Monday, January 4, 2010

A Very Fun, Exciting and Challenging Day.

Today was a great day. Supposed to wake up early in the morning for a jog in Bukit Kiara but was too tired to wake up. Woke up at about 10am then went with Calvin to Sunway Pyramid for some arcade and food. Initial plan was to ride the rollercoasters in Sunway Lagoon but we decided not to as there were loads of people. After that we went to Tbunt Cyber Cafe for some L4D.

We didn't know what to do or where to go after that so suddenly the idea of going up to Genting Highlands struck my mind. So Calvin also said anything. So we started our journey up to the mountains. Unfortunately there was a downpour and I can feel my car's tail wants to go out on the highway whenever i hit a puddle of water due to maybe the rear tyres are quite worn and has very very little thread left. I had to concentrate uber hard. It was quite scary to be honest. I felt understeer and oversteer while negotiating the twisty turns going uphill in a downpour. The car felt really really nervous in the wet due to maybe my Drift setting + Bald Tyres. Sigh i think i probably need to swap the rear tyres for some fresh ones soon.

At the top I parked my car and went for some fun. Ended up going into this Ripley's Believe Or Not thingy. It was quite educational. Had dinner there and decided to call it a day and head back down at about 10. It was real foggy and cold though the road was dry it was still a scary experience. More oversteers, understeers and brake locks were experienced. It was so dark till i can't see the speed humps. I locked my brakes because I saw a speed hump very late but the car flew over the humps and oversteered a little bit but the magic of countersteer saved the day.

It's my first time driving up and down genting. I'm not happy with my car now especially during a downpour. It's simply too nervous. At the same time I had a really fun, adrenaline pumping, exciting and challenging day. Tackling the corners of Mount Genting in the rain is sure tough. Much tougher than I could ever imagine. But having turbo power really makes going up to Genting much more easier. I could even climb the hill literally at 3rd gear at the steep sections.

I'm really grateful we came back in one piece probably because we sat on the World's Luckiest Chair made of Horseshoes in Ripley's thingy hahaha.....I will go there again another time to tackle the corners.

Thx Calvin for accompanying me up Genting although I kinda gave you a minor heart attack...hahahaha...

1 comment:

Kyle said...

Take it easy bro, dont wanna ruin your prized possesions or yourself do ya ;)