Wow...I get the impression your 2.0 batch FC quite good. Some more its a new car and not full break in period yet.

Sis laurenfoo,

Heard some good news today (not sure true or not). Another batch coming in end of this week and got a lot of 2.0 white colour this time. Some spy told me there are making space for the new batch to arrive.

If others here are being requested to settle their full DP, then maybe its true d. Cross our fingers and hope to get our cars fast this time. 

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Added on June 8, 2010, 6:06 pm

Hello there 

Thanks for the report. Must be damn "soong" with your speechless right now.

But the seatbelt chime, I don't think got chime sound. Just blinking for awhile then go off d unlike dugong which will bug u. Correct me if I'm wrong, I noticed this during my last test drive.

As for the standard UV tint, I read on facebook b4 posted by KIA Malaysia. standard TSER already like 40% plus. If fix good tinting the TSER will be damned good d.  Can anyone here confirm this.

Actually, in many ways the car dint come in April...got help also...now budget got few extra k (save on budgeted installments) to spend on poison like "ECOTINT, Body kit & Autofoam d" 

Bro, you done your tinting yet? I'm all out for ecotint raybarrier all round.... for security tint maybe next round.... if normal tint they dont need remove door panel.

Any bros here installed the full package A, B & C autofoam? Can share the experience? I read the review kena poison d... 

Heard from SA today. Btw, my 2 cents is...since wait from March until now for White  .... might as well wait (another few weeks) until we get white    No point get another color which we have to see everyday for next 5- 7 years. My only concern is the interest rate hike as I understand LOU with bank can renew 3x/ months only.
Bro toy X 2,

Which tint did you fix? The security is 4mm?

Yeah, I know the front and back is actually UV cut glass that is a bit darker. Darker means got cut our some IRR as well right? Cut out IRR means will have some TSER d I think. Anyways...this was posted on KIA facebook (don't know true or not?)

KIA MALAYSIA Light transmittance (%) SX Grades only.
Windshield: Infrared 51.3, UV 1
Front door glass: Infrared 46, UV 20.1... See More
Rr. door/back glass: Infrared 48.7, UV 22.1
30 December 2009 at 02:30

http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=1712...797&topic=12547

yup. The feeling not as nice as my previous car ...  

sorry to say this but nothing can be replacing the cc in terms of small modding such as air filter & spark to upgrade the 1.6 to so called 1.8 or 1.9..... as originally the 1.6 engine is designed to almost on par with the current available 1.8 engine in the market. to add the power of the engine you must bolt on turbo / supercharge. but as i said last time, after my comparison with a civic 1.8, forte 2.0 power just consider on par or slightly better only (in auto mode). Anyway, our forte nor civic (type R excluded) is just normal civilian car and not a performance car... so no point to compare like that. difference betweent the 1.6 & 2.0 is the 'pick up' power which usually obvious when the car start moving from idle, top speed between 1.6 & 2.0 is not much different...

Normal. The 4th gear is there for cruising, and when at speeds of 80kmh it's only 1800rpm, mana ada torque?

There's no need for overdrive button as you still need to press it for it to work; might as well just use the shift-tronic to down shift to 3rd gear and rev it all the way up to 3000 rpm. It'll reach 110kmh in no time. And after that if you upshift back to 4th while keeping the gas pedal depressed (keeping revs >3000rpm) you'll fly up to 140kmh very quickly.

However don't expect it crush kidneys or smoke other road users. It is, after all, a family sedan and not a turbo/supercharged machine.

Anyway, you're not supposed to go up to 110kmh in a 90kmh zone

It's one of the common complaints of the Forte, where the auto gear box upshifts too early to cause loss of torque. And it's also recognised that the dated box limits the performance of the Theta II. This is why Kia came out with the ECU upgrade although I'm not sure about its availability in Australia let alone M'sia.

Slam the pedal and the car will down shift, although shift-tronic will be easier and faster. To be fair, most Mercedes Benzs, at least the older models, have a sluggish throttle as well where you need to depress it more than 1/2 the way before it starts to downshift and accelerate.

And yes Spain sucks.

[attachmentid=1631537] my new ride

FC Report for 2.0

first day after reset i managed to clock the best of only up to 7.4l/100km during travelling from KL-Putrajaya.
later yesterday and today the clock only hovering around 10l/100km which is quite not good i think.
i've tried to make my right foot lighter when pressing the pedal but still cannot get below 8l/100km.
guess 2.0 really makan minyak laa.. huhuh..