I got Shell, Top Gear, and F1 Sepang car sticker

btw, I have two problems with my Wira...one is the left front brake. When hard braking, I can hear a sound from it. Difficult explain what kind of sound, but it happens when the car is about to come to a halt. When the road is wet, that tyre will lockup. Does anyone know why?

secondly, my remote is dead...almost. You have to spend half an hour pressing the button before it decides to release the lock for you. I'm using the spare now but that's also in bad condition. I hear from my colleague that you can change the whole remote at some shops. Mostly those shoe cobblers at shopping malls. Is it safe to do this? Can anyone recommend a reliable shop?

Thanks

of coz got service car regularly. But last I skimmed and change the brake pads was about 2 years ago. Brakes work fine, just got the noise from one side.

as for the remote battery...its still good. Can see the light shine brightly...but not all the time. I feel like the connector is rusted or something. No budget to change whole alarm system lar...

not high pitch sound. more like heavy metal sound. And you can feel it a bit on the brake pad during hard braking.

steering ok wor...it goes straight when braking. Doesn't turn left/right.

I know check brake...I just want to know check for wat. Otherwise those bloody mechanics will charge me a few thousand and still don't get it right. Kena before man!

yea yea...it does sound a bit like "grrroookkk"...a short but kinda loud 'grok'. At first I thought it was something wrong with the suspension, coz my suspension is old and probably broken...making little banging noise as you drive even on a straight road.

so, should I change the brake pads? or...something else?

This post has been edited by Aeon_Clock: Aug 4 2009, 11:07 AM

no, the sound only comes when I press MORE (hard braking). If I brake like normal Sunday morning drive...no problem.
I tot it will grok both sides if the brake pads worn out?
btw, using Bosch brake pads here...

This post has been edited by Aeon_Clock: Aug 4 2009, 11:28 AM

brake pads less than 2 years old...
but I went for servicing at Eneos 3 weeks ago...they didn't mention that the brake pads were out...

This post has been edited by Aeon_Clock: Aug 4 2009, 12:08 PM

I get white smoke when starting my car on Mondays...coz I dun use my car on weekends much. It got a little more smoky after I removed the catalytic converter.

how long are standard brakes suppose to last?

I ride the brakes quite a bit...almost as much as auto trannie users. Me driving manual but like to go neutral gear when downhill

I dun mean that kind of downhill la
steep downhills I dun free gear (like BSC there)...minor ones only (the road in front of Kelana Jaya LRT station) which I keep on the slow lane and free gear. Most of the time these drivers hog up the fast lane anyway so I just free gear and glide slowly to the next corner. Sometimes free gear also can overtake them...funny 9 9.

I rarely use the brakes actually. Used to drive all the way home from college without touching the brakes until I reached the traffic lights at my house. When I say I ride the brakes...what I meant was when braking for traffic light or sth...I free gear and brake. Dun use the gear to slow me down. So in a way it wears out the brakes a bit more but won't eat up much fuel.

brake pad
but since you asked...calipers also

yep, minor slopes only I free gear. Seldom use engine braking. But my FC not that good also....17cents per km no matter how slow/fast I drive. If I'm not mistaken, the others here like Killerz is getting 15 cents/km

I change my engine oil also same thing bro
will be changing spark plug soon.