i have a humble suggestion for ya since your worry is on the speed performance more then safety and summons.. why dont ya get BMW M5, Lexus 300, Merc AMG SLS/CLS or A5/A6 Sline? all mentioned cars are under D segment category and definitely can help you to reach your objective easily..

do share with us the driving experience after you bought one of those..
peace!

I did not drove any other d-segment car before and I can not give you my opinion on how underpower the K5 is.
The only thing I can mentioned to you since I'm driving K5 for about 3 months time, it lacks the "sudden power" or if I interpret it correctly the torque doesn't really there when you need it to be accelerate.

And, I must admit myself that it is a little not match with the so beautifully designed sporty exterior look.

But, for me I'm really enjoying driving it as I want is a beautiful design, confort, luxury and within my budget car. No doubt as I mentioned above it lacks the torque but ultimately what I do really emphasis is the smooth in driving enlighten me and for long journey driving it is really fantastic!

Nice perspective of yours, sometime while enjoying speeding also must take care of your safety too !

Thanks for d feedback. "Underpower" is a subjective thing. Thats why i ask for 0-100 reading. That at least suffice to generalize whether a car is underpower or not. It may felt underpower at lower speed but should be able to accelerate back to speed after that.
For example, polo sedan felt very fast at low speed, it really give u an impression that its a fast car but still it take 12 something second to reach 100km/h.

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Added on December 24, 2012, 5:19 pmWell K5 safety is good right. Hehe. No worries, its not like i'm a rempit. Most of the time i drive normally at 120~130km/h on highway. Once a while only i'll push d car. Dont tell me u guys had never ever push your car before...

This post has been edited by Hizami_83: Dec 24 2012, 05:19 PM

PB can solve the problem bro!

Yeah... the Polo sedan is somehow similar with Vios, however Honda City is the opposite way which you will feel like underpower when at the low speed... my personal experience...
I do push the car but not really that hard la (coz still new ma, tak sampai hati ), and i love the stable feeling when driving above 140km/h... just the tyre noise a bit annoying only.. perhaps is due to the 18' in rim... but i'm ok with it la

Fully tested my K5 by driving to Cherating and back.
- Raining cats and dogs and even flooded
- Auto Cruise no problem
- speed 120 -140km/h
- tyre still ok but bumpy and noisy abit
- underpowered but still ok

Hows your fuel consumption for this trip...

how much the end of year discount for k5?

looking for best deal K5?

pm me for detail penang area

An interesting article about the new Camry:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-20/t...crash-test.html

Kia Optima gets 2013 IIHS Top Safety Pick + rating:

http://www.iihs.org/news/rss/pr122012.html

http://www.iihs.org/ratings/rating.aspx?id=1414&seriesid=513

Didnt check actually. But drove on full tank. Back and forth from cherating-kl sufficient with the full tank alone with about 2 more boxes to spare

Optima fuel tank can be filled to 82L

Did any of you tint your screen? The built in UV is sufficient ?

Optima fuel tank can be filled to 82L

Normally built in UV is not sufficient for a car nowadays especially in Malaysia which is a tropical country.
But it is depend..if u re feeling comfort in the car, then no need to add extra tinted film.

Dear bros,

I saw the technician spray water to the engine after testing drive my car. Is that a common practice?



Also, after the change of engine oil, high rev produce white smoke but after some time high revving doesn't produce white smoke anymore. Is that common as well?

This post has been edited by kenrain: Dec 26 2012, 11:26 PM

Safety should be the No 1 consideration:

http://www.iihs.org/ratings/summary.aspx?class=30

http://money.cnn.com/2012/12/20/autos/toyo...test/index.html

the white smoke maybe from the spilled oil when they pour the new oil in. When the engine starts, the engine hot parts will burn the oil, hence the white smoke

if it clears up in a while, it is okey then

This post has been edited by K5WHITE: Dec 27 2012, 10:48 AM

Allright thanks for the confirmation bro.

anyone facing "left pulling" issue like Forte have??