As long as they cut the tint film on the FWS/window, same thing might happen again provided the apply enough pressure to cut it.

Especially the sunroof really envy laa...

Yalorr..come la bro xion. i will come also..hopefully.

If u have enough money, get the SX i would say. The interior trim is more luxurious & as far as safety is your main concern, the ESC alone will justify your extra buck..u dont know when u need the ESC the most later on.

Correct for 40k service, should not exceed RM600 for Fully Sync oil (as stated on Nazakia website). 12L? Maybe KFC wanna flush the ATF 2 times for a sparkling clean gearbox..no metal debris whatsoever

All original spare/consumable parts are expensive including Toyota, Honda, Nissan..etc, not necessarily Kia. If u able to find cheap spare/consumable parts for those cars, i bet u it was an imitation one (so many imitation parts nowadays in our market). So beware.

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Added on September 17, 2010, 4:47 pmLol!..u already big enough maa..wanna stay KL for few days more also need your dad's permission mehh?

This post has been edited by izputra: Sep 17 2010, 04:50 PM

I can double confirm that for the 2.0. & both 1.6 MY versions also should be the same. Our Forte is not equipped with this feature.

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Added on September 18, 2010, 11:50 amNo confirm news yet for the 5 year warranty & for the leather seat, I dont think so bro..anyway, kindly check it out with the Nazakia sales advisor

This post has been edited by izputra: Sep 18 2010, 11:50 AM

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Added on September 20, 2010, 3:06 pmIt is perfectly normal...

This post has been edited by izputra: Sep 20 2010, 03:06 PM

Correct..but then, based on price, it is worth also if we can compare between Vios E with the Forte 1.6SX or perhaps the TRD Sportivo with the 2.0SX! (ignorable price different)

Yup..Forte 2.0 got enough power, but the 4 speeder autobox doesn't do justice to it. If Forte uses 5 or 6 speed AT, perhaps it can easily keep up the pace with other benchmarkers. Anyway, i'm not saying that the 4 speed AT in the Forte is not up to the task. For most ordinary driver like me, it perform good enough if not excellent..& of course i dont care about a split second difference for 0-100km/h sprint. If the other car can accelerate slightly faster than our car..so what? There are always many any other cars that can accelerate better than that car (or our car). Even the 1.4 VW Golf TSI (not to say the more ferocious 2.0 Golf GTI) can put (smoke) our 2.0 behind it in no time (i'm purely comparing the sprint time, regardless the car's segment, weight or whatsoever). If we are going to end this, maybe we have to own ourself a Bugatti Veyron or sort of that

& I'm not going to be defensive here, for me, I will choose the safety of 6 airbags in the Forte anytime (not to say the long list of extra goodies & its reasonable price) rather than the hardly noticeable difference in acceleration time (in comparison with the Civic to be exact)

This post has been edited by izputra: Sep 26 2010, 10:23 AM

Yaa..this kind of fight will never end. Everyone got their own perspectives, factors & priorities when buying a car. As for me, i did my 'homework' before buying a car. As of when i bought my Forte end of last year, this car (Forte 2.0) is the best car (at least for me) for my 100k budget. So for less than 94k, i can get a 2.0L C segment sedan car, with loads of safety equipment in which the even overpriced T&H 2.4L D segment cars are ashamed of & lot of other useful goodies (too long to list it, just read the details in the website). i ask myself, is there any other sedan car (sub 100k in price) that can match up the Forte's offering that comes with 6 airbags, Electronic Stability Control, Keyless Entry with engine start stop button, full auto-aircond, auto-cruise, auto headlight, heated side mirror demisters etc...(to name a few)?? The clear answer is NO! So in my case, the Forte is a clear winner. & i dont care on how the SC (Nazakia service centre) will treat me when i send my car there for a scheduled maintenance. I might send my car there only twice a year anyway. Besides Nazakia SCs, I have sent my 2 previous cars to Proton SCs, my wife & in-law car to Perodua SCs & my father's Vios to Toyota SC before for a scheduled maintenance, if my memory still serves me well, i can conclude that there is not much different among these SCs in term of waiting time, comfort or even inter-personal relationship between customer & SC officers though. For original spare parts, i dont think that Forte's spare parts price are much higher in comparison with Jap makes unless we compare it to the T, H & N imitation spare parts (which floods our spare part market). Only the parts availability is the main concern for the Forte as of now coz Nazakia yet to stick to their plan to produce it locally.

& bro cybermaster, supporting your words with a true facts is a wise practice. However, for the sales figure u published to us here, for me it just shows Malaysian mindset towards T&H. No matter how good & well specced the Korean make their cars, most Malaysian will still go for Jap cars no matter how overpriced & 'empty' the car is. This is due to long built reputation of the Jap cars coz they have long history here & the fact that previous Korean cars tarnished their very own brand. Korean makes as a newcomer have to survive all this by introducing a well package car with attractive pricing + reliability in mind. That is what they exactly did with the Forte now & other new cars to come. As the time goes by, the reputation of Korean cars will rise but it will take years probably to be on par with Jap cars (in term of reputation). But by looking at the sale figures, i can see that the trend is there & the figure for Forte should be much higher if Nazakia can supply (Forte) according to demand especially for the 2.0..but they cant due to limited quota given by the Korean principal. I know this sounds defensive, but it is a fact.

This post has been edited by izputra: Sep 28 2010, 02:31 PM

Hmm...Note that the current Civic launched about 4 years back & if this is the case, why until early this year (on March to be exact), Honda Malaysia still needs about 2 month to supply the car (Civic 2.0) to their customers? It was produced locally (CKD) some more as compared to Korea CBU Forte (sorry fortezens for bring up this matter again..i have to). I dont think that Honda dont want to ramp up their production here to cope for the demand right? Or did Honda mistakenly gauge the response from the public? Not after 4 years of launching i think. Further more, new gen vios also launched few years ago but still my father need to wait about 1 & a half month for it (April this year). So there must be some excuses for that to happen to any car manufacturers. I personally dont think that it is purely all salesman talk.

Good..since that u uses your Vios for 7 years & servicing at Toyota SC, u should have the figure for the table below right? (Since i cant find it anywhere in Toyota's website). Kindly give your Vios maintenance cost pricing (from 1k to 100k km) to me so that i can update the table for the benefit of all

The answer for this question will turn us back again to my previous explanation..it is simply a long history of Toyota here that sets the most Malaysian mindset. For most Malaysian, they still skeptical about Korean cars especially when they look back to the previous model & it is a safe bet for them to buy a T, H or N cars regarding their reputation here. That's why Forte topped the sales chart in other countries but not in Malaysia. Many Malaysian give a praise to Forte but for the time being they will just look & see for the car to proves itself first. But for me, 2 years of round the world good review for Forte already speaks for it.

Of course my facts are based on manufacturers estimated 5 year pricing for maintenance based on pre-determined factors since our Forte is still not a year old up to now to get the exact figure. I would like to see manufacturer (Toyota) estimated pricing based on pre-determined factors for Toyota cars in Malaysia to use as a guideline pricing, but UMW are not dare enough to publish it in the website. It makes me wondering if they hiding something coz the actual facts is unfavorable to them.

Yup..Maybe u are right that i cant use your car as a reference coz it is not a current car with current maintenance pricing. The oil & parts price should be significantly lower to maintain your car that time (2003). So that's why i need an official & current estimated figures for me to produce this comparison especially for current Toyota model that still missing in my comparison table..for every 5k (if any) or 10k. Will be useful for all as a maintenance pricing guideline. But sadly, UMW choose to hide it. & that makes me wondering whether the current models are not as cheap to maintain as before...

President for the Kedah Perlis Kia Forte Owners Club only. Not the official MyForteClub which serves Forte owners nationwide. & since u always talking about your fair comments, i think u should answer bro kiaforteclub questions to justify your statement in your previous2 post today. Else it would not be a fair statement to Nazakia especially & to us (Forte owners) commonly..cheers

Correct..valid on your part..i agreed. But i cant use it in a figure since it is not official (dont get me wrong, it is not your fault anyway). i need an official figures for current models from UMW. Else it proves nothing & further more, i might get summon from UMW if publishing wrong figure..lol

This post has been edited by izputra: Sep 28 2010, 05:42 PM

Yalorr..i think we should do just that..me also went quite far away

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Added on September 28, 2010, 5:47 pmYo! bro Taipan, did u join TT last nite discussing the Penang trip? any outcome?
Me yet to decide whether to join u guys or not..haihh

This post has been edited by izputra: Sep 28 2010, 05:47 PM

Welcome to the club