If I'm the only one who attend this, can I declare I'm the winner?

Ok, we just took ownership of our silver Honda Civic 1.8s around 4+ this afternoon.

Overall impressions:

Ignition key design - Definitely look a lot better and more solid compared to the pre-facelift Corolla Altis key. It's a nicely weighed piece of metal and plastic that is somewhat similar to the polo hatchback key.

Alarm sound - Unlike the Honda of old, you no longer hear the car alarm being armed or disarmed. I'm not sure if it's a good thing or a bad thing at the moment.

Econ Mode - Hate it, makes the car feel sluggish.

Sound insulation on the whole - Although not as good as current gen Corolla Altis and even the Polo TSI. It's still quite decent on the whole and the car is very quiet when idle, but wind noise/tire noise is quite apparent even at 75km/hr. Tyre noise is probably attributed to the lame Eagle NCT5 tire performance.

Engine firewall - Engine sound insulation is still on the weak side, particularly once the car hits 3k RPM and above. Both the Corolla Altis and even the Polo TSI is superior to the Civic in this aspect. Engine noise intrusion is audible but still bearable at higher RPM

Car power - Decent, you will need to work the rev counter a little to get more out of the engine. It's no match against turbocharged contis like the Polo TSI or Peugeots 308/408 etc if you want to feel more "kick". Power response is definitely 1up against the KIA forte and against the pre-facelift Corolla Altis.

Overall cabin space compared to pre/post facelift Corolla Altis - I think the Civic is a tad more spacious. Even the driver seat itself is much more comfortable. My passengers were also impressed with the leg space they had despite both passenger and driver seat were set as far back as allowable. People who are 5"10 would still have ample leg room sitting behind so that's a huge plus.

Halogen Headlight brightness - Thanks to the projector headlamps, the beam cutoff is very nice, brightness is surprisingly very good as well. I think I may actually not bother switching to xenon HIDs since the halogen is performing better than expected.

Boot space - Impressive, while not as deep as the previous gen Honda City, it can still load a considerable amount of stuff. I had a stroller, 2 boxes full of my wife's shoes and some other miscellaneous junk that took up over 3/4 of the boot area and there was still some space left to load in at least 2 to 3 bags of groceries.

More driving impressions tomorrow when I drive the car more.

If you want to test how good your coating there is a product by Optimum distribute by KC called power clean, dilute it to 1:5 concentration spray it to the coating. if after the spraying if it still water beads great. So far i know sierra glow even gzox is not able to stand the watered down power clean

I personally use a coating from King's Coat from Carzmo even at full strength of power clean it can still water bead. I only paid Rm800 for a very special price but i am bias a little bit towards KC's opti-coat 2.0 learn alot from him. King Coat's can take mild polish on the coat and its true 7H. Had a few fender benders and the coating hold up well after cleaning with very strong cleaners

when u engage S mode without physically activate the paddle, it still shift up itself but only to the third gear.
and it will shift to fourth only at 140kmh. just like city.

god knows what speed it is when it engages the final gear.

the other function many dont know - quite sure about it - is the cruise control cannot engaged at speed below 42kmh. u will need 42 kmh atleast to use that cruise control function.

i love these little facts. if, and i say if, we ever go big TT, we should be having quiz session among ourselves and surely i am going to ask these little facts!

Anyone here knows how many speed on the CVT gear the hybrid civic has? not written in the spec sheet.

Anyone has compare the torque and top speed of 1.8cc with the civic 1.5cc IMA hybrid?

Please enlighten. Still wondering to choose between hyrbid and 1.8cc as both price is very near.

i read the comment for quite a few times. just to make sure.

nope. i didnt misleading on that S mode. infact u just repeating what i mentioned.
my city last time engaged to 4th gear at speed of 140kmh - give and take (without me touching the paddle shift at all, under S mode)

at first i thought the sensor sense the rpm going high and all, but so many times done countless experiments with my 09 city, and atleast TWICE i did with the new FB3, then i can confirm it will engage 4th gear at that speed - upshift by itself, under S mode, not using paddle shifters.

infact i did it again on the way back from a few kenduri this afternoon.
anytime we can try.together. <--- this cud be the first TT session 

The write-ups on the Optimum Coating sounds pretty good. Has anyone else used this product? Sounds a bit too good to be true. No disrespect meant but have you used this coating before? I noticed from the blog that the ppl come to the house to apply the treatment...how come no proper workshop etc?

Anyway, a friend is recommending that I use Teflon PPS. Is this any good? Anyone used this before?

I faced the same predicament too and in the end opted for the 1.8.

Ok, I am prepared to give this a try. So should I call Josh Lai or KS to arrange for this to be done? I am interested in paint protection for a brand new car. Thanks in advance.

Some questions:

1. How Much?
2. What do you actually do? Just normal wash with the Items you mentioned?
3. Maintenance? Have to always wash with the product or is this just one time?
4. Do I need to Wax after the wash?

Hope you can clarify. Thanks!

Morning Guys. Anyone here knows how the USB work in our Civic ? It shows file non supported. So, can't play the music from my pen drive. Thanks.

Yes, boot bottom part. I think polish cannot because the paint peel off.
not residue, it is fiber colour, any shop recommend? Or DIY first?

how much is the price? let's say if i've done opti coat then i got some deep scratch and send the car to any workshop to get touch up, is it possible for you to do opti coat only on the particular part which was being touched up?

hi guys,

any source for eibach pro kit for civic fb?