Zig

Good suggestion! When we travel in motorcycle groups, we pay car park attendants to jaga our bikes. So far so good.

Edlee

Yeah, avoid KL. Thats a very good idea not because of car thefts but also because of traffic jams. As to [b], I will have to disagree with you. Going up north in a convoy is definitely safer because there is always safety in numbers. The bmw-sg group always travel to Sepang in convoys of many cars and they have not hd problems so far.

Remember the last trip Russo organised? I came online to mention that I did 273 Km/h in the M and someone added some opinion about doing such speeds and there was a short exchange amongst some members which did no good for anyone.

Anyway, 11 or 18 or any other date is good for me. However, I'm not trying to suggest another timing, but leaving at 10am might just be abit too late if we want to make it back by evening. Remember; its approx 380Km up to KL plus another 380Km back, we're looking at 760Km. If we drive at 120Km/h, then the whole trip (w/out stops) will take 6 hours 40 min. Throw in the stops and small diversions, we'll add on another 2 hours which makes it a total of 8 hours 40 min. Then lets not forget the snarl at both ends of the border. Furthermore driving 6 hours in the afternoon sun will surely tire any driver out. Might I suggest 2 drivers per car?

russo

9 am or 10 am
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)
6. Bugaboo (keen to go, if i'm in town)
7. 1628 ( i am more for 18th but will go on 11th)
8. Russo (E46 with 130,000km on the odo)
9.

Fireplace

Let's make it at 9am to cross the 2nd link. At a decent pace (between 120-160kph), it should get us to the destination at about 12.30pm or latest 1pm (assuming some traffic along the road repair segment), perfect for lunch break. Based on my estimate, we should definitely be back before dark.

More importantly, the group needs to set off on time and we should be doing OK. Lunch should last less than 1 hour, afterall, serving is fast.

2 drivers per car is ideal, to ease driving fatique but if everyone wants to bond with their own ride, that would be a problem. What would be helpful is to have passengers that will not sleep all the way, but to provide conversations/entertainment to keep the driver alert? Alternatively, there is this button on the left steering wheel that reads "+"....just need to keep pressing it. hehe.

Edlee

Anybody keen on the Motorola T5500? BMW-SG recently organised a group buy @ SGD 90.00/set of 2. I can't get such a low price, but my friend Sam who's an E60 driver can sell these sets to us @ SGD 100.00/set. Pls pm me and I will let you have his ctc.

Big Belly

Hi russo, im just bought a E60.

Big Belly

Hahaha... I think you r right...

lmk

even at $100, it is very good price for its funtionality. good for tracking kids in a big shopping mall.
of course there some better sets but cost slightly higher.

nuvi360

i have a sugestion how about recording the whole journey up and back then we burn copies of the exciting parts or any encounters worth reviewing. eg edl overtaking in his m6 in short burst or even his tacho meter doing 0-200 timing. ke ke


ed bring the m6 along lah and let junior take 545..would love to see it in action.


so any one with good video recorders please bring along.any one good with recordinfg techniques or suggest where to mount it in car etc etc for good clarity and stability.



whoa russel 130k is it still hassle free and going strong??

russo

Still seems ok to me. Changed a few parts though before warrenty period so all is well. Never really failed me before other than the car battery. Quite a faithful car I must say.