What I often see in Singapore is adults (30 and 40 yr olds) buying the cars I (and many others from the west) enjoyed in their teens and doing silly modifications on them. Honda Civics, VW Golfs, etc, with loud exhausts and ridiculously oversized wheels and low profile "sports" tires. I guess that is what happens when you buy your first car in your 30 or 40s.nutnut wrote: However, if I had a nice new car, I'd want to make lots of noise too
This part of the world doesn't really have the "here's your first car for your 16th birthday!" thing. SEA has always had cars as disproportionately expensive.zzm9980 wrote:What I often see in Singapore is adults (30 and 40 yr olds) buying the cars I (and many others from the west) enjoyed in their teens and doing silly modifications on them. Honda Civics, VW Golfs, etc, with loud exhausts and ridiculously oversized wheels and low profile "sports" tires. I guess that is what happens when you buy your first car in your 30 or 40s.nutnut wrote: However, if I had a nice new car, I'd want to make lots of noise too
I wonder if this is legal. I wonder because they (LTA?) seems to be sort of obsessed with any modding of the motorcycles, especially the exhaust pipe. I had to explain in details during my last inspection what a shiny, new clamp was doing on the 10yo silencer at the place it connects to the engine pipe. I also saw police road blocks catching the motorcyclist for that reason but it was over 8y ago.zzm9980 wrote:What I often see in Singapore is adults (30 and 40 yr olds) buying the cars I (and many others from the west) enjoyed in their teens and doing silly modifications on them. Honda Civics, VW Golfs, etc, with loud exhausts and ridiculously oversized wheels and low profile "sports" tires. I guess that is what happens when you buy your first car in your 30 or 40s.nutnut wrote: However, if I had a nice new car, I'd want to make lots of noise too
mmm. not so .. I know a few in MY and PH, who got cars when they reached 20's ..nakatago wrote:This part of the world doesn't really have the "here's your first car for your 16th birthday!" thing. SEA has always had cars as disproportionately expensive.
Do they enforce this anytime besides the annual (or biannual isit?) inspections? I know that a lot of shops that offer to "fix" your car for LTA inspection, and then put everything back the way it was after. The car I bought had LED turn signals that apparently weren't legal so I had to have them taken out. They were surprised when I didn't care to have them put back in after.x9200 wrote:I wonder if this is legal. I wonder because they (LTA?) seems to be sort of obsessed with any modding of the motorcycles, especially the exhaust pipe. I had to explain in details during my last inspection what a shiny, new clamp was doing on the 10yo silencer at the place it connects to the engine pipe. I also saw police road blocks catching the motorcyclist for that reason but it was over 8y ago.zzm9980 wrote:What I often see in Singapore is adults (30 and 40 yr olds) buying the cars I (and many others from the west) enjoyed in their teens and doing silly modifications on them. Honda Civics, VW Golfs, etc, with loud exhausts and ridiculously oversized wheels and low profile "sports" tires. I guess that is what happens when you buy your first car in your 30 or 40s.nutnut wrote: However, if I had a nice new car, I'd want to make lots of noise too
Still not in their teens.ecureilx wrote:mmm. not so .. I know a few in MY and PH, who got cars when they reached 20's ..nakatago wrote:This part of the world doesn't really have the "here's your first car for your 16th birthday!" thing. SEA has always had cars as disproportionately expensive.![]()
or got their first car when they started their first job ..
A couple of years ago I got passed by a Cortina Crusader, couldn't believe it as I hadnt seen one in the UK for years. This one looked in mint condition as well.Max Headroom wrote:Whilst in a cab a while back, I saw a Citroen 2CV! It was parked at a Bedok gas station. Looking real spiffy too. Talk about a head-turner. Wow, a 2CV in Singapore.![]()
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Muscle-cars, sure, don't knock 'em eh. But in terms of sheer all-round awesomeness, that 2CV had me rubber-necking all the way.
Max Headroom wrote:Whilst in a cab a while back, I saw a Citroen 2CV! It was parked at a Bedok gas station. Looking real spiffy too. Talk about a head-turner. Wow, a 2CV in Singapore.![]()
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Muscle-cars, sure, don't knock 'em eh. But in terms of sheer all-round awesomeness, that 2CV had me rubber-necking all the way.
They were cheap to buy, maintain and run. In some ways if you just wanted a car to potter off to the shops or do a school run it was ideal. In that kind of context they were fun too. The easiest car in the world to break into and hot-wire* too... but then, why would anyone bother?bgd wrote:There was a time ('80s) when the 2CV was very trendy with the NZ middle classes. I think the idea was better than the reality and it was short lived.
I believe that they ceased production due to the fact they couldn't meet any safety standards.
If the car in question is 2 tone red then I know it. Driven by an older couple and I see it quite often.
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