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Here's a rare occurrence - A BMW driver actually using his signal when changing lanes! Maybe it's because of who's behind him? Watch the full video below to find out more! The incident took place along Paya Lebar Road, at the junction of Arumugam Road, before Caltex station. A rare occurrence A BMW 116i can be seen in the video, using his signal lights, and changing lanes from lane 2 to lane 4 to turn into Caltex. However, behind the BMW is not just one, BUT THREE TP ON THEIR BIKES. NGL, but the sight of TP bikes on the road somehow cause anxiety to road users (Touch your heart, don't say they don't). Definitely a head-turner As the BMW hatchback changes lanes, honking from disgruntled road users can be heard. You can see all three TP officers staring and observing the BMW. Luckily for that BMW driver, he wasn't stopped by any of the TP for his actions. It must have been one stressful drive. Wouldn't want to be in his shoes. Netizens' comments LMAO NGL the BMW driver is either ignorant or not experienced enough to "chu pattern" in front of three TP behind him. 100% Agree, being gracious and courteous goes a long way. --- Thinking of selling your car? sgCarMart Quotz guarantees the highest selling price for your car. We’ll even give you $100 cash if you find a better offer elsewhere! Get a free quote to find out how much your car is worth today!

Up to 70% of C-Class sold in 2011 by C&C are C180Ks. http://motoring.asiaone.com/Motoring/News/...321-334791.html Premium brands pick up speed and new buyers in Cat A By Samuel Ee The luxury brands are attracting new customers as they steadily gain market share in the Category A COE segment, with Mercedes-Benz being the most successful so far. A Cat A certificate of entitlement is used to register a car with an engine capacity 1,600cc and below, and costs less than a Cat B COE, which is for cars above 1,600cc. One reason is because Cat A models are smaller and traditionally considered bread-and-butter models. But not anymore. With European manufacturers downsizing their engines to reduce fuel consumption and exhaust emissions, there are now more and more premium models with 1.6-litre engines. One of them is the Mercedes-Benz C180 Kompressor, with a 1,597cc supercharged engine and five- speed automatic transmission. This is not to be mistaken with the C180 CGI BlueEfficiency, which has a 1.8-litre turbocharged engine mated to a seven- speed auto. Last year, the C180 K accounted for 68.6 per cent of the total 1,351 units of C-Class cars sold here. One important advantage it has is affordability - at $177,888 (with COE), the C180 K is currently $20,000 less than the C180 CGI mainly because of the COE premium. 'Of course the OMV is lower,' said a dealer for a competitor, referring to the open market value. 'But it is mostly the gap between the Cat A and Cat B premiums that gives the C180 K its price advantage.' The Cat A COE premium is currently at $56,552, while Cat B is at $79,304. The dealer added that this price advantage has also resulted in conquest customers for the brand with the three-pointed star. 'The C180 has attracted many new customers who used to drive two-litre Japanese cars because both now cost about the same,' he explained. Another German luxury marque which is quietly carving out a niche in Cat A is BMW with its 1 Series five-door hatchback. 'With the launch of the new BMW 1 Series last November, the COE Category A has become a relevant segment to BMW,' said BMW Group Asia managing director Neil Fiorentinos, referring to the 118i and 116i's four-cylinder 1.6-litre TwinPower Turbo petrol engine. He added that during the 1990s, BMW had a 3 Series with a 1.6-litre engine in the form of a saloon and compact - the 316i. With the new 3 Series, the BMW 335i and 328i have been launched and the 320i with its 2.0-litre turbocharged engine is due here in the second half of 2012. But according to Mr Fiorentinos, 'there is no confirmation of other model variants at this point in time'. However, at BMW- owned Mini, all the models from the iconic brand are in Cat A. Mr Fiorentinos said: 'Given the good response to the new BMW 1 Series and the strong trend of Mini, the Cat A segment already plays an important part in BMW Group Asia's product portfolio and we foresee it will continue to do so in the future.' Over at Volvo, Cat A sales now comprise an average 40 per cent of sales since the first Cat A model was launched in May last year, said general manager Victor Kwan. Volvo has three Cat A models - the S60 T4, S80 T4, and V60 T4 - and Mr Kwan said most customers are new to the Swedish brand. 'The profile of buyers for the S60 and S80 is somewhat different, but the majority of them are new to the Volvo brand,' he explained, adding that about 30 per cent are from other Continental makes, including premium and mid-tier continental brands, 40 per cent from Japanese makes, and the balance being first- time buyers. This article was first published in The Business Times.

Guys and girls, this is going to be a lengthy post so please bear with my typing, punctuation, english and all, pardon if my thoughts are presented a little disorganised, i try my best nonetheless, set? here goes nothing Background Im currently a student doing an overseas exchange programme in Germany, Stuttgart. The programme just ended, so i had a few days to kill in Munich (where I currently holed up at, where i got the car ) Also knowing that some stretches of the Autobahns here in Germany have no speed limits, man, i got to get in on that! Car Pick-Up Went down to Sixt Car Rentals at the Munich Hauptbahnhof (main train station) only with the intention of getting some wheels; only one requirement: sat nav, so i put myself down for the cheapest set of wheels i could get for 1 day, WITH sat nav, lady told me "something along the size of a VW Golf? Opel Corsa?" i thought ok, that would have to do i guess, after a check on the computer, lo and behold, "the cheapest we have readily available at the moment with sat nav is a bmw 1 series" KICK ASS! "manual or auto?" "manual" ok, that would have to do, since i was used to MT anyway "petrol or diesel?" "petrol, benzin" (kanasai, i was wishing for a diesel, more economical given the prices here are roughly same, petrol or diesel also EUR 1.50, for the uninitiated, EUR 1 = SGD 2.12 thereabouts) ok let's go! First Impressions The car was sweet, seeing a 1er for the first time in the flesh (metal?) first things that i noticed, and took some time getting used to: - keyless engine start/stop (press button) - auto engine off!! ok, when you stop at a light or something, jam maybe? the engine shuts off, electronics and air-con stays on, the engine fires back to life again once you depress the clutch; of course there is a button to manually toggle off this feature - usual fare, i-drive which takes care of entertainment, navigation, trip computer, the works.. (this took me awhile to figure out, first time in a bmw; but i must say the design (programming-wise) and interface is robust, though i agree with some rants about the system being too compounded, having to go through a few menus to get to what you want) - build quality.. nuff said, bmw - 6MT no sh!t sherlock! moving out of the garage (essentially an mscp) City Driving - Besides the initial overwhelming caution of getting used to left-hand-drive, all was well; - The clutch was very forgiving, compared to the suzuki carry van i use in sg, - Gear shift was slick, precise, though needed a bit of effort, not as effortless as an FD civic MT i drove before - Ratios are well spaced, not too tall, not too short, in the city you probably have to use only up to 4th; - Torque seems to come it best (dont quote me, i didnt do any technical reading-up) between 2.5k to 4k rpm, needless to say i spent most of my time at that range, ignoring the "shift indicator" which tells you when to shift up/down - Gunning off at the lights, not much to speak of, this being a 1.6 base model only, pick-up is so-so, but creamy smooth right up to the redline at approx 6.8k? (if i recall right) safety first, i only gunned it up to the legal limit, which meant shifting 1st (redline) - 2nd (redline) - past speed limit, slow down - 4th/5th to cruise - oh, and NVH is 2 thumbs up, even this small baby bmw is worthy of that propellor badge! Sat Nav - Good, refreshed fast enough not to miss a turn, radio vol turns down whenever "sat nav lady" (to quote jeremy clarkson) wants to make an announcement - similar to the hi-fi, volume is adjustable and speed dependent sensitivity can be toggles (enter the i-drive) - MOST, not all, major buildings, streets, addresses are in the map - dynamic navigation allows alternative route planning in the case of real-time updates of jams/congestion (i used this at one time, good good ) - shows distance to go, distance remaining, and best, Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA), which was accurate, give-take 2 to 3 minutes, im impressed! Highway Driving Went on the A8 Autobahn to Stuttgart, about 200+ km from Munich, I averaged 130-140km/h throughout, at stretches w/o limit, hit 200km/h, pliant and never straining, though slightly underpowered (mind you everyone was going at that speed, you could do 180km/h and an SLK whizzes, yes, whizzes past) - Acceleration, as mentioned, nothing much to hoot about, 3rd-4th picks up briskly, good for the acceleration lanes leading onto the Autobahn - Overtaking power is where the this 116i shows its shortcoming, as per above, the "power band" is about 2.5k rpm to 4k, so if you are in 6th, and wanting to overtake, and rpm is at 2.2k or so, better drop it to 5th and put your foot down--stepping more gas in 6th is not going to cut it - 6th ratio is really very much SOLELY an overdrive ratio, for long distance cruising, approx 110km/h registers less than 2.5k rpm, good for fc perhaps? - steering is very well weighted, feedback, and oh, adjustable for reach and rake (but of course that is expected in a car of this caliber) fuss-free, I reached Stuttgart, after some misadventure (got lost--HA! sat nav is NOT foolproof ok!), found my way back to familiar grounds, the Universit