Some say, you should never meet your childhood heroes. They say we might be disappointed if we learnt that our heroes were not as heroic as we thought them out to be. On some days, they could have been right, but this was not to be one of those days. Today, one of my childhood heroes comes out to play after a 3-year restoration period.
Now, i have seen GTRs aplenty back in their native land of Japan. Being one of my "hero" cars was i was growing up, seeing one locally felt almost surreal. Especially one as lovingly rebuilt as this.
The weather in the morning played a foul mistress though as a fierce thunderstorm erupted the night before and teased us throughout our short meet.
Whenever it was time to set off for a shoot, the clouds opened up and gave us their all.
It was frustrating but almost fitting i guess. It sure reminded me of the movie Pacific Rim, when the Kaijus appear, it rains. So with not one but 2 Godzillas on the prowl, i guess i should have expected it.
We tried waiting for the rain to subside and just when it looked like we might have a glimmer of sunlight, we headed off...
...Only to have the dark clouds follow our little convoy.
Less than 5 minutes in, another wave of rain fell...
...and it fell hard.
I seeked shelted inside my car as our resident pro-photog endured the wetness and continued firing away.
(Check out his shot here)
With the rain belting down with no respite, we adjourned for another cup of coffee.
A good cuppa later, it was time for the Kaijus to go home, and just as you know it, the dark clouds left and the rain stopped.
The only disappointment here? I would have loved to have spent more time with the R32 but i guess. Another time perhaps, another time.
Remember me hoping that Toyota would make a wagon 86? Well, i couldn't wait, so i photoshopped one out using the sedan 86 as a base template and using styling cues from the Impreza wagon to fuse this together. Like?
With rumors of an 86 Sedan almost reach production-ready status, digital artist 
Since we're on somewhat of an Alfa renaissance on this blog. Here's some artistic photos of an Alfa Montreal & lovely model, 
The successor to BMW's 3 Series Coupe has finally arrived on our local shores. Which also brought along an end to the long running 3 Series Coupe naming convention. A change in BMW's approach to their numbering system has meant all Coupes will now be even numbers. And the 3 Series Coupe will from henceforth be known as the 4 Series Coupe.
Names aside, the event allowed us to get up close and personal with the car and we think it looks much prettier in person (especially in Estoril Blue) and we would love to get our hands on one.
Currently, there are 2 models on offer, the stomping 435i and the 428i. List prices (as at time of writing) are S$325,800 and S$269,800 respectively.
Had a short early morning gathering over the weekend with some friends and turns out, we were all in FR machines. So a nice group photo was in order of course!
With the 4 series set to launch locally very very soon. It's kind of sad when you think that the 3 Series Coupe naming convention will soon be retired. Especially when the very first 3 Series, started off as a coupe and only became a sedan from the second generation onwards.
Always good to drive clean. Revols glass coating with protection by AMMO NYC keeps the bodywork nice and shiny.
I had to do it. Hahaha.
