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Old May 7, 2006 | 06:02 AM
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Originally Posted by tategoi' post='278968' date='May 7 2006, 09:29 PM
at river valley road....10 min is all u need.
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Old May 8, 2006 | 04:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Olivin530i' post='278448' date='May 5 2006, 11:19 PM
I am thinking of changing my tyres and would favour going away from run-flats. Can't decide between PS2 or the new Dunlop Maxx - both have good reviews on tirerack with the latter now in frist position. care to share your take?

I personally swear by PS2. No other tires even come close. Not even CSC2 got a chance. You can take corners in the wet just like on dry roads without thinking about it. Its pricy but its worth it.
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Old May 8, 2006 | 04:12 AM
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Just came back from KL yesterday. They seemed to have increased the number of police cars on the northsouth highway.

From Malacca onwards there were 2, one of them asked me to stop but I sped off, then back from KL there were 4 about 20 to 30 km apart. All of them parked at roadside with a camera in the car. I didn't get stopped though. Maybe they booked me liao I also don't know. Anyone knows what is the website to check again?

Traffic was quite smooth though, only got chased by a malaysian E60 for 20mins or so until he overtook me then I saw the 530 tag. Damn. I managed to chase it up to Yong Peng then he exited. Sigh, my 320 is really getting out of breath on high speeds. Got to get at least a V8 for that extra oomph. Ed you were saying something about selling your 5?
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Old May 8, 2006 | 05:13 AM
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Originally Posted by russo' post='279350' date='May 8 2006, 07:03 AM
I personally swear by PS2. No other tires even come close. Not even CSC2 got a chance. You can take corners in the wet just like on dry roads without thinking about it. Its pricy but its worth it.
Then you should really try the F1 GS-D3. It sticks to the ground in wet. If you read the report, you will see it was rated that way, and I agree with it. You don't need to pay crazy price for good or even excellent performance.

CSC1 or CSC2, I will not try ...
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Old May 8, 2006 | 05:35 AM
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Originally Posted by tategoi' post='278968' date='May 7 2006, 09:29 PM

Hi Tategoi,

I ended up buying the Garmin Streetpilot C320. Quite happy so far.
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Old May 8, 2006 | 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by russo' post='279350' date='May 8 2006, 08:03 PM
I personally swear by PS2. No other tires even come close. Not even CSC2 got a chance. You can take corners in the wet just like on dry roads without thinking about it. Its pricy but its worth it.
Good and bad. The CSCs are the worst tyres I've come across. Had them on my E39, E46 and the M6. They just slip and slide on wet surfaces and if not for the DSC on the BMWs, I could have faced quite some repair bills. The good thing about the CSC 2 is that it allows you to drift and thats probably why they're std on the M cars; not that Olivin and myself are gonna try that anytime soon.

PS2 are just great. Soft sidewalls give you the ride comfort that other low profile tyres deprive you of. The grip is just fantastic; even in the rain, hard cornering is not a problem. The tyres may lose grip just for a millisecond and you can feel it catch back on again almost in an instant. The bad thing about the PS2 is that they do not offer your rims much protection because of the nature of the side wall. Also, if you're lousy at parallel parking, you might find yourself replacing tyres quite often.

I think I might have just have had my picture taken yesterday. The police located at overhead bridges now operate singly and not in pairs and thats where I got caught offguard. I was doing 130Km/h along Adam Rd when I noticed the figure of a man standing at the bridge just outside the Japanese Club. Didn't bother initially but the man never moved and so just to err on the side of caution, I began to slow down. It was about 200 - 300m away that I noticed that he was holding something and that is where I stamped on the brakes. In the end I was doing about 80 - 100Km/h when I passed him, dread.... Needless to say, my sixth sense was in the glove compartment at that time.

Anybody know the speed limit around there? I've already gotten myself 9 points driving this crazy car!!!
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Old May 8, 2006 | 08:10 AM
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russo,

ruso speeding off ater they ask you to stop...means you get a bigger fine liao.but then you can reply next time that you were carry a large sum of money and you did not want to be stopped by bogus polis.ha ha


http://www.jpj.gov.my/blacklist/index.shtml

click on jpj.......................have fun.

you can check out how many of your clients got summons i am one of them but i have changed reg liao...ha haha so no need to pay fine.
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Old May 8, 2006 | 08:23 AM
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i once aquaplaned with my ps2 and that got me shit scared so its hard to say , i even skidded going down those multi storey car park when i applied brake and i was on a patch of oil...


so rain comes no speeding for me.
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Old May 8, 2006 | 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Edlee' post='279439' date='May 9 2006, 12:06 AM
I think I might have just have had my picture taken yesterday. The police located at overhead bridges now operate singly and not in pairs and thats where I got caught offguard. I was doing 130Km/h along Adam Rd ... where I stamped on the brakes. In the end I was doing about 80 - 100Km/h when I passed him, dread.... Needless to say, my sixth sense was in the glove compartment at that time.

Anybody know the speed limit around there? I've already gotten myself 9 points driving this crazy car!!!
I was also caught recently. They only put the notice of offense on the SPF website 5 days later. I was told that its now a one man operation and pictures are taken for post processing later. This means that they look at the pictures in their labs and determine how fast you are travelling instead of a laser or radar. So it is likely that your sixth sense will not warn you anyway.
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Old May 8, 2006 | 08:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Zig' post='279450' date='May 9 2006, 12:32 AM
This means that they look at the pictures in their labs and determine how fast you are travelling instead of a laser or radar.
Huh? Like that I'm dead.
Anyone looking to buy a 4 mth old M6?
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