"The Driver" Animation TV Series

Check out this new animation TV series called "The Driver" that is coming out in the Summer of 2011. The car chase sequence is amazing, love the animation of the 350Z, Lancer EVO, AE86 and S2000 running away from the cops. Looks like they threw in the Verde Ithace (green) Lamborghini Gallardo too, which the cars avoided in the traffic crawl.

Love the end of the trailer where the R35 GT-R makes its debut. Those rear twin stove lights illuminating the dark of the night makes the animation all worthwhile. :)

Can't bloody wait!

Official Trailer

If the animation looked kinda familiar it's because they are the same guys that created the "Extreme Limit" animation in 2001. I'm sure you'll remember watching that video. I've append it below for old time's sake. :)

DILYSI #13: KL to Seremban via Kuala Klawang

Pic 1: Our meet-up point

Another couple of stressful weeks at work were really messing up my mood and life. In these trying times and lack luster economy, I need my speed fix.

Drive It Like You Stole It #13 was organized to take the group from Kuala Lumpur to Seremban via the old roads, i.e. Kuala Klawang. There were 10 cars that joined comprising of:

2 Nissan Skyline ER34
1 Nissan Skyline BNR34
1 Nissan Silvia RPS13
1 Subaru Impreza Sti V-Limited
1 Mazda RX-7 FD3S
1 Toyota SW20 MR2
1 Mitsubishi Evo 8
1 Mitsubishi Evo 6
1 Proton Perdana v6

We meet up at Shell Petrol Kiosk along Jalan Cheras on a very early Sunday morning (7:00am!!). Sorry I was running late. From here, Jason lead us in his Sti all the way to Seremban using the Hulu Langat route joining Sg. Tekali, Titi, Petaling, Kuala Klawang, Pantai and then reaching Seremban town.

Upon departing at Shell, I had a problem with my clutch pedal, after depressing the pedal, it got stuck and wouldn't come back up. Weird.......nevertheless it was ok after some pushing and pumping and the pedal popped back up. Hmmmphh...this gave me a bad vibe about this drive. The initial part of the drive was 'hampered' by crazy amounts of cyclists along the route. Were they practicing for some event or we had crashed into their route? Hehe

After clearing like a hundred cyclists, the drive was truly very exciting and enjoyable, the front runners were pushing hard like mad. I think we were going all out at 9/10th pace. At some point, I had to clock in 200km/h to chase the Scooby. Madness but a whole load of great fun.

Pic 2: A quick stop to regroup

Pic 3: The guys sharing driving tales.....LOL

Halfway through, we stopped for breakfast before continuing our journey. Here I encountered the same problem with my clutch pedal. It got stuck and there were no pressure on the pedal. After checking the clutch fluid reservoir, it's empty! The ER34 is leaking clutch fluids via the clutch line! Thank god for Allen to have a spare bottle of clutch fluid around. After topping up the fluids, my pedal is still stuck, looks like my clutch pump got stuck as well. Sakakida had an ingenious idea to prod the cluch pump using my umbrella. It worked, you're a genius bro. LOL :D

Note: I changed my ER34 clutch pump and clutch lines to a R33 unit the day before. Why? Stay tuned for the next blog post update. :P

Pic 4: The DILYSI gang

Pic 5: The DILYSI gang from the rear

From here, we head to Jeram Toi waterfalls. This place has changed a bit from the last time were here. They added slides to the waterfall! What the hell! This is the first waterfall I've ever seen with water slides! LOL :D

Pic 6: The Jeram Toi waterfall

Pic 7: Water slides at the fall

After hanging out at Jeram Toi for a fair bit, we continued our journey to Seremban to have our lunch at A&W Restaurant. The 2nd part of the drive was not as furious but fun nonetheless. In Seremban town, some of us kinda got lost and ends up going round and round in two roundabouts while waiting for directions. It was hilarious as well and I bet we pissed off a couple folks that are waiting to enter the roundabout. Hahahahaha......

Reaching A&W Restaurant, it's great to see some of the other Skyline owners and zth forummers like semperfi, eyong, wai88, TitanRev, etc....

From here, we called it a day and departed back to Kuala Lumpur via the North-South Expressway. It was great driving with you guys again. Till the next drive.....

Pic 8: The gang

Pic 9: What's up with raising 'yer leg up in the air?

Pic 10: Regroup pic


Pic 11: A lot of white cars eh?


Pic 12: The Evolutions


Pic 13: Jason, you've parked right in front of a very apt sign


Pic 14: Parked at Jeram Toi

A trip to Bangkok .... (again)

Pic 1: Wat Phra Si Sanphet-The Grand Palace-Wihan Phra Mongkhon Bophit

A couple of readers messaged and emailed me on the lack of updates. Sorry guys, was kind of busy plus also lazy to update for a bit.
Hehehe :P

Anyway, I was in Bangkok for a couple of days with my other half. Yea it's like an annual pilgrimage for me to vist the land of smiles.
Hahaha :D

Pic 2: Buddha head covered with roots of an old Bodhi tree at Wat Mahathat

Pic 3: Wat Mahathat

I thoroughly enjoyed this particular trip as it's the first time we set foot at Ayutthaya, the old capital that is listed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site. This is the best place I've ever visited in Thailand in terms of historical value. Simply awesome!

Anyway back to topics on cars; as usual, I took some time to also drop by one or two tuner shops/performance parts shops in Bangkok.

Pic 4: RPM Motorsports at Thonglor

Pic 5: 1st generation Ford Thunderbird

First stop was RPM Motorsport in Thonglor. Unbelievably of all the vehicles in the world, I saw the first ever Ford Thunderbird (1955-1957)! This car is more than classic; it's a piece of history in itself. This example is very well restored and was undergoing some grooming works at this premise. Here, there' also a nicely body kitted Maserati Quattroporte shod with 255/30/21 wheels up front and 295/25/21 wheels at the rear. Massive wheels indeed!

Pic 6: A nicely kitted Maserati Quattroporte. Love the dual mini spotlights

Pic 7: A nicely kitted Maserati Quattroporte

Pic 8: 21" wheels! :O

Pic 9: Check out the shine on the car.

Quite a few farangs (foreigners) recommends Klongthom and Vorachak but they turns out to be a "nice-to-visit" place rather than an exciting place for JDMs. Nothing much to see here. Or maybe I was at the wrong area/section. Hmmmm....

Pic 10: Klongthom Center

Pic 11: Inside Klongthom Center

Next up is Super Autocar. Here is where the JDMs go to; I see they cater to mostly A31 Cefiro, Lancer Evolutions and Subaru Impreza WRX on top of the run of the mill Honda Jazz and FD Civic. Next door is an parallel importer and guess what? They have a R35 GT-R inside. How much? It's for sale at a cool THB 9,000,000. Gulp!

Anyway, just to share some pics of my visit and sorry for the lack of updates.

Pic 12: Super Autocar

Pic 13: Arai helmets!

Pic 14: Cusco bars (none for Skylines tho)

Pic 15: Inside Super Autocar

Pic 16: This is for the EVO fan boys...

Pic 17: A31 dorifto

Pic 18: Check out the fat guards

Pic 19: A32 Cefiro VIP style

Pic 20: R35 GT-R for THB 9,000,000