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Type R vs Tesla

Balanced — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:45:38 +0800

So its been over 2 weeks with my Tesla model 3 Premium Long Range. I wanna share abit of my experience with both cars.

Tesla Model 3 - (6 to 8 rating when I am a decent chill human being or for daily drive).

Good for daily drive in traffic. Very very smooth since I have no problem with the 1 pedal driving. Normal people might take a few hours to get used to it.
Very nice to drive when I am at my chill, decent mode. Prefer the model 3 when I am chilled. Very enjoyable, instant acceleration, face value also have. Turning is sharp, handling is firm but comfortable. If in 1 to 10 rating, this car is constantly at my 6 to 8 rating.

Civic Type R moded 6 speed manual, 260hp. (4-9 rating depending on my mood).

Good for highway fun driving when no traffic. Definitely more enjoyable than my tesla during open road. But when in traffic, i would wan to be in the tesla. Rattles, noisy, vrroom like those rugged rough guys car. Very enjoyable when im in attack mode.

In short, 70% i would wan to be in my tesla, 30% my type R.
For those wondering what is my 9-10 rating, it would be in the civic FL5 type R.

My very first new car

Balanced — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 15:16:18 +0800

Finally, got my 1st new car after driving old cars for 10+ years.
Tesla model 3 premium long range. Rm185k.
These are my cars so far.

1st car rm12.5k - toyota corolla ae101 with 4age blacktop 20v engine, 6 speed manual transmission 165hp, 162nm torque
2nd car rm12k - nissan sentra b13 with sr20ve 20v engine, 6 speed manual transmission 225hp, 200nm torque
3rd car rm32k - honda civic es with k20a type R engine, 6 speed manual transmission 260hp, 245 nm torque
4th car rm185k - tesla model 3 premium long range, full EV estimated 350hp, 500 nm torque.

China made the best Tesla

Balanced — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:25:50 +0800

Tesla coming from China has the best quality according to chatgpt.
Teslas are build in Texas Usa, California Usa, Berlin Germany and China.
If u want to see your tesla build in where, look at your vehicle VIN number. Starts with LRW means coming from China.

China NaMBA 1!!

Betafpv drone?

Balanced — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:55:08 +0800

Anyone have this hobby of playing first person view drone?
How is it so far? Still interested in the hobby or gave up?

Looking for a decent cheap fpv drone like the betafpv 75pro for a beginner.
Which googles should i go for? The decent VR04 is already rm700 more expensive than the drone itself.. i worry i only play for awhile before lose interest again.

Before this i just play the normal drone without camera. The toy type i no worry it hurting ppl if i lose control, but outdoors the wind makes it impossible to control properly. And when its far i couldnt see which side its headed....so i usually fly closeby.

Then i got a better drone but its heavier. But always have fear of it falling down and hurt people since its heavy. In the end gave up playing because more fear than fun when playing..

I regret buying tesla

Balanced — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:49:40 +0800

Wan pay insurance, see car insurance over 7k. After ncd still at 3.6k.
Damnnnn son, i never paid over 1k ever in my car insurance before.

Feels so expensive and want to rant huhu.
Demi family, comfort and face, this is the price to pay.

Sell my modded civic type R?

Balanced — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:01:32 +0800

My new Tesla model 3 Premium Long Range is delivering soon at august can go take already.

Should i sell my modded civic type R? Car is still healthy, can hit 9k rpm no issue, can hit top speed 263km/h no issue. Dyno-ed the car early this year still no drop of hp. Still very fun to drive. Scare i will miss the raw feeling after driving tesla but I have 2 carparks only. And renting another carpark for rm120/month for a rarely driven car is abit of a waste.

Market price can get around 32-35k with my mods.

Heart say keep. Brain say sell.
Heart - its your baby, u will miss the raw feeling.
Brain - u stupid pay rm120/month for carpark, got tesla d sure drive tesla go out la. Long time no drive later will slowly rosak lagi sakit hati see baby die slowly.

Mechanics keep taking shortcuts..

Balanced — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 16:24:48 +0800

Went to a mechanic to change my coolant. Every 2 years i will change my coolant no matter the mileage. I gave them my own coolant of 5L and told them use only my coolant, do not add water. I know it is enough as i have changed it before.

Left the car as they are busy with other jobs and mine can only finish after few hours.

Job done, went and took the car home without inspecting since it is already night.

Today open my engine bay to check their job. Found my coolant reservoir is full of 100% water instead of coolant. Farkkkkk.
So i have to remove my coolant reservoir and pour out all the water and refill with coolant.
So far my radiator looks sparkling clean without any rust so i am keeping it that way. Simple instructions also cannot follow.
Called and got the office lady. She said no problem can use car can run without problem... I said i told them use my coolant only as it might cause rust if coolant is too diluted. She said their water is expensive water, dont worry. Wadeheck..
I felt annoyed talking with unknowledgeable people who keeps insisting they are right, so i asked to talk to their master mechanic. He said only reservoir use water, direct into radiator all use my coolant. So it won't be a problem.
Damn it now i have my doubts. Maybe will shorten the interval to 1 year this round..

Recommend me tint for my car

Balanced — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:01:52 +0800

Dear ktards,

Which tint is good and cheap in penang with good workmanship? So many brands, so many specs. I am so outdated. All i know is need high tser %.

Budget around 3k, for saloon tesla model 3.
Damn stress buying my 1st new car.

How to win ebid jpj number?

Balanced — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 22:55:18 +0800

Just lost bidding a running number plate in ebid jpj..

Bidding number JA1888J.
Starting rm300. My bids are in (---).

I start bid in the last 20mins. Started rm300>rm315>(rm450).
Then in the last 10mins it started rm510>(rm550)>rm688.
Then in the last 3 min i bid again (rm888). Thought can take it. I refresh on last min nobody bids. Then i bid against my number (rm1000) but outbid at the last 50 seconds. Try to bid again too late liao. I dont even know what is the winning price..

How to see the winning price?
Whoever got the number, congrats!
Now...realistically how much should i expect from a 1888 number plate? Any state also ok.

My car merajuk liao since tesla coming

Balanced — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 18:16:04 +0800

My baby civic type r sad sad already.Terus merajuk come out check engine light after know my tesla is coming.
Guai sayang sayang. Papa still sayang u.

I buying car today. Help me decide

Balanced — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 10:50:25 +0800

So today i go buy car..or put downpayment la.

Tesla 3 premium long range (rm185k), tesla model Y long range (rm216k), or zeekr 7x (rm190k).

My loan i checked with bank no issue for all these cars. And today last day miti.
Need make a decision today d.

Anybody owns an ev without home charging?

Balanced — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 10:53:36 +0800

After numerous test drives, i most like is the tesla model 3.
But I dont have home charging as i live in a condo.

Anyone who drives an ev but dont have home charging? How is it? Is it too troublesome? My style most probably i will be driving less than 500km per week.

Some mechanic sense of deductions are just so weak

Balanced — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:07:33 +0800

Update:
Installed a used coil and my car is working now. Kena potong also the price rm130 for 1.piece.

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My car suddenly working on 3 cylinders only out of 4 cylinders. I checked and its the spark plug coil no3 rosak. I drive to the nearest mechanic which i never go before and asked them to source for me 1 halfcut spark plug coil.

The mechanic say how i know coil no3 rosak and not spark plug or other thing? I say i took out coil no3, and put coil no2 into no3 place and the engine still running on 3 cylinder. If the spark plug or other thing rosak, it will run on 2 cylinders instead. The mechanic argued not check like this one. It will be the same because still semput. I say ya still semput but it will semput more or not even start with just two cylinders firing.
The mechanic argued then i say its ok, just source for me the coil.

Now i waiting for the replacement coil.

Facing reality is hard

Balanced — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:09:08 +0800

I often heard this word
"If you haven't succeed, it means god is giving you strength with the obstacles. God is building u up for the future".

Well, in my pov this is a lie. Just an excuses to help sooth the weak and uninitiated.
Working hard helps to improve your chances of success, but it was never guaranteed. Look around you and you can see heaps of examples.

People should face the truth and step forward bravely anyway. This is what make us man, man!
Can't stand this weak ass generation. Too much noise, too much excuses.

Where to post job vacancy for youngsters?

Balanced — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:34:47 +0800

Where to find young workers in penang ah? Below 30 years old.

I wan to hire people to work in fnb in penang.
Penang seems harder to get serious young workers.
Where do these youngsters look for job? Post in a few fnb penang cari kerja groups, then put banner at my shop d. But the quality of workers that showed up is slow and not up to expectation..

Around 8 people interviewed. 4 people afk and make I waited there for 45mins before i left. Calls, whatsapp no pick up. Hired 2 so far, but 1 suddenly gone quiet. Another 2 not so good and i didnt hire. All these 8 people took me 2 weeks..

My gaji i give is rm1700-2300. 8 hours per day, 6 days per week. Fnb, work in aircond condition.

Foodpanda customers

Balanced — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 22:14:30 +0800

I have quite a few foodpanda customers.
Once they ordered and drinks have been made, the customer still cancel their orders. Most of the time rider already taken the drinks but customer still cancel it.
Please do not cancel order as this will only result in lost in your side. You won't get a refund once vendor already accept your order. Its in foodpanda term and conditions.

Y so susah get a gf?

Balanced — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 15:40:55 +0800

Ktards here keep saying hard to get a gf, i wan a gf, forever alone etc.
I dont get it..im just a normal guy but i got quite a few experiences girl chasing me and/or shows interest in me. Examples below:

Im just average looking like..body build normal but tall 181cm, muka above average abit, attitude focused and serious when working but cheerful otherwise, introvert abit but can talk to people, not rich, etc

My experiences of girls showing interest in me so far:

1) form 6 at tuition center. Got one girl, busty big boob but very fierce same school as me also suddenly confessed to me. I tell her dont play with me and she said she serious. But i still rejected her. That time i was chasing someone else.

2) During uni days, i got into thai-malaysia twinning program and went to thai uni for 1 week. There many girls chase me, including one without wearing bra ajak me out and meet me alone at uni campus. Even got a thai 'gf' for awhile, gave me her photo and maintain friendship until many years after back malaysia. This time lucky because apparently i looked like one of their celebrity.

3) Worked part time for 2 months in between uni break and one chinese girl in the shop shows interest in me but she shy. I pulak too naive to notice. Last day before she went back study at aussie, she suddenly hugged me tight tight in the shop and said goodbye.

4) Landed in hospital due to dengue. Woke up one day with a young chinese nurse carressing my leg using her tigh. Yup, her tigh!! Just rubbing it slowly with her tigh. I got nervous and pura pura tidur. I think she noticed i was awake so she went away.

5) Working time got 1 girl keep looking at me. I'm not interested because not my type but my friends keep perli both of us. Then one day at shoe locker when just we two, i told her sorry about my friends keep perli us. Then she got angry and said, if u wan me just say la! Then storm away. I was like 'huh??'

Still got many small small flirts etc but i didnt count because maybe they are just being friendly and cheerful.

Best engine oil arrived

Balanced — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:38:30 +0800

Rm282.
Valvoline restore and protect fully synthetic 5w30. Bought 7 qts since my car uses 5.4 qts and 1 qt for top up.
Use 5.4 qts because i like to fill until it reach totally at top or over the top a bit.
I think this oil saved my car when it suddenly lost all oil due to oil adapter failure. So gonna keep on using this after 5000km of using the mechanic semi synthetic 10w40 oil thats currently in my car.

Almost need to buy new car immediately

Balanced — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:27:01 +0800

Was driving spiritedly on highway at 3am.
Suddenly saw a whole bunch of smoke coming out from my rear view mirror and the engine bay. Oil pressure warning light came on.
Immediately slowly drive to side of the road but i feel its not too safe here. So restart the car and drive slowly another 15 seconds to a safer place.

Towing car around 30km to my mechanic, rm350.
Mechanic checked found engine bay full of oil and my oil cooler adapter loosen. He said the adapter no good, so take out and back to ori setup without the adapter.

Change engine oil and oil filter. Starts the car and its starts normally.
No smoke, no abnormal sound, no clatters. After warm up take it for test drive and pickup smooth till 8k rpm.

Checked what little oil left from the drain plug, maybe around 500ml..no glitter. Wan to check inside oil filter but mechanic no tool to open the filter..but outside all no glitter.

I thought finally need to upgrade to k24a Frankenstein type R already, but noooooo, she dun wan die.
My car is a survivor.

I wan buy new proton S70

Balanced — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:37:37 +0800

I think proton best value, handsome looking and powerful car. Very ok for family car. Me being me, i feel like buying it as im not super conscious about wearing branded stuff to show off, etc.
Only cons is maybe proton sc not so reliable.

But for my gf who more values outlook, she dun like proton due to the logo. Plus she said now i can very much afford it, somemore boss to a few businesses, should drive a more luxury car and bring out family also more syok.

Its not that i cannot buy expensive car, but me being from not rich family and having to take so much efforts and risks to get to where I am today, I feel...keeping money for rainy day better than spending it on cars. Furthermore expensive cars more expensive upkeep, lagi i feel no value. But i understand also my gf feeling, she said i keep stress n work, sometimes need to enjoy life abit. Plus i memang likes cars. I also wan to 'reward' myself la.

Haiz...just a rant la.
My middle point is civic 2.0 hybrid. She ok, i also ok. But still itchy itchy abit.