aha V3 already... very nice..

me also do balancing outside....
and yes.. their charges is like that.. my experience servicing..

i would think better wait until after warranty then only service outside....
i for one really glad that i stick with their service... have to change the master brake controller (err not to sure what its called but the big black round thing attached to your firewall on the engine side that control the brake system) at around 30k km last time and that this thing cost around RM800 plus if recon unit....

really glad i did maintain the service wth them

kuman

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Added on August 15, 2012, 10:32 amUpdates

Just punch in some fuel calculation in Fuelly.com,
so far on my 5th fuel-up the best i manage to get it 12.3 km/l

dunno if this is ok or not for an Auto Vios.. i think should be better but again i'm driving at 90% city driving

kuman

This post has been edited by kuman: Aug 15 2012, 10:32 AM

me too around 9 average... depending on my mood on the day of service...
also depending on their coffee machine... if the coffee machine is working (it makes a darn delicious cup of coffee)
if i have to wait a long time to get back my car then the rating will drop

i think better get outside as frantic said.... and remember to get the socket adapter... dontwant them to cut your wire or anything if you decided to change the player outside...

kuman

keputusan bijak... bila dah service baru boleh raya dengan senang hati (eventhough the RM500 spent will leave a huge hole in your wallet or credit crad) )

i installed on my previous vios around RM350 brand Aorta... when i bought this new vios.. i just transfer over save me rm350 for a new one

impressive....

because of light foot or because of jam? not jam yet?
i'll test my long distance travel at the end of August... car fully loaded with 4 adults and 2 kids.. will see how the FC fair during this trip....

ehh.. a friend told me that.. if we pump RON97 for the long distance trip... we can really see the different on FC.. true ka?

kuman

maybe more... if manual.. dunno about auto though..

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just added some more weight to the car
- 2 x bonet spring
- 1 engine insulator

not good for minuscule FC rate..

fuh.. detail info on the engine setup.. cant wait to try mine at the end of this month...

i bought it from here (LYN) guy... looking for it at the local accessories shop, but none have it
also got another pair the other day for my bro vios.... need 2 for those with TRD spoiler.. 1 cannot angkat..

i'm planning to change to 195 55 R15 tyres next time... wondering if the current stock aloi sport rims( J July 2012 version) can cater to the new tire size? since now it uses 185... i know next to nothing regarding the rims... or i need to change the rims as well in order to use a bigger tires? (which i hesitant to do at the moment)

again referring to my previous Vios... using NCT5 the meter showed 40,000km (when i let go the ride, all 4 tires thread close to "botak" already) but last week i saw my previous vios with its new owner, still using the same tires!!

and yes.. i specifically look at the tires since i was planning to change it before i decided to let go the car the new owner still didnt change it...

man.. i missed my previous rims.. ULW rims...

kuman

cool!!!...
so where can i check to confirm that its 5.5jj
now i'm happy...

so now u're at 5000 km right? and you just follow their recommendation to use Mineral Oil? its no problem since my SA also suggested me to use Mineral Oil in my next 5k km service as well (now i'm at 2.5k KM and expect it to get over 3k after my trip this weekend)... he told me that on the 10,000km service then only consider to use either semi-sync or full-sync... but no reason given as of why recommended at 10,000km? anyone can enlightened me as of the reason? (apart from it will cost more )
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- as for balancing... last time i just said i'll do outside... the SA said ok.....

aha... thanks will check there.. will try to get under the car to confirm it

thanks

kuman

This post has been edited by kuman: Aug 27 2012, 02:03 PM

as good reason enough for me..

so no visible impact to the engine if using Mineral correct? my SA strongly suggest to use Mineral.. maybe he wanted to help me save some $$ as well....

previous vios.. i stick to semi-sync sine the first service until around 40k km service... now new owner .. i have no idea on which oil he uses...

kuman

err.... from what my Service Agent told me... they decided to disable the feature (or remove it) due to complaints from owner that the system might go psycho on a rare occasion.... i for one really missed the feature and previously it never failed me ...

but now with the new vios.. just need to remember to lock it... but hmm i cant seems to remember that once we manually lock it.. will it automatically unlock once the engine is off? i believe its not... so no safety la like this... hmmm..

so for your 5K using mineral la ekk.... i might be going the mineral way in my 5K service...see how the condition when i hit 5K.. now at around 3K this weekend should reach 4.5K.. long trip planned!!
i guess you can be the benchmark already since you really kaw kaw tekan your accelerator.... and if you're using Mineral no problem then should be ok to go ahead with Mineral....

according to the Service Agent.. for 1K service.. they recommend to use mineral since you're going to replace the oil again at 5K (4K away).. so he said (at least my SA) to use mineral first.. then when you hit at least 5K/10K then can consider to use Semi/full sync.... i guess i'm following their recommendation la kot..


agreed... and lucky for you also.... i missed the auto-lock

this weekend will see if my FC from Kedah to Sungai Besi improved.... will try to follow the speed limit...
me also cant wait to get to semi-sync...

yup.. pelik my SA also claimed like that... Mineral can go to 10K.. but aku atak percaya.. so will stick to my every 5K change oil routine on which ever oil i use (mineral/semi-sync)

FC increase and pickup decrease is not good at all....!!!
what about their semi-sync.. still acceptable but still not until 10K right?

so @100k mileage.. so far no problem with the FC?
and the performance still tip top? always wanted to ask to the VIOS owner with >100k mileage..


same here.. i'll stick to my 5K service interval as well... hmm 120km/h with rpm <3K... will try to maintain it this weekend will see how this would fare in my long journey this weekend...

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i've been holding fill-up my petrol since yesterday and this morning the last bar start blinking...
wondering can get 40km when the last bar flashing? will fill her up this evening in preparation for the trip very early tomorrow morning..

my normal practice is that whenever the bar start blinking i'll top-up straight away..

long weekend at the heart of KL...
just to update

ok travel from Kedah-Sg Besi- Serang Hospital - KL-Kajang-Sg Besi with 3 bar left on the indicator... and i top-up before i left Sg Besi to Kedah...

total travelled around 900km and i estimate petrol should be around RM80 (i think)... and i feel not bad for auto (my first time long distance using auto) and my right leg hurts.. i really should get a car with auto-cruise..

kuman

With my previous Vios (M) i also faced with the same 1st gear issue for the first 2-3 months but after a few service round it seems to be ok already no more issue with the 1st gear and reverse gear...

as for the sound in the dashboard.. maybe can check at the glove compartment.. some people said this is the place where most of the sound is generated ( the glove compartment body hitting the dashboard body).... but my brother vios actually have a sound coming out from the dashboard (on top of the meter area) and toyota open up the thing and put something to where the sound originated....

my 2cent

kuman

yup.. eventually they did.. (after a few trip to their SC).. i believe they tighten something under the dashboard

kuman

going to service my vios for the 5K service (actually meter now at 4890km) tomorrow..
if according to date i got until Oct 23, 2012 for service but somehow i think that using Mineral Engine oil during my first service makes the car feel heavy at the end of the 5K engine oil age...

so this time around going for Semi-syn and see if i can get at least until 11K km before i went back for another service...

btw i'm a "jimat" version of Vios ..

any thought ?

kuman

This post has been edited by kuman: Oct 12 2012, 03:08 PM