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Hi hi guys! I'm sure most of you of my age already own a car ! T_T *tears of jealousy*
I know nothing about cars...but at least I try to act like I know about cars. BUT I LOVE cars because I watch Transformers lol. I mean, who doesn't like to see beautiful sexy things?
THINK Chevy Autobots in Tranformers!
So when I get to know that I have a chance to attend the Chevrolet Defensive Driving Course with the Malaysia's Hottest Bloggers friends, I'm uber happy like mad. First is because TRANSFORMERS uses Chevrolet car u know?Hahahahahahahahhahaaa. Second is because.. Now I can finally know *at least something about cars.
Before I tell you more about the course, please watch this video featuring us girls with the Chevy baby! Hahahaha cannot laugh okay.
Why is the course called DEFENSIVE Driving ? I know you know most of us like to speed. We drive #likeaboss on the road although we know it's unethical ! That is why accident rate is always increasing! One way to reduce accidents and increase our chance of survival in an accident is to know how to DEFEND.
Yes, we cannot avoid accidents but we can learn to DEFEND. That's what we girls learned throughout the course!
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We started of our morning with some breakfast and theory sessions by Kevin Low, an instructor from AADA. Ohhh, all our instructors that day are racers. How cool is that! I always have a thing with racers.
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| Kevin Low. He made the whole theory session so fun ! |
So I'll try to list as many theories that I can remember for you! (I have short term memory loss lol)
- What is defensive driving? Defensive driving is learning how to avoid the risk caused by other road users.
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| Khusyuknyaaa (concentrate maximum) |
That's right. Sometimes being a careful/cautious driver cannot guarantee you safe from all accidents. What if the dangers are caused by other drivers (drunk drivers for example) ? We should be aware of the rising road accidents and death. Check the statistics click here .
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| Zoey and Stephanie. Hehehe so cute. Their expression tells you how interesting the theory session was. How nice if our UndangUndang workshop is like this right. |
Here, we learned about .....
- Proper sitting position when driving. A good sitting posture can save one's life during accident!
- Seat belts, airbags, and other safety devices in the car. One should know well about one's own car. *gulp* Don't look down on the importance of putting on seat belts! I know its fussy, even me don't put on seat belts when I'm not driving BUT after watching the videos by the instructor... I find that putting on seat belts can make so much difference IF an accident take place. I'll wear seat belts every time now. *guilty*
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| Mynn Lee from RedFm. That's her cute face giving full concentration! Hahaha. |
- Hazards, reaction and following distance (2 second gap between car in front, etc. etc.) The 2 second gap is something like... do not follow a car too near so that we can avoid IF an accident happen. Here's Kevin demonstrating a simple example on the 2 second gap theory with Linora's help.
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| Linora from RedFm, is unable to catch the pen if the gap is too near! |
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Alright! So after the theory session to ensure we have some knowledge of cars, we're allowed to have our hands on the precious baby Chevrolet (s) !
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| Tim Chew is more excited than us harharhar! |
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| So sexy I feel like I'm in Transformers. Ok I should stop mentioning Transformers already. |
Instructor taught us about how to check water and fluid levels, tyre inflation, battery, engine and oil changes, inspection of lights, and belt checks. Aaaaaahhhhhhhh ! So many things to remember!
Price:
Cruze 1.8LT = RM98,716.40 (without insurance)
Cruze 1.8LT Special Edition = RM116,716.40 (without insurance)
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| See! More complicated than a human brain. Which one is engine, which is battery? |
- Importance of proper maintenance ; Keeping your car well maintained is the key to preventing breakdowns in dangerous areas.
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| Racer instructor and us |
The instructor is so funny. He say that GIRLS should either learn how to maintain a car OR get a boyfriend who knows how to maintain a car. Lol. I guess I know which is easier.
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| Mynn Lee again! Now she know how to put on the seat belts properly! |
By the way, I must say I really like the interior of the Chevrolet Cruze! It's so sporty and stylish. Because we will be spending a lot of time in the car so we'll want to make sure we're comfortable with the way it looks and feels!
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| The interior of a Chevrolet Cruze |
So, our practical lesson of the day was..
1. Push-pull steering
Means the way we hold the steering when driving should be like the picture below....
(Both hands should not cross each other but that is what we all do without realizing. fol T__T)
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| We need to drive left-right-left-right without hitting the cone but obviously you can see that we hit the cone already T.T |
You must be thinking what's so hard to turn left and right lah. The hard part was actually to make sure our hands did not cross ! Aaaaaahh!
2. Emergency braking accident avoidance (ABS braking / collision avoidance)
This is very exciting ! We learn how to avoid things (for eg : a cat / dog / mouse / human ) on the road when we are on high speed to avoid accident. Here, we need to go on full trottle and then brake suddenly when the instructor say "NOW!". Omg thrilling maximum, we must have fast reaction.
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| Sudden brake. Scary at first but then addictive on the second. |
*Chevrolet Cruze is equipped with 4-wheel disk brakes with Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS), Brake Assist, and Electronic Brake Force Distribution (EBD) which helps to stop the car in a shorter distance while allowing the driver to maneuver away from a collision.
3. Skid control
Many times the cause of an accident is because of being panic >> brake >> loose control over the car. No blame because it's our natural reaction to BRAKE whenever we are PANIC right? Do you know that BRAKing can actually worsen conditions? Skids occur in accidents are usually the result of last minute action by the driver when faced with a crisis ahead.
So here, we are put into the danger of skids... (just kidding) and learn how to CONTROL the skid itself.
We must learn how to control our fear right? We girls are like "OMG!" when we saw the instructor poured oil all over the road(to cause skid). A lot of spinning involved like what you see in the movies wtf. This skill is very important!
*Chevrolet Cruze�s �Electronic Stability Control� and �Traction Control� were turned OFF to enable the car to skid (so we could learn how to control a skid).
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There goes our 3 very important practical lessons by Chevrolet. Some of us think its not enough and wanna try and skid again and again (maybe because its not our own car so we're more daring. Lol.)
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| A big thankyou to all instructor's patience! Impressive by how they can tahan our driving lol. Thank God no instructors get mad hahahahaha. |
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Some features that Chevrolet Cruze impressed me is their...
- Safety features : Electronic Stability Control (ESC), 4-whell disc brakes with Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS), Traction Control, Brake-Assist and Electronic Brake Force Distribution (EBD)
- Performance : 6-Speed Automatic Transmission, which make the car so powerful that delivers a maximum fuel efficiency of 17.34km/L . Muscular performance with dynamic smoothness mm.
- Design : Especially their exterior. Also, I'm in love with the ice blue dashboard.
- Available In 7 colours! One that attracts me is Velvet Red !
Price:
Cruze 1.8LT = RM98,716.40 (without insurance)
Cruze 1.8LT Special Edition = RM116,716.40 (without insurance)
Click here (I've attached a Chevrolet Cruze e-booklet with beautiful images of the cruze and information/specifications of the car. Enjoy!)
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| Us and the racer instructors + Tim. Look, they're all so handsome and humorous. |
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| So we've got the secrets of defensive driving and some goodies by Chevrolet. |
Drive safe and Defend smartly! Don't forget to check out these pages.
- Chevrolet � www.chevrolet.com.my
- MHB � http://www.facebook.com/myhotbloggers
- ASIA ADVANCED DRIVING ACADEMY - http://www.aadasb.com/
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