Is It Quicker To Get To KL From S’pore By Plane Or Car? To Find Out, This Couple Turned It Into A Competition

Meanwhile, Karen was living her best airport life.

While waiting to board, she picked up a bottle of perfume, stopped by the SATS lounge for breakfast, and even squeezed in a shower before her flight.

To make things more interesting, Sean had a checklist to complete before meeting Karen — to buy her flowers, chocolates, and a gift.

Karen’s challenge, on the other hand, was to get ready for the date on the plane. While she managed to do her make-up on the plane, she didn’t manage to change her outfit. 

Why not do it in the airport lounge earlier, we asked. 

“One of the challenges for us was that she had to get ready on the plane! And she was busy enjoying herself in the lounge,” he told us.

Midway through the journey, Sean ran into potential trouble.

“The engine temperature gauge spiked a little bit. If I go too fast, it might overheat and I’ll lose. But if I go too slow, I’ll still lose,” he said.

Both also faced delays upon arrival in Kuala Lumpur. Sean got caught in traffic and still had his “date prep” errands to complete, while Karen was slowed down at immigration and briefly got lost in the mall.

“In Malaysia, level two is not really level two. This place is huge!” she said in the video.

In the end, Sean pulled through and won the challenge — by a comfortable 40 to 45 minutes too, he told us. 

“I even had time to get changed and wait another 20 minutes at the restaurant,” he laughed.

Sean later shared that he spent about RM156 (S$50.40) on petrol for the trip in his 2016 Nissan X-Trail, which, he admits, isn’t exactly the most fuel-efficient ride.

Still, for him, the drive is part of the appeal.

“I genuinely enjoy driving up. It’s nostalgic because my family used to do it when I was a kid. It feels like more of an adventure,” he said.

Since posting on April 9, the video has clocked over 927K views, with netizens thoroughly entertained by the unconventional date.

One even poked fun at Sean: “At this petrol price, you can do this kind of challenge ah?”

While Sean replied that this will probably be the only time he would attempt something like this, a netizen hopped in on the thread and wrote that petrol in Malaysia was still more affordable.

Another jokingly said Sean gave Karen a head start.

“Starting at the airport was definitely unfair,” read a comment. In response, Sean said: “I wanted to demonstrate the superiority of the car.”