KartQuest at MAEPS is now both my favorite and most tragic place for karting, more on this later.

I have been on go-kart less than a handful of occasions in my life. My very first experience was probably in Genting, which did not exactly leave me at all impressed. The karts were super slow and you could floor the accelerator all the way without spinning out or worried about hitting anything. That was some ten years ago.

gokart at kartquest
hello my name is KY, I’m a karting hero

About 2-3 years ago, I went karting with Gareth and got to know Yee Hou at ELITE track. It was fun and competitive, but they were a little too strict and so we somehow did not do it again.

Then we discovered KartQuest, and already been there twice this month.

A total of 10 of us went the first time, with Jaclyn not driving cos it was “too hot” and she wasn’t prepared. I, however, brought my own helmet, wore long sleeve, proper shoes and all. We had a blast, and I also ended up with a huge blister on my right palm after 2 x 10 minute session of intense karting (RM 20 per session). We went all out speeding.

karting with the bunch of noobs
dree & gf, eric, damien, terence, horng, KY, galvin, amy

Last Sunday, Terence, Horng, Rachel, Kerol, Jaclyn, Eric, and I went there again. This time around I was a bit less prepared, no long sleeves, no proper shoes, and I was only wearing shorts. It turned out to be huge loads of fun, I think the guys gave us more than 10 mins per session.

Instead of going all out in speed, we were more towards nudging each other and trying to fish tail the person in front of us. There was quite a lot of almost unintentional accidents, and Horng even broke the tyre wall and created new route by himself.

blackberry scratched, nokia n86 shattered screen, but still working
Blackberry Bold the smartly escaped. meet the new N86 shattered edition

I ended up being the villain of the day by banging everyone else on the track, it was just so addictive and so fun!

But karma has a way of biting you back. I made the mistake of keeping the phones in my pocket while on the track.

They fell, and the Nokia N86 (where majority of the photos on this blog were taken with) probably got rolled over a couple times.

Amazingly, both phones still works 100%.

Who wants to go karting again maybe this weekend!?

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This is Why You Don’t Bring Phones to go-kart Tracks
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28 thoughts on “This is Why You Don’t Bring Phones to go-kart Tracks

  • November 17, 2009 at 6:33 pm
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    hahaha, and you’re still cool about it? you only realized the phone got dropped AFTER the race? or in the midst? heheh …. imagine them wrecking havoc only to find you crawling on the track searching high and low. =)

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  • November 17, 2009 at 7:59 pm
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    LOLz one pwned Nokia N86 that is… how much is it gonna cost you to fix it? LoLz

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  • November 17, 2009 at 10:18 pm
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    oh…..it hurts, new phone ….

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  • November 18, 2009 at 1:19 am
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    electronicfly,
    oh well what to do!

    J2Kfm,
    Oh well tak kan cry about it mehh

    pinkpau,
    o.O

    63T,
    Hahaha it cost me RM120, not so bad

    seonpcs,
    Hahaha no la still working

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  • November 18, 2009 at 9:03 am
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    Looks fun. But the pricing is based on 10 pax? Went for one near the Shah Alam stadium few years back and the circuit was quite good, although there are some kart that is underperforming like the Torro Rosso lar.

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  • November 18, 2009 at 9:21 am
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    is there any minimum pax per session…looks fun definitely have to try..

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  • November 18, 2009 at 9:24 am
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    Simon Seow,
    Hehehe noooo, fixed it already

    JD,
    No it’s any number of players, RM 20 for 10 mins, very worth it!

    Crystal,
    None that I know of. 😉

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  • November 18, 2009 at 9:40 am
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    Aiyok.. Poor phone.. Karma~~
    n I want play tooo and I know I’ll be good or I’ll just keep my phone somewhere far… XP

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  • November 18, 2009 at 11:58 am
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    Hey KY,

    Did you take the Funkart (4 stroke) package? In the website it’s rm25 for 10 minutes. The other package is 100cc (2 stroke) at rm55 for 10 mins.

    Got it here: http://www.kartquest.com.my

    How are the helmets btw?

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  • November 18, 2009 at 1:11 pm
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    JolynGoh,
    Hahahah good idea!

    cumidanciki,
    was a lot of fun! 😀

    ck,
    Yep funkart, they’re having promotion now. 2 stroke they only charged us RM 30. The helmets are pretty decent but of course it’s always best if you bring your own.

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  • November 18, 2009 at 2:37 pm
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    TRAGIC
    luckily can fix for only rm120

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  • November 18, 2009 at 2:43 pm
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    eh Y u still bloggin abt XPAX?! i thought campaign ended? :O

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  • November 18, 2009 at 2:53 pm
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    Jaclyn Chew,
    Yah thank goodness!

    Tey Cindy,
    Hahah, but Xpax & Xpax BB are slightly different my young padawan 😀

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  • November 18, 2009 at 7:48 pm
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    Yeah that is pretty tragic mate. 🙁

    Sorry to hear that.

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  • November 19, 2009 at 12:07 am
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    Huai Bin,
    Thank goodness it’s all fixed 😀

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  • November 19, 2009 at 7:27 am
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    omg………….. the phone is not cool anymore 🙁 nvm, use bb now!

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  • November 19, 2009 at 9:17 am
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    vvens,
    Nemai it’s fixed! 😀

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  • November 19, 2009 at 4:14 pm
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    ooh nevermind. you can get some new phones and give these to me!

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  • November 19, 2009 at 4:30 pm
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    eiling,
    YA RIGHT i wish!

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  • November 20, 2009 at 11:50 am
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    Wootz.. Outdoor Go-Kart !!!

    Kuching only has indoor go-kart which is as fun as outdoor’s 😀

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  • November 20, 2009 at 12:27 pm
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    ahlost,
    Ohh is indoor as good? do they allow u to go as CRAZYYYYYY? 😀

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  • January 21, 2014 at 4:52 pm
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    Hi Guys,
    I am Anthony Teyo, the marketing manager for city karting go kart at shah alam and sepang go kart circuit. If you guys are still interested in doing group or company go kart events, kindly give me a ring at 017-9258088. I have great go kart packages to test your skill on our professional circuits. Cheers and see you guys soon.

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    • January 22, 2014 at 9:19 am
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      Anthony: sure will keep that in mind, hoping for a good discount ya!

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