Went for test drive today at Puchong Ford center (can't speed since the roads were packed). Amusing thing is that the signal sticks are on the left and not swapped for right-hand side driving. Haven't drove a car with inverted signal sticks since Saab Scania over 10 years back. LOL!!!

The ones coming out from Thailand plant will also still retain the left stick signal indicator design?

Overall, impressed by the test drive experience.

This post has been edited by Dias: Nov 5 2010, 08:50 PM

I'm still driving a 1995 Proton Wira. Signal stick on the right. The Saab was a company car for my pops (long time already return to the company).

This post has been edited by Dias: Nov 5 2010, 08:59 PM

History of family car exposure in chronological order:

Fiat - right signal
Ford Laser - right signal
Nissan Datsun 120Y - right signal
Perodua Kancil - right signal
Proton Wira - right signal
Saab Scania - left signal
Toyota Camry - right signal
Nissan Latio - right signal
Ford Fiesta - left signal

This post has been edited by Dias: Nov 7 2010, 09:15 AM

Very useful when there are jerks flashing their headlamps behind you. Leaves them in a pile of crap as you accelerate away.

Sedan interior is like this, as far as mine is concerned.



This post has been edited by Dias: Nov 30 2010, 09:02 PM

That's an auxiliary port. Just get an auxiliary cable and connect your iphone/ipod to it. USB is only for the 1.6L Hatchback model.

Fiesta gets 3-yrs/60,000km free service maintenance (maintenance interval is every 10,000 km). Spare parts are said to be produced at Rayong plant in Thailand, so that might also bring down the cost as well.

FC don't know yet since haven't fully run-in the engine yet (it's only 1-week old and not even made it past 300 km), but on Ford Fiesta's facebook page, some have quoted 7.8L/100km on 50% city & 50% highway driving with the potential for the FC to go down further (I'm assuming that the engine still don't have that many kilometres on it yet).

This post has been edited by Dias: Dec 3 2010, 12:28 PM

That was from the owner himself (the 7.8L/100km figure). The post got buried under others' FB posts but there's a new one yesterday. Of course, where you drive to is also a factor. 100% KL driving under stop and go traffic jam is definitely going to give you less than satisfactory FC regardless of what car model/brand.

This post has been edited by Dias: Dec 4 2010, 05:46 AM

http://www.scribd.com/doc/45252292/Ford-Fi...arts-Price-List

Waja has a larger fuel tank capacity than the Fiesta, hence the distance traveled is more. Comparison should be by km per litre.

My FC based on first two tanks (currently on my third tank) below. Engine only passed the 1,000km mark by the end of the second tank. This spreadsheet I am using to constantly monitor my FC and also to help me modify my driving style depending on fuel efficiency on the previous tank.

First two tanks were filled till where the fuel nozzle auto-releases the second time and drove till nearly empty (i.e. fuel light already lit and the needle is almost touching the zero bar). The manual states 42 litre capacity but my refueling is only up till roughly 35 litre, so I think that there must be some spare fuel inside of 7 litre. For BHP, I refuel only RM60 because the credit card machine wasn't working. So just fork out RM60 to the cashier.



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On average, my FC is 14.598 km per litre. Drive to work using NKVE and back home using Federal Highway. But on weekends, a lot of trips to Subang Jaya and Puchong/Bandar Kinrara area. I'd roughly estimate around 50% city and 50% highway for those two tanks combined.

This post has been edited by Dias: Jan 1 2011, 11:34 AM

1.6L Sedan.

Bank = Maybank (Puchong Branch)
Loan = RM 40k
Repayment period = 5 yrs
Rate = 2.93%

You'd be incurring additional interest charges of RM 1,980 on a 7-yr loan compared to mine.

A 5-yr repayment period would save you almost RM 2k. But monthly payment would go up by RM 195.

My most recent refill was 32.58 litres (RM 61.91 @ RM1.90 per litre) after driving 490.90 km. Cumulative distance travelled is around 2,188 km.

15.066 km per litre
6.638 litre per 100 km
RM0.126 per litre (on BHP Infiniti 95)

Average distance travelled is 60 - 65km per day (depending on route taken). Roughly 60% highway and 40% urban roads. Speed is mostly kept within the 110 - 120kph range (on highways).

This post has been edited by Dias: Jan 22 2011, 06:10 PM

The tachometer needle IIRC is slightly above the 2500 mark. Should be around 2600 RPM at 110km/h.

This post has been edited by Dias: Jan 31 2011, 04:46 PM

ASEAN-ised, you mean? Since it's CBU Thailand.

AutoAlliance Thailand's plant in Rayong builds for the ASEAN region. I'd assume that what we get here is the same in other SEA countries. Don't know if export markets go further from there since there's another Fiesta plant in Nanjing.

That depends from which perspective he is looking at, I guess. If it's the wet-clutch Powershift, then it has been around since 2008 (i.e. 2+ years). Only the dry-clutch type is new. I don't expect much difference in design between the two since both operate on the same operating principles. Maybe some minor modifications since the dry type has no lubricating fluid immersion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_PowerShift_transmission

DuraShift? The specs listed only PowerShift.