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Post by madmac on Jun 9, 2006 23:16:15 GMT 7
Short question. I'll have a lunch meeting with Maxis in KL coming Tuesday (KLCC, Menara Maxis) with a tight schedule. The plane lands 11am. Last time I wasted a lot of time in the cab, so what is the fastest way from KLIA to KLCC? KL Expres train to Sentral and taxi from there or monorail? Which one?
Thanks!
Mac
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Post by ninja on Jun 10, 2006 15:12:11 GMT 7
If you know the roads well enough, pre-book your rental car online and pick it up on arrival at KLIA. Drive in. I did two weeks ago to get into PJ and it actually cost me less than a normal scraggy, smelly taxi.
If you don't know the roads well enough, then yeah, take the train. Sentral's probably a bit further out from KLCC and the traffic around that Brickfields/MidValley area isn't flash.
For my money and time, I'd go the rental car option and have a pocketful of Ring Bits to pay your highway tolls in and out of KLIA.
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Post by madmac on Jun 13, 2006 23:19:48 GMT 7
It was a smooth ride  ....if somebody has the same question in the future, as soon as you leave the immigration area you see big pink signs for KL Ekspress. Ticket (35 RM) either at the counter when you walk out or at a vending maching. Keep the ticket, board the train. 28 mins later you're at KL Sentral where you have gantries eating the used ticket. Walk out, keep left, pass KL Kommuter and then turn right to Putra LRT. A ticket to KLCC (5 stations away) cost you 1.60 RM. Overall time needed about 40 mins. Unbeatable by car. |
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Post by ninja on Jun 18, 2006 9:34:03 GMT 7
Excellent! Glad your trip worked out. I usually prefer to drive as I know the roads reasonably well although in KL, that means nothing. Roads change almost everyday as their public works department apparently never talk to the local municipalities. You'll get a new road built this week; next week it's being dug up for pipes/cables to be laid.
Hey, did you say you ride an SV650s?
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Post by madmac on Jun 18, 2006 16:36:22 GMT 7
Yepp....how did you find out this  ;D |
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Post by ninja on Jun 18, 2006 17:18:24 GMT 7
I presume your's was a naked model, not the fully faired one. I've got an eye on a CB900 as I like the inline fours vs. V-twins. The naked muscle bikes I saw in France were fantastic.
Also like the look of Triumph's new Speed Triple. Tasty!
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Post by madmac on Jun 18, 2006 22:12:13 GMT 7
It's the one with the half fairing, not the naked one. I don't think they ever sold that one here. And it's really sad that imports completely stopped. So there's basically no market for the little Ducati killer  . What people don't know they will not buy. |
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Post by ninja on Jun 19, 2006 19:13:31 GMT 7
...until people find out that possibly the naked bikes (which IMHO are far sexier than their faired cousins) cost much less to insure than your Supersport or Superbike. At least that's the deal down here in Oz.
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....if somebody has the same question in the future, as soon as you leave the immigration area you see big pink signs for KL Ekspress. Ticket (35 RM) either at the counter when you walk out or at a vending maching. Keep the ticket, board the train. 28 mins later you're at KL Sentral where you have gantries eating the used ticket. Walk out, keep left, pass KL Kommuter and then turn right to Putra LRT. A ticket to KLCC (5 stations away) cost you 1.60 RM. Overall time needed about 40 mins. Unbeatable by car. 
;D
. What people don't know they will not buy.