2 May 2008
DriveArabia gets an upgrade and more
You may have noticed the limited updates on this blog during the past week. It was because we moved to a bigger server, as we continue to expand. Considering how awful the local internet monopoly is, expecting any improvement in speed seems like a dream. But I guess now is as a good a time as any to announce that we are now an official media partner for the 2008 Sharjah Auto Show in November, which will coincide with our third anniversary. We get a stand and everything!
Instead of trying to sell you magazine subscriptions, we’re going to display our BMW M Roadster. Considering BMW usually locks up their cars at their own display stands, we’ll give you a tour of what a real limited-edition M car looks like under the hood, assuming one of us has enough patience to hang around. Until then, we’ll be gradually cleaning up it up to show-car standards.
This week will also mark the introduction of a “letters” section to this blog. Emailed letters commenting on subjects, queries about which cars to buy, and more will get published, depending on suitability.
I am also currently working on the secret project I announced late last year. After finally getting a buddy to do Dhs 5,000 worth of programming work for free on this upcoming new section, I am busy editing and adding content personally. It should bring the local car industry to its knees!
by thatsit(mohamad), on May 2 2008 @ 10:35 pm
so we will be able to see you in the auto show hehehe…the project will be part of the news section???? or a whole new section???
wish you the best…really,am expecting this website to be very famous like edmunds and car&drive etc….
by sam, on May 2 2008 @ 10:58 pm
i think secret project is gonna compare the car prices here to the civilized parts of the world, its freaking expensive here!!! i say bring em down to their elbows not just the knees
by Don, on May 2 2008 @ 11:02 pm
welll….gud gud….u rock man
by Mashfique Hussain Chowdhury, on May 2 2008 @ 11:10 pm
It will be a new and useful section, which is why it needed the expensive (free!) programming work so that I can enter data quicker. Hopefully my various competitors do not unveil something like it first!
by lotfi, on May 3 2008 @ 12:07 am
hey mash gotta question for you which pajero is faster the 2005 pajero 3.0 or the new 2007 mitsubishi pajero
by lotfi, on May 3 2008 @ 12:07 am
sry both r 3.0
by cb, on May 3 2008 @ 12:34 am
haha i see you finally got the programmimg done. why don’t you finish the more ‘important’ ones first and update the site and then gradually add the rest (u knw wt i mean). you can atleast claim to be first even if some1 elz launches something similar.
i predict a lot of arguments once the secret project is up
by Midnight, on May 3 2008 @ 1:48 am
Mashfique, nice Supra! Any other old school Toyotas, Nissans, or Mitsubishi Starions in Dubai?
by Mashfique Hussain Chowdhury, on May 3 2008 @ 6:03 pm
lotfi, it’s the same engine and platform on both Pajeros.
cb, I am trying to figure out a reasonable system to avoid inaccuracies.
midnight, the Supra is gone, and I haven’t seen a Starion here since the 1980s.
by lotfi, on May 3 2008 @ 6:19 pm
so mash u sayin tht they both r the same i thought the 4th genertaion pajero had a stronger engine then the old 3rd generation
by Mashfique Hussain Chowdhury, on May 3 2008 @ 6:40 pm
Only the Pajero 3.8 got a big power upgrade, while the 3.0 is the same old engine.
by Zao, on May 3 2008 @ 8:46 pm
thats nice….we looking fwd to meet u at motor show..
by assassin, on May 4 2008 @ 8:30 am
Godspeed ……man!
and I think cb gets some jealous from you
by assassin, on May 4 2008 @ 2:54 pm
mash. i found that pajero 3.8 is 252 hp
3.8 3-doors is 249 hp
3.8L MIVEC V6 24VALVE
http://www.mitsubishi-motors.co.jp/social/environment/cartype/car/pajero_01.html for 3-doors
http://www.mitsubishi-motors.co.jp/social/environment/cartype/car/pajero.html for 5-doors
by Joe, on May 4 2008 @ 9:17 pm
There are few old school Nissan’s and Toyota’s around, but they in super bad shape with crappy material bodykits and engine modifications equivalent to a 10 yr old’s science experiment!
by azz, on May 4 2008 @ 10:30 pm
waiting to c BMW M Roadster at the shj motor show…..
expecting some of ur driving skills….
by deathberry, on May 5 2008 @ 10:20 am
Hmm….the project looks, like someone else pointed already, to be a section where current market prices of cars will be compared. Something similar to the classified ads for cars but in real-time, sort of like a stock market
Perhaps if details are given to where said cars at said prices can be purchased, then it can be sort of like souq :p
by Mashfique Hussain Chowdhury, on May 5 2008 @ 10:53 am
Hehe, nothing of that sort. Following prices in this place is like banging your head on the wall.