Some of the beautiful Vintage Cars

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For those who have not been sitting in it the Recardo seat of a Formula Racing car, smelling of the high Butane Gas, transforming chemical energy into power on the tires that pushed your car to a darting speed of 200KM. For a combination of your busy business trip, vacation after return form Koi Samui or Pattaya, you Can simply go to Taki Racing to join the lessons. It takes B72,000 for a two days course on the 2.4kM track. You will be taught in how to handle speedy corner turn, how to drift may be. Next time, try to experience the thrill of Formula Renault driving, Taki has the ideal racing technique.

Taki Racing

Tuition Fee: min. B72,000 (HKD$18,710) for 2 days course.

Address: 333/15 M.8 Ittonfai Road, •Samrong, Phrapadaeng Bangkok, Thailand

Tel：+66-34-389 466
Transportation: need to reserve, extra charge


Website：http://www.takiracing.com/

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Harley Tricycle Limousine

A Powerful Harley can power up a Limousine like this. My best Belgian Friend sent me these Pictures.


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Porsche 996 Turbo

The Porsche 996 is the internal designation for the Porsche 911 model manufactured and sold between 1998 and 2005. It has since been replaced by the Type 997. At its debut, the 996 featured the most significant changes to the Carrera model since its 1963 introduction. Most important among these is the water-cooled engine, replacing the previously air-cooled engines. This is a 2003 3.6 liter, 6 speed manual, 440hp. from 0 to 100 km/hr is 4.2secs. twin turbo... Yellow colour is very sharp and eye-catching for a Porsche like this. This is not mine, this beloges to the SFS (San Franscico Snob), friend of mine. a car lovers, truely a car geek!

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Mercedes Benz Aircap Keeps your Hair in Shape

Aircap works similarly like Sens Umbrella that could stand a wind speed of 110km without damaging the umbrella. Mercedes Benz fully utilizes the fluid dynamics that the technology could achieve to bring this Aircap into reality to maintain you hair to be in nice shape at speed of 160KM!

The saga of the AIRCAP begins sometimes in 1989, when Mercedes introduced the roll-over bar and the draught-stop for the Mercedes SL (R 129). Designed to take on the heavy pounding of the wind generated by the motion of the car, the wind deflector comprises a total of 211 individual components and is made of 32 different materials. According to Daimler, the deflector is protected by almost 20 patents, so don't get any funny ideas after reading this. There is air con for all year at the vents of the seat. So you can enjoy the pleasure for driving in a cabriolet all season except raining and snowing Try it on your next E350 CG1 Mercedes Benz

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Mecedes-Benz 560SL 1986

This is another MB 560SL, metallic grey colour, sleek, powerful and had have non-compromised agreement on mileage of course, this is 560. It was built in 1986. Red Interior leather, big Star Mercedes Benz Logo... there is SRS air bag protection on the driver.
The engine is an V8 5.6L 272 HP output, this car was exported only to USA, Australia and Japan.
Friend of mine Michel bought it from USA and shipped Back to Holland...

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The Return of Porsche 911 Speedster

During the recent Paris Car show, we could see a lot of new cars unveiled. One would catch your attention is Porsche 911 Speedster, limited for production of 356 units



Porsche 356 was introduced in 1953, as model 356 Speedster, a sport car designed for the racing. 1988, they have launched the 2nd generation Speedster.

In Order to memorize this impetus car design, they decided to produce 356 unit.
Wow! what if we get the last unit with S/N 356/356?That must add on it value due to such a meaningful serial number for the serious Car collector.

According to Porsche released specification, this is a 3.8L horizontal 6 cylinder engine that delivery massive 408 HP. An Extra 23 HP more than 911 Carrera. With & speed PKD double clutch Automatic gear box, Performance is stronger than 911 Carrera, and less fuel consumption that 911 Carrera S that has equipped with Powerkit. Mileage is 10.3L/100km!

PASM as standard equipment, 911 Speedster utilizes PCCB ceramic composite Disk brake.

For those City Celebrities in HK... You would be late if you have not reserved one set by now…

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Mini Classic was Shattered by a Sloppy "lady" Driver

I call my Friend SFC, a San Fransciso Celebrity, he has 6 cars, Mercedes 600, CL500, Lexus 470, Q45, Evo XI, a latest Mini he bought it for just one month. A sloppy lady driver put her leg onto his Mitsubishi throttle instead of the brake and crashed onto this Mini... It always happen mostly by Lady Driver. I have no prejudice on woman driver, but I have seen a lot of accidents created by this kind of slovenly woman drivers!

A Volvo was back off and moved onto a stone that shimmed up the whole care on the aft. And the rear tires were hanging in the air. She still put gas to move the car forward but failed. She did not aware.

I had seen a Lady BMW 530 Driver that stopped in front of the traffic light. We are just two metres behind and I saw she put on RETARD when the traffic light turned green at high speed, luckily we are quite FAR behind or our car would be crashed!
Reminding all drivers…"Beware lady drivers, and keep enough distance away from them!"

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Long limousines in Salut Hotel, Moscow

These are the long limousines in Salut Hotel , Moscow.
This only can happen in Russia , but i Doubt if that is practical to drive in the narrow street of Hong Kong.

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Audi R8 in St. Petersburg

This is an Audi R8 I saw in St. Petersburg.

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Audi Vintage Car Show in Rym, Red Square of Moscow.

There happened to have an Audi Car show in Rym department store right opposite the Red Square in Moscow. HK Snob

Pure Gold Ferrari 599 GTB

An Arab student sends an e-mail to his dad, saying:
Dear Dad,
Berlin is wonderful, people are nice and I really like it here, but Dad, I am a bit ashamed to arrive at my college with my pure-gold Ferrari 599GTB when all my teachers and many fellow students travel by train.


Your son,
Nasser

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The next day, Nasser gets a reply to his e-mail from his dad:


My dear loving son,
Twenty million US Dollar has just been transferred to your account.
Please stop embarrassing us.  Go and get yourself a train too.
Love, your Dad

Porsche 918 Spyder Concept Hybrid Car

Looking a bit like a Carrera GT evolved, the 918 Spyder is powered by both a 500-horsepower V8 and a pair of electric motors (one for each axle) producing an additional 218 hp or 160kW. At full gallop, the concept can theoretically reach 62 mph in 3.2 seconds and nip 198 mph on the high end. On the flip side, Porsche says it can also achieve 78 miles per gallon and emit just 70 grams of CO2 per kilometer which is even lower than Toyata Prius T3!
 It is so Beautiful and I am loving it though I am not able to get one.. why as this is concept car , but Porsche said that if there are over 1,000 people is interested in this car, they will make for them… latest news heard that there are already 2,000 people supporting Porsche to build this car… Price? USD$630,000, of course this is an estimation.

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Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Luxury Van for Tycoon and Big spender in China

Toyota 7 persons Luxury vans were once the most popular transportation Vehicle in China some 20 years ago. Slowly taken up by S Class Mercedes in 10 Years ago and Now …what is the best of all Classed as a Vehicle for those Businessman travelling between Cities and provinces in China.


Likely this New MB Sprinter Van, that can be available From Becker Conversion with heated and ventilated, with lumbar and back massage systems, Nappa leather wrapped, fully electric leg extensions, Becker armouring options, video, satellite TV, entertainment and audiophile sound systems with speakers from DynaAudio, McIntosh amplifiers and Kimber Cable audio wiring tuned to individual client's preferences.


The China general version has a price tag of RMB 2 millions depending on what options you order.

Picture 1 : Becker Van,
Picture 2 : The Van of Chairman Electronics Company in Shan Dong China.


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Mini E

I had a chance to drive the last Generation UK Mini in 1997, i had a feeling of driving a bus as the seat is quite 90 degree upright and the front view is huge, That was a Green Sport version that Friend of mine would like to give me, I should take it as not long later they had announced to stop production and shifted to BWM maker as for the Amercian Designed new Mini.
Now there is a Mini E that is under pilot production for 500 units... I think It is still too early for HK to adapt for 100% EV car, I think they should go for Hybrid verison first,, I am the first few people to consider to get one in HK, as Mini is one of my favourite.. I liked it since I saw it in the 60's at Macao car racing.

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Build Your Dream E6

BYD stands for Build Your Dream, a ShenZhen Car building company, strong background on Battery R & D for handphoen applicatoion. At its new offices, BYD will show not only its vehicles, but also its photovoltaic solar panels, battery energy-storage systems, and advanced light-emitting diode (LED) lighting products.

The company expects to develop versions of its Chinese-market cars for U.S. sale at its new location, downtown Los Angeles as the location for its U.S. headquarters. Friday, California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger joined BYD's Chairman, Chuan Fu Wang aged 42 on the steps of City Hall to announce the deal.

The first of those is likely to be the E6 fully electric midsize five-seat crossover--roughly akin to a 2010 Ford Edge. A version of that car, the F3DM, was the world's first plug-in hybrid when it went on sale late in 2008. Its sales, however, have been minimal only small number of unit was sold to the government for running test. In late March, BYD and Daimler said the companies would develop electric vehicles for sale in China.

BYD says E6 will reach 60 mph from a standstill in 8 seconds, and its top speed is 100 mph. The E6 is said to offer up to 200 miles on a single charge of its lithium-ion battery pack. Pricing has not been announced, but is expected to be around USD$39,000 before tax incentives.

BYD sold 450,000 cars in China last year--including the single best-selling model, its F3 compact sedan running on conventional engine, which looks remarkably like a Corolla--and expects to sell 700,000 this year. Friend of mine is using that for two years, seems there is not any technical issue so far.

BYD has previously set and then discarded dates for putting its cars on sale in the U.S. It now says it will begin to provide cars to fleet users late this year, with retail sales early in 2011. Some industry observers are skeptical that BYD will meet those dates.

Still, with investment from famed financier Warren Buffet, BYD is not a company to be ignored.

Their share price rose from HKD$14.00 from Jan 2009 to highest about HKD$84 at Nov 2009. Now at HKD$72, I am optimistic about this stock and would like to expect a Sky high of HKD98 by end Sep 2010.


Don’t miss this fast train!

Car in Yellow!

I Love Yellow colour for Car, I had a NSX in red, I had a BMW, Crown in Silver, But I think I love to have Yellow car, that kind of colour brings you passion, life and engery. That would be even better if that is  muscle car like Porsche or Ferrari... This is a car taken in front of the office building. Simple van but once it is dressed up in Yellow.. you can see that it looks beautiful.

"Yellow"will be a good colour for Aston or A Lambor!

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Best Engine Ever Made

In 1912, the world famous Austrian gynecologist, Dr. Hermann Otto Kloepneckler, M.D. Ph.D. published the following:

"The best engine in the world is the vagina. It can be started with one finger. It is self-lubricating. It takes any size piston. And it changes its own oil every four weeks. It is only a pity that the management system is so fucking temperamental.."

Zhang Zi Yi's Volvo

I had a chance to sit in the Volve which was owned by Zhang Zi Yi... That was a BeiJing Registered car...

Now the car is belonged to a Enterpriser in Shan Dong. The Number was the orginal car number belonging to Zhang Zi Yi...

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GM EN-V Concept EV Car for China

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By 2030, GM says, there will be 1.2 billion cars on Earth, and 80 percent of people will be living in cities. For megacity countries like Shanghai, ShenZhen and Hong Kong, the explosion in use of conventional automobiles has already turned into a nightmare of smog, jammed roadways, and the non-compromised nonexistent parking space.


Daimler introduced its Smart ultracompact in China in 2008, though few of them can be seen yet on Shanghai streets. GM is not alone in viewing China as the market for tiny urbankas.

GM and its Chinese partner SAIC will showcase the "Electric Networked-Vehicle" launched Wednesday 24 March in their joint pavilion at the Shanghai Expo, which opens May 1 and runs for six months has demonstrated this Concept Car EN-V (pronounced as Envy).

With the trunk-less EN-V, GM has jettisoned the traditional "three box" system and gasoline-fueled engine in place of a pure-electric mini-vehicle meant strictly for city driving. Five fit in the parking space needed for one conventional vehicle, says Kevin Wale, president and managing director for GM China Group.

The 1.5 meter by 1.5 meter urbanka appears to build on GM's earlier work with Segway Inc. in developing the PUMA, or Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility vehicle. It will use the same types of battery cells as the Segway and the same battery supplier, Valence Technology Inc., said Christopher Borroni-Bird, GM's director of advanced technology vehicle concepts.

More to my expectation that BYD will likely work together with the major car players in the years to come for co-developing a greener type of new battery for supplying this Huge Demand on battery for the EV car market. This is my forecast of the battery maker in China as the current concern of battery is too heavy that kill the mileage of the EV car, and not sure how to re-cycle properly.

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Too Big is too easy to be spoiled

When one company grows big to certain critical mass, that may create a lot of risk that small scale company will not have to bear. Even happened, the damages will not be as big as the big company.

Like Toyota, the gown big to 10M cars production a years a d they Toyota Way said, they have to share the common modules of car, to reduce the operation and development cost, where by placing them in a dangerous position if one of the small module fails, that lead to most of the cars to be recalled, Now the US car recalled is much bigger than the cars produced!

So There is no right or wrong, there is no perfect in all solution, but being a big company manager, he has to be open minded to all suggestions from the subordinately. No need to expect to have perfect solution as that is not exists, value the opportunity timing… be flexible handling cases and be alert to all coming potential risk… Do not place all egg in one basket, diversification on Factory location, product coverage, business unit concept, would be a more proactive way to insure the company will survive in case of crisis.

Latest news that half a million of Toyata Corolla has steerng wheel issue, it can not be keep straight at high speed. After recent recall on Camry for its steering locked problem.

I think the Toyota has a big issue and too many people is digging out more quality issue from Toyota. And As a matter of fact, I do not see any car has no quality issue at all. But being No.1 manufcaturing in volume. They might suffer most, So it is always true that the Larger the company, the damages could be serious!

The last media speech end of January, there is news that Toyata CEO left with an Audi at the rear entrance of the conference venue... The news media has a serious question on why he did not use his Toyota Car at all..

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Mercedes Benz CL500

This is the car for the snob!

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Porsche 911 Targa

This is a Porsche with engine was like new, maintained in tip top condition. It belongs to a good friend of mine.
This is rear position air cool flat 4 in line engine, final assembly was done in April 1985.
The Motronics is the ignition timing and injection control box. All sensors input and ignition and ingection timing and control output! It is kept everything in the original and has original software for maximum performance.Same  911 Targa for US will have different EPROM for catalytic control and therefore the power will drop to 210 hp from 231 hp of original German settings.

I wish that One day I could afford to own a Car like this in Hong Kong .

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