Yeah, I hope it's not the previous methods we've already tried ehhe. Please be the right method for our cars *crosses fingers*

Today there was weirdass clouds and strong wind and rain and I had no problems, made it go into bigass puddles and all and it's fine, nothing came up on the display but I remember there was a user who said some warning lights came on when he drove it through heavy rain, I did not experience that at all (yet) so it's been ok for me.

Thanks, I will try to go through SC if I can, I wonder how long that process will take (from filing a complaint to getting the bonnet repainted) so I might get it done one shot when I go for my first service. There won't be any issue with getting the color to match will there? Or maybe they will just take the short route and try to polish those marks out and say they repainted it?

Damn todays clouds were sinister looking.

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Congrats on receiving hmm, about that plastic panel I will go check mine and let you know. Whenever I'm told something is "common" that instantly makes me think it's the opposite lol (I mean when it is coming from a sales type of person).

I hope there's something us owners can do to get the autolock back. Keep us informed

I will check mine and let you know (rear seat defect thing). As for the exhaust I am telling the SC to treat it (I'm going today I think).

Well I can positively tell you that the people who Toyota got to tint mine were careless as well, they split one window rubber and just superglued it back together, they left some leftover tint there too, the windows have water spots all over and parts of the window were dirty on the inside. Not only that but whenever there is dew or the window is wet my window has numbers showing where the dew/moisture is (location is front windshield on bottom right side in front of driver position). I tried wiping both inside and outside but I cannot seem to get rid of it much if at all.
I'm sure they left it out somewhere baking in the sun which explains the water spots.

@beck_ken
I'm not sure if you already said this before, but is your car still spitting out gas at refills?

Check out these springs and strut bar. Well no pictures of the actual springs but it shows the height difference, and they do show the bar.

This post has been edited by Salamander: Jun 13 2012, 12:10 PM

Ok, done my first servicing, I will take a picture of the receipt soon. Total was about 131RM. There were 3 choices of engine oil - mineral, semi-synthetic (95'ish), and fully synthetic (200'ish), I took semi-synthetic. Not sure what oil filter but it was around 31RM or something. I told them about the problem with the scratches on the bonnet and the SC guy basically just shrugged it off saying, "there's one thing you should know about black colored cars blah blah blah" (as if I don't know about marring, microscratches,holograms,swirls, etc...I did NOT do these ones, the car came with it) and pretty much they aren't going to do anything about it. I told him I received the car like this and that I only brought it up now cos I wanted to do it in one shot (because there were several other things they got wrong like my insurance, etc). Even then he was adamant that there was nothing they could do about it - I felt like I was more like being brushed off and the issue ignored like they didn't want to do anything about it. I'm definitely writing it up in my survey anyway. The SC person also told me a place to "go wash, polish, wax, shine" my car... I do feel quite disappointed that I couldn't get my car in an immaculate condition (this sort of thing is not just a simple buy buy purchase, gonna be using it for years to come) - any scratches and defects, *I* want to be the one to put them on there, not someone else. It should be spotless and perfect upon receiving. Not dusty, dirty, scratched, etc. Anyway enough ranting about that. I told SC about the rusty struts etc, they said something about the metal and that they could not treat it because if they do it would heat up and give off a "burnt smell". I don't think he realised that I was referring to two parts - not just the one on the exhaust but another one. I will bring it to their attention again on next service. They didn't wash my car but they gave me a voucher so maybe I'll send it tomorrow morning.

Me too, my love for this car grows exponentially haha. The defect/problems were not the cars fault anyway, it was the fault of those who handled it in the process.
BTW, that semi-synthetic they used was 10W30. I'm not sure if I am feeling a placebo effect on the car but I'll have to drive it for a day or two more just to be sure and also see how it affects my mileage any. It'll probably be fine. Any thoughts on 10W30 instead of OW20?

What options do we have for an audible alarm? I've seen a few of the Viper ones for PriusC on youtube but no idea if it's available here.

Good looking car, was it in perfect condition when you received it?Check everything?

Ok, just looking at my car again like I always do I noticed something that pisses me off. I just went and wanted to look at the plastic defect you guys were talking about in the rear seat, and I noticed that whichever ******* serviced my car, they scratched pretty much everywhere on the plastic under the rear seat and the plastic parts that are under the door that meet the rubber. WTF kind of service is this? They don't know how to NOT mess customers cars up? It's like the rip stuff up and just throw it on the ground probably, not to mention one panel wasn't properly stuck back. The plastic part that is on the bottom of the door part, there is bigass scratches where the plastic meets the metal... I know for a fact this was not there before because I always look at the car everyday from top to bottom, especially with the fact like I mentioned earlier about cataloguing all the scratches. Can I complain to them about this?

That seems to be the case, mine was 10W30, though I did ask about whether OW20 was available. The staff is very friendly but I have to say my car got handled roughly as there were marks all over the plastic panels under the rear seat and some other parts where plastic meets metal at the rear doors. Not sure if the scratches on the metal are visible now due to repositioning of plastic or if it was from carelessness during handling but both sides have it now.

No, I don't think they will change or treat that rusty part. Not from what I've asked them and what I've heard from other people.

5k? Wah hehe. Well I do plan on getting all those especially a horn addon (only if it doesn't affect warranty). But for now as for mats I will just cutup some cheap one. Where I am I don't think anything specific to PC will be coming anytime soon so just have to custom make or find something that fits by trial and error.

That's weird because the prius c in US has ability to enable/disable autolock, wonder why they allowed that then (in the US if they complained).

I agree it should at least be an option given. When I think about it though, no matter what the situation, if a car gets it's door smashed it's not like whether it's locked or unlocked will make much difference, they'll break the glass or cut through alot of the times. I suppose there is also times when locked doors pose high dangers like what you said above, so much better to be safe than sorry. Still, I want that option
I'm getting used to the no autolock anyway because my hand automagically locks the door lol, it's a practice that is highly embedded into my brain. I am still trying to get used to remembering to fold the mirrors before turning the car off, and then when it's off I press the side mirror button again so it will automatically unfold when I turn it back on (thanks to the person who suggested this many posts back!).

Does anyone have a definite answer about the car alarm being audible? I'd like to test mine but not sure how to go about it. I thought in the manual it says there's a button you can press on the fob to activate it?

Which malfreemap is compatible with the DVD-AVN (I haven't gotten an answer about this yet). The page is at:
http://www.garmin.com.sg/mapupdate/

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The details of my service:
Service Type Parts Number Parts Quantity Parts Description
FREE SERVICE 1 9043012031 1 GASKET $1.80
FREE SERVICE 1 90915YZZE1 1 OIL FILTER $30.70
FREE SERVICE 1 SSMCF10W304L 1 SYN FORMULA TGMO 4L $97
FREE SERVICE 1 08808003L 1 WINDOW WASHER 30ML $2.30

Altogether $131.80 (I did not use any vouchers. But I did get one for a car wash/vacuum cos they didn't manage to do it that day).

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Added on June 14, 2012, 5:15 pmYeah it's a pity we don't get the extended information on the 6.1" screen, that was one of my gripes about it. Thanks for all the advice, specially on the malfree maps

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Added on June 14, 2012, 5:17 pmWhat about posting to some place like imgur? Hehe I want to print that out

This post has been edited by Salamander: Jun 14 2012, 05:20 PM

That's the choices they are giving now, and I thought fully synthetic was kinda overkill at the moment. I can't remember who mentioned earlier but seems 10W30 is what they are using as standard now instead of OW20. I honestly forgot what mineral oil they had, and the SC advised against it when I brought up that another SC said mineral oil until 10k (no idea why he didn't want me using mineral oil). If I get a chance when I go bring the car for a wash tomorrow I'll ask at the SC what mineral oil it was, unless someone here can answer it before then. Is there someone out there with the knowledge willing to write out something explanatory/in-depth of which oil we should be using until what mileage and the reasons why? Thanks if you can. BTW, let's say if it was indeed recommended to do the mineral oil until 10k, would it be problematic since I already used semi and then went to mineral on my next service?

Not those exact problems but I think I am hearing something once every now and then from the left side of the car, possibly front or back, haven't quite isolated because it comes and goes. If it's anything squeaky I suspect maybe plastic or rubber.

Yes, SC told me somewhat similar things about it having been treated/protected beforehand and that they wouldn't do anything after or it'll give off weird burn smells when heated (at least the part on exhaust).

Yeah now that makes me wonder... oh well, we'll see how it turns out.

You can get the 86 for me if you want

[quote=kevinttk,Jun 16 2012, 10:19 AM]
Now I almost reached 10k and the next service will be around 600+ if not mistaken.

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wow ! you are really the most hypermiler among all having prius c here. mine only 3200km after 2 months.

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@beck_ken, @kevinttk
What kind of mileage are both of you getting? Or anyone for that matter? Maybe we should have a mileage stats on the front page hehe.

Is anyone else going to post some of their routes on google maps or trip log from gps (if that's even possible) so that others can see what kind of mileage they get in comparison with other people? Would be interesting to see the kind of mileage all of us can get for the same routes.

I'm still thinking on what temporary mats I can put in, I'm sick of spanking the mat all the time
I don't want one that is too fugly, but I guess I'll just find one that can get the job done for now till something better is available.

Tried it, good thing it was straightforward. What's meant to be under the drivers seat btw? Just a gap for putting something under there?

Haha, I'm sure there is one out there that fits under that.

Is it an actual pc one or one that's for another car but fits perfect?

The VPNS? Yup because I've never heard it activate, not to mention I can creep up on pedestrians without them even knowing I'm there heh (not that I want to, but they just don't seem to notice).

Lol I wanted to signal to all the pc drivers I've seen in Kota Kinabalu but I always forget, but alot of them were aunties or grandmas I think, so far only seen one middle aged guy and one younger lady.

Just got myself a cargo tray, it's not an exact fit but it'll do for now, there was another one but it didn't fit. My umbrella fits perfect under the tray sides and my emergency kit fills up the gap on the side. I also have a container that still fits perfect with the tray there. Whilst it's not a perfect tray fit it is more than enough to function as one. I will put the other smaller container there just to show you guys how much fits in there snugly. If you are in KK you can get the same one in Kolombong store (sorry I forget the name, but if anyone really wants to know I can go check it for those in kk) near that Survey supermarket (past Towering). The price was $19.90RM, the bigger tray that did not fit (you could probably cut it some but prolly not worth doing that (the cost was $35RM) unless you are really good at that stuff.

The dimensions of this tray are:
H6.5 x W59 x L88 cm
I tried measuring the cargo area and it's about 91-96cm length and 66-68cm width (sorry, I just got general estimates). The height of the tray was fine, just under the height of the cargo lip so it doesn't jut out too much.


You can see the red umbrella at the top right

This is to show the fit on the right side

The emergency kit on the left side

And now with two containers and an old ass Nokia Classic 1680 for size reference (lol).

It's not exactly pretty but if you really don't want crap dripping or whatever in the back this could be an alternative for now (maybe now I can go fishing... not, I don't want to stink the car up hehe).

Btw, I was going around my neighbourhood on my motorcycle for fun just then and I spotted the house of the owner with the only orange Prius C that I've seen in KK so far. I think Prius C owners are concentrated in my area cos I've seen so many, population is growing

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Added on June 19, 2012, 12:11 amCongrats and welcome :> hope you enjoy the car it's really great!

This post has been edited by Salamander: Jun 19 2012, 12:11 AM