I know what you mean. At certain time of the day, maybe the sun's angle. Half of the windscreen is your dashboard reflection. I have to sit up higher jst to see what's in front. Happened to me a few times before. Morale of the story, dont polish the dashboard too clean.. haha!!

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Added on January 3, 2013, 4:35 pm

Yes, i've heard it many times... it's for sotongs like me!

Hi Guys, how to use cruise control? Seem not working for me. After i press the button the car is slowing down if i don't hit the paddle. Anyone? Need some help here...

I tried a few times but it seem not working for me. Do we have to maintain the speed limit to a certain time then press the button or do we need to drive at certain limit?

Yea, i agreed, why need to pump so much till almost overflow.. unless u know the petrol price gonna raise up very badly..thats also can enjoy 1 tank.. so, wats the point...

but maybe some will say bcos of the petrol brand that they prefer or force to use selected brand like me due to using company petrol.. i am lucky bcos 1 full tank ngam ngam enuff for me to travel for 5 days.. most importantly.. organised your time properly.. Cheers!

Currently the best Ron 95 fuel in the market is the new BHP Infinity Advance 2X. Its a Euro 3 fuel while all other fuels in Malaysia are still Euro 2. Ive tried it and its quite good. But sadly, i have to stick to Shell due to company policy. Damn!

Just outta curiosity, if i'm going abroad for 10days, should i left me petrol tank full or empty? does it even matter?

Seriously?? The black cable tht connects to the car battery??

Hi all,

I am experience some "tatt tatt" noise coming out from my driver seat.
When I push my back on the seat or when drive through some bumping road sometimes can hear the sound also.
Anyone have this issue?

Just sharing my new ride photo I took this morning

hi everyone,

few questions on k5 optima.

a. i haven't test drive this car but i sat on the car in the show room. 1 thing which i notice very obvious...

there's no hand brake. But instead there's a leg brake on the left side. Normally my car I can rest my left leg. But this left brake is kinda blocking it, feel uncomfortable. Is this normal?

I am 6" tall so I feel my legs not so comfortable.

b. What's the differences between k5 2013 over 2012?

c. The car interior,hmm.. a bit like plastic. I compare between vw jetta, mazda 6 (new one) and optima (not sure which version, but seen an old show room car before CNY at Kia federal highway). Plus the leather seats like a bit whitish. I wonder whether the leathers can last long?

d. How about the power? I tried mazda cx-5, really underpowered. Jetta is really powerful. How about this car? Coz the body is long and the engine is 2.0 only, can it tahan?

I noticed a lot of people buy Kia Optima K5. Despite the features, how about the resale value of this car?

I need some help on deciding what to buy my next car. K5 seems to fall within my budget.

Any help? Thanks.

Use the car first and see if u really need the tint first. All K5 come with UV cut glass. I didnt use a tint cuz the heat was bearable. Even if u decide to tint, dont bother bout the sunroof. You wont be opening the sunroof that often anyway.

absolutely true.. i'm a bit shock to find out the spare is the similar rim! thanks kia

All passengers can open the door but they need to manually unlock the door themselves. Dont know what you mean by 'automatically release'. Only the driver can just open the door straightaway. Same with Toyota cars.

Hi fahrur, your k5 is NU engine ?  In terms of locking, there is a different between ThetaII and NU engine.  In the ThetaII spec, only driver side can open the door without unlocking the latch, but the rest, the passenger need to unlock the latch manually then only can open the door.  As for NU and as far as I know,  the passenger doors will unlock while you pull the handle twice.  Eg, the first time you pull, it will unlock the latch, the 2nd time you pull the handle, the door will open.  NU engine owners can confirm if this is true.  This is not a defect, is some standard, there is security reason behind

Yes but you said ealier that she can open straightaway. Since yours is the NU engine version, the passenger doors can only be opened if you pull the lever TWICE.

No, no need to pull the lever twice, just pull it once it will open (for the front passenger), and the manual do informed that child is not recommended to sit infront... (mines Nu Engine, exactly same as my previous forte for this function)

I think so.... but i think must be some reason they designed like that....

Everytime my front passenger need to alight, i no need to push the unlock button, he/she just pull the lever and open the door straight away....

But i noticed 1 thing, during cruising, if the front passenger pull the lever, the lock button (beside the lever) will unlock and lock back itself very quickly automatically....so you cant open the door....

yes, i tried before...is like what i said...

But now there are 2 answers given for the Nu engine version. 1 guy said you need to pull the lever twice before u can open the passenger door but another said you can open straighaway. So which is which?