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[quote=zoggee][quote=stevo]Please include me in K2 Exclusive. Will come for the chicken wings evaluation. Do let me know when. Thanks!
Can I pay for the club membership on the 20th (endurance race)? Also, if accepted, I can make immediate payment for the damage deposit.
Name : Stephen Kok (Stevo)
Height : 75kg
Weight : 183cm[/quote]
Dear super seniors…
First and foremost..we are not gay. Would love to share a kart with him cos we are similar in height and weight.
Now Stevo..after MME go for chciken wing session la.
Cheers[/quote]why so denial being gay? All of us know you are gay lah!
[quote=TheFazz][quote=dinesh]3rd,4th and 5th april is formula 1 weekend[/quote]
thanks – you are right. i will try to change the date.
btw, anybody know what other important dates we should avoid? when will MME 2009 be?[/quote]
MME 6-8aug 2009. there might be 500km race a week before that and also try to avoid clashes with MSS as well…
[quote=hanifcd]macam mana nak dapat the updater punya usb? ada anything optional ke macam charger for home etc etc?[/quote]
The unit includes with an in-car charger
Sorry to hear about that bro. Mark, the best is to meet the tribunal of consumer claims officials before their side (VW) write in an official lawyer letter to you.
Here’s another sad case involving my close friend when he bought a subaru wrx approximately 4-5 months. Quite similar case and he had lodge a report to TTPM before it gets too late.
Comments below taken from my subaru club website
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1. For the benefit / information to all Subaru owners, I would like to relate a very bad experience :fire: we had when dealing with Motor Image (MI).
2. So on behalf on the sad Subaru owner, I hereby would like to relate the bad episode we had with MI. The WRX was bought from MI on 25.1.08 because it came strongly recommended by Subaru friends, plus with a 3 year warranty or 60,000 km whichever comes first. When bought it had 13000 km mileage. JPJ card stated “kereta impot baru”. Regular services (5000-7000 km) done at MI. One shock absorber was replaced within the third week of purchase. One used STI Genome muffler was fixed outside. During the regular services done at MI, nobody informed / advised owner on the usage of the used Genome muffler would render the warranty void. In fact, owner earlier seek advise from the sales staff whether its ok to fix the muffler and the answer given was ok to fix it. Sometimes in March, owner complained to MI about seeing smoke coming out from the front scoop but the standard answer given by technician ‘NO PROBLEM LAH’. Engine was kept stock standard.
3. One week before his trip to Lumut, the car was send-in for another service. On return trip home (15.6.08) the Subaru convoy stopped at Sg. Buloh R&R for 45 mins. Later, we proceeded for home after a happy outing at Lumut. Unfortunately, at about 7.30pm, he heard loud clonking noises coming from the engine and suddenly the car broke down just a few km from his house. The car was then put on a flat-bed truck and delivered to Motor Image the same day at 11pm.
4. The next day (16/6), owner saw John Lim (JL), GM of MI and was informed, he will open-up the engine to find out whats wrong. After many calls and few visits to MI, sad to say, the engine was only dismantled on 1/7/08. on 26/6, 8 Subaru members including the owner visited MI to have a frank dialogue :gg: with the GM. We were made to wait for about 1 hour before we could see him (we had to ask his PA few times his whereabout!). we were told to walk to the parts dept where he was located. Sadly it is a small place where only 2 chairs were available and the 6 of us have got to stand for 45 minutes :fire: :fire: while talking to JL (poor public relations!). JL could have instructed his PA for us to wait in the conference room where we can be seated comfortably.
5. We asked him many questions about the car like why engine was not dismantle after more than 4 weeks in the workshop. The warranty claim, no receipt issued after taking-in the car, his action plan on the car and so forth. We were upset the way he handle the discussion, like saying the owner revved his car (without having solid proof), contaminated petrol / Ron 97 (in Japan Ron 100), no oil cooler and other craps / what really piss off our group was the way he conducted the talk, he was not straight forward, meddling / fiddling his desk computer while talking to us at certain point, he was quite arrogant in answering our questions.
6. Since no report was given to car owner (car in workshop more than 30 days), owner wrote in two letters dated 3/7 and 9/7 to JL but no reply till today. JL even gave instructions to his staff NOT to talk to owner about the car condition without his permission (what a big joke and customer relations!). On 4/7 JL called owner to inform NO WARRANTY claim can be made because he fitted the muffler from outside (another lame excuse in not accepting responsibility). On 18/7, 5 Subaru members called on JL to discuss the warranty claim. He avoided the subject matter but said he waited to test the engine oil (supplied by MI), check the engine component parts and to send the ECU to FHI. On 25/7 owner call up MI to find out status but was shock to find out no action taken by JL. So can u imagine the owner’s anger and frustrations in dealing with MI.
7. In fact two calls were made to Glen Tan (CEO of MI) who is based in Singapore, but unfortunately he did not return our calls 🙁 even through messages were left to Kelly Chong (his PA). However, on behalf of the owner, I spoke twice to Kelly Chong relating our bad / poor experience with MI Malaysia. By the way, we were dully informed by Ms. Kelly, JL has deal directly with the owner on the issue, (dia mau lepas tangan!).
8. Another big joke happened last week when owner was denied entry to the workshop to take photos of the engine! There was a stand-off :fire: for about 15 mins before permission was given to him to take the photos.
9. So to all Subaru friends, here we were, a classic example of shrieking responsibility towards a simple, genuine warranty claim! Again, the GM’s attitude is left much to the desired.
10. In view of the above subject matter (after a lapse of more 50 days, no actions taken to replace / repair the engine).
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clearance blowout!
Nuvi 200 8XX
Nuvi 200w RM10XX
Nuvi 205w (latest model) RM10XX[/b]
http://www.retrevo.com/s/Garmin-205W-GPS-review-manual/id/13724ci767/t/1-2/There are so many things need to consider when tuning. Fuel mapping, throttle position, ignition timing, MAF sensor, fuel mixture etc. There a time when to run lean and rich fuel mixture in normal driving, qualifying and race. Running advance full IAM all the time wont guarantee you success in race.
Tuning also depending on altitude level, atmospheric pressure, weather, road, circuit conditions etc.
Most of JDM cars runs RON 100 fuel mapping. Tuner can fine tune the map by retarding the map value to compensate with our crappy 97 fuel for more response and reliability on the engine. Smaller value mapping figures means more headache and complicated for the tuner to fine tune the machine like the motec m800 tuning software.
Most modern cars on the road nowadays runs on self learning ECU. It means let say your car starts to knock, the ECU would detect the error code to protect the engine.
So the best method to do tuning is by on wheel tuning instead of dyno machine tuning for better performance.
[quote=saa73]ahhh..the Unichip…the main cause of electrical problems that dogged Ashraff’s MME team last year, and led to his early retirement and walk back to the Sepang pits…I remember the Unichip…don’t use it on a Lotus for competitive reasons…..other cars Ok I guess…[/quote]
It’s the matter of the tuning method from the tuner skills not tuning software/hardware.
[quote=Jules][quote=saa73]Sorry, can’t afford the high petrol costs.. 🙁 [/quote]
Bro, next year – if it is 24 hours race….then just think how much the entry fee alone will be since petrol is provided by the organisers…..and also fuel wun stay at RM2.70…[/quote]
and it’s mandatory to wear HANS (Head and Neck support device) in 2009 which would cost you like buying another latest SNELL helmet.
[quote=Jules][quote=sabelt][quote=saa73]OK thanks for the feedback. I guess we took a risk on round 6 in view of the weather – but it was good to get feedback from a K2 perspective (Ajak) which illustrates the risk very clearly.
I would therefore agree that given the feedback, that this is a risky format and that there’s a lot of dependency on driver discipline, etc.
Best to shelve this idea as a long term option but I guess it may still be viable as a last resort option when faced with certain exceptional circumstances, eg our weather situation in rd 6…[/quote]
I dont mind paying for extra wet tires for k1 series in the future…
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Ramsey,A kart is not like a car. When u play in the rain, you will need to rebuild the engine immediately after….as water will find its way into the engine. Try mixing water with oil and add some sand/dirt and you have the best rubbing compound to wear your engine. How much is a re-built?
Then there the tyres which goes at RM600 plus a pop for new ones…..and surely everyone wants new ones so we have equal footing rite?
The cost will just add up and if you are willing to spend this, you wun be only playing My-Kart but KKS, RMC, AKOC too.
Just my 0.2 kupang worth.( harga minyak naik…)
[/quote]I saw somewhere (a video) in europe where they do race in a rain with 125 with proper rain kits. Yes they do race in wet. Ok maybe its not practical for CK to allow us to race in wet with 125.
Im ok with anything. As long as theres a common sense in between the drivers.
[quote=saa73]OK thanks for the feedback. I guess we took a risk on round 6 in view of the weather – but it was good to get feedback from a K2 perspective (Ajak) which illustrates the risk very clearly.
I would therefore agree that given the feedback, that this is a risky format and that there’s a lot of dependency on driver discipline, etc.
Best to shelve this idea as a long term option but I guess it may still be viable as a last resort option when faced with certain exceptional circumstances, eg our weather situation in rd 6…[/quote]
I dont mind paying for extra wet tires for k1 series in the future…
