NSHW cruising speed

[Ahbengdriver]

Yeah its been almost 3 months since I last met those MYTP hiadees. Missed them. Maybe its time to give angpows to some of them to maintain 'good' relationship. After all they also need to buy rice n milk powder and pay GST.

[RadX]

  On 1/19/2009 at 4:05 AM, Blackyv said:

i can only think of 2 possibilities..

either dare not vote or those group is not even interested in car forum...... Both scenarios are plausible..... Maybe the second one is more plausible.' ....

deja vu man

[Quantum]

no wonder found most speeding cars on NSH are Singapore plates

[Patkuah]

  On 1/19/2009 at 4:58 AM, Quantum said:

no wonder found most speeding cars on NSH are Singapore plates

 

Yupe. And most SG car will keep 110 km/h. and keep on the right lane, eev car faster then they still will not keep left.

 

[Kelpie]

  On 1/19/2009 at 5:13 AM, Patkuah said:

Yupe. And most SG car will keep 110 km/h. and keep on the right lane, eev car faster then they still will not keep left.

 

 

Some are like that but they are the minority. Most of them will still give way by moving to the left but a question of how soon/fast they will do it .

 

Regards,

[Quantum]

  On 1/19/2009 at 5:13 AM, Patkuah said:

Yupe. And most SG car will keep 110 km/h. and keep on the right lane, eev car faster then they still will not keep left.

Singapore is small city country, bad practice to occupy the extreme right lane regardless overtaking or crusing

 

[Kelpie]

  On 1/19/2009 at 4:58 AM, Quantum said:

no wonder found most speeding cars on NSH are Singapore plates

 

Not all parts of NSHW have 3 lanes, some are 2 lanes

 

I find it hard to set cruise control at speed beyond 150Km/h on the right most lane. If you cruise at a higher speed, sooner or later, you are going to see slower moving vehicle on the same right lane, hence from far, you have to gradually slow down. When you see clear traffic infront, you would try to step up and your cruise control will be interrupted.

 

Whereas for the left most lane, there are drivers that do 90km/h so again if you think you can set cruise control at 130km/h or even 110 km/h, sooner or later, you will be urged to overtake and there you go, cruise control get interrupted again.

 

Hence, given heavy traffic condition on NSHW, cruise control is useless. In fact, cruise control may even be more useful on SG road if set at 90Km/h, just don't go to Lane 1.

 

Regards,

 

 

 

 

[NC3TRI]

sorrie for a noobie question, i am driving a lancer, is there any device that i can install to enable cruise mode? or i should just changed car lol =)

[Contax]

  On 1/19/2009 at 6:11 AM, NC3TRI said:

sorrie for a noobie question, i am driving a lancer, is there any device that i can install to enable cruise mode? or i should just changed car lol =)

 

just change .

 

[Quantum]

  On 1/19/2009 at 6:11 AM, NC3TRI said:

sorrie for a noobie question, i am driving a lancer, is there any device that i can install to enable cruise mode? or i should just changed car lol =)

lancer EX mah? tot have cruise mode already

 

[The_Bear]

Crusie speed depends on the car driven, different stretch of the highway, traffic volume, weather, passengers in the car etc.

 

For cars c.c < 1.6, I would say 130km/h to 140km/h is a fairly comfortable speed to cruise for the car. For cars like 1.8 - 2ltrs, 140 - 160km/h is comfortable. Anything bigger can do 160-180km/h comfortably but due to the traffic condition, cannot be maintained for long period, especially over 180km/h.

 

Tend to go slower if there are more ppl in the car for safety reasons. Also, if I am having a conversation. Its quite difficult to maintain a conversation or discuss the law of relativity with your passengers at 200km/h. The wind and engine noise will drown out the conversation.

 

There are a few stretches that generally allow higher speed due to straight road and less traffic. E.g Pagoh to Ayer Keroh is pretty straight and Nilai - Shah Alam stretch. These are the 2 stretches that I usually go faster.

 

From my experience, Singapore cars can be grouped into 3 categories, Holiday Makers - Slowest (110km/h-130km/h) mostly family in 1.6 Sedans or small MPVs. Regulars - High cruising speed with occasional burst of speed (140km/h - 180km/h), more sporty sedans i.e Mazda 6, Civics, Accords or bigger MPVS, Regular Beemers and Mercs. Cheongsters (180km/h to Speed-i-cannnot-estimate), Supercars, Rex, EVO, Big Beemers, out purely to run their cars.

 

Whatever it is, most important is to enjoy the drive and be safe.

Edited January 19, 2009 by Bavarian

[Robo]

  On 1/19/2009 at 3:11 AM, Silver_blade said:

...and killing yourself in the process?

 

bro i was being scarcastic

[Furrynadz]

most conti 1.6 can do 150-180 comfortably in cruising

 

Edited January 19, 2009 by Furrynadz

[inlinesix]

  On 1/19/2009 at 4:06 AM, Ahbengdriver said:

Yeah its been almost 3 months since I last met those MYTP hiadees. Missed them. Maybe its time to give angpows to some of them to maintain 'good' relationship. After all they also need to buy rice n milk powder and pay GST.

Drive in tis 2 wks should give u a chance to give angpow. Rem to put in angpow envelope

[Silver_blade]

  On 1/19/2009 at 7:21 AM, Robo said:

bro i was being scarcastic

I know.

[Blue850r]

  On 1/19/2009 at 7:20 AM, Bavarian said:

Crusie speed depends on the car driven, different stretch of the highway, traffic volume, weather, passengers in the car etc.

 

For cars c.c < 1.6, I would say 130km/h to 140km/h is a fairly comfortable speed to cruise for the car. For cars like 1.8 - 2ltrs, 140 - 160km/h is comfortable. Anything bigger can do 160-180km/h comfortably but due to the traffic condition, cannot be maintained for long period, especially over 180km/h.

 

Tend to go slower if there are more ppl in the car for safety reasons. Also, if I am having a conversation. Its quite difficult to maintain a conversation or discuss the law of relativity with your passengers at 200km/h. The wind and engine noise will drown out the conversation.

 

There are a few stretches that generally allow higher speed due to straight road and less traffic. E.g Pagoh to Ayer Keroh is pretty straight and Nilai - Shah Alam stretch. These are the 2 stretches that I usually go faster.

 

From my experience, Singapore cars can be grouped into 3 categories, Holiday Makers - Slowest (110km/h-130km/h) mostly family in 1.6 Sedans or small MPVs. Regulars - High cruising speed with occasional burst of speed (140km/h - 180km/h), more sporty sedans i.e Mazda 6, Civics, Accords or bigger MPVS, Regular Beemers and Mercs. Cheongsters (180km/h to Speed-i-cannnot-estimate), Supercars, Rex, EVO, Big Beemers, out purely to run their cars.

 

Whatever it is, most important is to enjoy the drive and be safe.

I read in an European autombile magazine that mentioned about the un-written rule in AutoBahn...saying that he was test driving an Audi and when you see a BM/Merc appearing on your rear mirror, you will shift to the slower lane to let them pass. Likewise if the BM/Merc drivers were to see a Porsche appearing in their rear mirror, they will also move to the slower lane.

 

But if it is a VW on the fast lane and comes behind, just don't look at the rear mirror.

Edited January 19, 2009 by Blue850r

[Sw20]

Doing 180-270km/h depending on area.. still looking in my rear view mirror just in case faster cars are coming.

 

[Carcraze]

  On 1/19/2009 at 3:49 PM, Sw20 said:

Doing 180-270km/h depending on area.. still looking in my rear view mirror just in case faster cars are coming.

 

yes sometimes we do get cars faster than ours.

 

i was once travelling at abt 240-250 when i noticed flashings through the rear view mirror. The car at the back was still quite far but could see it was approaching fast. Filtered left immediately and had to slow down to 140 because there was a car infront of me.

 

TMJ plated Pagani Zonda F zoomed by.. No escort vehicles. They probably can't keep up.