Field Report by Ken
met the guys from sgforums at WCP mac at 830pm, waiting for
everyone to arrive. NEC guys arrive at 915PM, have a short
introduction and ice-breaker session. set some rules, and the next
meeting point. moved off at 945pm.
when convoying to petronas, kinda messy as 2 forums share the same
talkie channel, so unsure the message is from who and supposed to
be for who. slowly things start to warm up and we are getting the
hang of the game. reached petronas at ard 1015, have a final head
count and moved off with NEC leading the convoy and johncooper at
the back of SGF convoy with NEC last man shielding him.
toll charges is a killer man, total spent abt RM$46 plus s$6 on
tolls. on the highway to YP itself, we are going at 120km/h, a
comfortable speed for everyone to travel at and not road hogging.
some NEC members go up further front and SGF members stay behind.
driving up in a relaxing manner. Latioguy from NEC was my navigator
and we discussed plenty of things on cars and such, made a new fren
there.
convoying there with the help of a talkie is good, in a sense the
last and 1st man of the convoy will actually have a good pix of
wat's going in front and behind, and update the convoy, eg car
coming behind, keeep left etc. within an hour, we reach yong peng
utara exit. have a toilet break and let engine cool off for abt 10
mins before we carry on to Lucky Gardens (got the name right) for
supper. food was somehow similar to sg, but the more impt part is
the TCSS there, over technical issues and normal day life...
some of the NEC guys decided to go rounding at YP while the rest
remain to rest for awhile more. at 1am, we moved off our convoy
back to SG. this time round, most of us are trying our tops, while
the rest juz cruise along. this time, everyone made it back to
petronas in half the time we take to reach yong peng. top up our
tanks and moved back in to singapore.
for my ride, it is pretty stock, even running on stock wheels. when
we are travelling back to sg, while driving past other cars
travelling at high speed or past those gigantic containers, buses,
lorries, u can feel ur car is shifting left and right. this is due
to the "turbulance" formed by the vehicle. so advice is keep both
hands on steering when driving past other vehicle.
when u r travelling alone, it is ok to on high beam, but when u r
approaching a vehicle in front of u, off ur highbeam as it will
cause glares to the vehicle in front of u. when u see a glare
coming from behind, it means tt u r too slow, juz give way. this
time round, there are very little sg cars on NSH. so most of the
time, travelling is a breeze, as SG cars are known for either
speeding or hogging.
these few points are wat i realised and learnt during the trip.
those who went, do pen down ur FR and share amongs fellow
forumers..
