but 10k is so new.....timing belt can last 100k..but normally people change it at 80k.....do you mean 100k is it??

agree....10k is too much....just throwing the money to the mechanic...

lol...jackyap84 said he wanna change every 10k...

so inserting that small valve means have to drain all the power steering fluid??....

about the fan spinning even you turn off the engine...is because the engine is operating above the recommended temperature....i guess you didnt wait for the radiator water to drop and wait for all the trap bubbles appear and fill in until full......last time i do have the same problem also...fill in fully in the radiator but did not know inside still got air trap inside...so as the air goes out the water level drop causes the temperature to rise thus cause the engine operating extreme hot that is why the fan spins.....do check on the coolant level to see if it drops or not after few days of driving.

be sure to keep an eye for these few days to fill in the water.....or best is morning start your engine and open the radiator cap to let the trapped air go out..then slowly fill in the water...

today i let my friend drove my car....then i sat on the passenger seat, i felt that the road noise, engine noise (when revving/gear change) is much much lower than the sitting at the driver's seat while driving....even the suspension soaks the bump better than driver side... ....and i didn't realize that my friend was driving around 140km unless i see the meter...

old altis...not really stable...as cruising around 150km can feel rear wobble (passenger)....where the new altis that i drive it quite frequent, highway cruising around is quite good and stable but i found that hard cornering on the new altis, sometimes will make the rear buang abit and will understeer more compare to my persona stock suspension with 3point bar
of course altis wins in terms of comfort but i feel persona's is just nice..not too hard nor soft...

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Added on April 16, 2010, 11:54 pmvios driver all very skillful

This post has been edited by loong2020: Apr 16 2010, 11:54 PM

recent FC can get RM60=400km plus when lights on.....

driving conditions:federal, NKVE highway 80km-150km, short jam, gear change from 2k-4k rpm, city drive....and hilly road on the way to friends hse,aircond on all the time....

suprisingly it can get 400km and mileage at 51000km...and non-iafm,automatic

decision is up to you...for my 2years car, everything is allright..and the interior parts does not make any noise other than the aircond vent noise on the rough road...

fill in 3.5-3.7L is more than enough.....and starting the engine and turning off its not accurate to see the oil level unless you check in the morning...

yes...is only SPIII.....never heard of SP4....

normal...its the drive by wire delay that cause the rpm to rev up everytime you change the gear...to reduce this, hold on 1sec before change the gear...

wonder does K&N really give improvement on torque??..or any increment power??..or just better filtration..?

btw yesterday drove my relative's 13years wira....i found that the car sound insulation better than persona..... the car zooming pass and wind noise at 110km not audible also, tire noise very low and its using goodyear duraplus if not wrong......and its a 13 year original car .... ...wonder my ears got problem or not....

im using pp2....i feel the tire love to roar.... .....and the ride quite hard and harsh....
btw...i tried by close the side mirror and drive around 140km...the wind noise surprisingly reduce alot...

just 1side....also scare d

caltex indeed the engine sound quieter and more smoother than esso ron95...but the problem is caltex station is about 10km from my house...
and the location of caltex station is very little....so if want to stick to caltex a bit problem and too bad caltex didn't offer any loyalty points card like esso did where can change for petrol..

as for bhp, its not bad, engine sound sumwhere between caltex & esso....and pickup much better....

and did not bother to try out shell & petronas...as i tried shell on the other car, the pickup really sucks...

how is caltex for your car?? ...too bad caltex station is too far from my house....so just use esso...

any one have this weird sound when i release the brake..there is a squeak sound whenever i release the brake pedal.....not enough lubricated?

This post has been edited by loong2020: Apr 30 2010, 12:11 AM

i mean its inside the car....on the brake pedal itself..not the disc brake....