Post archive for ‘cars’
I don’t need to name my car yet
The 146’s battery died yesterday morning. I managed to unlock the car with the remote but when I turned the ignition, I realized my battery was flat.
146 at johor house
Originally uploaded by jaremfan.
The weird thing was that it wasn’t giving any signals the night before, and I wondered whether my frenzied driving to and fro [...]
I sat in the rear seat of an E90 bimmer
E90 Eye
Originally uploaded by alicious.
The car is smaller than I thought… at least from the inside.
From the back, I could see the “start button”, the well-manicured dashboard, feel the almost-emaculate leather stitching, and driver-focussed positioning of the gear knob and steering wheel… quite overwhelming, really.
It’s almost over-engineered. You’d have to spend a good full year [...]
Living with the Alfa 146 - fuel economy results back in
GTA
Originally uploaded by Djivy.
Update: BHP petrol gave me a nice 10.45km/l after 470ish kms. And BHP is not the official distributor for licensed BP petrol per se… that’s from an ex-BP source, .
Update 2: Shell Super (the cheaper red one) is giving me tremendous results. Fuel consumption seems to remain the same, but [...]
Living with the Alfa 146 - not a K-car
Oil Reserves in Doubt
Originally uploaded by Michael P. Whelan.
I got my car serviced recently, and I’m really happy with the improvements. New timing belt, new variator, an oil change, new brake pads, and a set of camshaft upgrades. It set me back quite a lot, but this only happens every 40k kms or so (excluding [...]
On the road again
Originally uploaded by the earthling.
My alfa is back… well, it was back almost a week ago, but I was too busy to blog about it. The repair cost me over 1k, but they fixed my condenser clutch (I didn’t even know condensers had clutches) and regassed my A/C with new R13A.
I’ve been driving it for [...]
process for transferring ownership of car
A lesson to learn for everyone intending to buy a used car in Malaysia, and plan to find out specifically which documents are important.
prepare photostated IC of buyer and seller, complete with Borang C1 for each IC, stamped by commissioner of oath (RM6 fee)
2 original copies of JPJ K3 Form, signed by both buyer and [...]
Delay - almost Alfa Romeo 146
Alfa Romeo Badge
Originally uploaded by Harun Gallery.
I couldn’t get my car today after all. I wrongly estimated the amount of time it took to find out that I needed my savings bank book in order to make a bank draft, which led to time looking for my bank book, which led to time spent learning [...]