Any Singapore Ferrari owners?

Try Tiong Bahru Market : #02-30. You need to ask for the premium char siew specifically or he will just give you the normal stuff.

 

@Derek K: do you mean the attempt in 2008 on a grey 430 spider from SG?
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That was just one of the attempts that day .. but there is an email circulating in the last few days talking about a car jacking which if I didn't know better was written by someone present back in 2008 given the events are so similar. I'm curious to know if it's true or not.


Extract from the email ....

"TRUE STORY - MY WORKING COLLEGUE Faisal's Friend.
Please tell to everyone. Happen on Sunday 3 April 2011

This is my sad story, a one really unforgetable moment in my life. Finally its my turn to experience an unfortunate event.

Yesterday, between 10.00 to 10.30pm at Elite highway, I have been hijacked.

I make my way home from work place around 9.30, reached Cyberjaya toll around 9.50 pm. I then take an exit to Shah Alam. Just about 50 metres after I take my left lane from the exit, I noticed one Mercedes E Class 240 from right lane behind me, take a closer range to me. At first, I don't bother, but then it came really near and wind down window on passenger side, I saw one Malay guy with PDRM cap and long sleeve shirt look like a police traffic asked me to pull aside. At that time, I was thinking, whether to run or not. If I run, I'm not sure if I'm fast enough to outrun them, or if they are real police, I would get shot and if they are not real police, if they have gun, sure they can outrun me and put a bullet inside my head, So I made a stop.

The Malay guy on passenger side came down and approached me, I was still inside car at that moment. That guy asked me to come out. Thinking it was high profile police driving Mercedes, So I go out while shutting down the engine. That guy circulate my car and mentioned that this car was suspected as stolen car. I straight away denied it and that guy asked me to follow him to police station, So I said OK but before that I asked him one thing, Where is your badge id? And then bad dream happened.

The guy suddenly grabbed my hand, tried to cuff me with his handcuff and tried to drag me into the Mercedes, I struggled myself to get away as strong as I can and dragged that guy to opposite way. I managed to let myself go but the guy managed to confiscate my car key. I made no turn, run as fast as I can to opposite way of the highway while shouting and waiving hands for help but no one made a stop, thinking it was real police try to catch me and i am the criminal !!!

After a while, I looked back and saw the second guy, the driver, also Malay came out, drove my car and gone with the Mercedes. After a while, one lorry replied my waiving and took me to nearest toll booth where I found one patrol car there, I ended up until dawn at police station reporting everything.

I lost my car, my notebook, my phone, and nearly my life if I were successfully dragged into the car. I may end up like Susilawati case though.

The case has been classified as high profile crime because robbing at daylight, in public, no mask on and possible firearm involved. So guys, beware, my advice, always speeding, don't care about the speedtrap, Your life is more important than the ticket that u have to pay."

So ... True or Fiction?

 

Not surprised at all if it's true, and if it's just one of the many incidents that is reported to the police but doesn't appear in the media. Know of other true cases whereby car's are hijack when its stationary without the intention to kidnap the victim but instead, to just get the vehicle. I can only assume the vehicles will end up north, beyond Thai border...

The 2008 case appeared in the papers because it was ultra high profile I guess, North-South, broad daylight, supercar and from Singapore...

 

Just found it interesting that the facts of the email are eerily similar to those from the 2008 incident.

 

Yeah mate. Black Mercedes & Malays.

When they car jack, they don't want the driver but just the car. However, these may not be locals, usually the illegal immigrants will get more hostile but this sounds more like robbery.

Depressing news.

 

Thanks! Nikko called me yesterday that my Zonda & black LFA is with them. Should I take the white LFA instead?

 

I think the road is thong bee road.

 

Ah, now that I remember. We had it for breakfast in one of the recent Porsche meet. It's the shophouse just before the Mandai camp. Basically, u'd want to slow down right after the T-junction of the Upp Thomson rd towards Yishun & old Mandai rd on your left.

Can't remember if it was that good as we were chatting away.

Anyway, I always have FeiFei wanton mee in JooChiat area bcos it's 24hrs & taste though not great is quite unlike anywhere else.

 

2 weekends ago a guy I know was doing his sunday morning drive on the N-S. At one of the tolls as he was slowing to pay the toll a Proton drove at high speed and rammed him, rear bumper and rear fender damaged, exhaust hanging. He just gunned the car and didn't look back....

 

Wow it's turning into the wild wild west.

 

Thats why we should drive together.
When the two of us get out. They will feel like Lung's RR.

 

yes yes....thats why the RR is gone!!!

 

What car was your friend driving?

 

The one that is open 24 hours doesn't taste as good as the other one that only opens during the day right? Heard it was opened by the sibling of the original Feifei or something like that.

When I went down yesterday to collect my Zonda, there were still two pieces left. One should be yours. I saw the matte black LFA in the flesh, it looks good but I personally think the white is more stunning. Anyway, they only brought in the matte black for this shipment. White will be coming in the next shipment about 2-3 weeks later.

Btw, the microscopic screws for the Zonda's spoiler and side mirrors are a pain in the ass to screw on. Need to magnetize the screwdriver or else it's almost impossible.

 

Are you guys serious? Do you have a garage for these die cast babies as well coz they sure do take up heaps of space.

 

Thats right. Thong Bee Road. They got pretty good wanton mee and other stuff there.

 

Yep.

Quite normal for drivers to mis-judge speed @ tolls. Could be just a simple rear end but I always have a foot long spanner next to me, just in case

 

Yes, the other one is not as salty but I'm an owl so suppers are my dinner.

Most of us have cabinets to keep the toys & one of us actually owned a shop sometime back!

 

911 mate.

 

errr.... really?

 

Guys,

I notice that some of you collect little models of cars.

I have a friend who is a world-renowned modeler of cars, tanks, planes etc....

He is very well known for making models of owner's cars. That means, you give him a pic of your car, and he will build the model to the exact spec. Licence plates, stickers, rims, etc..... it will be good momentos for when ya sell your cars.....or at least have little ones sitting around in your living room.

He did one of my subaru the last time after I sued it for my rally run, and he took pictures of it, and thenhe even got the details of the mud on the car exactly....

 

Someone pulls that **** on me they'd want to be well armed coz I'd be inclined to remove both of theirs, plus their head.

 

Oohhh, & I thought u're a loving guy. What if she's a sweet gal?
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I always pull out that toll card/plus thing last few secs before the entry & they either get stucked or dropped under. Hehee