It's a common misconception that a 'fun car' has to be quick, loud, powerful, exotic or scintillating to look at. Something that elicits awe from enthusiasts and draws ire from pedants and/or lawmakers. Given how passenger vehicles in Singapore are grouped into different Certificate of Entitlement (COE) bands, many would naturally assume that cars in Category B (or Cat E)...
It's a common misconception that a "fun car" has to be quick, loud, powerful, exotic or scintillating to look at. Something that elicits awe from enthusiasts and draws ire from pedants and/or lawmakers.
After all, some would say that it's more fun driving a slow car fast than driving a fast car slow. Yes, it's a tired old adage but one that rings true for our trip up to Desaru in a fleet of Volkswagen Group Singapore's Category A COE-friendly vehicles. As the sun rose over the treeline on the Second Link Expressway, we made steady progress to Kulai Senai for our first driver swap where I took the helm. My 68km journey to Yong Peng was plagued by much slower traffic and heavy rain showers, but the T-Cross surged on as I drove us at a not-so-constant 110km/h toward our breakfast destination.
So much so that I had to push myself into the body-hugging sports seats in the Scala Monte Carlo to keep from being tossed about the passenger cab. Needless to say, we made brisk pace and arrived at our rest stop a good minute before the Octavia RS pulled up. Of course, it takes skill and discipline to keep pace with a car that has more than double the horsepower.
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