http://blogs.todayonline.com/ontheroad Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:21:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After a week and a half of overseas driving, I missed a few things about Singapore but one thing I didn't miss were the local drivers. For one thing, it was superbly refreshing to drive without being constantly tail-gated, which is perhaps consistently the biggest driving sin committed by Singaporean ... http://blogs.todayonline.com/ontheroad/2009/11/09/how-to-avoid-crashes/ Toyota - safe, reliable, family-man, inexpensive, buy and forget, appliance-like, the default choice. That's more or less been the mantra for Toyota, and its dealer here Borneo Motors, for a long time. Why? It's because of these qualities that Toyota cars have consistently been best-sellers here, and around the world, for ... http://blogs.todayonline.com/ontheroad/2009/10/25/putting-the-fun-back-in-toyota/ ...unless it happens to be the Grand Prix weekend. One always dreams of meeting his or her heroes, and with that comes a slight fear of them not meeting expectations. Well, everyone is human, but I found out in a rather different manner when Formula One rolled into town. I attended a ... http://blogs.todayonline.com/ontheroad/2009/09/30/ex-formula-one-champs-dont-grow-on-trees/ There's been a lot of vitriol exchanged between cyclists and motorists (and even between different kinds of motorists, but that's a different story), not just here but around the world. A celebrity chef in the UK just got slammed for creeping up on cyclists with an electric car and scaring them ... http://blogs.todayonline.com/ontheroad/2009/09/19/a-vicious-cycle/ We return to our inquiry on whether the Nissan GT-R, a super-fast technological marvel, is a supercar in the classical sense of the word. Helping us in this quest, if you read last week's edition of Weekend Living - Car, was being able to take a (very) short spin in the ... http://blogs.todayonline.com/ontheroad/2009/09/05/the-soul-of-a-supercar-part-2/ Well finally the Nissan GT-R has arrived through official channels (dealer Tan Chong Motor Sales), almost two years after it's Japanese world in the end of '07. You've surely read the copious amounts of literature on the nature of Godzilla, and having test driven it (read the full review in the ... http://blogs.todayonline.com/ontheroad/2009/08/22/the-soul-of-a-supercar-part-1/ Our National Day themed story this weekend in Speed chronicles the life and times of Singaporean racing driver Ringo Chong, you can read it here. Ringo of course, isn't the only racer here, there are others like Melvin Choo, Denis Lian, Hafiz Koh and drift driver Ivan Lim who have achieved ... http://blogs.todayonline.com/ontheroad/2009/08/09/the-lotus-blooms-in-the-mud/ Did you know that speed regulating strips are dangerous? Yep, you know the kind, those more numerous, shorter versions of the 'sleeping policeman' (more like a sleeping Gordon Sumner I say. Inside joke, prizes for guessing.) that make you talk funny: "Hey Jim, what kind of fa-uh-uh-uh-uh-ah-ah..." Evidence? Last Sunday's MotoGP race at ... http://blogs.todayonline.com/ontheroad/2009/07/27/watch-out-for-white/ I actually didn't plan to write about Formula One again but the unexpected victory of Mark Webber I simply had to mention. I've always preferred to support underdogs, those whom circumstances rather than skill let down - Kimi Raikkonen before his '07 championship was another. 130 GPs is a long time ... http://blogs.todayonline.com/ontheroad/2009/07/18/electric-firsts/ Of course there never is really any resolution to arguments like these. It's like arguing whether Schumacher or Senna was the better world champ - there might never be a definitive answer but getting there is half the fun. But here are my two reasons as to why two-wheels are better ... http://blogs.todayonline.com/ontheroad/2009/07/02/why-bikers-are-better-than-drivers/