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OK. Finally got time after my post-dinner kopi to post this. Those interested, please put nickname and PM contact details so I can create WhatsApp group. I apologise beforehand if my information/knowledge is outdated. Last Melaka run was a good 4 years ago. Thank yew for your sarpork. Oh.. if less than 4 cars, I calling it off. Date: 16 December 2017 (Sat) Assembly Time: 0630hrs Assembly Location: Kartright Carpark (511 Upper Jurong Road, #01-05, Singapore 638366) Set-off Time: 0700hrs via Tuas Link Proposed rest-stop (outbound): Machap Proposed rest-stop (inbound): Gelang Patah Car 1: terrylmt Car 2: Car 3: Car 4: Itinerary: Walk-walk, see-see, buy-buy, eat-eat...

Is it April's Fool day already? Disney Theme Park to cost RM2 billion. Maglev train to cost RM900 million. Where are they going to find the money? Without an international airport, how many international visitors are they expecting? Hoping for Singaporean visitors only? Siao ah? https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2022/11/851442/disneylands-biggest-theme-park-sea-be-built-melaka

Planning a road trip to KL (one of the cars is a Tesla Model Y) and seeking advice of EV owners who have driven up north (KL and beyond) on recommended stopover locations for fast EV charging. Preferably with a place to sit down, drink coffee/ makan while we wait. a. Based on my googling, it is either Shell Pagoh (1x180KW) or TNB (2x90KW) at Ayer Keroh (north bound). https://maps.app.goo.gl/wqyJj36uXMA2z9Y6A?g_st=ic https://maps.app.goo.gl/wqyJj36uXMA2z9Y6A?g_st=ic b. Will be staying at Bukit Bintang area and the plan is to juice up at Tesla DC chargers at Pavillion. Was told they are already operational but on Tesla MY website, it is still "Target opening date to be confirmed". Anyone has latest updates? c. South bound. Thinking of charging at Shell Tangkak (1x180 KW) or Petronas at Ayer Hitam (2x180 KW and 1x 50KW chargers). https://maps.app.goo.gl/8iSF3awZHHA2KTGc6?g_st=ic https://maps.app.goo.gl/UxrpkYZGUrZeW5Fj6?g_st=ic All inputs (need to download apps, etc) / updates are welcome. For comments relating to the inconvenience of EV charging, etc, please go to this thread and contribute although the negatives are probably very well covered by now. In short, let's stay focused/ concise on the topic so that others can benefit from it. Thank you.

Hi I am in Melaka from 20 Aug and would like to have my car Service in Malacca. Can recommend me any workshop if you think is good. I am driving Hyundai, I will bring along my own oil and oil filter Many Thanks Kevin

A week-old baby girl in Melaka had her right arm bitten off by a family dog after it mistook her for food. 8 World reported that the incident happened on September 8. The baby girl was only a week old and appeared jaundiced, so a relative put her outside in the sunlight. Unfortunately, the family dog thought that the baby girl was food and bit off the portion of her right arm right up to her shoulder. When the family came out of the house later, they discovered, to their horror, the baby girl bloodied and crying. She was rushed to a hospital in Kuala Lumpur where she underwent a 10-hour surgery to reattach her severed arm. Unfortunately, due to her age and tiny blood vessels, the surgeons were unable to reattach her arm. 8 World reported that the girl is still under observation in the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit. The authorities later found that the family dog was unlicensed. It was also found to be unstable and was later taken to a veterinary clinic. It will be isolated for two weeks and checked for rabies. 8 World also reported that the dog will be euthanised once it is diagnosed. https://mothership.sg/2020/09/dog-bite-baby-arm-melaka/ poor baby I'm surprised they left her outside unattended n didnt notice the babys crying when it happened. adults mistake, dog to take the blame for it again

I keep coming across request for information on driving to Melaka on this forum. The following 2 guides have been posted previously on this forum but sometimes it is just so difficult to find. I start a new thread to make it easier to people looking for information on Melaka. Here is a simple driving guide to driving from Singapore to Melaka using the North-South Highway from my own experience. The NS Highway stretch from Singapore to Meleka is designated E2. So if you are lost, keep looking out for the E2 route sign. Drive carefully and get up to speed slowly. Getting up to 110kph should not be a major problem. After that, slowly get used to higher speed in the region of 120kph+ for overtaking. If not comfortable, just stay on the left lane, but try not to go too slow. Listen carefully to your car for any strange noises. Make sure your passengers are buckled up and if they are distracting you, tell them so politely and ask them to help watch the road. There are KM markers (milestone) along the NS Highway. It’s either on the divider or at the side of the road. 0km is JB, counting up as you go Northbound. The markers are seen every 100meters (white plate) and every 1km, green plate, IIRC or vice versa. Try to keep a look out for them every now and then to orientate yourself. You can ask you passengers to do that for you. Keeps them awake. North bound out of SGP, Machap R&R is around 70+km mark. It’s a big stop so rather safe, but still the common cautions be taken i.e look after your belongings. There will not be much stop from here until Pagoh 140km mark, so I recommend the Machap stop to refresh a bit. There is a Baskin Robin here but the price is pretty steep. After Yong Peng (100km), which is about half-way to Melaka, you will cross the hills. Some up-slopes and sweeping bends. Keep the power and momentum going so you dun loose too much speed or get caught out trying to accelerate up-slope. Coming off the hills will be a stretch of concrete straight road. There are a few culverts you will cross so keep your eyes looking far ahead. Slow down if you dun want to roller-coaster your passengers. Pagoh R&R is another big stop at around 145km. You can stop if you want to. Next up is Tangkak (nothing there) and the Johor-Malacca State border. Once you pass Jasin, your exit will be coming up next. Keep a look out for the signs and milestone. Exit AYER KEROH for Melaka. Exit 231. The exit is at 195km mark. So start to pay attention at around 190km mark. Signal and keep left earlier becoz exits come and go rather fast when travelling at high speed. If you miss the exit, don't panic. Never try to reverse on the NS Highway. Just keep going on, there is another exit at 217km mark. Exit to Alor Gajah and make your way back to Melaka either using Route No. 5 (Old road) or get back on the South bound lane of E2. If you miss that, go KL, the food is better anyway. From the toll plaza at Ayer Keroh, it’s another 20mins to downtown Melaka, look out for the sign - PUSAT BANDARAYA. You will most likely get lost a few times from here to town, but that is part of the fun of driving to Malaysia. Have a good trip. Other relevant links: PLUS Site - http://www.plus.com.my/

Anyone stayed there before? How is the parking over here? Safe? Sheltered?

Read about the Submarine museum in Melaka so decided to have a look since I am interested in nautical stuff. The museum is located at Pantai Klebang area. Official website : http://www.perzim.gov.my/en/portfolio/muzium-kapal-selam/ Google map coordinates : https://www.google.com.sg/maps/place/Submarine+Museum/@2.2114913,102.1992464,16z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xb0b6521d9bc8af2!8m2!3d2.2105036!4d102.1974447 Entrance fee was RM5. Never gotten the chance to visit the submarine in SG. So now is the chance to see a real submarine and the tight spaces inside. Not a very big submarine but sufficient to see the cramp quarters inside. There are two decommissioned fighter jets on site too. As you enter the bow, its the torpedo space. There are sleeping bunks above. Drivers seats. Dive dive dive!!!! Periscope stand, green in colour. Mess room Galley. Machinery control space Escape hatch. Newspaper cutting at the exit. Rear of the sub. Can see the exhaust nozzle.

Road trip to Kuantan, Lake Kenyir, Cameron Highlands and Melaka. 5th Oct Set off at 6am in light drizzle rain condition on a Saturday. No jam at SG side of causeway but slight jam at MY side. After clearing customs, hit the EDL and exited at Kota Tiniggi exit. Soon we reached Kian Kee BKT and had a nice breakfast. It wasn’t that crowded, I guess the drizzle affected the business a bit. Finished breakfast and set off, continued on Route 3. Near Mersing, the sun came out and it wasn’t raining anymore. Did not stop at Mersing, drove all the way to Pekan and stopped at Shell petrol station to refuel the car. Upon reaching Kuantan town was shocked by the road changes. Wanted to go to the latest mall, East Coast Mall but due to road works, the roads in town were converted to one way streets. My Garmin GPS with the latest map was useless as it did not indicate the roads as one way street. I had a rough idea of the mall location as I had viewed it on the google map before and just drove towards that direction. Eventually after some sudden turns n u-turns, made it to the mall. It is a modern mall, design is like the Jusco Mall at Tebrau City. Had lunch there and did a bit grocery shopping for shampoo n tibits + mineral water. Then we headed to Suria Cherating Beach Resort where it was the rest stop for this part of the trip. There was a company family day retreat at the hotel so it was pretty crowded and noisy especially at the pool. Initially was assigned to level 1 room but I rejected and they gave me level 3 room, the highest level. Facilities were basic with tiled flooring. TV was still CRT type. After a short rest, we went to the beach, took some photos and left for Cukai town. We wondered around Cukai, went to a small and rundown shopping mall, escalators were not working. After getting out of the mall, saw a roadside stall selling keropok lekor. Bought RM5 worth and it was damn tasty. Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lekor Had dinner at Tong Juan, four stuffed crabs between my wife and I. I find the standard of the stuffed crabs has dropped drastically. No more as tasty as I had a couple of years back. After dinner, we walked along the street where there were fruit stalls and bought some mangosteens(RM2) and one kampong durian(RM15) for supper, only cost us RM17 in total. The durian was sweet, creamy and tasty. Had to smuggle them into the hotel room thou as all hotels has the No mangosteen n durian policy, don’t know why. 6th Oct Got up at 8am and went to had the buffet breakfast. Not much variety, Nasi Lemak was the main course. Then we checked out and headed for the nearest Shell petrol station to fill the car up. As it was a Sunday, traffic along the road to Lake Kenyir was pretty clear, less a few slow trucks here and there. I just followed the MY cars overtaking these trucks. They drove faster than me!!! Me in relax driving mode. Was led onto a unopened section of E8 by my Garmin GPS. I was apprehensive at first, me travelling at 110km/h on cruise control. Cars start passing me and looking at me. They think I must be a kuku driver. Then I floored it. Took it to my own top speed, let go accelerator and floored it again to my own top speed. Before I had enough fun, I had to exit liao. Soon by 1pm we reached the jetty at Lake Kenyir. Parked the car at the public carpark and went to the jetty to take some pictures. Its lunch time and there were four food stalls nearby. We went to the one with the most customer. All four were selling nasi padang. We did not know how to order the food, the boss was very frenly and told us its self-service and bring our food to the counter for payment. So we took a plate, scooped our own rice and picked from the variety of food on display. The food was nice, fresh and cheap. When we were about to finish our food, the boss brought out a plate of baluku(actual name is buah duku fruit) for us on the house. They were sweet and juicy. Took more pictures of a boathouse berthed at a loading jetty and the view ard there. Then we drove deeper in to where the resort is located. We are staying at Lake Kenyir Spa and Resort for this rest stop. We had no intention to explore Lake Kenyir as this was only a rest stop for us. Just wondered ard the resort and rest in the room. The rooms here are actually individually constructed wooden huts. Interior was big with nice décor. But aircon was not that powerful and walking ard made lots of noise cos of the wooden floor. The huts were built on steep hills so you would need to call the buggy to bring you around the resort. The view at the lobby, restaurant and swimming pool was great. It had a great view of Lake Kenyir, like a picture(my wife say one). Free wifi also restrict within these areas too. We didn’t wonder out for dinner and had it at the restaurant. Only both of us eating our dinner there, guess cos it’s a Sunday. The waiter said they had 400 guest earlier during lunch. Food was ok or below average and slightly more expensive than our lunch at the jetty. The malaysia fried rice I ordered was a bit chao ta. But the fish and chips my wife had was done very well. The mixed vegetable dish had too much dried onions sprinkled on it. Overall not too bad, still edible. TV was also of CRT type and all channels were fuzzy cos of the ongoing renovations there. So we settled for Disney channel, the only watchable channel. Nothing much to do, just watch tv and sleep. 7th Oct Our free breakfast was not buffet style cos I think not much guest here only less than 10 guest at the restaurant in the morning. It was ala cart instead, just order what you want to eat from the menu. Breakfast was ok, ordered nasi lemak and omlette, wife had American breakfast and omlette. You cant go wrong with nasi lemak in Malaysia. Simply love the sambal chilli that came with nasi lemak. After breakfast, packed up and checked out of the hotel. We are heading for Cameron Highlands. The road was pretty clear, not much traffic. That is until we went past the state border to Kelantan on the Jalan Felda Aring road. The entire stretch was filled with pot holes, driving this stretch on my sedan car was really torturing. Had to go really slow and work the steering wheel to avoid them or slowly go into them. Then there was oncoming logging/goods lorries. The road was so narrow, I had to put two wheels offroad for them to drive pass me, driving slanting to the left at an angle. It took me 30mins to clear this stretch of road. My wife who usually sleeps while I drive stayed fully awake here. Somemore this stretch of road got two mandatory police road block but we were simply waved on. After getting on paved good road, was so relived. Continue our drive to Cameron Highlands. Came to a police road block. About five cars ahead was a lorry. While the police was talking to the driver of the lorry, suddenly I saw inner rear tyre of the lorry burst with a loud bang. OMG sounds like a gunshot to the rear tyre. Am I in the middle of a shootout??? Saw the police moved to the rear of the lorry to check it out. The driver alighted to see what had happened. Then I know it was not a gunshot, just that the tyre burst. The police ask the lorry park one side and wave us all to move on. Reached Gua Musang around lunch time. Had lunch at one of the modern coffeeshops among the row of shophouses there. Refueled the car at the Shell petrol station and proceeded on to Cameron Highlands. The view of the mountains along the way was very nice. Stopped a few times along the way for my wife to take photo of the view. Somewhere along the way, my Garmin GPS instructed us to turn off the main road and into a kampong road. It was paved road but with unmarked road bumps. For the first few times, unable to notice it in time and went over it at speed. Apparently it was a shortcut up hill. On the way to our hotel, we came across the new Lavender Garden attraction. RM5 per entry. Quite a number of visitors. Me not interested but wifey wana see so just go lor. Walked one round see the different flowers and then came out. For me, not interesting. But if you are into flowers, maybe a nice place. From there, within another 15mins drive, we reached our destination, Hotel Equatorial. Selected the promotional upgrade to deluxe room @ additional RM40 per night. The deluxe rooms were at the top level of the hotel. The view was ok, facing the peak and front of the hotel. Could see Kea Farm on my left and a new hotel being constructed on my right. The newly renovated room was great. The furnishing, facilities and tv were very new and modern. The weather that evening was cold and temperature dip to 18 degrees C!!! There was no space heater in the room and was shivering under the blanket. Day time temperature was around 26 to 27 degrees C. Went to Brinchang town to look see and have dinner. The town looks the same as I had last visited two years ago. Walked around the town and find a place for dinner. Wife wanted to have charcoal steamboat so we went to the row of shophouses that had it. Out of the many, we went to one which was operated by a Chinese couple with a Tripadvisor sticker. After ordering our set steamboat meal, we saw they had an official cert from Tripadvisor.co.uk. The food for the steamboat was really nice, fresh and generous. The prawns were very fresh and nice. You can swap out any ingredients that you don’t like. We swap the beehoon for yee mee. The homemade barely drink was also nice and sweet. We ordered cold barley drink and the shop owner had to ask a second time to confirm we wanted our barley drink cold. The restaurant name was Kwan Kee. The boss was really frenly but price slightly more than others. See post from Tripadvisor : http://www.tripadvisor.com.sg/Restaurant_Review-g298293-d1978128-Reviews-Kwan_Kee_Seafood_Restaurant-Brinchang_Cameron_Highlands_Pahang.html After dinner, we went to the pasar malam stalls nearby to get supper. Saw a roadside stall selling deep fried chempedak. Bought some and tried. It was nice and sweet. Bought two steamed corns too. They termed their corns as pearl corns. They are really sweet and fresh. The butter on the corn was very salty thou. Wifey bought a soft toy there and it was cheap according to her. Make it back to hotel, watched NGC, Battleground Brothers. Had the supper we bought and then rest for the night. 8th Oct Buffet breakfast at Hotel Equatorial was good. Good variety of food choices other than Nasi Lemak. After breakfast we drove to a recommended Bee farm by my brother. It is along Jalan Boh, a small road leading to Boh tea plantation between Tanah Rata and Ringlet town. The farm was a small one operated by an elderly couple. Bought 8 big bottles and 2 small bottles of “aged” honey, supposed to be of higher grade and only they have it in the whole of Cameron Highlands. Which I think, they are just bragging lah. After that we made our way down to Ringlet town to have a look. Ringlet town is small and not much tourist stuff. Mostly shops and markets are catered for locals. They had an indoor basketball court there. After walking around town, we drove on to Tanah Rata for lunch. Tanah Rata is much bigger than Ringlet with more shops and tourist stuff like starbucks and other modern shops. The clock tower cum taxi/bus interchange is still there as usual. We walked around and settled for Indian food as lunch. Had maggi goreng while wifey had thosai and butter naan. Food was ok, but the butter naan was too thick and too big for us. After lunch, drove to Mountain Strawberry farm near the peak. The road up is very narrow and have to horn once in a while cause of blind corners. The blangah working at the farm was happy to see us. He said he recognized us, but I don’t think he do. Its our third visit to him in 6years, so maybe he does. But nevermind lah. Wifey wanted some self-plucking strawberries and she had a great time there. He wanted to show us the other vegetable farms, but we politely decline as we had seen it before on our previous visit. Went to the animal farm and see what animals were left. The chicken, duck and rabbits are still there. Got time to kill so decided to drive to the peak. The road up gets very very steep, came past this place called Mossy Forest. It is a path created by stairs and various pavilions along the way with a view of the mountains below. The view up there was stunning, you can see and feel the clouds passing you. From there you can also see the two different states between the mountains, Perak and Pahang. Met two frenly ang mo couple up there. When returning to the car, a pair of ang mo guys just arrived from the peak and I checked with them the condition up there. They said the view up there was bad and they cant see sh!t, thatz why they came down to the Mossy Forest. Upon hearing the feedback, we decided to head back down to Kea Farm for a walk in the market. Kea Farm is a market place where the farmers sell their various produce from the farms in Cameron Highlands. We walked around checked the prices and decided to buy our stuff the next day just before we leave. The prices of the soft toy there was more expensive than the one wifey bought at the pasar malam in Brinchang. So wifey did not buy anything there. We headed back to the hotel, wifey went for foot massage at the shops below the hotel while I went back to the room to catch some rest. Dinner, we headed back to Brinchang and went back to Kwan Kee restaurant as we found their food very nice and fresh previously. This time we decided to have tze char instead. We ordered claypot deer meat, sambal pork meat and claypot beancurd. The deer and pork meat were very tender and nice. Truly enjoyed the meal. The boss recognized us from the previous day and made small talk with us. He told us not to come during the school holidays or public holidays cos everywhere jam and eating at his place would have to queue also. The other table was a Singaporean family too, they also loved the claypot deer meat, they ordered a second serving!!! This restaurant will be my place for meals on subsequent visits to Cameron Highlands. After dinner, we decided to get the same supper, deep fried chempedak and steamed pearl corn. Wifey also bought three more soft toys there at the pasar malam cos they were much cheaper for her frens. 9th Oct Same buffet breakfast at the hotel café. Variety was almost the same. Finished our breakfast, went to pack our luggage and checked out of the hotel. Missed the beautiful décor of the hotel room. We headed to Kea Farm to get our vegetables and fruits. We decided to get it from the stall deep inside, towards the end on the right side small road. The pearl corn was not cheap but farking cheap. 15 pearl corn for RM10. No bargaining required. In fact, it was too many for us and we gave some to my fren and my brother. We also got four Cameron Highland green guava. It was very sweet and crunchy. Wifey got one bag of green oranges, I picked a box of super spicy Mexican chillies. The stall owner kept asking us to buy more vegetables but we had enough liao. We left Cameron highlands by Tapah route. It was a shorter route. Was following behind a pick up truck all the way down. During the drive down, the bigger lorries were frenly. They will move one side when road was clear and let us overtake. Using the manual shift on my gearbox down hill was fun. But my car’s gearbox is a bit retarded. The shifting was slow, I can feel the lag between gears. Was shifting between second and third gear most of the time. The pick up truck turned off at the bottom of Tapah route where there is a row of shophouses. I continued on to the NSH, heading to Melaka. Refueled the car at the nearest rest stop and FC was bad, I think cos of the uphill and downhill driving. The drive to Melaka was nothing interesting, turned on cruise control and stayed on 110km/h. Somewhere after KL, my Garmin gps instructed us to exit the NSH and go onto route 19 to Melaka town. Route 19 was ok, normal two lane road but got lots of traffic lights. As we neared Melaka town, the traffic was heavy. Soon, managed to find our way to our rest stop hotel, Hatten Hotel. Booked a junior suite room. The room was big with a nice view of the city and the swimming pool. Best thing was it was connected to the Pahlawan shopping mall. Upon checked in, we went to have lunch at Hatten Square food court. The décor of the food court was like an old street with various food stalls lined the old street. Food was expensive, minimum RM5 per dish. We had Nyonya laksa and chendol. The taste was there but not good enough if compared to SG laksa. Chendol, I prefer the one I had at Lao San near Jonker Street previously. Brought our bags from our car up to the hotel room and took a rest in the room. Then we went shopping at Pahlawan shopping mall. Slowly walking around the mall and came to the end of the mall, McD end, it was under renovation. We decided to walk over to Fatty Lee restaurant for dinner. A 20mins walk and we reached. Ordered three crabs for both of us. One and a half crab in spicy milk sauce and one and a half crab in salted egg sauce. It was finger licking good. But price went up, now is RM85/kg. Paid total of RM200 for three crabs and one plate of vegetable. Then we walked over to Capitol Seafood for some cockles. It’s a seafood stall selling cockles, la la and other shell fishes at a back alley. Sitting on stools and eating the cockles. The cockles were fresh and there is rojak sauce for you to dip. Decided to tabao one packet of rojak back for supper. We tried to hail a cab to take us back to Pahlawan shopping mall. But there were none in sight. So we just walked back from where we came. Walking back seems much faster and the exercise after meal was great. Continued shopping at Pahlawan, then headed to Mr DIY at Hatten Square. Prices quite cheap, bought a few DIY items. Went back to the hotel room, watch the night view of the city, bathed and had supper, rojak. 10th Oct The breakfast variety and spread at Hatten Hotel was impressive. It was pretty crowded too. Ate full full. Then went back to pack our luggage and checked out of the hotel. Drove on to the NSH and turned on the cruise control at 110km/h. The drive back was boring but saw one car stopped by polis. We exited at Pasir Gudang highway and made our way to Plentong Giant. My favorite grocery shopping place. Had lunch there at Old Town White Coffee and then proceeded to Giant for grocery shopping. Filled the boot and back seat. Drove over to the car wash and was glad to see a squeaky clean car again. The car washer was glad they don’t need to remove my rear seat car mat and boot mat for vacuum too. Too many stuff inside. Proceeded to Shell petrol station to refuel the car. Impressive FC, travelled from Tapah to Melaka to Johor without refueling and fuel indicator is just one bar below half tank. Travelled 500+km and topped up 41 litres only. The gearbox is crappy for fun driving but great for cruising. Drove over to MY custom and traffic was clear. No jams at all. SG custom traffic was clear too. But kena stopped by the ICA officer cos of the many bottles of honey. He demanded to see the receipt for the honey but I explained to him that I got them from the farm and there was no receipt. He took my passport and checked my exit and entry dates. Seeing that I had been in Malaysia for six days, he let me off and told me next time to get receipt for stuff I bought. Siao one, go farm buy stuff where got receipt one. Drove off and headed for home sweet home. Overall this was a nice round trip from east coast of MY to west coast of MY. Get to visit and travel to a new place, Lake Kenyir. Generally, I found Malaysians on the east coast more frenly than the west coast. Maybe cos of the more relaxed lifestyle compared to the cities on the west coast.

Hi to everyone We had a drive-up in the previous year [4/7/2010] to Sim Koa Yen Durian Farm "SKY". * reference : http://www.mycarforum.com/index.php?showto...2382&st=200 [from post #210 onwards] Now we are planning a drive-up for Jun

Our day at the scenic and peaceful hill resort of Cameron Highlands soon came to an end. But the mood wasn't at all dreary, because we left the best for the last - a one-night stopover in the town of Melaka. First, some group shots to capture the memories. Soon, the convoy was good to go. Traffic was relatively light, and we were lucky to make it to our night's stayover before dusk. That gave us some time to explore the town. Of course, we had to pay a visit to the famous food streets. The hotel had a rustic feel to it, similar to the shophouses we have in Chinatown. The day ended with a night trail, where we took a short river boat tour around the small town. Next morning, it was time to head back home. The guys from Idemitisu made sure the cars were ready for the final leg of the road trip. While all good things come to an end, the trip was definitely a fruitful one. The cars ran smoothly and faultlessly throughout the entire journey without any hiccups. The primary data from the trip is also very positive. From the data collected from the road trip, Idemitsu's Extreme Eco 0W20 and 5W30 grade engine oil achieved the most significant fuel savings of 9.1 percent and 6.2 percent respectively. Road trips can't get any better than this.

Dear Bros, Any recommendations for good local food - specific restaurants/shops etc in Melaka? Below are some that I already know, 1) BeiZhan 2) Teo Soon Leong Teochew food 3) Capitol Satay celup 4) 88 Chendol Any other recommendations?????

Did a search on this hotel but found nothing. Anyone stayed in this hotel before? Carpark safe?

Hi guys, I am driving in to Melaka next month using Garmin map as my guide, first time driving to MY. So need experienced help This is my understanding... 1. 3/4 tank upon reaching TUAS checkpoint 2. Need auto pass card before entering MY checkpoint (can I buy this card in sg? I heard maybank selling it). 3. Any reliable and wun chop carrot Workshop/Tow service contacts in JB and along the route to Melaka in case of vehicle breakdown? In the event my car breakdown how ah? I had to find my own way to Melaka by public transport or LLST need to go to the workshop and wait? 4. Need to purchase those bat like steering wheel lock for protection (personal and car), this type of steering wheel lock wun get me into trouble at the customs right? 5. Since I am not used to driving above 120.... I will stick to left lane around 100-110, ok right? any other advise/tips/points to take note?

Taking starcruise to Melaka. Don't feel like joining their local package in Melaka. Want to go to the town area for makan and walk walk ourselves. How far is the ferry terminal to the town area and how much is the taxi fare ? Anyone tried before ?

1. Going for a short trip during March school holidays. Anyone stayed in Everly Resort (Formerly known as Riviera Bay Resort) before and care to comment? 2. Anyone have a good deal for hotel that is family friendly in Melaka? Thank you very much. Regards,

Although Melaka is just 200 over km away from Singapore. A day or two driving there to chill out, especially for food, is a hobby for many road tripper here. So I start this thread "again" to share, and will also want to gather some othe good recommendations bros here been before. At least we will have alternatives next time. I always visit this shop 天合成 ( Tian Hup Seng) to buy their Kuih Wangi and their white coffee. The folks love it. Recommeded. The most famous Capitol Satay Celup in Melaka. I will skip this the next visit. Not the standard like before anymore. Over rated, bad service, long Queue and sauce bad taste. Not recommended! One of my favorite restaurant in Melaka, the Porridge house.... Highly recommended.[attachment=68136:IMG_2036.jpg] 88cendol at Jonker, no pointcoming here again, the durian cendol is not like before anymore. Skip! The Hokkien Bah Kut Teh at Melaka Raya 2. Bros who always patronized Teochew BKT or elsewhere, try this BKT, the soft bone really best and the claypot live of pork leg is fantastic. But I think a little expensive. Recommended. And finally went for the last meal in Melaka before heading home. The Chinese Dim Sum buffet in Renaissance Hotel . Lot's of varities, eat till we feel like vomiting. This place is for quantity not quality. Not recommended.

Hi all, Just wanna share my incident with all of you. Drove my car to melaka with my wife and parked my car at somewhere near Jonker Walks, less than50m away from the Melaka Police Headquater. Stayed over for a night. Less check car at 1am and leave at 4.30am on saturday morning. Realised passenger door window got smashed and all my items are stolen. Wiring are all cut off... Items stolen below Defi meters (3) with Defi Controller Biltz Boost Controller Shift Lamp Turbo Timer Centre clock piece got pull out and stolen too coz defi meters are on top.. Garmin GPS. So all pls be careful when you are there. Thought its a safe place but haiizz... Cheers

Anyone can share which Claypot Bah Kut Teh you love most in Melaka? Kindly recommend ! Folks from oversea are craving for BKT, they are visiting Melaka and I gonna be their "guide"!

Hi Guys! For those that used to travel up to Melaka and those that are thinking of Visitng Melaka for short trip with your family; you may wanna try out putting up at www.melakalodging.blogspot.com This unit has 4 bed rooms. Owner is a friend of mine working in Singapore. Can Pm me for his contact as well. :P

Hi Bros, Thinking of going to Melaka over this weekend. Last time I've been there was about a year ago. Didn't do much preparation, thus nothing much to do over there. Besides Jonker St and Chicken Rice ball, any other places to visits, things to eat? I've been to Portuguese Settlement too, but so many stalls there, and workers there are touting for customers.... which one offers best food? I would give Mahkota a skip..... Heard there's a new shopping mall there, maybe will try out. I remember there's a lodging house, downstair sort of cafe at the entrance of Jonker St, near the river... anyone stay tehre before? but dunno got place to park my car or not... Thanks in advance for any feedback and reccommendations

Just to share my experience while going up Melaka(26th Mar 2011). Departed Singapore Custom(Tuas) around 1100hrs and reach Esso station after JB CIQ around 1120hrs for a full tank. Leave Esso Station at 1130 and chiong up to melaka. First time drove such a distance, a trip to prep myself for long hual drive to cameron. Around after gelang patah, got stop by boleh TP and keep saying 123 to me.He was refering to my speed, 123km/h. I was still wondering if he only knows how to say 1 2 3. Still arguing with him I didn't speed, but in fact I did. A little regret that money is contributed to boleh TP. Regret being he wrongly accused me. My speedo was reading 130km/h and my GPS clocked 132km/h, how can I only be going at 123km/h? Damn, but "buy him kopi" with RM50 and left. Thanks to my malaysian friend. else I tak takwu what he talking. Been hearing people saying can reach melaka in 1hr 30mins, actually it's not possible. Travelling at avg speed of 120km/h, still need at least 2 hours plus to reach the heart of melaka. Reach melaka around 1400hrs after parking car. Had my lunch at the chung wah chicken rice. The rice ball looks like kiu chwee,became very much small, can finished within 1 mouth. Ding dong around after lunch, walk to local product shop(san shu gong) get some lao po bing and some coffee and zoom, back to Kg Telok Jawa at JB for dinner. For return trip, I travelled at avg 130km/h once I hit the expressway,still cannot reach JB(Tebrau) within 2 hours. I guess the dream of reaching KL in 3hours is too far fetch given the traffic volume nowadays on NSH. Pump full tank at taman sentosa and back to SG. Cleared both custom with 30mins and home sweet home.

have searched ard and absorb advices from the bros here. Will b putting up at equatorial. btw, given it's haji on 27th, will the shops be open? Dun wan later go there no shops :(

juz back from melaka aft coming back from genting. Strange enuh, genting is not cold but all is well except 1 thing. ppl there luv to smoke indoor and tat is v unbearable 4 mi .Went 2 try e famous lok lok at melaka, but at 11.15 pm, the Q stretch all e way to e road side. In e end, gave up

good weather , did Not notice any pot holes... good driving trip very smooth from JB to Melaka about 2 hrs. each way. Lucky, did not kenna stop by TP. Newton food centre highly recommended. Food price is same as our food court BUT in RM. Must try: * Chicken rice ball RM4 (excellent!) *Chee Cheong Fan RM3 (the Best of the best, no stall in Singapore can be better!) *Satay per stick RM0.50cts (better than our East coast satay *ice-cream per scoop RM1.20 * sting Ray RM10.00 (better than SGP, different way of cooking!)