Get out of the way LaFerrari (it was a stupid name anyway), the next Ferrari’s are slated to get a hybrid drivetrain to partner the V12 petrol engine. For all you Ferrari tifosi’s*, there is no need to worry though, as in true Ferrari and Sergio Marchionne style, the addition of a hybrid lump within the slender and refined lines of a Ferrari is not about our favourite prancing stallion becoming all green and environmentally conscious.
The Songkran Drive organised by the BMW Society Malaysia (BSM) in April was an almost 2,000-kilometre from Kuala Lumpur to Phuket and then back again. A long distance trip really tests the car, and a small problem could be amplified into a big one, and a car acting up in the middle of nowhere, far from your favourite mechanic, in a foreign country, is exactly as it sounds – AWFUL.
The Songkran Drive organised by the BMW Society Malaysia (BSM) in April was an almost 2,000-kilometre from Kuala Lumpur to Phuket and then back again. A long distance trip really tests the car, and a small problem could be amplified into a big one, and a car acting up in the middle of nowhere, far from your favourite mechanic, in a foreign country, is exactly as it sounds – AWFUL.
If I thought that driving in Kuala Lumpur was like navigating a real-life car video game, requiring you to dodge other motorists and unexpected dangers, with very little rules to govern the game, then driving in Penang is all that, but with more motorists, more dangers, even fewer rules, and it takes place in ACTUAL HELL ON EARTH where ALL BAD MOTORISTS GO.
Malaysia’s underground car culture, with petrol heads showing off their heavily customised rides at late night gatherings, often in clandestine locations, is growing through word of mouth and use of Facebook. You probably may not have noticed the occasional classic car along the highways and by-ways, but they are there, if a recent event at Sunway is anything to go by. 200 cars turned up to strut their stuff, proof that the culture of customisation is alive and kicking in Malaysia.
As a driver, we have always been educated to obey the rules of the road. However, in some places, the weird traffic laws make me can’t help but wonder if we should follow them. Here are 10 crazy laws that could really drive you mad!