soundproofing. its damn heavy. hope its good and achieves my purpose. if it does, i'll DIY all 4 doors. but i wun touch the floor or roof or firewall. too hardcore liao. im not an ICE junkie. neither do i hope that a Kia can become a Lexus. just hoping that the doors can close with a thud rather than like a lorry. and cut down abit of sound....

going for 30k servicing soon. not using the Shell Helix Ultra liao. too exp. hope to sort out the brake squeaking noise too.

coming up...... dekitting my spoiler. and of course, the lowering springs. have waited for a LONG LONG while. never-ending $$-wasting time-consuming hobby of mine. CMI.

till then, have fun. over and out.