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Monday, January 18, 2010

STP Petrol Treatment

Came across this product at Giant Supermarket and look at the specification. The product says it will clean the car fuel system and saves fuel. Well, my car is already quite fuel economy and since it doesn't cost much, decide to give it a try. After I pump my car to full tank, I pour in the entire bottle to my tank. Will see if it helps to save even more petrol! hehe....

Friday, January 8, 2010

Misty Fog Light

Last year December 2009. due to the rainy season, as I was driving through the heavy rain, one of my fog lamp was filled with water vapour. The picture below shows how bad the condition is:

This is the pathetic look of my fog lamp after going through a heavy thunderstorm.

This is not the first time I witness this and I brought it to Kah motor. Upon inspection, they claim my bodykit might have caused this and the bulb is not original. What logic is this? I requested to speak to their supervisor.

The supervisor told me nothing could be done as this is consider an accessories and warranty is only 6 months from date of purchase. I ask them what is the use of doing servicing at Kah motor when I couldn't even claim this repair. They told me this is a separate issue. I am very dissapointed with them and ask them to quote the price of a new one. Guess what, the price is $378.56, haven't include installation charge! I left without a second thought!

I am left with no choice but to source for a new one. I keep sourcing around for the original part and most of the shops don't sell. I had checked with McWell Ventures, Silent, Chuan Lee Hin, but none of them have stock. Then I recall about the Honda stockist, Thian Seng Motors. I made a trip to their branch at Bukit Merah and they kindly flip through their catalog. They found the part number (33901-SEL-T61) and they order it for me. Oh, finally I found it and the price is $160. Considered reasonable for Honda part and better than Kah motors who quoted me $378.56!

2 days later, they call me up to collect and this is the original fog lamp packaging.

Finally I received my new fog lamp, after I open up the packaging, I quickly compare it with my existing one. It is exactly the same and the label indicate " Made in Japan", but the shop person told me it is from Thailand. But I wouldn't bother much as long as it is original from Honda.

I brought it to Autobacs @ Bukit Batok and the pit crew install it in less than 15 minutes and I paid $20 labour charge. Hmm, consider it cheap and a job done fast. Hope this new one would not give me any more problems.

Saturday, December 12, 2009

TFT 7" LCD Headrest Monitor

Was browsing thru' the honda forum (www.shc-forum.com) and came across the advertisement for this headrest monitor. Quite cheap, a pair selling at $250 include installation. Went to the shop after contacting the person and found they have the last set. The shop person recommend me another better set with clearer picture quality but sell at a higher price, $480. After viewing the demo given by the shop, was quite satisfy with the picture quality so proceed to install. The installation took about 45 min and now my rear passengers can be entertained!

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See below for the sample:

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Soxxi Car Alarm - Mantiz Remote Key

I had been searching around for a better car alarm as my current one is just a remote to lock & unlock. It does not comes with alarm function. I did check with the Honda salesperson, but she told me it is to cut cost and I bought my City at a very low stock clearance price. So I had to look for a better one. Did some homework on car alarm and came to know there are lots of function, for example, immobiliser, trunk release, one way alarm, two way alarm, etc. I came to know ZMC alarm (www.zmc.com.sg) and call to enquire. I am interested with their Zenesis alarm as it is very high tech. Should a car key be accidentally locked in a car, it can be unlock by just pressing a code on the windscreen. It also came with a feedback function, if someone disturb the car, it can send a signal to the car owner mobile phone. Wow, good alarm but the price is too high, it cost $438.

So my choice is reduced to a few models. For example, Steelmate or Spy alarm, but they don't have those remote key type. Initially I want a flip key type but the price is also high. The zenesis is those with a remote attached to a car key. I find it very inconvenient so I also rule out Zenesis. Decide to went to Soxxi today and found they have the widest selection of car keys and alarms. They have almost all car brands original key and they duplicate keys too! The flip key type cost $328, too expensive for me. So I decide on the remote key type. It cost $260 with installation, within my budget. The functions are as follows:

- Auto rearm

- Auto arm & unarm

- Auto central locking

- Arm reminder (if forget to arm vehicle)

- Panic mode (to locate car with siren)

- Door open hazard lights indicator

- Trunk release (Did not install as need to add $50 and seldom need this function)

- Shock sensor (if someone disturb my car, it will sound off alarm, don't play play, hehe)

- Starter Killer

Below are some photos for some preview:

This is the front view of the remote key. It came with 3 buttons, namely Arm, Disarm & Panic (Car locating) respectively.

This is the rear view.

The key pouch is recommended by Soxxi. And they offer me each for $9.90, originally was $19.90. As I had purchased the alarm from them, they gave me 50% discount. So I bought 2 pairs as now I have 2 remote keys. It is so convenient now, I can keep the remote key in the pouch when not in use.

So far happy with this car alarm. Hope it give better protection against theft.