1stly, let me start with a few pictures of some lovely old cars.
This was taken from one of my friend's facebook picture. Look at the 2 lovely continental babies.On the left, it's a beautiful BMW 3 series, E21, 1st ever bmw 3 series model, which is in production from 1975-1983. Take a good look at it, this is rare man, the signature nostrils of BMW were so small, compared to the huge nostrils in modern BMW cars. Single rounded Head lights shows that this car is either a 1.6L or a 1.8L. I guess this car is imported or something like that, because the plat number is rather new?
On the right, is of course, an Alfa Romeo! If I'm not wrong, this is a GTS, unfortunately, I couldn't find any complete information for this car. It's just enjoying to look at the car though, rounded headlights, with Alfa's signature grille... sweet!
Next, is this BMW 5 series. This the E12, which is similar to the E21 shown above, I mean the design. Only it's bigger, because it's a 5 series. This is also the 1st generation of 5 series, 1972-1981, by looking at the nostrils. Having a 525 batch in front, if you look carefully, if it's real, this will be a 1973 525i - 2.5 L I6. Damn I miss driving a BMW!!This 2 weeks, I have test driven 2 perodua cars. Perodua Viva manual and Perodua Kancil auto. I have always wanted to test drive a Viva, because I admire the acceleration of the car. Viva is really good at acceleration, it feels light, and effortless to accelerate with it's light weight, and a good 3 cylinder engine, which was used to be fitted in a Kancil. The one I drove was the 850cc version. Overall, the car is easy to drive, clutch is light, gear shifts are effortless, and the feeling is not bad for a city car. The car was not bad to drive, however, I doubt the safety of the car, it feels thin, the doors are thin, and I'm not sure if the door can save the passenger from side impacts. Handling... not good as usual. Best thing is, it doesn't have a power steering, and it is really tiring to park the car... damn!
For the Kancil auto, it doesn't come with power steering too! But this really reminds me of the time we learn how to drive in our driving classes. I wasn't really happy when I know that it's an auto, but it turns out that Kancil Auto is not so bad afterall. I was given a chance to drive from Subang Jaya to Cheras and to Setapak on the peak hour. I mean something like traffic jam all the way on federal highway. At that moment, I was happy to drive an auto, and I'm even happy when the throttle respond of Kancil auto was not so bad. Acceleration was adequate if you press a certain amount of pedal! The car was small enough that you can get into tight spots easily. Overall, it was somehow enjoying.
Let me end the post by showing you this perfect parking by my friend's housemate. Girl's parking... hmmm...
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