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Saturday, April 04, 2009

♥ 10:08 PM

this morning woke up very early. don have much idea why nowaday during the weekend will wake up so early. probably gotten use to army lifestyle. well do my usual stuffs by reading the papers the first thing in the morning before having lunch.

got a surprise from my mom that my dad wanted to go and look at some suv. practically spend the half a day at various show rooms.

went to volkswagon first to take a look at their tiguan (if i nv remember wrongly). the 2.4litre car look spacious but the price don't seem to fit in the budget cause it cost a whooping i think close to $200,000. spend quite some time there without even test driving the vehicle because my parents did not fancy it.

move over to kah motors to take a look at honda crv which cost $102,000. my dad had initially wanted to get this suv. first time go for a test drive. is just normal driving to me. but i must admit one thing though my first visit to all these show room really enlighten me as well as give me more knowledge abt cars. i thought my dad wanted to buy this car already but than decide to view more cars before making his final decision.

went over to borneo motor next.

above is the new lexus rx350 which was launched in singapore mid feb this year. looked at the interior!! this delightful piece of art cost $156,ooo.

this is the old lexus rx400 hybrid which cost at a cut price of $146,000. because the new lexus rx450 hybrid will be launching this may the old model is going at a cheap price which seem to lure alot of potential buyer. however the interior is 95% similar to my current toyota harrier.

have yet to take a look at the new hybrid but i think my dad will be going down for the launch next month and it cost $178,000. the new hybrid is 95% like the 2009 rx350 but performance wise much better.

managed to get a test drive on both vehicle. for the first time i get to know more abt hybrid car and non-hybrid. no doubt hybrid cars have more punch and power plus the added bonus is it is more pro fuel saving consumption. after test driving both vehicle i have totally condemn parallel import cars. although it is much cheaper compare to the original model but it definately lose out in terms of stability.

both lexus rx have better stability and definately the comfort level is up there to high end cars. a whole different dimension. like what my parents said yi fen qian yi fen huo. a total different class. if a original model is place with a parallel import the parallel import fail with comparison.

next we went to audi show room. my current favourite brand.

this is the new audi Q5. this exquisite piece of beauty cost $167,000. although we did not physically seen this car yet as it has yet to reach singapore and its launching date is in 20 days. the things they give for this car is definately better than lexus.

we initially head down to audi show room because i wanted to test drive audi r8. ok i am kidding. i think those sales executive would not even allow my finger print to stain the car. i wanted to do a test drive on the audi tt thats the reason why we headed to audi show room.

upon reaching there we decided to inquire more abt the new audi Q5. Q5 is quite similar to lexus rx. but is definately cheaper. 2 litres suv road tax each year cost 1.1k and is pro fuel saving.

at the end did not get to test drive audi tt but my dad say we will go do a test drive when Q5 is launch in singapore. don't think i will ever lay my hand on a audi tt yet but there is not much of a harm test driving one.

although we did not get any of the above mentioned suv because my dad is still pondering which to get. but i have learnt alot from today field trip. learning abt omv, parf, so many abt cars a knowledge that will last me for very long. i am quite positive that now honda crv is definately out of the equation because another $40k - $70k would get a much better suv which not only guarantee better performance but also top class comfort.

most likely is just a battle btw lexus and audi for my dad right now.

the pic above i think is something call lance guard. i've been selected as one of the 5 to represent armour unit to be a lance guard for the national day parade. there is a final round of selection to go next week but i think i will just fail the selection.

being a lance guard probably is quite an honor but the amount of time one burn on a sat is not a laughing matter even though they will give you off but i think is still not very worth it. now i must try harder to failed the final selection since my first attempt did not work.

hopefully i don't change my mind or anything about this matter.