Amaleh Kai Fan
Warning: long and pointless rant ahead.
Oh no. How? What colour? Specs? Interior trim? Beribu-ribu lemon.
Bloody hell this week has been pretty fucked. As I have loads of free time on my hands, my days can be spent going back and forth about the particular matter. Back. Forth. Back. Forth. Try doing that for like a thousand times. It bloody well sucks.
Plus I'm innately impaired when it comes to making decisions. Especially decisions that are (relatively) big. I think I have a medical condition. Chaocibaicannotdeciditis. My sister is starting to get seriously annoyed with my calling home.
So many decisions, and no on-site experience to facilitate them! Bloody hell it's almost impossible I tell you. Plus due to my chaocibaicannotdeciditis, I am never really happy with what I decide. I'll think about the two options so hard i'll wring all desirability out of them. Get what I mean? In the end, it's always me picking the option that sucks less, not the option that I want more.
And there's a huge difference in the two.
Problem number one. I'm never satisfied. I always want the paling canggih, if not, boh song. damn difficult leh like that. Life is very nearly impossible, balls. So, there are two options: one is all wheel drive, mated to a tiptronic, and the other is front wheel drive, mated to a continuously variable transmission (CVT).
All wheel drive of course more canggih lah when you zoom zoom vroom vroom super gila babi, but the downside is that it's only available in tiptronic, they don't bring in the manual. Tiptronic sucks. Saps power, slower 0-100 time, also there's a noticeable delay in kickdown. And the tech is bloody old. But got all wheel drive! That means can uhhhhhhhhhh sop stim even in the rain, balls.
Okay, option two. Front wheel drive, CVT. Front wheel has always lost out to all wheel and rear wheel (as it technically harder to drive). But front wheel is more fun to drive, as the responses when you push hard are natural, as opposed to the others. It's also more powerful in a straight line, as pulling is always easier than pushing.
Didn't you pay attention in physics?
And CVT is bloody fabulous compared to tiptronic. New tech, super smooth power delivery, dual clutch plates (you won't feel the shifts at all) and seven drive ratios equals performance identical to a manual transmission. And real-world identical, not brochure salescrap identical.
The latter feels more nimble and quick too, but if you want to take a corner at 100km/h, the all wheel will definitely exit the corner in front.
Which makes me think: how often will I go into a corner at 100km/h? Or drive aggresively in the wet (another selling point for the all wheel)? I'd like to think often, but realistically, very rarely lah. Bloody hell if it's raining, it's instinctual to drive like a girl. Ho ho. I'm sure most female readers would have given up reading this post by this point.
But but but but.. less bragging rights wor! Cause don't have shiny badge saying it's all wheel drive! Fuck lah. I promise not to fall into the kiasu crowd and stick fake badges on. In an ideal world, there'd be an all wheel drive manual, and that'd be the one I took. But there's no such thing so CVT and front wheel it is.
Please perform like a dream so I won't regret it, okay or not? Thanks ah..
Sorry if you were one who was bombarded with black/grey questions over the week. Final final final decision.. black. And no, am not changing my mind anymore.
And those are only two of the many decisions. Call me crazy but stuff like tint, petrol, engine oil and even floor mats are decisions to me. Respectively, efficiency/colour, octane rating, synthetic vs. mineral, rubber vs. fabric.
Tint. V-Kool's the industry leader, at least in Malaysia. But the guy I trust (cannot simply tint anywhere leh) has stopped selling V-Kool. Too many imitations in the market, even if he were honest his supplier might fuck him over. So, no V-Kool.
He recommends Ultra Cool. Maleh sounds like Ultraman to me. No info whatsoever online, scary shit balls. He says it's straight out of the US and he's charging a V-Kool equivalent price. Skeptical. I'm not there to touch/look/feel/lick, how to decide? It's very important to see what colour the windows are when the film is applied. What if I go home and end up with purple windows?
Cibai sungguh.
Bloody hell I need to be home in times like these.
Oh no. How? What colour? Specs? Interior trim? Beribu-ribu lemon.
Bloody hell this week has been pretty fucked. As I have loads of free time on my hands, my days can be spent going back and forth about the particular matter. Back. Forth. Back. Forth. Try doing that for like a thousand times. It bloody well sucks.
Plus I'm innately impaired when it comes to making decisions. Especially decisions that are (relatively) big. I think I have a medical condition. Chaocibaicannotdeciditis. My sister is starting to get seriously annoyed with my calling home.
So many decisions, and no on-site experience to facilitate them! Bloody hell it's almost impossible I tell you. Plus due to my chaocibaicannotdeciditis, I am never really happy with what I decide. I'll think about the two options so hard i'll wring all desirability out of them. Get what I mean? In the end, it's always me picking the option that sucks less, not the option that I want more.
And there's a huge difference in the two.
Problem number one. I'm never satisfied. I always want the paling canggih, if not, boh song. damn difficult leh like that. Life is very nearly impossible, balls. So, there are two options: one is all wheel drive, mated to a tiptronic, and the other is front wheel drive, mated to a continuously variable transmission (CVT).
All wheel drive of course more canggih lah when you zoom zoom vroom vroom super gila babi, but the downside is that it's only available in tiptronic, they don't bring in the manual. Tiptronic sucks. Saps power, slower 0-100 time, also there's a noticeable delay in kickdown. And the tech is bloody old. But got all wheel drive! That means can uhhhhhhhhhh sop stim even in the rain, balls.
Okay, option two. Front wheel drive, CVT. Front wheel has always lost out to all wheel and rear wheel (as it technically harder to drive). But front wheel is more fun to drive, as the responses when you push hard are natural, as opposed to the others. It's also more powerful in a straight line, as pulling is always easier than pushing.
Didn't you pay attention in physics?
And CVT is bloody fabulous compared to tiptronic. New tech, super smooth power delivery, dual clutch plates (you won't feel the shifts at all) and seven drive ratios equals performance identical to a manual transmission. And real-world identical, not brochure salescrap identical.
The latter feels more nimble and quick too, but if you want to take a corner at 100km/h, the all wheel will definitely exit the corner in front.
Which makes me think: how often will I go into a corner at 100km/h? Or drive aggresively in the wet (another selling point for the all wheel)? I'd like to think often, but realistically, very rarely lah. Bloody hell if it's raining, it's instinctual to drive like a girl. Ho ho. I'm sure most female readers would have given up reading this post by this point.
But but but but.. less bragging rights wor! Cause don't have shiny badge saying it's all wheel drive! Fuck lah. I promise not to fall into the kiasu crowd and stick fake badges on. In an ideal world, there'd be an all wheel drive manual, and that'd be the one I took. But there's no such thing so CVT and front wheel it is.
Please perform like a dream so I won't regret it, okay or not? Thanks ah..
Sorry if you were one who was bombarded with black/grey questions over the week. Final final final decision.. black. And no, am not changing my mind anymore.
And those are only two of the many decisions. Call me crazy but stuff like tint, petrol, engine oil and even floor mats are decisions to me. Respectively, efficiency/colour, octane rating, synthetic vs. mineral, rubber vs. fabric.
Tint. V-Kool's the industry leader, at least in Malaysia. But the guy I trust (cannot simply tint anywhere leh) has stopped selling V-Kool. Too many imitations in the market, even if he were honest his supplier might fuck him over. So, no V-Kool.
He recommends Ultra Cool. Maleh sounds like Ultraman to me. No info whatsoever online, scary shit balls. He says it's straight out of the US and he's charging a V-Kool equivalent price. Skeptical. I'm not there to touch/look/feel/lick, how to decide? It's very important to see what colour the windows are when the film is applied. What if I go home and end up with purple windows?
Cibai sungguh.
Bloody hell I need to be home in times like these.
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