Hahaha...that's something new to me.

*whips out notebook and starts taking notes*

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Was looking at the engine this morning and I noticed that there are a few sticker labels with barcodes on them as well as some sort of serial number. It that the engine number?

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That's already 23 years old. Even with a 4k price tag, there's also the potential costs of replacing any worn-out parts. Don't know how the FC is like but cars back then aren't too fuel efficient compared to newer cars I think.

Ford Laser...now that's nostalgia. My father used to drive one (sedan). I think it was the KA/KB (1981–1985) generation. Lasted I think around 13 years. Sold it off for a brand new Proton Wira sometime around 1994 or 1995 as the Ford's engine was constantly dying out while idling due to old age.

Hi ALeUNe! There's an online form on the first page that you can add yourself to the headcount. Just click on the Ford Focus input form button.

It's liter per 100km. Not km per liter. XD

He was asking 8-9 liter per 100km (or 11.1km-12.5km per liter) and you were quoting 8-9km per liter. There's some sort of disconnect there.

The "8-9km/litre is impossible unless u are doing highway" sounds a bit off unless the measurements were swapped into per 100 liters which makes more sense.

While it is nice to have safer cars, what we also need on Malaysian roads are safe/ethical drivers on the road and not Schumacher wannabes.

Hi Pegasus! Your car model is not listed on the Sime Darby Ford website?

Interest rates change over time so it's a bit hard to compare against others (unless they are more recent purchasers).

Model = Sedan (RM78,888)
Loan = RM 40k
Repayment period = 5 yrs
Rate = 2.93% (Maybank)
Date of purchase = Nov'2010

This post has been edited by Dias: Sep 6 2011, 03:10 PM

It is a very subjective comparison. Too many variables involved; driving style & behaviour, daily traffic conditions, route taken, etc.

Distance traveled on a full tank is also another area where inaccuracies can take place because the average daily driver on the road is not going to continue driving till the car dies due to having absolutely zero fuel.

Plus, based on specs listed on VW M'sia's site, the Golf's tank capacity is approx. 55 litres (vs Fiesta's 42 litres).

Depends on what traffic conditions that you have been subjected to. Assuming that you always pump 3/4 tank (or 31.5 ltr), your FC would be 11.1 km/ltr which is what I would expect if significant time is spent on urban roads.

I'm driving a sedan. No trip computer. Even with a trip computer, I don't have any faith in its accuracy due to constant change in driving situations (e.g. one moment heavy jam and another moment smooth flowing traffic). I prefer to know what distance I am actually capable of rather than what I might be capable of. From there only can say whether distance is bad or not.

Being a compulsive number cruncher, I prefer to use actual data (which I am more comfortable with). There's also Fuelly down in my sig for quick reference. Just take note that while I usually fill up when the tank is 1/4 full but I might push the distance a bit more or hold back depending on how confident I can push it. Hence, my distance sometimes might be less but that correlates to less litres pumped.

Historical data I keep track using Excel. It's always based on amount pumped till full tank (first nozzle auto-release) after driving a certain distance.



This post has been edited by Dias: Sep 7 2011, 11:02 PM

Too early to say. I usually don't include the first two fuel-ups after switching brands into my calculation (FC) as I do not want "rojak" fuel-mix to skew my results (there's a summary table that consolidates all my data into an overall view). Plus, I had favorable driving conditions on certain fuel-up periods. Hence, I need 10 readouts from Shell to get a weighted average. As it is not a controlled test, results need to be taken with a grain of salt.

- Shell data 001 is excluded due to break-in period.
- BHP data 002 is excluded due to not filling up full tank
- BHP data 003 is excluded due to effect from data 002
- Esso data 009 and 010 is excluded due to "rojak" mix (Esso + BHP)
- Shell data 021 and 022 is excluded due to "rojak" mix (Esso + Shell). Will only start with Shell data 023.



I definitely have to redo BHP because they have introduced the Infiniti 2x formula which has different additive mix compared to the old Infiniti.

This post has been edited by Dias: Sep 7 2011, 11:42 PM

Not yet. One self-imposed condition for the test is that I must stick to one particular brand continuously until I have collected enough data.

Plus, the nearest Caltex station isn't exactly near (along ELITE Highway near USJ Toll).

A lot of unknown variables there (e.g. urban or highway roads, how much do you need to top to full tank after driving the abovementioned distance, traffic conditions, etc).

If you usually top up to full tank after using up 3/4 bar, then you average FC (using 400km) is 12.7km per litre.

PS: A tip on improving fuel consumption. Keep an eye for opportunities to coast on your daily working route.

- Best place is when nearing toll. I usually accelerate till 140+ km/h when nearing toll and when I'm around 800 metres away, I just totally lift my foot off the accelerator pedal. If slow down too fast, just lightly tap the accelerator to gain some speed and coast again. You should be around 60 km/h by the time you have step on the brakes.

- 60 km/h is a decently safe speed to enter a curve. Again like the above, accelerate and then coast till you hit 60 km/h when you enter the curve.

- Some traffic lights are situated downhill. Just accelerate uphill and then once pass the peak, coast down till you reach the lights.

This post has been edited by Dias: Sep 8 2011, 10:14 PM

Not really new tech since it's already available in Europe and the States but would be fun to have this piece of tech here. Volkswagen Tiguan 2.0 TSI has this in M'sia. I think the luxury cars has this or maybe the higher spec'ed variant (unless was taken out from the Asian version).

Ford S-Max reviews on Youtube. How I wish Malaysia implement car tax rates based on CO2 emissions.

Just noticed that the S-Max model has been put up on SDAC's website.

http://www.ford.net.my/smax/index.asp

Not sure if there's any test units there yet but you might want to give them a call to check.

Do include your name in the Ford Owners' list on the first page. There's a form for you to fill up there.

Today is the first official record taking of Shell 95 Fuelsave. Previous two records are now omitted from the statistics summary (due to being transition fuel mix).



Was working extremely late the past two weeks (left office around 11pm - midnight for half of the duration and past 8pm for most of the rest). That gave me a lot of opportunity to coast on momentum (from 140 km/h freerolling till around 60km/h) since there are no vehicles behind me that I need to worry about.

Too bad it could not best two earlier records from Esso 95 of 16.527km/l and 16.777 km/l respectively. Maybe that is because I used the NKVE previously to go home while this time I used the LKSA and onto Hicom (was feeling stingy since it was RM 3.50 vs RM 1.10 in toll charges). There's also one instance of getting caught in the KESAS highway jam after getting off the LKSA.

I am looking forward to seeing how the FC will be like on normal driving conditions (i.e. no late night drives) but that has to wait till my workload eases (which is still far far away). Hopefully next week will be a better week and I'll be able to leave the office earlier.

As for fuel performance, the lack of power can definitely be felt on climbing mild gradients. Accelerating up a gentle slope takes a bit longer compared to Esso 95 and on leveled roads, it struggles to go faster once hitting past 110km/h (with the same foot pressure on the accelerator, the Esso 95 might have hit 140 km/h). The upside is that you tend to stick to lower speed and revs since 110km/h is around 2600 RPM (and maybe as a result, better FC). That said, it takes a lot of driving discipline to fight the urge press the pedal harder to hit the 140km/h that you are so used to.

Claims of Shell 95 being underpowered is a reasonable claim but whether it gives better FC versus other brands is something that will take months of record taking to find out.

11,958km total on the meter.

I prefer fabric. Leather seats are a turn-off for me. There's less tendency to get sweaty backs compared to leather.

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