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 Ford Fiesta Officially Launched!

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BaboonZ
post Feb 1 2011, 03:14 AM

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I finally received and drove mine. Coming from someone who previously owned a Proton, here is what I think.

Pros:
- Relatively cheap
- Unique design, not the same old Toy or Hornda
- Cabin space is... as far as driver is concerned... great. I'm always alone so I don't care.
- Nine times better pickup than my old car (slightly exaggerating)
- Plenty of electronic features not found in other cars with the same price range (hill assist, grade assist, immobilizer, electric power steering, etc.)
- Cap-less refuel

Cons:
- Voice-control utterly useless. Failed to change to HitzFM frequency 100/100 attempts. I'm not exaggerating.
- Not sure bout the after-sales service, but the before-sales service (if there exists such a term) was a nightmare. Basically, I'm not happy with the sales assistant. A bad sign of things to come?
- The small compartment under the bottom-right of the steering wheel (don't know what it is called) wouldn't close properly and kept falling open.
- Powershift gear changes not smooth. Need to be extra gentle with accelerator during jams otherwise car will jerk like mad
BaboonZ
post Apr 3 2011, 12:43 PM

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Last time when I bought my Fiesta. The other cars I've considered were also Forte and Inspira, since they were within the same budget.

It wasn't hard for me to make the final decision. The reason I rejected them were:

Forte - 4-gears only. Didn't think Kia cars were cool. I thought they were the inferior sibling of Hyundai.
Inspira - Big macho, powerful car but goes against my principle of not to own yet another Malaysian car. Disgusted with government for making cars expensive just to help their cronies.

But now Forte has 6-gear Shiftronic and better sound-proofing and the Honda Insight has gotten more irresistible with the massive discount for hybrid cars. I think might have bought a different car if it was now instead of then.
BaboonZ
post Apr 23 2011, 01:02 AM

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QUOTE(Seng_Kiat @ Apr 22 2011, 08:54 PM)
guys,

i just got fiesta .. but i found that the given keys are not same .. 1 is like a knife with remote while another one is just normal one without remote .. sad.gif .. I am confuse d .. is that correct?

I tested, it works to start engine but without remote and different design of key concern me ..
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That is correct, because I have the same pairing too. The one without remote is the spare key. Although it looks just like a "normal key", if I'm not mistaken, it has a chip inside. That is why it can unlock the car without sounding the alarm. This is also means that you cannot duplicate this key.

Welcome to the cap-less refuel gang and have fun with your new ride. wink.gif

 

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