A Car Magazine with GUTS!

I am so freekin' sick and tired of all the lame n tame rags published here in Singapore pretending to be THE car magazine.

Well, you guys (and girls) living here haven't got a freekin' clue what a REAL car magazine is - you've been deprived all your lives by inane, boring, unimaginative editors feeding you predigested pablum ( hey stupid.. It's like porridge for babies ) that they wanna pass off as the latest and greatest.

They add a few boring photos of some chick they scrounged up, slather makeup on and give her a non- revealing, badly fitting bikini, put her in a set of 6 inch stilettos and shove her in front of some tricked out piece of shit picked to be the cover car of the month.

Never mind the broad doesn't know a stick shift from your dipstick but... You buy it 'cause you're hungry for anything with a vroom vroom and the stench of petrol.

Well, look no further- I just ran into a new magazine that I think has the balls to break the mold in this island ex-colony and piss on the wheels of all the other editors trying to shove that same old crap down our throats. It's refreshing, but Autoi is a bit young yet ( read.. Design still a bit rough) but the content is GOLDEN and promises to really light your jets with dinger hardening reviews of REAL muscle cars from the '60's and '70's, Harley's, real Bad Assed Bad Boys, real good shit..

AUTOi is it's name, and for you freekin' Singapore cheapskates out there, it's only $3.80 a copy. Almost less than a plate of chicken rice with some spare parts thrown in... And you won't wanna wrap fish with it after you open it.

You'll read it, covet it, treasure it, and share it with your true friends and auto aficionados.

Check it out- if if doesn't make your dipstick hard.. Well maybe MediaCorp will send one of their whiny screaming over the hill American Idol first round bimbo losers over to your HDB with one of those famous little blue pills to try to garner your vote.

AUTOi - take a look at it! AND... see them at SAFRA MOTORSPORTS CLUB CARNIVAL FROM 1-4 APRIL. Go to www.autoi.sg for details.

Oh.. And if you happen to pick up a KozaK Auto DryWash Cloth and a bottle of Lexol at the same time.... Very Cool, Bro!!!

Enjoy!

MY '57 CHEVY!

I just found a great picture of a '57 Chevy Bel Air Convertable, just like mine! I've been looking for a good picture for quite some time now.

My Chevy had power windows, power brakes (both limited to only 200 original cars) Silver and Red Vinyl seats and a white Vinyl top. I used Vinylex to keep the vinyl seats from cracking and peeling (they were ORIGINAL!) and also used Vinylex to keep the white "ragtop" clean and pliable so I could drop it in the summer! I used the KozaK Auto DryWash Cloth to keep her sparkling clean before every parade! This car was a favorite on the 4th of July!

When I first got her, I ran out of gas on the highway. The gas gauge was stuck on full... but the tank was empty! I could not find the filler cap. It was hidden behind the chrome trim on the left rear fin! Fortunately, a passing motorist remembered where it was!

BMW M5 - A SATISFIED LEXOL USER!

Lexol will keep your leather looking great... simply, easily, and inexpensively. No more cracking or peeling!

This gentleman has a 1993 Silver BMW M5, with black leather interior. Here is what he has to say about Lexol:

"Tried this out on my leather last night and WOW! Completely rejuvinated my seats! The usual areas on the driver's seat with wear, fading and even some slight cracking looks nearly new again!. The stuff comes in 2 parts, a cleaner and a conditioner. Just had time to do the one seat last night but I will be doing to whole car this weekend. Nothing better than a BMW with a well maintained leather interior.....when I haven't been in my car for a while and get back in the smell that greets me is in itself an experience worth waiting for! "

For more information on Lexol, please go to: www.lexolasia.com

LEXOL LEATHER CLEANER and LEXOL LEATHER CONDITIONER

Leather seats require a little bit of care... note that I say a little bit..after all, the title of my blog is "no sweat" car care, and I mean that! I don't like to work up a sweat!

If you've been following my blog, you know that I really like the LEXOL brand of Leather Cleaner, and their Leather Conditioner. I have used them for years (almost 35 I believe), and have also compared them to many other products on the market, sometimes even doing a side by side comparison.

Most of the other products coat the leather. Very few will first, foam out the dirt from the pores, which is important. leather is like your skin, and you cannot rub the dirt into the leather. You need to gently remove it, and Lexol Leather Cleaner does just that with its gentle but effective foaming action. It's also pH balanced to the pH of leather so it does not dry or otherwise injure the leather.

Then, I follow the cleaning with a thin coat of Lexol Leather Conditioner, while the leather is still moist from the cleaner. It is absorbed right into the leather, and it's formulation actually bonds with the leather fibers to strengthen, condition and soften them. It replaces the oils that were originally added to the leather in the tanning process, but DOES NOT make your leather feel greasy or oily or slippery.

And, this is where LEXOL beats the competition hands down! Lexol penetrates into the leather... most of the other products "dress up" the leather. They surface coat it, which does nothing to prevent cracking, drying, creasing or eliminate that stiff feeling. Most other products make the leather shiny, slippery or oily feeling. I HATE THAT! I hate stopping at a traffic light and sliding in my seat!

LEXOL simply restores the leather to its like new, original condition. When I do a side by side comparison, the difference is really startling!

Here is what another, fellow blogger has to say: from the "Learning Curve" Blog http://dnolearningcurveyt.blogspot.com/

"Could you suggest a good leather seat treatment for cleaning and keeping it soft and supple? Thanks. Ron? - Lincoln town car leather seat oem "

Could you recommend a benign leather seat treatment for cleaning and keeping it soft and supple? Thanks. Ron? The leather seats are not worn much, but are getting hard and may collapse if I don't treat them soon. Age is part of the problem as this is a 1971 Lincoln Town Car. Perhaps one of you could recommend a brand of leather treatment and cleaner.

ANS: LEXOL first use the leather cleaner then follow up with the conditioner both made by LEXOL.They have to be bought separately,unexcelled stuff on the market no doubt. cleaner- comes in a orange spay bottle. conditioner- comes in a mousy spray bottle. Can be bought at most auto parts stores. "

I used LEXOL on my 1971 Roll Royce Silver Shadow. My seats were just like his, dry, brittle, cracking. I had to apply a thin coat of Lexol Leather Conditioner each day for about a week. BUT... after a week the seats were supple again! Lexol will not repair the cracks that have already occurred, but it will re-condition and soften the leather and prevent further deterioration.

Try it! For more information check out their website: WWW.LEXOLASIA.COM

The KozaK Cloth... ST701 Ads

In ST701, is a very simple ad that explains how easy the KozaK works. Here is the hyperlink if you'd like to see it:

http://shops.st701.com/shops/view/92393

I just spent a wonderful few hours recently with a very good friend of mine, Winston gan. Winston owns D'Best Respray Company at Malayan Motors in Singapore and he's been in the restoration business for almost 22 years. If it's broken on the island here, and you want it fixed right, you go to Winston... hands down!

Malayan Motors sells Bentley's, Jaguars, Lexus... nice cars! Winston and I were laughing over another mutual friend of ours who has a very lovely black Bentley coupe with a dark/light Red leather interior.

Seems like this chap's son did a bit of a number on the rear leather seats and he brought the car into Winston's shop for repair.

Now, Winston like me, uses Lexol Leather Cleaner, Lexol Leather Conditioner and the KozaK Auto DryWash cloth on many of the cars he works on. From a Bentley to a humble Volkswagon, he Lexol's and KozaK's them all. And, they look great afterwards!

This gentleman expected a huge bill for cleaning the p$%**k from the rear seat.. instead we whipped out a spray bottle of Lexol Cleaner and went to work. Within an hour, the seat was clean, fresh, and conditioned with Lexol Conditioner. The smell was gone, the car was like new again, and we had a very happy amigo, smiling from ear to ear!

His driver was polishig his Bentley with a terry cloth towel... I took the opportunity to straighten him out and gave him a demo of the KozaK cloth. In less than 5 minutes, his coupe was spotless and glowing... and his eyes were as big as saucers! The road dirt was gone in a flash.. no water, no scratches! I love that cloth!

I then showed him the video from ProMedUSA's website at http://www.kozakasia.com/. He was laughing so hard I thought he was going to wet his pants (well.. actually he may have, but I wasn't about to check!!)

Here's the video for you to enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXsnYkTwjKg

That brings me to a story about my first Rolls Royce. It was a 1971 Silver Shadow, much like the one in the photo, except it was Silver with Black sides, and black leather interior.

The leather seats were getting very stiff... I bought the car in 1982 for $15,000 from a dealer in St. Louis, MO (Charles Schmidt I think was his name) and the seats had never been conditioned. They were beginning to crack badly. RR suggested Connelly's Hide Food at about $50 a pop... it didn't do S%#T to fix the seats. I tried Lexol Conditioner... used about 4 or 5 light coats over a week's time, and the seats were restored to an almost new suppleness. Now, the cracks were still there... but the leather was fresh and soft. It worked great!

Winston loves the product as much as I do... no sweat car care.. quick, easy, clean and... IT WORKS!