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  5 things a lot of Malaysians drivers do, but shouldn’t!

  23 January 2021 / 127 comments

  Malaysians may love their cars, but they’re a funny bunch sometimes, unwilling to spend on the right things but willing to spend on the wrong ones. There’s also no shortage of people who take the […]

  
  

   

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  Safest method for cleaning a really dirty engine bay – brush, towels and some elbow grease, not water hose

  20 January 2021 / 8 comments

  Cleaning your car engine bay can be an intimidating thought, especially if you’re planning to do it for the first time. There are many methods to go about it, such as wiping it down with […]

  
  

   

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  Pothole fatalities – how to stop the growing trend?

  6 January 2021 / 30 comments

  Recent road fatalities involving motorcyclists riding into potholes have again brought to the forefront the pressing need to address the long-standing issue that has needlessly claimed lives. Statistics highlight the increasing trend. A paper published […]

  
  

   

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  The personal cars of the paultan.org crew in 2020

  31 December 2020 / 30 comments

  So here we are. Six years after we first showed you the cars us writers actually owned, we’ve decided to revive the feature with an all-new lineup. We’ve been toying with the idea for years, […]

  
  

   

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  Lexus – premium brand or just an expensive Toyota?

  24 December 2020 / 54 comments

  I was at the traffic lights the other day when something dawned on me. I was in a two-seat Toyota with an engine behind my back. Obscuring my entire forward view was a Toyota Apartment […]

  
  

   

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  VIDEO: How do you choose the right car battery?

  23 December 2020 / 23 comments

  Changing your car battery definitely isn’t something that you look forward to or even plan to do in advance, because most of the time, it simply catches you by surprise. It’s not like changing tyres, […]

  
  

   

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  15 minutes with Mercedes-AMG Petronas – Valtteri Bottas on pressure to perform and battle for second

  15 December 2020 / 2 comments

  Earlier this year, we talked about Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula 1 Team’s dominant performance in a pandemic-delayed 2020 season. In the ensuing months, the team continued to decimate the field – barring a few hiccups (including […]

  
  

   

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  Honda City sales numbers in Malaysia – from Toyota Vios alternative to B-segment leader in 4 generations

  23 November 2020 / 24 comments

  Last week, Honda Malaysia announced that the new City has amassed close to 9,000 bookings. That’s a big number when you consider that the car was launched just slightly more than a month ago on […]

  
  

   

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  MINI John Cooper Works – a tale of remarkable origins

  17 November 2020 / 5 comments

  Some of the biggest car brands in the world today have had an illustrious past on the track. Ferrari, McLaren, Porsche, BMW, Audi, Ford and now Mercedes-Benz are some of the best examples, and they […]

  
  

   

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  OPINION: Car brands in Malaysia need to stop offering compromised safety equipment on cheaper variants

  13 November 2020 / 82 comments

  Malaysian car buyers have come a long way in the past ten years or so. From only caring about looks, performance and spaciousness, we now have a demanding consumer base that asks more pertinent questions […]

  
  

   

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