honda civic part 4

->keyhole ring light

got the lobang from a brother in the forum http://www.civicfd-sg.com.

it helps when you need to insert the key to crank the engine when the lights in the MSCP are off just after 7am.

the keyhole ring light comes on as soon as the car is unlocked via the remote, then goes off after the engine is started. it comes on again when the engine is off and the key is out of the keyhole, and goes off again when the car is parked and locked. it operates like the cabin roof light since they share the same circuitry.

this piece of engineering is definitely smarter than my previous toyota vios where the cabin roof light operates based on the car doors being opened or shut. usually you still need the light even though the door is shut.

honda civic part 3

->honda civic type r car key

looks fierce with the red honda badge. will be getting that black housing panel to replace mine soon..

chinese car names

the other day the mother-in-law was asking about the new car. she could not remember the english name well and so she asked for the chinese name. for honda it is 本田and civic is 思域(思想的领域). the wife jumped when she thought she heard 私欲(私人的欲望) or whatever it was. had a good laugh, haha.

hmm, then my previous car would have been called 丰田威驰(威风,驰骋). no prize for guessing what it is in english or japanese!

http://www.vios.com.cn/
http://jsp.auto.sohu.com/view/subbrand-sbid-110025.html

honda civic part 2

->honda civic car key and key chain

collected my new honda civic last tuesday (3rd jul 2007). still getting used to it and figuring out what most of the gadgets can do. until i can find the time to take really nice pictures with it, here is a "trailer" -> more exciting than transformers ok!

honda i-vtec

a brief introduction on the 1.8 litre honda i-vtec engine

http://world.honda.com/HDTV/news/2005-4050705a/

honda civic part 1

yesterday afternoon the sales engineer from kah motors called to tell me that my honda civic has reached the shores of singapore, and we can start preparing to collect the car soon.

yipee!