Category: Driving

• Garmin GPS 265WT

  02.13.10 |Driving| Permalink | 5 Comments

  
  
  

  I always wanted to get a GPS but I do not know which model to get. I also do not know whether it will work in Malaysia or has Malaysia map. Thanks to a group of developers, they produce Malaysia map.

  Garmin has a lot of GPS models which confuses me. I really wanted one with the minimal features and cheap. Of coz not a old model that will be discontinued. I went to search for a Garmin model chart for something that is right for me. You can Google for the comparison chart.

  Before I went to the states, I also search for Malaysia map that can be loaded to the model of my choice. I got the Malaysia maps from Malsingmaps.com. It is very easy to install the map, just drag and drop to the GPS folder when you connect the GPS to your notebook.

  I was fortunate when I saw Costco was giving rebates for GPS 265WT, the model I selected. It took me a while to make a purchase. I am glad I did. Amazon sold a little higher. GPS 285W is selling at a very low price.

  Now I have been playing with it and it works in Penang. I am going to test it out in Kuala Lumpur which I always get lost there. Ipoh too, to find good place to eat!

• Round & Round

  01.23.10 |Driving| Permalink | Comments Off on Round & Round

  Should have collected the car tomorrow! But I didn’t, so ended up a tour around the airport. How did it happen?

  You see I depend on the GPS when driving in US. I am not sure what happen, the GPS wasn’t cooperating. I just touched down after more than 15 hours flight. Fortunately I could sleep after asking for 2 blankets and a pillow, stacking it up and put my head on it. It was a full flight and not a pleasant one.

  Anyway, I decided to go collect the car after I land. The GPS given to me is a new unit or model and I thought I was not familiar with the new software. The GPS kept going off. Usually if I go the wrong way, it will say recalculating. It didn’t but kept going. It kept saying I was near the destination. The destination is 10 minutes drive away.

  Then I figured it out. I relocated the GPS from the left side to right site. It work perfectly and thank God I am safe in my hotel now.

• Park Or Not Park

  02.28.09 |Driving| Permalink | Comments Off on Park Or Not Park

  If you look at this picture, you will be confused like me whether to park or not to park. First it has a parking box and also a yellow line at the side of the road. Yellow line means no parking at all times but you can drop off passenger. As most Malaysian, they will park their car as we have the culture of convenience to us first, law comes second.

  
  
  

  On another note, one night I was driving back from a meeting. I was coming down from a highway and it has no car at first. I slowed down as it was towards the end of the highway and reaching the traffic light. Suddenly there is a car speeding behind me, flashing asking me to move out of the way. Such impatient driver but I guess he has no brain.

  I was in a good mood, so I move out of the way as it was approaching a traffic light. Both of us stop. He was stopped at the right but there were 3 cars in front of him. I was stop at the left with no cars in front of me.

  When the lights turned green, I moved ahead and he had to wait for the 3 cars to move. The moral of the story is you don’t go very far without any brains or patience. So what if you speed, there is always someone ahead of you.