Morning.
Its been a good while since I did a writeup, and for the last week we’ve been busy with renovation stuff, and others.
With regards to this blog, one thing we’ve done with this car is send it to the shops for another job of repairs again. You see, the steering column tends to “disconnect” the lights, be it signals, headlights, gauge cluster. You’d have to wiggle it until it comes back, which as you could imagine for basic things like indicating, is pretty dangerous. Speedometer doesn’t work either because of the infotainment screen (Wouldn’t track mileage either), so we’re getting this fixed once and for all.
Believe this is a Celica with a TRD bodykit. I do like the design of these with the TRD bits, but at the same price point I would rather opt for something else.
A 190E with I believe a Cosworth bodykit. Its a good look.
The Alfa Romeo GTV from the last trip still remains.
So at this part of the trip, we’re leaving Trek (Finally, a name!) here, and in the meantime will be driving an Innova instead.
Meantime now, a bit of carspotting random cars.
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| The Multipla. |
Frankly, these few days I haven’t been photographing much. Its just been multiple quick trips in and out of shops and malls to further finish up our renovation works, so sadly it hasn’t been alot of interesting mediums to see.
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| White on white’s are a clean combination |
Haiz.. the Integra is still there. Practically same spot still.
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| Something I didn’t expect to see. A Lotus Espirit here in Island Penang. There is an Elan M100 here for sale, so maybe it wouldn’t be that far-fetched. |
Pop-up store comprising of yesteryear products (Or their designs), selling CD’s, vinyls, and other pieces like apparel.
I must admit its a bit of a refresher to see brightly painted cars. I know typically if you see online and what not that alot of modified cars in Malaysia tend to have bright flashy colors, but there isn’t a lot when you actually sit and stare at regular traffic. These two, albeit the Hyundai Ge- hold on, its not a Getz? Sorry, this Toyota Nadia (Which I didn’t even know was a thing) and this Civic FD was a nice breakaway from the literal sea of silver and white cars.
Ahh, this. if you look back on the previous post I made about Recaro seats, I was on the hunt to get a cheap pair since I wasn’t fancying spending a thousand on a pair or a single seat. Messaging this feller on Facebook marketplace, and lo and behold, what a friendly introduction.
My thoughts driving the Innova? The lock-to-lock is criminal. I think its beyond three turns, but what I know is you need to turn a damn lot, which means some turns you are shuffling the wheel to get it to rotate. Don’t do it in a inconsistent manner though, otherwise you’re rocking the car uncomfortably because the suspension is that wobbly! Goodness me, furthermore no matter which output mode you are using, Eco mode, Power mode, normal, there is always a delay in throttle input, to the point its super annoying. Especially in Eco mode. The pedal positions also mean that stepping on them, notably the brakes, long enough means your leg gets sore because the positioning isn’t that ergonomic.
Brakes too, you depress them a little and it doesn’t do much, and you step a bit more and now the entire car is grinding to a halt. Overall, its a very difficult car to drive smoothly.
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| Little tissue box holder I found in a furniture shop. |
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| Bit of a surprise to see a current-gen Golf R. |
And with the magic of narration without adding the dates of each compilation of photos. I’m back to collect Trek. Part of the things being fixed was the aircon compresser, which I’m super confident I blew on my last trip from Ikea, sending it after a toll booth to chase a Volvo.
Indicating feels way better now, and it might have been being adjusted to the Innova, but it feels evermore planted in the seat, and the seat position feels so much nicer. Goodness, I already miss it.
Unfortunately, the gauge cluster is still partially lit, no idea what’s causing it.
But, it runs and drives, can pull well enough, and others. Maybe it isn’t so bad after all. Sorry for this post being all over the place and lacking coherence. My life sadly isn’t all that interesting, and its all I can really put down throughout this stay. I’ll see you in the next entry, when it happens.
~Linus
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