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onslaught
hahaha...watching or reading a good TV show and some blog is just pure entertainment...they dun talk non-sense of the times...sometimes need to read between the lines to understand...

doing all that will not make you a car experts...but it definitely give you some info abt cars...even being an F1 driver doesn't make you a car expert...it just show that you can drive slightly better than others...and just one lucky bugger who got chance to drive one...need an example for a noob F1 driver...well just watch how alex yoong commenting on the TV box whenever there was an F1 grandprix....lalalala...fairuz fauzy now doing wat? reserved driver? lalalala...just my 2 cent...

and i do know some forums and bloggers kutuking our lancer kaw2...for me it is their freedom of speech to write and give comments wat they want out from their heart...

p/s: TG UK doesn't become world most watched auto TV show for being stupid...
khusyairi
Since Toyota is no 1 & Top Gear UK review also dam good to b world most watched auto TV show.
Seem we all need to change our car after this. From



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Rating 12/20

to this car, Toyota iQ



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Rating 18/20
Full review http://www.topgear.com/UK/toyota/iq/verdict

even EvoX cant compete wt this car which rated at 14/20, Mercedes C class 14/20, Volkswagen Scirocco also only get 15/20.
Go for the cute car k everyone. hehe..
shah25
QUOTE(khusyairi @ May 24 2010, 03:17 PM) *
Since Toyota is no 1 & Top Gear UK review also dam good to b world most watched auto TV show.
Seem we all need to change our car after this. From



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Rating 12/20

to this car, Toyota iQ



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Rating 18/20
Full review http://www.topgear.com/UK/toyota/iq/verdict

even EvoX cant compete wt this car which rated at 14/20, Mercedes C class 14/20, Volkswagen Scirocco also only get 15/20.
Go for the cute car k everyone. hehe..

Seriously???!! That reviewer must be one h*ll, out of the world genius with an IQ of 1080!!! I gotta have this man.... biggrin.gif
khusyairi
Jeremy Clarkson of course. He is Top Gear UK reviewer for Toyota iQ. He also the one who wrote article about Toyota iQ for them.. biggrin.gif Here the article he wrote:

For the past month, I’ve been on the Top Gear Live world tour so the only driving I’ve done is in a Lamborghini, indoors and sideways. The lights in the arena would go down, a voice of God would announce my name, I’d floor the throttle, kick the tail out, arrive on stage in a flurry of tyre squeal and fireworks and shout: “Hello, Sydney.” Which was a bit embarrassing if I was in Auckland.

There would then follow an hour and a half of more tyre squeal, explosions and shouting. AA Gill described it as all the headaches he’d ever had in one go — and he had to go through the process only once. We were doing it four times a day, which meant as night fell I was too exhausted and broken to operate anything more complicated than a bottle opener. Which is why I’d be taken back to the hotel by a driver.

This sounds very Elton Johnish but there is one big problem with using chauffeurs. Almost none of them can drive a car.

Let us first of all examine the case of the chap I used in Hong Kong. We’ll call him Albert, because that’s his name. Albert had a Porsche Cayenne and what he liked to do was test every one of the speeds it would go. We’d start off with 37 and then we’d do 105, 21, 16, 84, 9, 0, 163, 41 and so on until he’d established that they were all working properly.

Then he’d start testing the braking distances: 47 to 41, 50 to 5, 16 to 15 and, once, a terrifying 170 to 3. The range of possibilities was enormous and all of them were very bad, especially as Albert had the spectacularly annoying habit of impersonating the engine noise as we lurched along.

Cornering, however, was his speciality. He would make the noise of the tyres screeching as he turned each bend into a series of straight lines interspersed with a series of violent jerks. He was a lovely man. Which is why I felt so guilty, sitting alongside him, imagining what he might look like with a pencil jammed into his throat.

Elsewhere in the world the drivers were far better but each one of them had roadcraft habits every bit as irritating as hawking up phlegm. They’d follow the car in front too closely, sit too near the wheel, brake for no reason on the motorway, steer too vigorously, dawdle or, worst of all, pretend they knew where they were going when plainly they didn’t.

Naturally, each would claim he was an above average driver — we all do, despite the statistical impossibility of it being the case — and it’s probably true. They probably were better than most. But the fact is that everyone has their own driving style and it’s never quite as good as your own.

For instance. When the lights on a dual carriageway are red and you have a choice of lanes in which to stop, I would never pull up behind a Peugeot. This is because anyone with a Peugeot knows nothing about cars or they’d have bought something else. And because they know nothing about cars, they will know nothing about driving. Which means they’ll be sitting there in neutral with the handbrake on, and that means they won’t move off smartly — or even at all — when the lights go green. I have a rule at the lights. Always pull up behind the Beemer.

But other drivers don’t do this. What’s more, they fiddle with the radio, changing stations whenever they are presented with a song they don’t like. Why? Tunes are never more than three minutes long and I can just about handle CeCe Peniston for that long. Leave it. LEAVE IT. But no. Chchch, goes the tuner . . . “In parliament today” . . . chchch . . . “nothing but a dreamer” . . . chchchshshsh . . . “on the day that you were born” . . . chchch . . . “Jade Goody” . . . and then, “Aaaaaaaaarghgurgle,” as I jam a ballpoint into his epiglottis.

Worse, some drivers think an urban one-way street actually means you can travel on it in only one direction. Rubbish. If nothing is coming, then it’s idiotic to drive for miles just to satisfy some residents’ committee’s overinflated sense of self-importance.

There is a similar problem with speed limits. Of course they are a good idea. Absolutely. Definitely. But when it’s one in the morning, a driver who puts his licence ahead of your need to get home as quickly as possible is just annoying.

Seriously, being driven by anyone — even Jackie Stewart — is as horrendous as having someone else make love to your wife. “No. No. No. Not like that, you idiot. You have to be more delicate. What in God’s name are you doing now, man? You can’t park it there . . .”

The worst thing about having a driver, though, is the sense of guilt. If you ask him to pick you up at midnight, you should — if you have a heart — feel duty-bound to leave at the appointed hour. Which is a d*mn nuisance if at 11.45 you meet Miss Iceland, who announces at 11.55 she’s forgotten to put on any pants.

In short, it doesn’t matter how tired I am or how convenient it might be to have someone run me home; I always prefer to drive myself.

Unfortunately, this is becoming increasingly fraught with difficulties. Quite apart from the sheer expense, you have the speed cameras, the problems with parking, the sleeping policemen and the wide-awake ones in their vans. Then, in every major city, there are communists who believe what they hear about the environment and call you a murderer.

I genuinely believe that soon there will be a sea change in our attitude to car ownership. That soon the number of families who own one will start to fall dramatically and that the few who do continue to plunge along in the wake of Mr Toad will drive and dream about machinery that’s far removed from the Ferraris and Range Rovers of today.

And so, the Toyota iQ. First, the good things. It is 2½in shorter than the original Mini, but because the differential is mounted in front of the engine the cabin is big enough for four seats.

Then there’s the business with carbon dioxide. The three-cylinder 1-litre petrol engine produces just 99 somethings of CO2 and as a result it falls into the tax-free category; unheard of in a car that runs on unleaded. More important, it should do 70mpg if driven carefully.

Better than all of this, though, is the way it looks. In white, with the tinted windows, it’s like a Stormtrooper’s helmet. I liked that. And I loved the enormous array of equipment too. It’s hard to think of a single toy fitted to my Mercedes that isn’t in the little iQ.

Now for the bad things. Yes, there may be space in the back for two seats. But very few people are small enough to actually sit on them. The boot is pitiful as well.

Then there’s the price. The entry-level model costs a whopping £9,495. Add an automatic gearbox and the price shoots up by another thousand. And finally there is the performance. Or rather there isn’t. To keep those emissions down, the oomph has had to be abandoned, so that it takes a dreary 14sec to get from 0 to 60. Quite why it needs traction control I have no idea. And why you would ever need the button that turns it off is even more baffling.

So, some swings and some roundabouts. As a long-distance car, obviously, it’s about as much use as a horse, but as a station car or an urban runaround, especially if your children have no legs, it’s good. I prefer the cheaper Fiat 500 because I prefer the looks, but, of course, that’ll be less reliable. Either way, these cars are the future. Small. Cheap to run. Good-looking. And surprisingly well kitted out with toys. They really do make Mondeos and Volvos and so on look awfully wasteful and unnecessary.

It’s a brave new world and we have to get used to it. A thousand cc is the new black. No g in the corners is the future, and that’s that. I suppose it isn’t the end of the world. Certainly, I’d rather drive an iQ than be driven by Albert in his Cayenne.

I’ve seen the future. And it’s small

PS: Either JC is geek.gif or crazy2.gif
The guy who post about avanza in http://motoring-malaysia.blogspot.com/2010/01/crap.html
also either geek.gif or crazy2.gif because he bought 2003 Subaru Impreza 1.6TS. 94HP Only. ??? Come on la.. A lot better cars in 2006 market. Lumba dgn Avanza pun, sama2 semput. hehe..
onslaught
the car scoring system in the TG review is all very subjective one(not all will agree on that) even among themselves as tv host also arguing which is the best car most of the time... captain slow, richard hamster and old fart JC....

likewise when you choose to buy lancer you look for the review 1st...i dun care much abt the review if i like the car...just read the review for the fun of it...
onslaught
18SG- AVANZA VS PROTON

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KEADAAN kereta Toyata Avanza dan Proton Wira yang bertembung dalam satu kemalangan di Lebuhraya Bayan Lepas di sini malam tadi (Gambar atas). Mayat seorang wanita yang terperangkap di dalam kereta Proton Wira yang remuk teruk selepas terbabit dalam kemalangan di Lebuhraya Bayan Lepas di sini malam tadi. -Foto Rudy Syareme Sheriffudin

taken from http://www.hmetro.com.my/myMetro/Gallery/F...arik/index_html

for me the blogger was right...eventhough it was not so nice to read his choice of words...but it is the truth...and this is just one of the few accidents involving avanza...food for thought...
khusyairi
The blogger was right about what?
About avanza passenger safe while wira passenger will be dead?
The blogger never mention about accident except about avanza bad performance which actually on par wt his Impreza 1.6.

Life or die is in god hand. There are our friends who drove Lancer GT who die in accident & some are safe.
Shahir
my wife is TOYOTA staff ..... TOYOTA sales increase, bonus also INCREASE ... so ...... support ajerlah ..... mai-mai beli kereta toyota kat malaysia nih .... tak kira lah what type ... as long as TOYOTA ..hehehehehehehe ..
For me .... I prefer BLACK CAMRY .... kasi lowered, masuk rim bibir tebal warna hitam, 20 inchi.... all around skirt ... and a small spoiler ... PERGGGHHHHH .. macho siut
onslaught
QUOTE(Shahir @ May 26 2010, 11:47 AM) *
my wife is TOYOTA staff ..... TOYOTA sales increase, bonus also INCREASE ... so ...... support ajerlah ..... mai-mai beli kereta toyota kat malaysia nih .... tak kira lah what type ... as long as TOYOTA ..hehehehehehehe ..For me .... I prefer BLACK CAMRY .... kasi lowered, masuk rim bibir tebal warna hitam, 20 inchi.... all around skirt ... and a small spoiler ... PERGGGHHHHH .. macho siut
camry no issue bro...kekekeke...facelift version look like lexus ady...lol biggrin.gif
QUOTE(khusyairi @ May 26 2010, 11:21 AM) *
The blogger was right about what?About avanza passenger safe while wira passenger will be dead?The blogger never mention about accident except about avanza bad performance which actually on par wt his Impreza 1.6.Life or die is in god hand. There are our friends who drove Lancer GT who die in accident & some are safe.
well takdir is one thing...as a car buyer...we can berusaha to get a good spec car with safety features for our loved one...usaha pastu doa baru tawakkal...
WhiteSurfer
A word of advise....

Is there a REAL need for us to be defending this blogger? I have not seen a single member here responding positively towards his " sarcastic and downright degrading " comments towards Avanza owners. Yes he might have the right to say it but do you think it is wise to keep on defending him. And dont even start to equate him with JC cos JC will bash everyone....himself included. So JC's articles are much less irritating that this blogger.

He should have just give his honest to goodness opinions about cars....not about the people who bought the cars, cos when you start doing that you have lost your credibility.

I might still be wrong tho......
onslaught
thanks for the word of wisdom whitey...sometimes people misunderstood the freedom of speech/writing...if we want to improve in our live as a person..we must learn how to take kutukan/critics like a man...just my 2 cent...

i've learn the hard way...and this apply to all aspect of our life...sometimes your enemy will tell you the truth...friends surrounding around you sometimes lied and just pretending to be with you coz they got some hidden agenda...

its ok to be different...and do not follow the flow...if you got strong determination and know what you're doing...that's make people unique...not everything we need to agree on (worse is tukang angguk)...some arguement sure do bring colors back to our dull life...thing like this make we all appreciate wat we have...if the blogger wrote some sh*t story on lambo,ferrari, pagani zonda or some exotic brands...we common people couldn't even bother to read abt it...since that was way above our league...and maybe pointless to argue...since we are not going to have chance to own/driving it...

in TG UK or TG malaysia... most of the car review highlighted was on supercar...only got small section where they review normal kind of cars...we all know they gonna write some stupid things abt normal car...coz they ady drove the supercar...yet we still buy the mag. to salivate on supercar porn, compare some stats on supercar specs and read some car reviews which are out of the box and ridiculous...

bila terhantuk baru nak tergadah...lalalalalala...
shah25
QUOTE(WhiteSurfer @ May 26 2010, 01:51 PM) *
A word of advise....

I have not seen a single member here responding positively towards his " sarcastic and downright degrading " comments towards Avanza owners.

He should have just give his honest to goodness opinions about cars....not about the people who bought the cars, cos when you start doing that you have lost your credibility.

I might still be wrong tho......

Are you sure about that Whitey? I kinda think there is one.... tongue.gif

Again, I second your thoughts about him bashing people who buys the car. But then again, he's an idiot in my books.

Whether a car can withstand a huge impact or not is depends on how it is being driven. EXAMPLE, if you're driving a Volvo at let's say 250Km/h, and you collide head on with another vehicle driven at the same speed, do you think you're in a safe capsule? I don't think so. That's a bit extreme. I know. what I'm trying to put forward here is, no matter how strong your car is, if you drive like pelesit, it will still be fatal. Food for thought....
onslaught
speed if very subjective issue...some say 110km/h ady too fast...some say 200km/h is slow...so it is different for each person...not driving also can get into accident...look at the petrol pump incident posted somewhere here...he was not even driving a car...also got himself killed...i do agree is not abt the car...it is abt the person who were driving behind it...whether he is a nutcase or a true gentlemen on the road...
shah25
QUOTE(onslaught @ May 26 2010, 02:24 PM) *
speed if very subjective issue...some say 110km/h ady too fast...some say 200km/h is slow...so it is different for each person...not driving also can get into accident...look at the petrol pump incident posted somewhere here...he was not even driving a car...also got himself killed...i do agree is not abt the car...it is abt the person who were driving behind it...whether he is a nutcase or a true gentlemen on the road...

Common Ons, let's not argue about speed pulak. When I say speeding it means REALLY fast. If 200KM/h is slow, then that guy should drive an F1 car on the road.... Sigh.
fick
i dont think any car can survive if accident at 200km/h... just my 2 cents
tant
I wonder how & what he is going to condemn those who can't afford cars priced beyond a Avanza.
And I am also interested to know what are his comments about his Subaru 1.6.
onslaught
QUOTE(tant @ May 26 2010, 02:55 PM) *
I wonder how & what he is going to condemn those who can't afford cars priced beyond a Avanza.And I am also interested to know what are his comments about his Subaru 1.6.
haha..at last some one who got wat i meant...kekeke...i'm not supporting nor encouraging the blogger to wrote shite abt people...i wanna know wat you wanna know too abt his impreza...lol...he posted his record speed from KL to penang...which is i've been doing relatively faster than him...with a CVT gearbox and slowdown warning...lol...right now...he wanna review on proton persona and a merc W124...so shall we enjoy the writings...lalalala...
QUOTE(fick @ May 26 2010, 02:54 PM) *
i dont think any car can survive if accident at 200km/h... just my 2 cents
got la...F1 car can withstand impact more than 250KM/H...
WhiteSurfer
QUOTE(tant @ May 26 2010, 02:55 PM) *
I wonder how & what he is going to condemn those who can't afford cars priced beyond a Avanza.
And I am also interested to know what are his comments about his Subaru 1.6.


Tant...he is in d midst of writing the review and I have some insider info...so here goes..

The Subaru 1.6. Where do I begin. Maybe I shouldn't as its totally brilliant. Only clever people who like cars buy this supposedly mini speed demon. It looks like it was styled by a Gucci designer and it shows. It is very nice to look at due to the design specs for interior space and for the upper end of the market. But the main point is, supposed motoring enthusiasts should buy this supercar. If you enjoy the thrill of driving, what in the world made you buy any other car in the first place?

and bla bla bla.........
onslaught
QUOTE(WhiteSurfer @ May 26 2010, 03:08 PM) *
Tant...he is in d midst of writing the review and I have some insider info...so here goes..

The Subaru 1.6. Where do I begin. Maybe I shouldn't as its totally brilliant. Only clever people who like cars buy this supposedly mini speed demon. It looks like it was styled by a Gucci designer and it shows. It is very nice to look at due to the design specs for interior space and for the upper end of the market. But the main point is, supposed motoring enthusiasts should buy this supercar. If you enjoy the thrill of driving, what in the world made you buy any other car in the first place?

and bla bla bla.........


now you getting there whitey...hahahaha...i posted the link not just for show la...go and read through it...kekekeke...i was laughing my ars* off...
tant
QUOTE(WhiteSurfer @ May 26 2010, 03:08 PM) *
Tant...he is in d midst of writing the review and I have some insider info...so here goes..

The Subaru 1.6. Where do I begin. Maybe I shouldn't as its totally brilliant. Only clever people who like cars buy this supposedly mini speed demon. It looks like it was styled by a Gucci designer and it shows. It is very nice to look at due to the design specs for interior space and for the upper end of the market. But the main point is, supposed motoring enthusiasts should buy this supercar. If you enjoy the thrill of driving, what in the world made you buy any other car in the first place?

and bla bla bla.........

I'm OK when he said "he's totally brilliant, clever, mini speed demon, Gucci, motoring enthusiasts..." but he said "supercar"?
Sure or not?
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NAH! (*my mid finger*)
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