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Old May 16, 2008 | 01:32 AM
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I'm off to Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) tomorrow morning to join my wife who has been there on business for the past 8 weeks. Her stay has been extended by another 4 weeks so her company has given me a plane ticket to join her.

I note there is a Chevy dealer there so I plan to see if they have Blazers there & what accessories they have (if any). They are also RHD.
 
Old May 16, 2008 | 01:54 AM
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that sounds like a nice company, cool deal.
 
Old May 16, 2008 | 02:40 AM
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It's American. Ingram-Micro.
Supposedly the largest distributor worldwide of electronic goods. TV's computors etc etc.
 
Old May 16, 2008 | 05:00 AM
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Check to see if they have the headlight sprayers!

I want some for my Blazer...
 
Old May 16, 2008 | 01:03 PM
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see you in 2weeks
 
Old May 16, 2008 | 01:46 PM
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sweet deal see ya when u get back!
 
Old Jun 2, 2008 | 04:10 AM
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O.K. I'm back!

Kuala Lumpur is an ok place but not somewhere where I would have gone from choice but it was a free trip & beggars can't be choosers - especially if that's where the wife is. I did get to see the Petronas twin towers & spend a few days on the east coast but otherwise there's not much that I haven't seen elsewhere.

Driving in Malaysia is crazy - when they change lanes they squeeze up to the car in the next lane tillthey give way & lethim in.Sometimes they indicate,sometimes they don't, but despite this there seems to befew accidents, they are all aware of this & let each other in.

The worst are the guy's on motorcycles (50cc things), they are all around & swerve in & out between the traffic. One momentall's clear then suddenly one is in front, next to or trying to squeeze in between cars. They ride these buzz bikes & often are bunched like a swarm of mosquito's. They ride with the wife & kids. I saw one with a guy, his missus & 3 small kids. They ride whilst textingor on the mobile(saw lots doing this) all on the motorway/highway. When it rained the other day a guy was riding on the motorway in the slow lane, probably around 30 km p hr holding an umbrella to keep dry. I tried to take a pic but couldn't get a clear shot.

By the way drperry, no Chevy presence in Malaysia between 1960 & 2003! They don't know what a Blazer looks like! They had a new Corvette & Silverado a few months back & couldn't sell it so it went back to the States. The guy couldn't remember if they wereLHD or RHD.
The cars they now sell are the Aveo 1.4 ltr & the Optra 1.6 & 1.8 ltr. The Optra also comes as an estate(station wagon). The dealers english was bad (chinaman) but I understand these 2 models are based on GM's Dawoo cars. The 3rd model is the Captiva which is a smallish SUV & competes with the Honda CRV, Toyota RAV's etc. We have them here badged as the Holden Captiva,(in Europe the Opel & probably alsoVauxhallin the UK.) Both in AWD & FWD with 2.4 ltr gasoline & 2.0 ltr diesel engines.

GASOLINE is still dirt cheap - Less than a NZ$ a litre - probably around 70 cents US. They have their own oil!

More later.
 
Old Jun 2, 2008 | 07:04 AM
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Man thats just stupid, we have our own oil too, perfect example of why we should use domestic oil.
 
Old Jun 2, 2008 | 03:26 PM
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Glad to hear you had a good trip!

No worries on the headlight sprayers, lol, I'll survive

Welcome back!
 
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