Official BMW CLUB Drive to Singapore with Visit to F1 Paddock

[astroboy]

Okay my turn, 70 photos here, "take your time".. Old Town style.. :wink:

8am at Sg Besi rendezvous point..

Few familiar faces and some new faces.. mingling, putting on stickers, thanks to XXX's soap water which makes putting the stickers a breeze and even removal is no sweat! :top: Too bad Fabian's little flag none survived the trip.

Cold morning makes driving refreshing! vrooom.. vroooomm.. :top:

First stop Pagoh where few members joined us here.

No.1 car :love:

First distress call hit us not long leaving Pagoh. We stopped to waited for awhile before continue our journey.

Gelang Patah exit.

Gelang Patah R&R for lunch and changing money. The money changer do not have enough SGD for all. But the money changer reloaded themselve with SGD before we finish out lunch. Talk about efficiency, man!

Few Southern members meet us here.

Briefing before we "attack" Tuas check point!

First fleet of UDM sent over the straits..

Poolside reception at Golden Landmark Hotel.

The so called Indian Island?

Pool view room :top:

The famous alcohol place.. Clark Quay. My family didn't join the Tepak Sireh dinner. We had dinner in China Town with some friends and drove to Clark Quay after dinner.

We brought the kids for a boat ride into Singapore river in Clark Quay. This is the famous Merlion, photo taken from the boat ride.

The Sands Casino in construction.

The bridge in F1 track, notice the overhead light rail.

We saw this big human "yo-yo" during the boat ride and human screaming in the "yo-yo"

After the boat ride, saw some were flying kites in the dark and this is how their kites look like, all different shape and size.

Illuminated kites in action. All running electric fans, real quiet in operation but very nice.

Day 2: Breakfast.

Shopping trip to Orchard road for some of us after breakfast. We chartered this transporter who sent us to the loading bay of ION shopping complex.. Yes! loading bay.. It was raining, otherwise we would have taken MRT.

The quiet newly opened ION shopping complex, not many stores are occupied.

We quickly find our way to TANGS to spend the voucher.. .. and yes, still raining outside. So we were looking for underpass.

Saw these 2 GT Queens along the way. :love:

Finally found our way there..

Shopping with the missy.. same old story in a foreign land..

The SGD20 voucher couldn't last 15 min.. soon enough, we find ourselves in Orchard Road..

One of the fail shots.. waste my film..

Another shopping center..

The new //M?

Spot the 7..

Wet Orchard..

Shopping continue..

Lunch time..

More yummy stuffs..

Baby fair?!

Lunch finally!

Sharing an point of view.. :wink:

Standard ticket, non-standard ticket, *&^%$#@!! tickets..

Our ride back to Bugis..

Wah! I felt being watched! Mana mau lari?!

4pm TT with S'pore folks in Kallang.

Futuristic vs Classic.

Another classic..

Day 3: 9am check out to F1 track. 2 more cars died in the parking.. Luckily Chili e30's DIY jumper cable managed to rescue one of them..

Rendezvous in Pan Pacific Hotel before entering the S'pore GP track.

The amazing Pan Pac..

Media Briefing..

Saw this on our way to the GP track.. Check out the huge propeller underneath..

The entrance of the track..

My precious..

Story telling time..

The podium.. where Champagne rain will shower on GP day.

Podium walk about..

The Ferrari pit..

This is where the "5 lights" will be hanged to flag off the race.

Turn 1.

Apex..

Top-up before u leave.. :wink:

There u go, 70 photos.. :wink: Thanks for watching, who's next?..

 

[Jerman]

Astroboy,
Great photos and excellent story telling, bro

 

[johnj]

heyy great shots..


No 1: Lead car of convoi 1 coaxed the other 2 cars to join..heheheh..skill skill
No2 : The macha's enjoyed the Heinekken..hahahahah

Great Trip guys.. Thanks for the participation and support!!

 

[etquah]

Hey Spaceman, thanks for the delicious fish balls and otak-otak. Those hand made fish balls are definitely outer space stuff!!

For those travelling past Yong Peng, do stop by for the Yong Peng's famous Fish Ball Noodle own by our Spaceman, ask David Yong, BlackE90 and BeemerS3!

Cheers

Thanks for organising this Drive:rock:

 

[sithwarrior]

Good to see you guys had fun. Good job committee.

 

[Jerman]

so, it depends on where you have been... last summer... ehehhe... i mean, the last 3 days... XXX and Jerman, plus some other notti boys went geylanging... to look for kok kok... :listen:

Hello Ah Lian,
NOT me, NOT me........I was not there !

 

[Jerman]

I topped up mine with SGD10 to SGD16.50 on the way out, but can pass with no problem. Traveler and Jerman got stuck despite having a higher Autopass balance than mine, and we pass through the same route in and out..

Astroboy,
No issues with my Autopass. Got sangkut there because the Officer got the Embarkation Cards mixed up! Actually, it was a breeze driving in-out Singapore that day :top:

 

[BlackE90]

Hello Ah Lian,
NOT me, NOT me........I was not there !

Jerman, the NOT me, NOT me...I was not there....(by the tone of it , we do not require any further clarification & I think it's self explainaatory. We do UNDETSTAND)...Hahahaha...LOL....

 

[XXX]

Traveler was charged SGD10 for ERP (SGD5 for each day of Sat and Mon).. plus SGD9.20 for Tuas Toll In/Out, so totaling SGD19.20, so both our friend got fined for SGD10 for having insufficient balance. XXX on the other hand is very loaded with his Autopass, he wasn't fined but same SGD19.20 was deducted from his Autopass. Now that makes me puzzle, why I can leave with SGD16.50 in the Autopass? Did they short deduct me and I risking a heavier fine the next time I visit them?

You got it all wronglah...Traveller got fined SGD10 for not having enough to get out as he had less than SG9.20 as he assumed it was only SGD4.60 and that SGD4.60 was already paid when he entered SG. So he had to pay SGD19.20 (Fine SGD10 + SGD9.20 (Toll SGD4.60 x 2) ), as for me I was only charged SGD9.20, I had SGD24 in my autopass and the balance displayed was SGD14.80 so that means I was not captured by the cameras for entering the CBD and ERP zones...dunno if it will come by mail or have to pay the next time I visit SG again which happens to be in 3 weeks time for F1. At least this is not as bad as one of our members who had to pay a fine of SGD10K if he wanted to enter SG, in the end he decided not to (who in the right frame of mind would) and was escorted by SG police to the Malaysian border...no wonder SG is called a FINE City.

 

[XXX]

My precious..

Errrr??the car or your kids..???

 

[astroboy]

... Errrr??the car or your kids..???

U know I know.. :wink:

 

[etquah]

S'pore F1 Drive

MrPrez Making the draw

Still waiting for his prize. Tunggu lama lama

No prize, come & join for a drink la

Bacha, this is my 3rd glass already

Keep on clapping.... if no prize

 

[climenta]

Quah, your son certainly knows how to capture the moment man

Anyway, it was good times down south. Congrats to the committee & everyone else involved in the planning & execution of the drive on a job well done. Many 1st time convoy drivers but everything turned out well. Next target would be to equip all drivers with walkies or at least a nice walking Johnnie:top:

I'd also like to express my sincere gratitude to all of those who helped to jump me ride, thanks to you I'm back home without significant delay. Next HH we will go n dlink:wink:

 

[astroboy]

The entire trip we covered about 800km.. good decarbonized therapy session for my E90.. :top:

The highway distance seems too short.. no wonder some of you guys have been convoying to Thailand every year..

My return trip is not bored too.. was doing 3-lanes weave with a Q7 and an S40 2.5T, the compact S40 was quick!

 

[Traveler]

You got it all wronglah...Traveller got fined SGD10 for not having enough to get out as he had less than SG9.20 as he assumed it was only SGD4.60 and that SGD4.60 was already paid when he entered SG. So he had to pay SGD19.20 (Fine SGD10 + SGD9.20 (Toll SGD4.60 x 2) ), as for me I was only charged SGD9.20, I had SGD24 in my autopass and the balance displayed was SGD14.80 so that means I was not captured by the cameras for entering the CBD and ERP zones...dunno if it will come by mail or have to pay the next time I visit SG again which happens to be in 3 weeks time for F1. At least this is not as bad as one of our members who had to pay a fine of SGD10K if he wanted to enter SG, in the end he decided not to (who in the right frame of mind would) and was escorted by SG police to the Malaysian border...no wonder SG is called a FINE City.

Actually, I had SGD16.86 balance on my Autopass, but was charged SGD19.20 (SGD10 for ERP, SGD9.20 for Tuas Tollx2). Since I had insufficient balance on my Autopass, I had to pay additional SGD10 admin fee (so total cost was SGD29.20).

 

[ramsing]

The entire trip we covered about 800km.. good decarbonized therapy session for my E90.. :top:

The highway distance seems too short.. no wonder some of you guys have been convoying to Thailand every year..

My return trip is not bored too.. was doing 3-lanes weave with a Q7 and an S40 2.5T, the compact S40 was quick!

hehehe...time for upgrade to 335i la bro.....the S40 is not quick, just that your car needs more bite :wink::top:

 

[Traveler]

The highway distance seems too short.. no wonder some of you guys have been convoying to Thailand every year..

That one I believe is to decarbonize the other pipe.

 

[ALBundy]

To those of you that plan to attend the F1 Grand Prix end of this month, please PM me if you interested to get the daily walking pass, SGD 38. I was told it is selling fast, especially with the number of foreign artistes performing at the Grand Prix.

Cheers

 

[BlackCat]

Looks like you all had a great time...

Too bad I could not be there

As always... thank all the organizing persons, sponsors etc etc and thank you BMWCM

PS Keep those pics coming ya...

 

[BlackCat]

Looks like you all had a great time...

Too bad I could not be there

As always... thank all the organizing persons, sponsors etc etc and thank you BMWCM

PS Keep those pics coming ya...