Dead Arowana, Run-Flat Tyres

          Today,... has been a tiring day.... since morning,... macam2 perkara yang tak diduga berlaku... Pagi2 lg, got a phone call from mummy. tanya pasal warning indicator yang menyala kat kereta... ada red colored flat tyre symbol keluar kat screen... and a beeping sound..  apekebenda la ni?...  my mum call nak tanya pasal tu.... my first thought, ada tyre yang lose pressure.... so xyah nak risau sangat, coz those are run flat tyres. xyah tuka pun... Spare tyre pun takde..  most BMW yang Completely Built-Up (CBU) skrg pakai run flat tyres...so theres no need to have spare tyre yang buat kereta tu berat je...zzzz. the tyres may run flat for about 200 miles.. as long as its below 80km/h.. so drivers will have enough time and distance to go to the nearest tyre service center...

Then,... i found out my silver arowana had jumped out from the pond... alamakkk...zzz.. its already dead... keras da pn.. tp belum jd ikan kering lg la...haha.... -waduh... sedih jgk... coz when i bought it few months back,.. die kecik je... now da almost 1 foot in length. besar jgk bile view from the side...  nasib baik la bukan yang another one yg lagi besar tu... Anyway,.. mmg nature arowana utk melompat dapatkn insect as food. im aware of that... silver arowanas particularly, are great jumpers...  maybe aro tu ade la nampak ape2 insect flew over yang tempting utk dimakan, so die pun lompat, n tanpa dapat dikawal, lompatannye terkeluar dari kolam... huahua...zzzzz...  every morning i check out around the pond kalau2 ada aro yang lompat keluar. rupenya, ada hari ni...zzzz.. nk letak dalam kolam supaya cepat besar, well, thats the risk,... it may jump out any time. this is the second time aro lompat keluar.. last time was a Yellow Tail Arowana... also dead. :( zzzz

Then i planned to go out... to a fish store in town.... i got a parking, but before shutting down my jazz, my mum called again... this time, i have to bring back the bmw, go and pump the tyre.. its quarter flat... i was a little surprised. unfortunately, i have to cancel my actual plan to the fish store (ingt nak survey aro... hehe) ... so i headed to my mums place to bring the car back.. bile tgk tayar tu,...mmg mcm da kurang angin... waduh... ape hal pulak ni... kene paku ke?. or koyak ke?... xkn la den bawak 160km/h semalam, tayar leh jd cmni?... zzzz.. 

Then i took out the manual booklet, tgk2 la skit psl warning indicator ni... bagus juga technology BMW ni... kat mane2 je ade sensor.... Amazing.!~~ even tyres pun ade pressure sensor.. kenapa our local cars not as hi-tech as  German-made cars?...... all these should come standard to any car.....  then i drove the car to the nearest petrol station.. nak cuba pump la kononnya...haha.. unfortunately,... nak pump pun x bole.... zzzz.. da risau da..  apo kono eh jang?.. pastu when driving in a straight line, the steering slowly turing right... huhu... sah mmg ade problem...!!

Then call abah... cemano ni bah?... zzzz.. xtau ape problemnya... then i bw la kereta tu pg kedai tayar yang terdekat.... minta org tu check ape yg x kene dgn tayar depan sebelah kanan ni...  die pn check... and it happend to be,.. valve tu yang koyak skit... huhu... sbb tu tyre  lose pressure... so die pn tuka je valve tu... it cost just Rm5.... nasib baik la..... mula2, ingtkn problem besar,.. brape ratus la pulak ni nak melayang... huhu... orang tu pun da geleng je kepala bile tgk run-flat tyres... die kata harga jauh beza ngn tayar biase....  kitorg pun borak2 la pasal tayar ni.... die ade brand Michelin, Bridgestone, tp yang bukan run-flat... cost about RM310-430 untuk 1 biji... of coz Michelin tu lg mahal... when asked bout run-flat tyres, 1 biji about a thousand plus.... gilo...!!`huhu

In the car menu, i initialized the new tyre  pressure, and the tyre warning indicator has gone off... hiuuh... Then i came back home, feeling a little happy coz it wasn't a big problem... but somthing worries me... dat guy said, all 4 tyres may not last long coz dah sampai at minimum thread level... so, its recommended to change all four tyres.... pulak dah.... huhuhu...

lepas tu, den merayap la kejap ngn kereta tu.. hehe... pegi kedai ikan jap kat S2, dekat ngn umah... beli mealworm, superworm, lipan, n udang kecik. semuanye untuk pearl arowana(jardni) yang ada dalam bilikku..hehe... lipan arini nmpak besar.. lbh kurang sejengkal. tu rm3. then mealworm 1 cup  rm1, then superworm 18 ekor rm1, udang pulak 1 cup rm1... mewah benor  makanan aro tu...zzzz.. kne control diet die nk bg color cantik... orang kata, bg makan lipan, lagi naik color.. xtau la btol x... tu yg nak try tu... haha...

pastu, petang tu call auto bavaria sungei besi.. tanye bole x tuka tayar kat sane..... rupenya bole... ingtkn auto bavaria buat servicing jer....  the same brand, model and size cost RM 1148 a piece...times four is around 4600.. tu belum masuk pulak alignment and balancing...waduh... cekik darah tol a.bvria nih.... kene gak tambah few hundred lg tuh.

then, afternoon kluar ngn parents pg survey2 kedai tayar... pg few places.. byk kedai yang xde run-flat tyres... mayb market kat seremban ni x byk org guna kot... huhu... kat authorised dealer Michelin pun ade pegi... inquired the same size, and model dengan yang currently using now... 205/55/R16.  Michelin Pilot Primacy. pun around nine hundred plus sebiji..... tapi  abah pula  x berkenan coz made in thailand... yang ori skrg made in france... so kalu bleh nk same, france jgk... mmg ssh nak cari yang camtu... coz actuly the car was assembled in germany, so assuming the nearest michelin factory kat france, dats y la now using made in france punye....zzzz

At last,... we found a good place... boss kedai tayar tu kenalan parents i, n was a neighbour to my grandma last time...  so leh la dpt murah skit.... Michelin Pilot Primacy, exactly da same size, and made in france.. about 8 hundred plus sebiji...tp kene order pula...   ada offer Michelin skrg... dpt floormat lg,... n water bottle... so kira2, about 3300 kalu tuka all 4 tyres... if honda jazz,. 700 je bole tuka all 4... thats the price difference btwn normal tyres, and run-flat tyres....

yang bagusnye run-flat tyres ni,... if ade tayar pancit ke,.. kte xyah susah2, peluh2 nak tuka tayar... coz it can still run... as long as below 80km/h la.. but not too far of coz. about 120km bole lg... then, the weight of a spare tyre can be eliminated, coz those type of cars doesnt carry spare tyres...Thus, more boot space....  pastu pulak,.. kalau yang tayar biasa, yes, ade spare tyre,.. but only 1 spare. mcm mana kalu 2,3 or 4 tayar yang pancit dlm satu masa?... haaaaa.. jawab!?~ Those are the points for having such RSC technology (Runflat System Component)...  of cause its costly, but with good reason and benefit for it. Pay more for less work?.... but not all cars can use this type of tyres... bmw has specially design the suspension to adapt to rough road surfaces, and when the tyres are flat.   

So still have to wait a few days for them to order the new tyres we require..... zzzzzz.

Dats all for this time....