Softroaders and Offroaders

In this post i'll explain what's the difference between things called "softroaders" and "offroaders"

These 2 cars are identical, people liked to call them "SUV". But i think, they are different kind of SUVs.

- Softroaders, it's priorited to be used on asphalt, only to avoid flood, broken roads. because sedans and small hatchbacks cannot pass a high-flooded-road and road holes. So it's useless if u try to use them in hard-offroads, they are seriously useless in hard-offroading. However, softroaders are the most realistic vehicle in Indonesia, because Indonesia has so much broken roads. The Softroaders mostly using FWD drivetrain layout, but sometimes, they have AWDs such as Chevrolet Captiva or Daewoo Winstorm originally. But in other country, Honda CRVs, Nissan X-Trails, Ford Escapes, Suzuki Vitaras have AWD trims, but in Indonesia only sold in FWD or RWD, and the AWD only used to have more traction on the road, not to be used on offroads. They don't have transfer case either LOL. AWDs are differ with 4WDs. The most easy case is the transfer case, just as i said before. Softroaders mostly equipped with H/T or Hard Terrain (asphalt) tires, not M/T(Mud-Terrain) or A/T(All-Terrain). And softroaders usually more comfortable than offroaders, because they are used for daily-driving. Examples are Honda CRV,Nissan X-Trail,Chevrolet Captiva,Ford Escape, Mazda Tribute, Suzuki Vitara/Escudo, Hyundai Tucson(ix35), Kia Sportage, even luxuries as Porsche Cayenne are categorized Softroaders, etc. Softroaders often called "Crossovers".

- Offroaders, priorited to have a high offroad skill. Not like softroaders, offroaders often used for hard-offroad activity. But they are less comfortable in asphalt, worse than softroaders if used for daily-driving. They drink fuels more than the softroaders of course, and need more torque for "having fun with the mud". So that's why offroaders usually take diesel engine within their engine bay. Instead of high-torque output in low RPM, they also helps the fuel consumption. Diesel engine is more efficient in fuel-using than petrol-engines. Real Offroaders uses 4x4/4WD drivetrain layout, and differ with the softroaders, they have transfer case. Transfer case is a knob used to set the drivetrain, you can keep the car work with 2 wheels only by activating the 2L/2H, and if you want the 4 wheels to work together, keep it in 4L/4H. Usually, transfer cases are positioned beside the gearshift knob. Examples of offroad vehicles are Jeeps(Wrangler,Rubicon,CJ-7,etc), Toyota Land Cruiser/FJ-Cruiser, Mitsubishi Pajero/Pajero Sport 4x4, Ford Everest 4x4, Nissan Patrol, Land Rover Defender, Suzuki Jimny/Katana, and some double-cabins can be called offroaders also LOL, etc.

That's the differences. Just Correct Me If I'm Wrong :)

This Year's Wish.

Hmm... Okay starting this post i'd like to say
Merry Christmas 2010 & Happy New Year 2011 even it's already late... hahaha.

Mostly in New Years, people always make resolutions, alright i'd like to share some of them.
- Firstly, of course i want some new friends outta there. Not only from the same school as me, but from the different schools also.
- Find some friends with the same hobby as me. So we can talk about car stuffs briefly, clearly, and everytime.
- Driver's License! This year will be my 17th birthday. Can't wait for this! August the 20th, 2011, my age will be 17, and it's time for me to get my driver's license.
- More open-minded. With open-minded-self, i can make new friends easily i guess.
- More responsible with my tasks.
- Safety driving. Less speeding, more safety.
- Improve my drumming skills.
- Getting closer with some guys.
- Girlfriend, LOL. Every year i've just made this wish and it haven't realized.
- etc, it's so much i can't say it one by one.. hahaha.

Okay, next week's gonna get back to school again. What a short holiday. I remembered last week i was just taking my student's report. next week's school have already started? hmmmm....

What A Weird Friend

Hmmm... I'm just thinking... Why God made these people to be like this...

The first... Is like you know who... I've often mentioned it on the previous posts.

The second, yes i've just met this kind of "species".... actually not "just met", but, well, the right sentence is maybe "i was just known if she was one of these species,"

Now the bad things....

1. she often writes un-important status on facebook..... like "i'm alone" or something like that... phew.. i can't wonder how would she be if she had a twitter....

2. she often writes "alay" language....

3. she often texts me... and the thing she likes to do is gossiping about boys of course... it really "burns" my ears... hey, the one that u're just talking with is also a boy... she never changed the topic, just boys and boys.

4. she easily forget her old friends... Yes, i was one of her old friend, and i knew how it feels to be forgotten... when i was in grade ten... she got new friends, and she never talk to me in the past...

5. the most annoying thing, she always looking for help for assignments... hey, can't u make it yourself? You have a computer right? Why didn't u make use of it? Why always asking help to your friends while you can do it yourself? Even a very simple assignment... U always ask for help...

6. she never thinks when she asks for help. One day, one of my friend had a birthday party, she asked me to pick her to her home... Oh dear, my house and her house tooks far too long distance.... moreover, my car was full,but some friends are living near her, why didn't she ask the others? The other friend whom i mentioned was invited too, why didn't she ask? I was rejecting it, and the result, she didn't came to the party, because no one picked her up...

7. and many more i can't explain...

at the first i think she was a good person, but lately, i feel she's getting more annoying, more "alay" also. I didn't hate you, i just hate your attitude, why can't u change?

So many weird person in this world. I still haven't got the point why they become like that....

Without Rear Wing ? Weird

some cars looks really weird when they don't have wing on their trunks

for example

This is the regular Lancer Evolution X GSR... it has wing on its trunk. looks so perfect right?

compare it with this


This is Lancer Evolution X MR US-Spec. It don't have wing, how do you think compared to the first pic? Weird, huh ? Basically they're the same car.

The designer is really genius isn't it? Evo's trunk seemed too "empty" when you don't have any wing on it. You don't need any expensive GT-wing for racecars, just regular OEM wing, it'll be much better :).

mmm... i don't mean to compare, just sharing opinion :D.

even i'm a honda lover, i love mitsubishi too :D

Sh*t

Hari ini kena bencana... -___- sialan...

Alesan pake judul itu = jengkel banget... pengen gw damprat rasanya.

mental pengendara motor jaman sekarang itu makin hari makin gak keruan ya....

bayangin aja, mau parkir di depan rumah aja masalah dateng secara tiba tiba.

ceritanya abis pulang dari gereja, mobil mau gw parkirin di depan rumah. adek gw, gw suruh turun buat mantau keadaan, biasanya kan kucing2x suka nekat

nah waktu mau dipepetin, ya terpaksa gw mundurin dulu dong. liat kanan kiri belakang, yakin 100% gak ada apa apa, weits... mendadak mundur ada suara "greekkkkk...." nah loh? suara apaan tuh?

turun, eh ternyata motor, yang bawa mahasiswa gitu lah, masih muda. ebuset, perasaan tadi kosong nih belakang kok mendadak ada motor ya? menurut saksi (adek gw), dia bilang ga liat sorot lampu apapun, ga ngeliat ada motor juga, dia aja kaget waktu gw mendadak ngundurin tuh motor.

nyolot abis nih mahasiswa... mentang2 gw keliatan anak SMA kali ya
g : gw
m : mahasiswa

g : (niat baek nih bantuin) "duh mas maaf gapapa motornya ?"
m : "spakbor retak nih, karena saya orang sabar jadi saya maafin aja deh," (SIALAN LU! GAK USAH SOK SUCI! BILANG AJA LU CARI GARA GARA! ORANG JALANAN DI SEBELAH KIRI KOSONG KOK LU AMBIL KANAN YANG ADA MOBIL! MAHASISWA KOK OTAKNYA KALAH AMA ANAK SMA!)
g : "waduh maaf yah mas.... (sambil ngebantu beresin buku2x nya yang jatoh, heran, perasaan gw tabrak pelan gitu kok bukunya bisa jatoh yah? hmmm... dan cuma kena spakbor depan kok bisa ampe buku jatoh?"
m : "ngg.. kalo ngganti ini (sambil nunjuk spakbor retak) biasanya sih 20ribu" (anj**g.... udah gw duga ujung - ujungnya duit)
g : "ooo... ya ya.. bentar (ngambil dompet di mobil, beruntung ada 20ribu...), nih mas"
m : "makasih ya,"
g : "duh gapapa beneran nih mas motornya? masih bisa jalan?" (sok perhatian gw, gw sih tau, pasti bisa jalannya, ketabrak spakbor mana mungkin ampe ga bisa jalan?)
m : (nyetater)"oh, masih bisa kok mas,udah ya,"
g : "iya..... maaf yah mas," (batin : "sialannnn... bilang aje lu keabisan duit kagak bisa makan, makanya minta2 sampe ngerusakin barang orang....")

aaaaaaaaaaahhhh.... sialann... bokek gara2 tuh mahasiswa kep**at.... 20rb terakhir abis... mampuslah -_____-. untung mobil cuma baret dikit di deket knalpot... fyuh -___-. gw mah diem aja, ngapain minta ganti rugi toh percuma, dia tetep ngerasa bener.

untunglah, abis pulang gereja, jadi ga ngajak tengkar orang dulu -___- lagian kalo ngajak tengkar useless juga, ujungnya tetep aja = mobil yang salah.

PS : ati ati kalo mundur, apalagi waktu malem. pelan2x aja, kalo perlu, suruh 1 orang ngeliatin biar bisa mastiin kalo tempatnya 100% aman, apalagi malem2x kalo alay2x naek motor kagak nyalain lampu, dan kasus kayak gw, orang cari gara gara.

Pukulan

Jujur saja, saya paling ngga suka kalo dibilang gini sama temen saya :

"Kamu itu, dipukul ya bales pukul dong! Banci ah, ngga cowo,dll"

Yapp, itu bener2 sakit didengernya. Kenapa? Seakan - akan cowok itu harus bales kalo dipukul.

Padahal kenyataannya, kalo kita bales, yang mukul kita itu PASTI bales lagi, ngga akan ngga, soalnya yang mukul kita itu otaknya ga jalan. Apa - apa diselesaiin pake fisik, mental alay, pengen berlagak sok jagoan.

Yang menurut saya bodoh itu bukan dipukul ga bales, tapi malah justru yang bales, kenapa? Karena kekerasan ngga akan selesai kalo dibales dengan kekerasan juga. Agama juga ngga pernah ngajarin berbuat kasar kan, malah ngajarinnya "kasihilah musuhmu" ?

Pria jantan itu yang dipukul diem aja, tapi dalem hati memaafkan. Kenapa? Karena seperti yang saya sebutin di paragraf sebelumnya, agama mengajarkan untuk "mengasihi musuh," , alias jangan menyimpan dendam. Kalo kita memaafkan musuh kita, masalah selesai. Gak akan berlanjut lagi.

"Apa yang benar di mata manusia belum tentu baik di mata Tuhan, tetapi ikutilah apa yang baik di mata Tuhan, jangan menjadi sama dengan dunia ini,"

What Will U Do If U Had A Friend Like This

I don't know exactly what else to do with this guy,

i'm tired with his "overacted" action.

few days later, one of my friend, who is a girl, will have her 16th birthday.

so what's the connection with this "guy" who i'm talkin about? right, he had a crush with her. and he has a plan to buy some gifts.

but the thing which is really annoying, he want to buy ALL THE GIFTS... he act like he doesn't allow anyone to give any gift to her. what the?? hey.... it's not ur girlfriend at all... and u don't have any special relationship with her. it makes us, including me, and the others who are also her friend confused about what to give....

if u had a crush on her, SAY IT, don't act so silly and over. one thing i'd like to say to you, GIRLS DON'T LIKE BOYS WHO ACTS REALLY OVER....

and yes, one thing again about gift.. it's not about WHAT YOU GIVE... it's not about HOW MUCH MONEY, but it's all about THE WAY YOU GIVE IT...