Our senior writer recounts his nightmarish experience test-driving several diesel models during a road trip to Malaysia.
FIVE years ago, my editor sent me on a road trip from Singapore to Malacca.
Along the way, I would testdrive several diesel models from a particular German carmaker. I’m not going to name the brand, because till today, the mere mention of it sends shivers down my spine.
Writing this column is a form of catharsis, I suppose.
The assignment sounded easy at first. With several hundred kilometres to cover and different roads to experience, I thought I had the stories in the bag even before I left. All I could think about was the delicious fare awaiting me in Malacca – fare that would definitely include chendol drowning in gula melaka.
After crossing the Second Link and entering Johor Bahru, we formed a convoy. There was inevitably some jostling and position-swopping, but for the most part, the drive was pleasant and uneventful.
I was even more pleased after our Peranakan lunch, which ended on a very sweet note. I was in such a state of bliss that I wasn’t even thinking about the cycling activity that was to follow.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة March 2018 من Torque Singapore.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة March 2018 من Torque Singapore.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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