YowCH & Grace

Here’s Samuel with his wings. Inspired after watching Falcon in action in the movie Captain America: Winter Soldier, David and YowCH built this for him.

We got ourselves some 2nd hand foam sheets to enjoy in the Sorrento pool. Most other people use these for yoga or children play area. These are good one-inch thick ones, most are only half-inch.


We also got ourselves another inflatable ride to accompany the Crocodile, a new Shark.

Grace found a used Takamine EG531SSC 12-string guitar on Carousel for sale at $800.00. We bargained down to $700, and picked up the good buy on the night of 24 Oct 2016 (Monday).



The fret-board was good, the pick-up working well and comes in a nice padded (furry) case. The strings are rather rusty and one G-string was missing, but we need to re-string the guitar anyway. Bright and sharp sounds typical of a Takamine, with nice reverbs. But the 12-string needs harder strength to play and Esther may not be playing this until much later.

This 12-string is most probably the last guitar to add to our line-up.

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YowCH had prepared in advance since August a stack of books as resignation gift to his staff. The book is a nice engineering reading, To Engineer is Human, by Henry Petroski.

We sent the Odyssey to the carwash for the first time on 6 August 2016 (previously only washed by Kah Motors during the 1st servicing).

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The Odyssey doesn’t have many compartments to store small items. We added a small pouch betweent eh driver’s seat and the door for some stationery, tools and knick-knacks. We also bought a new and longer sunscreen, and nice plain steering wheel cover. The key fob original leather case is rather bulky, YowCH sew a simple alternative.

Thanks to the Ngs, we have a narrower and lighter child seat for Samuel. With this model, the middle seat of the third row is able to accommodate a small-sized person, giving us full 7-seats capacity.

The front built-in car camera (parking aid) is fully exposed in the front to road grit. For long distance travel, small stones are likely to scratch the camera. YowCH made a plastic shield for it, which we will apply when we drive long distance on the North-south Highway.

Lastly, we bought some fitted car window shades as the V-kool tinting by Kah Motor is rather light. The set comes with 7 pieces, rear windscreen, third-row windows, back-door windows and front windows. We do not need the back-door shades as the Odyssey comes with retractable shades. With some minor mods to fit better, the rear windscreen and third-row shades are mounted, unlikely to be taken down. The front will be useful for long afternoon drives.

A note on shades and curtains from LTA, referring to From Onemotoring site:

The following requirements must be met when installing sunshades:
a) No part of the sunshades shall be affixed:
• more than 6 inches (150mm) from the top edge of the front windscreen.
• more than 4 inches (100mm) from the top edge of the rear windscreen and side windows.
b) Graphics and words shall not appear in any way pornographic, obscene or vulgar. They also must not be seditious or affront any religious belief.

Curtains can be fitted on the passenger windows of a vehicle as long as the curtains are not drawn while the vehicle is in motion and/or obstruct the view of the driver.

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In 2 full weeks, the Odyssey was driven 1000km. We sent it to Kah for servicing this morning. Everything was fine, changed to Shell Helix Ultra lub.

We also paid an extra $266 for 3M body paint sealant to keep the car glossy and smooth longer.

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Nice interiors:




Second row has built-in shades and the boot is deep.

The tailgate can open fully at a rather reasonable short distance.

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The spare tyre is stored under the front seats, hard to take out, but it is a full-sized space-saver donut.

The sun-roof is fun to have.

Here’s a view of the engine and the large boot.


And here’s Grace driving the Odyssey the first time.

We paid $600 for Kah to install the front and back car cam (BlackVue) and it looks great. FullHD front, and 720 rear. Even has GPS.

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Kah Motor registered the Odyssey on Wednesday and managed to issue the car to us on the morning of 18 Aug 2016. We met the agent to go through the car at 10:15am and drove off at 11:45am.

Here’s one last look at the Isis (we bought in 2009) that served us very well for the past 7 years and 4 months:




The Isis was driven 161641km in total.

At collection, here are the two cars with the same plate:

The Isis now bears SLF1912M.

Here’s the new car (more info on the Odyssey page):


Some internal views, with Grace, Joseph and Samuel (Esther was in school, David was taking his PSLE English Oral, and Joseph had PSLE leave).


And here’s a look at the panel at night.

Thank God for the new car, nicely comfortable for passengers and driver, but not as aggressive driving due to the CVT and weight of the car.

David’s PSLE English Oral is on 18 Aug, and Chinese Oral on 19 Aug. Then it will be the final preparations for the PSLE written papers.

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The secondhand car company (Mayfair) bought the Isis in full today, 9 Aug 2016, but we can still drive the car until 18 Aug when we pick up the new Odyssey. Official transfer of the Isis to Mayfair will be on 18 Aug 2016 when we take the Odyssey and surrender the Isis.

Visit our Odyssey page to see some ideas on some paintwork modifications.

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COE for the new Odyssey is secured on 3 August 2016, first bid by Honda, at $57,903.00. New car in 2-3 weeks!

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We confirmed the Honda Odyssey EXV-S 2.4 CVT Modern Steel Metallic (Grey) from Kah Motor today. $154k. It is the seven-seater model with 2 Ottoman (captain) chairs at the middle, all black leather. The children love it.

Below is a sample of the car, ours will be likely issued to us about end-Aug.

[Note: Above front-view picture replaced, earlier was the wrong model]

Interior:

Here’s the link to the PAGE.

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