‘Pocket rocket’? The only ‘pocket rocket’ I know is the rocket in my pocket but driving the powerful Polo GTI from Volkswagen changed my sexist opinion on what the term 'pocket rocket' signifies. Testing the car on day 1 won’t impress you that much. It is only after day 2 onwards when the fun really begins and you learn to appreciate the car more. If someone dislikes the car just because of its looks, and starts comparing it to their so-called ‘pocket rocket’, you know you’re the bigger man for not rubbing it into their faces just because they were not lucky enough to be driving the 2008 Polo GTI. So much so that we’ve decided to use the Polo GTI as a benchmarking standard on how pocket rockets should be. Read the review below.
Honda promised that it will be a “Performance like never before” and true to its word, Honda delivered in a way that politicians will truly envy; with the Civic Type R – a world-renowned compact that needs no further introduction. The Type R is as iconic to driving as is Silver to The Lone Ranger. Rightfully so thanks to its superb performance, literally pwning other cars of its class leaving them behind before you can even finish saying “Hi-yo Silver, AWAY!” in a faint cloud of smoke that spells out “I *heart* VTEC” Okay, it was a bit of an exaggeration but if there’s a car you want to ride off into the sunset, this will be IT. Eat your heart out, Tonto.
Try saying this as slowly and as sexily as you possibly can, and tell us what comes to mind: “Long, small and powerful”. Ring a bell? It’s hard to think of anything until we change ‘SMALL’ to ‘BIG’ but send those naughty thoughts away to whatever happy-tralala-land you can think of because unlike most of the stuff you receive in your email, we’re actually talking about three words to sum up the Mini Cooper S Clubman. Like the pheromones we see in our emails, this car immediately swept us off our feet like James Bond on a rampage, prompting heavy right foot action once the BMW Group HQ was out of sight but apparently we were not the only one seduced
It was once again a motor sports-packed events last weekend with the Karnival Sukan Bermotor at Bukit Jalil, the Malaysian Rally X day at Cyberjaya AND the mother of all motor sport festivals in Asia, the Asia Festival of Speed (AFOS) at the Sepang International Circuit – all within a few hours worth of distance. Owing to the fact that we had to travel back and forth to cover all of these conveniently located events around the Klang Valley, we needed a car that is small and nimble (and it's not a sin if it's good looking too). We tried to get a hold of the Mini Cooper S Clubman or the BMW 120i but only Kah Bintang manage were kind enough on that particular weekend to lend us the all new 2008 Hyundai Accent.
After the initial run we got some feedbacks from visitors of the site who have send in suggestions, thanks for that guys. Based on the feedback we decided to change from manual to a powered steering rack. After the change we got better steering angle plus improved maneuverability. During the second run we also uncovered several items that need to be corrected for the car, ...
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