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Message: <blockquote data-quote="funfer_fahrer" data-source="post: 285868" data-attributes="member: 2733">Our roads are not perfect but they are reasonably safe.  There are a lot of factors that make our roads ugly such as frequent cable laying, soil type that leads to depressions, weather, overweight lorries and sub-standard workmanship due to you-know-what-lah.  Frankly, the best car that is suitable for this condition is an APV (Armoured Personnel Vehicle), but who would rather buy it?  The next best alternatives are cars made specially for Asian road condition such as the Avanza, Unser, Grand Livina and pick-up trucks.  The Japs that designed such cars know our road condition.  We have lived long enough in this country to understand this.  Frankly, you don't do justice to a Bimmer and yourself if you own a Bimmer and drive it here in our country.  Imagine flood in Bangsar and downtown K.L and yet people are driving Bimmers to these areas, probably they wanted to be seen.  By purchasing a BMW whether we realised or not we already accepted our road conditions that is largely beyond our control.  Certain people went one step further by changing to a bigger sports rims and lowered the car by a few inches.  Is that a good risk management or what?  The things that can be controlled are our skills, emotions and car maintenance.  Or, in the end it is our steering wheel, hands and brain.       Concrete beams and cars don't mix.  Any cars for that matter because nobody designed a car to hit stationary concrete beams at high speeds.  There must be certain parameters that need to be observed when designing a car.  Otherwise, it would be very heavy and uneconomical.  If 10 airbags and and a strong shell coupled with DSC and the works are not suffice, I just don't know what to say. Drive smartly.Take care bro.</blockquote>

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