Well it's been a couple of days since the last post and, having installed the Tein springs and i am still very satisfied with their performance. But, there were some unforseen drawbacks that have already arisen. First would be the incredibly bumpy ride over bumps as expected. The other thing would be that given that my shocks were setup for OEM springs there has been a lot of hoping in the car going over bumps that used to be absorbed by the stroke of OEM spring and replacement shocks. So, basically i am literally and very nearly airborne doing 'X' amount of kms per hour.
I recently picked up 4 new/used spark plugs from NGK iridium tips. I can't wait to get some silicone plug wires to install them into my car. I figure i am just wasting money putting the plugs in without new plug wires. I only paid RM50, and they have only run 10,000kms (According to previous owner). Hopefully they workout, it's pretty sad building this car on a budget but i'll take whatever i can get. Money doesn't grow on trees you know >:P
ANYHOW.....
I got to thinking on the way home just now... Apparently i do my best thinking when i am obliterating any and every road law in Malaysia. Right, back on topic. So, i was thinking about the state of affairs here in Malaysia. and i realised something.... The people aren't represented well at all in Malaysia. Strikes, protests and any other civil unrest does not take place. Of course all this is somehow car related. The process which set my mind in motion was thinking about the choices we have as citizens of this great nation. I can totally see why people hate Proton, we are being 'forced' to buy Protons at over-inflated prices to support our foreign market and such. This begs the question, does Malaysia really need to make export and local vehicles to build a name for itself? I don't think its working too well. I can feel the pain of others whom complain about Proton 24/7. Don't get me wrong i still love my car but geeez a little choice and some technology would be nice, yeah?
This led me to contemplate why no one has ever done anything to stop this grand injustice? Aren't we all voting citizens and aren't we all represented in the gov't? Doesn't that mean we actually get a say in how things are run around here?
Basically in Malaysia we don't get squat say in the gov't 'cos apparently they're the only ones capable of doing anything about our society. We, the people, aren't fit enough to have a helping hand in ruling this country and see that things are done for the people, not for a big fat wad of cash.
Bribery much? It's rampant here, i can feel it! Just look at one area of KL and you will know that these buildings coming up everywhere will only have maximum 2 access points for a number of years. Is that what we call forward thinking? Planning for the future? Oh yeah, we did all that already, there is a perfect little high tech town called Putrajaya, where everything including the manure smells like roses. All i can say is... A little help? Why not put more funding into building some REAL roads instead of a model cities. Why not help the cluster fuck that happens absolutely everywhere in KL at rush hour? I feel like we all complain about it but we can't do anything to change it...
Sigh but i digress i am sure everyone has read about the great injustices of the world, i shall just retire to my bed and say "boy, that rant felt good". Hopefully, if i have missed out on any of the finer points to life here, someone will tell me and let me know but 'til such time, i remain unconvinced that my gov't does anything for me. Selfish, no? >:S
P.S yes, it is ironic that i break the law while thinking about it. I call it a "double-standard" and i like it!
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