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Recounting a 47-month, 150,000km “Odyssey”
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Recounting a 47-month, 150,000km “Odyssey”

Early on a Friday morning, barely 12 hours after taking delivery of my new Honda Odyssey, it was packed with two adults, four kids and luggage for a week. Our destination was Penang, non-stop except to refuel. That was just the first of many more road trips...
Staff car labels for office parking are a microcosm of social status
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Staff car labels for office parking are a microcosm of social status

Company carpark labels are often colour-coded to differentiate directors from managers, managers from executives, and executives from non-executives. The "biggest" label, likely to be black to match the many dark-coloured Mercs and BMWs popular with top bra...
Cars are getting too gadgety for this driver
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Cars are getting too gadgety for this driver

Recently, a warning message appeared in my instrument panel. It said "Runflat Indicator Inoperative". That was all it took to cripple my daily routine that day, until I finally checked my car into the service centre. As expected, the technician said there was ...