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16 hours in Porsche's new 718 Boxster S chasing Pokémons

By Kenny Yeo - 1 Oct 2016

Oriental Bliss

Gone fishing for Magikarps

Time: 2130 hours
Location: Chinese Garden

It was nearly 9:30pm when we got there, but the carpark is about 80% full. I don't believe it would have been this full if not for Pokémon Go.

After dinner and refreshing ourselves and with the disappointment of Upper Peirce Reservoir and the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve still heavy on our minds, we decided to pay Chinese Garden a visit - an established Pokémon hotspot. Even at 9:30pm, with only 90 minutes to go before closing time, Chinese Garden was a flurry of activity. We were utterly surprised at the sheer number of people still hanging around, heads down looking at their phones and fingers flicking upwards on their screens.

Work's over, time to go farm Magikarps at the Chinese Garden.

So, so many players.

Launching Pokémon Go on our phones, we soon find out why. Chinese Garden is a rich hunting ground. Pokéstops a plenty and in close proximity - especially around The Live Turtle & Tortoise Museum - and the players there are generous with their Lure Modules. Although there were a lot of Magikarps - great for farming that Gyrados - we also caught a good number of Slowpokes, a couple of Psyducks, an Arbok, and the strange-looking Dodrio. If you live in the west, Chinese Garden is a hunting ground that is not to be missed.

Imagine the sight of this in your rearview mirror while driving at night.

The roads leading to Chinese Garden was dark and it was here that I noticed that the test car had been fitted with Porsche’s Dynamic Light System (PDLS). PDLS adjusts the range of the headlights depending on driving speeds. The slower you go, the more the headlights will dip to illuminate the road that’s just ahead of you. As you go faster, the headlights raise again to illuminate farther ahead. That’s not all, it even turns into bends as you corner. Sure, much of Singapore’s road network is illuminated, but if you frequent our neighbors up north, you’ll be glad you ticked the PDLS option box.

Pokémon caught: Magikarp, Slowpoke, Dratini, Arbok, Dodrio, Raticate, Krabby, Starmie, Bulbasaur, Clefairy, Psyduck 

 

 

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