It was time to change them. They were getting rather thin and it caused the car to have problems breaking when it was rainy. We got Yokohama tyres @ RM155 each, and then we had to add the thing where you inflate the tyres at, the vavle. And then balancing and also having to add 2 bolt thingy that they needed. As you can see I am not the most technical of people and the car terms are always wrong. hehe. The bill came up to about RM700. DId I pay too much?

It was painless and quick, well not super quick, but quick enough. There were no long forms that you had to fill in triplicate, no rare documents which you had to request from the bank such as the grant to your car. All you had to do is bring your IC and fill in a simple form. They don’t even need your road tax receipt. Woohoo! Thanks Daren for the advice. I had to wait maybe 14 minutes at the post office in brickfields because it was lunch hour, but other than that, it went smoothly. They asked for my IC, the form, took a thumbprint, and gave me RM625 in cash. I am a happy man.

Yeah! See how shiny my baby is! I drove to a mall, as there was no parking, and my SX4 needed a bath after the rain and sand that got on it, I decided to go and get it done. The shop offered me a one year membership thing, which gives me cheaper car washes and stuff like that. So I signed up. I decided I needed to protect the paint while its still new, afterall prevention is better than cure right?

…is no fun at all! Last night, Sara’s car broke down. The whole day it worked fine, it worked fine when I was in the curve, and I am thankful to God for that. I came back, showered, and then as I was about to go to church, the engine could not start. I got out my jumper cables from my car, and got my brother in laws help to jump the car, then I drove a grand total of 800 meters away, and the car died at an upwards slope near a traffic light. I called my brother in law, and he came over with my sister, and helped me to push the car to the side, where we finally managed to get it to start after about 20 minutes of starting. Then my sister had gone home, and my brother in law, and walked to the machanic, I was left to drive the car back to the mechanic, made a U-Turn at the traffic light, and now, going down hill, my car died again at the traffic light. Its an automatic car, so you can’t push start it, and I had to push the car down hill by myself. There was no power at all, so the power windows could not work. I had to leave the door open, and steer the car while pushing it, and at one point the car gained momentum and I was running to keep up with it, with nobody in the car and the door open!! Finally the slope ended, and i managed to push the car safely to the mechanics. He is fixing me car, and will call me later today with the quote. The item at fault? The Alternator.

If you live in Klang Valley, and you drove yesterday evening, you would know how heavy the rain was. I was driving back from KL back to PJ, and as I was rolling slowly down the highway, I decided to enter the fast lane. The rain was very heavy, and I already had my lights on, and the wipers at full swing. I looked at the rear view mirrow, the side mirror and I turned around, and I didn’t see any cars, so I indicated and slowly entered the fast lane. Then all of the sudden I hear a car horn and when I looked at the rear view mirror, he was flashing his lights. He clearly didn’t have his lights on, even though the rain was very heavy, and he was clearly going very fast despite the rain. Apparently I must have really pissed him off, and so he overtook me and then Jammed on the breaks, wanting me to bang him from the back. I jammed on my breaks, and the car skidded, so I pulled on the handbreaks, and stopped just a few meters shy of his car.  I horned him of course, and then he overtook the car infront of him, and did the same thing again, as if he clearly wanted me to get into an accident. Crazy man! Does he not value anybodies life? Why are they crazy drivers like that on the road? I may not be the best of drivers, I know that for sure, but at least I dont purposely try and get others into accidents. Sigh.