Hi,

Any idea where got forte accessories shop around klang valley area ?
I'm looking for new wiper, my original wiper only served me around 9 months. This is too bad. The rubber stains stick in my windscreen, i'm now headache to get rid of it....

Just buy a window cleaning solution and rub vigorously on the stained areas.

Maybe you'd like to consider silicon wipers that won't leave any residue? But some of them might skip a bit cos it really wipes clean unlike the useless OEM wipers. My car is 8 mths old and the wipers are already starting to fail. Summore I hardly park my car under the sun.

mine just 1 year....left wiper aluminium thingy ald start 2 come out....lucky i changed b4 it scratch my front screen

thxs

nope, wat i meant is another bro came to get coil mat and led running light done



no wires cut, so WARRANTY NOT VOIDED

hi all forte owners,

can tell me what is the fuel comsuption before i make a move on this nice car?

mine is old batch....new batch FC supposing way better...

my old batch ald can give me good mileage for full tank in 100% city drive...around 420+/-km for BHP/Esso/Mobil/Caltex....shell can go up 450+/-km but lesser power, while petronas can go for 435+/-....

HW i tested b4, full tank alor setar to melaka...no problem, of coz stick to 100km/h-110km/h except PG HW/Ipoh mountain winding HW = 70-90km/h

mostly stock, except simota drop-in air filter and exhaust system(better dun mod exhaust...i regretted it)

Full tank is how much now huh?

full tank usually pump @ RM90-94
currently half tank tahan for 1 week(still got another half-tank) ald clocked 266km mileage..

Recently i went to test drive 1.6 6-speed.
I found the gear shifting is not as smooth as 4-speed, you can feel the jerk while 4-speed no jerk when shift at RPM 2.5k-4k. The SA told me to upshift at 5000RPM to ease the jerk... but we don't always drive at 5k rpm, right?

Even with D mode the 6-speeder is still jerky if autogear shift below 4.5k rpm.

Nice one there bro

conventional gearbox mmg camtu... nak smooth kena pakai CVT...

4-speed version a lot smoother! Cant feel the jerk. Not sure if 4 speed gearbox already very matured while 6 speed still new.

I suspect it's because the 4-speeder uses an older, heavier torque converter while the 6-speeder uses a lighter TC. Just a thought Furthermore, the 6-speeder is a Hyundai in-house design while the older GB was by Aisin or some other third party manufacturer. Probably still not matured as you say.

But what's this jerking that you guys are talking about? How come my 6-speeder is smooth as silk? Whenever the GB changes up the ECU is supposed to feather the throttle even if our foot is stepping on it. IMO this GB is even smoother than my previous Civic FD's 5-speeder.

This post has been edited by gregy: Nov 14 2011, 06:08 PM

We have a 1.6 4-speed at home. During the test drive of 1.6 6-speed, i tried to accelerate moderately without flooring the pedal, when gear change, we could clearly feel the jerk where it does not exist in 4-speed. Later we switched to shiftronic mode and up shift using pedal shift, same jerking was there. There were 3 person in the car that felt it, including the SA that advise to shift at high RPM to ease the jerk.
Another thing to mention is we did not notice 6-speed accelerates any faster than 4-speed and pulling/torque is about the same.

maybe got related to ATF problem or ECU setting...

is there such thing as a seasoned gearbox?

I suggest you try another dealership. My family member drives a 6-sp 1.6SX and I drive a 6-sp 2.0SX. Neither of us have felt this clear jerk in between gears that you talk about. Maybe the test car had been well and truly "tested" by many prospects leading to this jerkiness.

Prior to us booking our rides, we tested a 1.6 4-sp at the Glenmarie dealership and that car was quite slow and not very responsive and boomy as we stepped on it. Three ppl in the car, my bro, the SA and I.

As for the difference between 4-sp and 6-sp in torque, yes the torque is the same but the extra gears help the engine rev up faster, i.e., bring it up to its power band sweet spot. However, that only happens if the ECU drops a cog or two as you step on the pedal. If you accelerate in the same gear, let's say 5th or 6th and you don't step on the throttle hard enough for the cogs to gear down to 4th or 3rd then there's no advantage, in fact this scenario would actually favor the 4-sp.

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Added on November 15, 2011, 10:29 amNot seasoned but matured in the engineering sense.

This post has been edited by gregy: Nov 15 2011, 10:29 AM

i dunno, but my 1.6 4spd seems powerful enuf 4 me...all i did was juz proper maintenance, follow service guide to service the car....no major problem....but 4 spd i think 1st to 2nd gear, u can feel jerk, while 2nd-3rd n 3rd to 4th are smooth....i m thinking of applying AT cooling system like KFC did....cost is abit expensive, but worth it if want protect your gearbox from long run...

Did you try using synthetic ATF?