Category: Automotive

I found out about this app from His&Hers and I think it’s pretty practical. We don’t have a lot of gas stations in Kuwait so they’re a lot harder to find when you really need one. Now the next time you’re hitting empty you just launch the app and look for the closest station to you. The app is called KNPC and it’s available in the App Store for free. [Link]

Thanks His&Hers

Nat’s getting a new car so I’m selling her Z4. I’m going to put it up on Q8car in a few days but figured would see if anyone of my readers would be interested first. Here are the specs:

2005 BMW Z4
3.0L V6 engine
128,000KM mileage
18″ ASA Wheels with Pirelli Zero runflats
Eisenmann exhaust system
SMG Gearbox (Auto/Manual)
M Sports Seats with 3 memory saves
Convertible with soft top as well as Hardtop
Navigation System
MP3 capable cd player as well as a 6-CD Changer
Bluetooth hands free phone system
Serviced only at dealer

Asking price is KD4,000 (non negotiable)
If you’re interested email me [Here]

Click the link below to see more pictures of the car.

This has to be one of the strangest parking lot accidents I have seen. BlogLaish has more pictures you can check them out over [Here]

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Brake Banzeen just posted a video showing a bunch of cars from the Gulf being ticketed in London. I spotted three cars with Kuwaiti plates but it’s not clear in the video why they were being stopped by the cops. At first glance it makes it seem that all the drivers in the video are guilty which is misleading.

According to the Small World news service, residents in the area having been complaining that some drivers are turning the streets into private race tracks. They also reported other problems with some cars not being insured properly as well as license plates that weren’t legible. In the video above the cops are probably just checking for these things and not necessarily fining the drivers (except for the Qatari Dodge Challenger).

You can read the Small World article by clicking [Here]

A reader passed by Sulayyel Mall in Jahra this weekend for the D.U.B. modified cars event that was held there. He took a bunch of photos and uploaded them to his flickr account which you can check [Here]

Thanks Ahmed

Not sure how many of you are Le Mans fans but if you are and you’re stuck at work you can kinda watch the Le Mans online by visiting the Audi Live Racing website. They have a live cockpit cam inside the leading Audi car with commentary on the full race. Better than nothing. [Link]

Update: Here is the link to the Corvette on board cam [Link]

Two Atlanteans for export to Kuwait at Northern Counties, Pemberton. 9 May 1983. [original]

Found these two pictures of the old KPTC double decker busses. Turns out they were built by the Northern Counties Motor and Engineering Company in England. The picture above is of the buses before they were shipped to Kuwait while the picture below is of the buses unpainted being taken for a test drive to make sure they’re working fine.

Turning into Enfield Street, Pemberton, heading for Northern Counties, a unpainted Leyland Atlantean for Kuwait. 28 April 1983. [original]

This happened in Mishref.

I got a nasty chip in my windshield the other day from a flying pebble and if that wasn’t bad enough the chip happened right up in the middle of my line of sight. It was extremely annoying and I wanted to fix it right away so I ended up taking it to our friends at Al Falah Car Wash since they recently started repairing windshields.

It took them around half and hour to repair two chips in my windshield (the new one and an older tiny one) and now my windshield looks new again. It cost me around KD5 plus I tipped the repair guy. They did a great job so I highly recommend them plus you can get your car washed when you’re done.

They’ve activated the new clock road sign near McDonalds on the Gulf Road and it turns out they’re using a new screen for it. Unlike the first generation signs in which they used two smaller screens, the new sign uses one larger higher resolution screen which is much better. No more squinting trying to read the messages, they should be much larger and clearer from now on.

A reader sent me the picture above he took of a suburban in Fahaheel overloaded with stuff on the roof including an elliptical trainer. It reminded me of the Lebanese art installation below.

Thanks Thomas

GulfRun, along with HuperOptik Kuwait and Abdulmohsen Abdulaziz Al-Babtain Co., have sponsored Mubarak Al-Rumaidhi’s Nissan 350Z to participate in the Red Bull Car Park drift tomorrow. The car has been fixed, modded and tuned to burn some serious rubber. Make sure to be there tomorrow at 3:30pm at the Kuwait International Fair in Meshrif to watch the event. We hope the best of luck for Mubarak and all of the contestants. See you there.

I know the guy and he’s basically going to kick everyone’s ass tomorrow. [Link]

Just a reminder, the Red Bull car park drift is going to be held this Friday. I’m going to pass by after lunch and take pictures so hopefully the weather is going to be clear.

Location: Kuwait International Fair
Date: Friday April 22, 2011
Time: 3:30pm

A reader took the picture of the highway digital sign delivering a warning message and diverting traffic to the appropriate lane. According to him the signs got updated before the police arrived which means the sign was activated with the appropriate message from someone at the control center monitoring the road via highway cameras. If I still want to pick on the signs I would say they should have been twice as wide so that the font size would be much larger making it easier to read from a distance. Nevertheless it’s good to see these signs in action and not just telling time.

Thanks Mohammad