Today's theme: BIG

Something slightly different today...actually very different! Quite far off from cars I guess :p. One of the good parts of working in the oilfield industry is getting to see simply gargantuan pieces of equipment and the machinery associated with them. The picture below is of a 30 Ton capacity Forklift, a mammoth of a machine, trust me on this. You don't really get a sense of scale with this picture (my bad) but those wheels are probably about 3-4 ft high.


These things are used for ultra heavy duty loads, say for example a fully loaded shipping container. The 30 Ton capacity should also give you an idea. Hopefully I'll get to see more examples of this size fixation as my work takes me to other places :)


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More humbling experiences

Again, what is it with Porsches and the humbling experiences they provide me with? I always assumed the GT3 or the GT3 RS was the most powerful iteration of the 911 Carrera, guess the numbers did the talking in my head. After reading up a little, figured that this little baby was the king of the hill as far as power was concerned. The current production GT2 develops a simply obscene 520 HP, add that to the fact that the car only weighs only 1,440 kg and you've got a streak of lightning in your hands. As far as the humbling goes, I also thought that both the GT2 and GT3 came with roll cages as standard; wrong again, thats just the track special GT3 RS. So Pavi...I was wrong.



















I'm going to go ahead and guess this was from the previous generation of GT2s (1999-2005), which had a slightly less power rating of 475 HP, still enough to tighten up your backside nice and proper. In respect of that power, I apologize to the owner of this car for making all those conclusions I did unknowingly of what the GT2 really was.

























More of the lovely Porsche hips, sigh...Although from a practical point of view, that spoiler is still gonna make looking through the rear windshield quite impossible. I think that explains why the driver parked head in :P

Classic Times

Definitely rare, I don't think I've ever seen one of these anywhere, let alone Singapore. I'm thinking this is one of early 90's models, badge at the back said 3.6 which makes sense. I don't think anyone would have wanted to import the 6.0 litre V12 version into Singapore at any point :P Thing is, with that body style, this car would still be turning plenty of heads, as it did mine near New Industrial Road.

Jaguar - XJS 3.6 (Early 90's)


















That's quite a looker of a front end, isn't it? There's just something about a long bonnet that gets to your heart.



















There's a long car if I ever saw one. As someone pointed out on facebook, I'm pretty sure it doesn't fit into a regular parking lot in Singapore. This one was definitely stretched out over a couple. Owner probably doesn't take it into town much, and that just might be a good thing. The fact that its just got two doors just makes the length all that more striking.




















Sigh...wonder what one of these would feel like to drive on a long stretch of highway. Hmmm...that suddenly gave me an image of one of these driving out into the sunset

Ahhh...nostalgia

Pleasant suprise on Rangoon Road

Royal Enfield - Bullet


















The stalwart of the very worst of Indian roads, the true king of Indian bikes...the one, the only Bullet! I think just like it does with me, it holds a lot of sentimental value with most Indians. I had a ton of family members who rode this beautiful beast. Also happens that my first time ever learning to ride a bike was on a 1982 model too :) Tough as hell to kickstart, also managed to drop the poor thing on its side too, but once I got it moving, was quite a feeling

Holy Porsche

Second post for the Auto Blog sessions. This one was an absolute stunner, especially because I had no idea that Porsche made these.

Porsche - Targa 4S

The only Targas that I had heard/seen/been aware of were in the early 90's and late 80's, good looking cars in their own right, but nothing like this. This one was pointed out to me from a fair distance by someone who's really developing an eye for cars :) and I was wondering why it looked so different from the other Porsches. That glass roof makes all the difference, and I'm really hoping one of these days I'll catch one with the roof down.

In my opinion, with that glass roof, thats the best looking backside Porsche has ever managed to come up with. The rear wheel arches (hips as I like to call them, Porsches have always looked like full figured women to me :D) exaggerates the entire effect.

Not sure if it was just my imagination, but the Targa looked a heck of a lot closer to the ground than the normal Carreras, can't think of any reason why it should be...so concluding that I was just addled in the mind.

Auto Blog Starts Off

Alright, here we go. This blog has found a new purpose in its relatively short (active) life. I have decided to share the few bursts of joy that this city provides me with from time to time in the form of automobiles (and other things with wheels and without) that have some sort of soul and personality, well at least according to me :P
Also, I've had it with the mind numbing decals and fake exhausts and rims too large to fit the damnable unsporty hatchbacks and korean cars and I'll occasionally take my frustration out on those as well.

Let's start off with the most ancient badge of all

Maserati Coupe near Farrer Park MRT Station


















Not the most attractive of cars I'll admit, but every journey has to start with a simple step. It gets better, I promise.

Maserati GranSport at same location























Now this one was a real beauty, especially in black. The definite look of a Grand Tourer. Pity the driver took off within a few moments of me sighting it. More to come soon