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I rarely drive to my uni. I usually go with my auntie and my cousin. So normally three of us will always take one car and go to KL. When I finish my class I’ll wait for my auntie and cousin. If somehow my class finish late, then they’ll wait for me. So I can say that we always practice car pooling.  It’s a great thing to do to minimize the congestion.

Of course  sometime I go by my own when I  need to get back really early or be very late. I usually will drive to KL.

Why didn’t I took public transport?

Ok. I live with my uncle and auntie at Bandar Country Homes, Rawang. I had to walk around 5 km (or so) to go to the nearest bus stop. Then take the bus directly to KL or go to Rawang and took the KTM Komuter. Usually I’ll go by KTM Komuter. Time spend to walk around half an hour, wait for bus to move around 5 - 20 minutes. Arrive at Rawang around 30 minutes later (if no traffic jam). Then wait for KTM Komuter, sometime quick sometime slow. Let say around 20 minutes or so. From Rawang to KL by using KTM Komuter really slow… I don’t know how long, an hour or two? From Bandaraya station I walk to my uni. That is around another 30 minutes or so.

Total ? 30 + 20 + 30 + 20 + 100 + 30 = Almost 4 hours.

Ok. Illogically. Usually I go out from house at around 6 am, arrive my uni at around 8 am. So 2 hours. My calculations is based on the worst situation. So there it goes, it would take 4 hours. And usually it took 2 hours to reach KL from Bandar Country Homes by public transport.

If I drive and I’ll go out early, it took around 1 hour to reach KL. So drive is the better options. Unless the public transport is upgraded to serve better. I think most of the time loss is at KTM Komuter. Very slow from Sungai Buloh towards KL. Is KTM Komuter design to be that slow?

Until public transport is more efficient, car pooling is the other alternative to the rising of fuel price. You should try it!

According to berita harian, VIP must wear seatbelt too at the back. (source)

First you must wear seatbelt, it’s a simple device that will save your life. Not because you saw a police roadblock only then you scramble to wear it. While those VIP doesnt need to wear it all because the police actually making way for them.

This time those police must make sure that their bosses is actually wearing their seatbelt first. That is the right way. Not because you’re at the back of Merc S Class you’re invincible. If your driver hit a lorry, still you might survive provided that you slam in front into your driver and kill him instead. YES! You killed your driver by not wearing your seatbelt. It’s a good thing though if your driver having a scandal with your wife…

Anyway… Please wear your seatbelt. I haven’t fitted rear seatbelt at my car. Need to find the spare part first. Lets go to kedai potong!

BMW E28 520 with 2.5 engine. Maroon. Yups that’s my car. My uncle gave it to me.

Gone through few accidents (3 real accident: 1 at Perlis, 2 at KL). I hit another car twice, someone hit me from behind once. Other than that scratches are causes by my mistakes.

Mechanical break down so far… Quite a few. First the distributor is not working. Got non-experience mechanics and he broke the distributor altogether. Then starter motor malfunction. Got it replaced. Then radiator is leaked. Got it patch and repaint. Then the absorber. first get it repaired but not working so replaced it. Then last week just replaced the water pump. Well… Too long to list here.
Electrical break down. Battery! Already change it twice by me. It last for 2 years maybe. Some wiring at throttle body. Got it rewired. Not my wiper is kinda on and off. But it always choose to off when it’s raining. Really make me angry.

So to summarise it BMW E28 is nice. Just get an experience mechanics to maintain it, then you’ll be happy. I like my E28.

Yesterday I couldnt start my car. I feel weird cause there is no sound of central lock. There is no sound of fuel pump. Just silent. So I slot in car key and turn. As you guessed there is no sound. However my fuel gauge move a little just to show that there is still enough juice in the battery but that wont do to start the car. Haha.

So get the battery replaced. A free maintenance one (so that means you dont have to check the battery water level and top up - that also means after it run out of juice, throw it away - or trade in). It cost me (my auntie paid for it) RM 380 including installation. Sure a lot.

Then it turn out the water pump is leaking. The water pump directly link to the radiator fan. When the fan spinning, it goes out of balance. The fan manage to eat up the radiator fin. Aih! So the water pump need to be replaced. Wish could fix it though…