Edlee

Date (Tentative):
11 June 2006 (Sunday) @ 10am (Alternative date 18 June 2006)
Return home by 6pm same day.

Objectives:
1. Clear Carbon
2. Good Kajang Satay lunch (Sungai Buloh Over-Head Rest Station, South Bound)
3. Unleash the beast under the hood (Er...perhaps for those with ferocious bhp)

Let's start the row call (for 11 June 2006):

1. Fireplace
2. BZSAB (Tentative subject to travel schedule)
3. tategoi (also tentative subject to travel schedule)
4. Edlee and son ( 80% confirmed)

Zig

Let's start the row call (for 11 June 2006):

1. Fireplace
2. BZSAB (Tentative subject to travel schedule)
3. tategoi (also tentative subject to travel schedule)
4. Edlee and son ( 80% confirmed)
5. Zig (88.103% confirmed, 11.897% chance to hang around KL until next day)

Fireplace

This is just an early suggestion and when the date draws near, we will finetune and finalize the travel plan.

We should aim to depart via 2nd link no later than 10am. Given that there maybe those who would want to max out the bhp (going above 200kph) and those who may travel below 200kph, it would be good to have walkie talkie (anyone has a set?) so that those ahead can warn of "extra" speed toll...keke.

We can identify a couple of rest points so that we can regroup in case the convoy is being broken up. So, here's the tentative plan:

1) Make first stop at Pagoh rest station. Allow slower rides to catch up;

2) Exit NS expressway at Nilai Interchange and enter ELITE expressway (Sepang Airport);

3) Make second stop at the Elevated Bridge Restaurant at USJ just after the USJ interchange & regroup ( http://www.plus.com.my/elite/elite_facilities_EBR.asp );

4) Convoy together to the Sg Buloh rest station for lunch.

On the way back, perhaps we may, as an option, want to go for a little fun at the Go-Kart near the USJ Elevated Bridge Restaurant (south bound). We shall see how many are keen and also depends on timing.

I am driving to Ipoh late May and on my way back, I will check out the facility. Not sure if it is in operations.

Will update at the end of May. Meanwhile, let's hope more will join in. The more the merrier. Cheers!

Big Belly

Hi guys, im new here.
Hope to learn more things about E60 from you guys.
Thanks.

russo

Just came back from KL last night. There are many road works going on after the Malacca stretch converting current 2 lanes to 3 lanes. Which is good news more room to overtake.

They will block off either road and leave one lane passable to traffic depending on volume. While they were diverting the traffic, we were stuck in the jam for 30 mins and cars wern't moving. It was so bad we had to drive on the road shoulders for about 50 to 60km at 40km/h. I left KL at 4pm and reached Singapore at 7.30pm It was really fustrating to drive below the speed limit.

Anyway, I don't expect the road works to finish by June for us to go up but we can still have a smooth ride. Only when the road works are going on then we might have a bit of delay. Other than that not much of an issue.

russo

Welcome to the club big belly. Whats your current ride?

lmk

3.5 hours, not bad liao....

Fireplace

Thanks for the info. I am driving up to Ipoh on 22 May and back on 25 May. Will survey the situation and update when back. Hopefully, the condition will improve. In anycase, even with 50km of slow traffic, it still leaves us with 300km of smooth and clear road to enjoy, each way. Maybe we can set off slightly early, say 9am.

Zig

Welcome Big Belly! I'm quite new here too. Lots of info among the thousands of posts here, have fun reading them!

Edlee

Welcome to the club. If your build is what your nick suggests, you should be driving an X5