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Piya terima ugutan bunuh
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Posted: 01 Nov 2013 09:05 AM PDT

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Update terbaru di blog Anarm.Net

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 04:02 AM PDT

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Posted: 01 Nov 2013 03:07 AM PDT

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Posted: 01 Nov 2013 01:50 AM PDT

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Posted: 01 Nov 2013 01:01 AM PDT

Servis Toyota Altis 80 000 km, RM1123

Posted: 31 Oct 2013 09:00 PM PDT

Hari aku memang tak kerja. Memang cuti di berikan sebab esok ganti public holiday. Jadi aku pergi servis kereta kat UMW Toyotsu Motor Seksyen 15 Shah Alam. Book pukul 10.00 pagi tapi pukul 9.00 pagi aku dah sampai. Hari ni ialah hari bekerja bagi ramai orangm jadi, takde le ramai sangat orang servis kereta hari nih jika banding dengan hari Sabtu. Masuk-masuk kat pusat servis tu, terus kekaunter untuk daftar. Aweks tu ambik buku servis tuh, tunggu dalam 10 minit, service advusir panggil untuk daftar dan pergi check kereta. Sebelum service advisor panggil tuh, aku pekena dulu 2 bungkus nasi lemak free kat pusat service toyota nih dengan air milo, layan-layan akhbar jap. Toyota Vios baru 2013 Sambil-sambil tunggu diorang service, aku usha-usha toyota vios baru jap.... emmm.. boleh tahan. Kalau korang nak tengok gambar, ada kat sini. Tanpa segan silu aku ambik je gambar keta tuh, buat-buat macam biasa jer. Kereta aku servis tadi, dah siap. Kaunter bayaran, perghhh,,, tukang jaga kaunter,...

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Posted: 31 Oct 2013 07:05 PM PDT

Piya terima ugutan bunuh

Posted: 31 Oct 2013 06:18 PM PDT

Kecoh lagi! Selepas Idra Putra Mahayuddin terima ugutan bunuh September lepas, kali ni menjelang final piala malaysia 2 hari lagi, Piya pulak terima ugutan bunuh di facebook. Alamak.. main-main ugut-ugut pulak dah, cam budak-budak je nih. Individu yang menggunakan akaun Facebook, Elman Ganu difahamkan menghantar mesej di dalam akaun milik Budok Juvana yang menghina pasukan Kelantan dan ugutan bunuh terhadap Mohd Badhri. Antara kandungan mesej Elman Ganu yang dihantar termasuk 'Aku akan upah orang bunuh Badhri Radzi' dan menggunakan perkataan lucah dan kesat terhadap rakyat Kelantan. Perkara berkenaan dianggap serius oleh penyokong TRW apabila Kelab Bantuan Kemasyarakatan Kelantan (KSBK) bertindak membuat laporan polis berhubung ugutan itu di Balai Polis Kota Bharu. Apasal aku rasa muka cam pecah rumah ni... hehe Makin serius nampak gayanya bola sepak di malaysia, peminat-peminat makin beremosi. Besarnya ulat nuffnang_bid =...

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Posted: 31 Oct 2013 01:42 PM PDT

[New post] DRIVEN: Lotus Exige S Roadster sampled in Hethel

DRIVEN: Lotus Exige S Roadster sampled in Hethel

by Chris Ng

Cow pats. I agree that this isn't the best object to start the tale of Lotus' latest roadster, but the scent is so robust that I'm tasting it at the back of my tongue. Yes, taste, mostly hay. Why? Fate has it that the weather is roadster-perfect, and that means driving without the top, exposing my senses to the wonders of the English countryside.

In spite of the aroma, the surroundings are actually quite scenic, with rolling hills and hints of the hinterland that is rooted closer towards the horizon, which seemingly continues into the blue sky. Nice. It's scenery that I would not otherwise enjoy if not for the fact that I'm driving a Lotus Exige S Roadster.

Yes, Lotus has replaced the perfectly-working metal roof of the Exige S with a piece of cloth, which needs to be manually folded and tucked into the boot. Or at the back of the front seats - it's that malleable.

This isn't the first time Lotus has let drivers feel the wind in their hair; the brand has already done that on many occasions with the Elise. In fact, the Exige S Roadster is cut from the same cloth as the Elise, Exige and the Evora, albeit with differences in the wheelbase, tracks and overall length.

The car is built around the same lightweight tub, so there's no need for additional strengthening of the body usually required when a coupé is refolded into a convertible. So, instead of adding on weight to the car, the Roadster is 10 kg lighter than the coupé.

While this might seem that the Roadster is the faster of the two Exiges, Lotus has actually knocked off a few kilometres per hour off the top speed, now 233 km/h versus the 274 km/h of the coupé, citing air turbulence, buffeting and passenger comfort as the main reasons.

That's not the only thing that gets knocked off. The front splitter, rear diffuser and wing are jettisoned off the car, making the Roadster look less like a track-day special. It's intentional, of course. Lotus wants the Roadster to appeal to a whole new market segment (you can take a potshot at who the new audience is), hence the softer approach.

To that effect, Lotus has decided to spruce up the interior. There's a Premium Pack that wraps skin around certain elements of the car, and quilted leather in other places. The level of options isn't as extensive as, say, what Porsche would have offered, but nevertheless, there are seven different interior colours to choose from the candy jar.

In spite of all this, it's still a Lotus, and that means not overwhelming the car with things that you don't need, like a second cup holder and a two-DIN touchscreen multimedia system with sat-nav and a whole army of push-buttons for different things. The Roadster comes standard only with the equipment that you need. The stereo system is single-DIN, the cup holder looks like a basketball hoop and the leather seats are as thin and comfortable as a yoga mat. Or to view it under a different light, the Roadster has a very zen-inspired, practical interior. All to keep the weight off, of course.

There's no doubt that the Roadster can be driven with tame passiveness around town. The exhaust will gurgle and purr at low revs, and it will happily stroll through the streets without causing much ruckus. The only aspect that'll cause sprained necks in pedestrians is how this Exige looks. I also suspect, since this is Norfolk, home of Lotus Cars, that people will view the Exige with a good dose of fondness, mixed with pride.

Once the road opens up, so can the throttle, although you only need a light touch to make the 3.5 litre supercharged V6 spin quickly, gears locked into fourth, for it's all the car needs. Even so, you'll be going at speed upwards of 130 km/h with the rev needle only point slightly off north. There's at least 4,000 rpm left on the clock to savour.

But you won't, at least not on roads that are drawn beautifully unstraight, but not crooked, because it isn't - the roads around Lotus' backyard are very much like how a four-year old girl would draw them if handed crayons and told to draw a straight line.

You'll love every inch of the not-straight road though. Once into the rhythm, you'll be flowing smoothly from one sweeper to the next without raising the heartbeat; it's actually quite meditative, really.

The chief concern here is if the omission of the wing would somehow make the rear twitchy. It doesn't. Lotus has compensated the lack of wing by increasing the rear camber by a quarter of a degree and reduced the front camber by a quarter of a degree. Then, the rear anti-roll bar has been thickened by another 0.5 mm to help achieve rear stability. It's the little things, isn't it?

So, it's pretty much a case of sailing along the road, the bum riding just inches off the tarmac, coasting over sudden dips and sharp mini-crests without the need to work hard for control. And the steering. It's a non-powered mechanical rack-and-pinion unit that's generous in its detail and positive in its accuracy, albeit it being too heavy in car-park speeds, but nicely-weighted once the speed picks up. I'm not complaining - it all adds up to the Roadster's brilliant handling.

Another thing about the Exige S Roadster is just how comfortable it is. The chassis does a six-star job in dissipating unwanted road conditions, so the car never punches you in the gut or kicks you in the nut every time it rolls over a pothole or a bump. Do take into mind that it shares the same spring rate as the coupe – firm, but never harsh.

Now, if this seems that the Exige S Roadster has become tame, here's a fair warning: this softer approach is deceiving.

Hethel, the hallowed home of Lotus Cars, and the company's test track, where it's second servings. I flick the DPM switch – or Lotus Dynamic Performance Management – from Tour to Sport, which puts the throttle on edge, increases traction slip thresholds, gives you more control of the car and moves the redline from 6,800 rpm to 7,200 rpm. If the Roadster was good out on the road, it's even better in here.

Throttle squeezed to the floor, and the 3.5 litre V6 starts pummelling my eardrums with a throaty roar, signalling the transformation of the Roadster into its track-day alter ego. The rev needle surges towards 7,000 rpm, where the full 345 hp joins the party. The 400 Nm torque arrived earlier, at 4,500 rpm.

It will do naught to 100 km/h in four seconds flat and hits 160 km/h in double the time. Clutch in and third gets thrown into the gate - the world gets stretched, objects starts disappearing in the rear and eyes start to water as I exit Windsock Corner into Mansell Main Straight.

Not more than a second later, I'm hitting the rev limiter. Clutch in and ram in fourth. The engine spins, the needle chases the redline, but I've run out of road. Time to brake, and the four-piston AP Racing calipers grip the 332 mm ventilated and cross-drilled cast iron discs. Speed rapidly drops and the rear starts to get nervous, but quickly settles.

Now a right-hander – Chicane – and it's a slow one taken in second gear. Right, then left, then right. The front wheel acknowledges with plenty of enthusiasm, bang straight on the apex. Throttle on half throughout, then full on exit. But I've put the kettle on too soon.

The rear steps out. Throttle in and the steering goes into the other direction. The Roadster adjusts itself straight immediately and just in time for the Rindt Hairpin. Brake late into the corner, feed more steering right to zero in on the apex.

Done, now hold the power midway through then full on even before you finish the corner. Slowly unwind the steering and let the car take up all the road to earn even more speed out of the corner. It goes against the conventional thinking of slow-in-fast-out, but you'll be doing this every time a corner happens – in the Lotus, it is late on the brakes and early on the power.

Grip is phenomenal. The Pirelli P Zero Corsas bite with all the ferocity of a dire wolf, then swings you around the corner at speeds that would make Sir Isaac Newton rise from the grave to revise his calculations. You'll feel every movement of the car in detail, and it joyously lets you know everything. Yet, don't discount the playfulness of the Roadster, as it will let the rear tyres overtake the front if you give it the chance to.

Still, in spite of its racetrack capability, this is still very much an car that Lotus wants to offer to a broader audience, and so the added softness in the Roadster proposes a new side to the Exige chapter. And it works.

Here's a Lotus that isn't a track car which happens to be drivable on the road. In fact, after multiple laps around the Hethel test track, I begin to feel that the Roadster is better off touring the countryside. The Exige S Roadster opens up the world in ways that no other Lotus can, introducing a whole new element to the brand. Mission accomplished.

This review originally ran in Issue #5 of Driven+ Magazine. Download Driven+ Magazine from the iTunes App Store or Google Play Store.

Chris Ng | November 1, 2013 at 10:34 pm | URL: http://paultan.org/?p=202009

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[New post] CKD Volkswagen Polo hatch confirmed by VW India

CKD Volkswagen Polo hatch confirmed by VW India

by Danny Tan

Earlier this week, we showed you pics of a Volkswagen Polo hatchback being tested by JPJ. Snapped by our regular Putrajaya spy Anol Alias, the white hatch has many differences compared to the Polo TSI currently on sale in Malaysia. We detailed the visible changes and speculated that the car in question was a locally-assembled CKD unit from Pekan.

We now have confirmation that the Polo hatchback is indeed being locally-assembled in Pekan, where VW also puts together the Passat and Polo Sedan. Our friends at Indian Autos Blog (thanks Shrawan!) got the word from Volkswagen India, which said that CKD kit shipments from Chakan, India to Malaysia started in July this year, and that assembly at the DRB-Hicom facility started in September.

At yesterday's official launch of the 2014 VW Polo Sedan, Volkswagen Group Malaysia's MD Dr Zeno Kerschbaumer, in response to a question on the CKD Polo hatch, replied that there would be news on this in the coming weeks.

The picture is clearer now, but one question left unanswered is the CKD Polo hatch's powertrain. We reckon that it's likely to be a non-TSI naturally-aspirated unit for a car that will be priced significantly lower than the current RM114,888 Polo TSI.

In India, the Polo Petrol hatch is powered by a 75 PS/110 Nm 1.2 litre three-cylinder engine, but that engine isn't coming to Pekan from India - ICB learnt that Volkswagen India only sends out components that are localised in India, and the engine in the Indian-spec Polo comes from Europe.

So the CKD Polo hatch's engine remains a mystery - candidates include the 1.2 NA three-pot and the Polo Sedan's 105 PS 1.6L MPI engine, paired to the familiar six-speed torque converter automatic transmission.

Danny Tan | November 1, 2013 at 5:33 pm | URL: http://paultan.org/?p=207661

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[New post] Suzuki X-Lander concept – the Jimny’s alter ego

Suzuki X-Lander concept – the Jimny’s alter ego

by Anthony Lim

You've seen the Crosshiker concept, and now, here's the Suzuki X-Lander, another design study from Hamamatsu which will debut in Tokyo. The company says that it's based on the Jimny, but the name is about as far as it goes, if you're basing it on looks alone.

The topless Suzy two-seater is certainly wacky-looking, displaying plenty of heft. The automaker says it's "loaded with full of playful touches so that the vehicle looks like a fusion of off-road power and mechanical precision," and happily adds that "it wants drivers to use this car in the city and sometimes go out to play in the field."

Which presumably means through rain or shine. If you're not the sort who'd be mindful of inclement weather, bashing around in it should be a gas - the door cutouts means you won't be sloshing in it come rain.

The 4WD X-Lander (to mean crosslander, presumably) is powered by a 1.3 litre mill, which is paired to a newly-developed automatically-controlled manual transmission, with a compact lightweight hybrid system, equipped with a high-efficiency motor, adding to the pep.

Anthony Lim | November 1, 2013 at 4:02 pm | URL: http://paultan.org/?p=207647

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Friday, November 1, 2013

blogger boleh: “Blog Cahaya Cinta” plus 8 more

blogger boleh: “Blog Cahaya Cinta” plus 8 more

[New post] DRIVEN: Lotus Exige S Roadster sampled in Hethel

DRIVEN: Lotus Exige S Roadster sampled in Hethel

[New post] CKD Volkswagen Polo hatch confirmed by VW India

CKD Volkswagen Polo hatch confirmed by VW India

[New post] Suzuki X-Lander concept – the Jimny’s alter ego

Suzuki X-Lander concept – the Jimny’s alter ego

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