If you want to see what issues Forte has - read through the thread, the common issues has been brought up a few times (alignment, minor noise, etc). Other than that, the car works just fine. I'm driving a 1.6sx and so far I have no complains (25,000KM closing in to 1 year now..).

Comparing this to Spectra? Big difference............................

One regret that I had was why I didn't go for 2.0 instead of 1.6.. Forte is a pretty heavy car so 1.6 might feel a lil under power during pick up, but I love forte for the stability during high speed.

Go and test drive all the cars below 100K so you can have a better understanding on how different they are from one another and also know why we went for Forte instead of other brands..

Cars that I know below 100k (Sedan, not hatchback or small cars) and I've tested:

1. Honda City (my 2nd option after Forte back then, but the waiting list was crazy long and it's kinda small for me... Forte, due to the design, it's pretty big and spacious )
2. Toyota Vios
3. Proton Inspira
4. Chevrolet Cruze
5. Nissan Sentra
6. Mazda 2
7. Peugeot 207

There are some concerns around the 2nd hand value for Forte (since Korean cars are not as popular as JP cars), but for me the driving comfort matters most, don't really give a crap about the 2nd hand value... Cars, anyhow, will depreciate anyways..

Hope this helps..

Lucky me, I actually opened up all the plastics when I took my car, I had the same problem as well, there was a very obvious scratch line at the back seat. The SA had to change my whole back seat - during then there was a 1.6 changing to Leather seat so they just swapped the seat to my car and it's done.

My friend took his car also had the same issue, there was a scratch line at his middle compartment (where you put keys etc)

So good advise for all, please open up the plastics and check for scratches.

Anyone knows people that can do car plate? My car is not even 1 year and the car plate in front 1 letter came off... zzzz... The quality of the number plates also kinda crappy..

I was looking at the same photo wondering the same thing....

My reply above. But seriously, read a few pages back and you can get a lot of your questions answered already.

This post has been edited by derlin: Apr 5 2012, 01:40 PM

CTOS is permanent tied to you. I don't think it will ever be cleared.

Well if you wanna apply for loan, you can try your luck, maybe some banks are desperate enough they are willing to take the risk, then they will offer you the loan that you need.

Don't think anyone can answer your question on what's the % you can get.. Why not walk in to a bank and get them to check for you? It's free of charge dude...

1 Utama in PJ is doing car roadshows and I saw the Forte with HU and Optima there. If you are from PJ you can drop by there to take a look. Looks very similar to the one selling in MyForteClub forum to me..

I was there yesterday, how can that be 2 weeks ago? It's at the empty area (near Coach). Not sure if it was a special event for yesterday public holiday only or what though. There were tons of cars there on display (from Suzuki, KIA, Mutsibishi, etc).

This post has been edited by derlin: Apr 12 2012, 08:59 PM

Depends on what you call "High fuel consumption".....

I'm driving 1.6 SX 6 Speed. I'm constantly stucked in traffic jam (staying in PJ and I always have to travel during peak hours), so I would say it's about 70% city driving 30% highway (go outstation on weekends)

RM65 bucks petrol can go about 350-400KM (Sometimes I had to stop somewhere waiting for ppl so obviously it'll burn more fuel), which is about 10-11L/100KM..

To me, this is not high as I was driving a proton previously and the petrol consumption was higher than my Forte..

This post has been edited by derlin: Apr 16 2012, 02:01 PM

Well, you are in a forte forum so most likely we will push for forte when it comes to comparing all those cars that you've mentioned above. Most of us went through the same thing like you and the end result? We are in this forum means that we end up choosing Forte. If you go to a Toyota or Honda forum and they'll hard sell toyota n honda to you.

Simple question here: have you gone for a test drive for all the cars that you've listed yet? If you haven't, then please do so, it'll really help on deciding which is the better/more value for money/etc car.

Though for the 3 models that you've listed, the price difference is huge... Forte 2.0 at 97K versus Mazda 3 1.6 at 112K..

The feel of driving the car yourself matters the most - end of the day, you will look for the car you are most comfortable with.

Unless you are purely buying a car for the resale value, then by all means, go for TOYOTA or HONDA, most forte owners here don't really care about Forte's resale value when we bought this car.

Though with the increase of Forte on the road and with people gaining more confidence in KIA/Hyundai, I'm not surprised to see the resale value for KIA/Hyundai to be better in the years to come.

This post has been edited by derlin: Apr 18 2012, 09:30 AM

They did a roadshow at CiitaMall Kelana Jaya 2 weeks back for Hyundai Elantra... I stood there for 30 minutes staring at the car... After a while, I'm bored of the design n the looks already.

Walked back to my Forte, after driving it for over a year, I still enjoy looking at my car. The verdict? I'll still pick Forte if I need to make the decision again.

Yo Cyberkewl!

Never had this problem though. Though I have intermittent problem on reverse camera (every 20-30 times I go into R it'll happen once) the images won't appear on the screen. Can't even show it to the service center coz it happens so rarely....

Are you hitting 30k yet? I think you got your car earlier than me...

If you can handle the installment, by all means go for the 2.0. I kinda regretted my decision to go for 1.6 SX even though I could afford it.

One of the main key points that I chose not to go for 2.0 was due to the fuel consumption (I am always stuck in traffic jam and Forte is quite heavy so 1.6 feels a bit underpower) and I never liked leather seats, it burns after your car is under the sun for a few hours. Other than that, it's all positive stuff that you gain from that few thousand more...

Hey AskDS, did you have to wait until your next service to do it or you just went to a SC when your reverse cam failed? Mine just failed this morning... Stopped working entirely..