yup. an rcz (my friend's car) once had poor petrol problem and was jerking badly. once they drained it out and refilled with new 95, it ran smoothly. very sensitive indeed. she was using 97 earlier. always bought from the same petrol station, no problem but one day i guess the batch of fuel was not good.

just checked. the safe mode is from france so that the cars are not damaged by transporters during delivery. it should be de-activated by pdi. this means the car should be on normal mode by the time it reaches the showroom. hope this info helps.

This post has been edited by lowpro: Jun 3 2013, 09:49 AM

shouldn't happen i think. should have been re-set before the cars leave pdi as i was told.

bro, the other day i couldn't make it to the tt. my insulation kit still with you?

most probably next week. going overseas on Wednesday already. but i will pick it up from you when i'm back. will keep in touch.

here's the brochure of the 408 facelift in china. like what you see?

http://www.peugeot.com.cn/uploadfile/att/408.pdf

do note that their 2.0 is a 6-speed tiptronic while their 1.6 is the same engine used in the 207 sedan sold here with the old 4-speed transmission.

they do not have the 1.6 turbo there.

from what i saw the last few days there, i kinda like it pretty much.

by the way, just to add on, in china, their 508 comes in a 2.0L and 2.3L. both n/a and both equipped with 6-speed autos. again, no turbo engines.

yup. but not for their mass cars. just wondering if there could be a reason for it. poor fuel in china? or simply less hassle for their service centres and customers with na engines?

This post has been edited by lowpro: Jun 11 2013, 11:28 PM

great. but there are many n/a fans out there too china has 6-speed for their 2.0. i'm very sure the 2.0 here will have a much higher sales percentage if it is equipped with a full 6-speed auto as well.

hehehe, i corrected the spelling in my reply too

This post has been edited by lowpro: Jun 11 2013, 11:42 PM

their 1.6 is the same unit in the 207 sedan here. that's why it is underpowered. but their 2.0 is where it makes a big difference with the 6-speed auto box. plus, performance wise, it isn't too shabby either. it is no tarmac burner but it can still hold its own among other na 2.0 out there.

i give you 10

most of the time, it is not the local guys. it is usually the principal and the products that they sell here. who manufacturers the product? definitely not the local guys.

to termibait, it will be solved. it may take some time but it will be solved. just work nicely with the careline team and they will respond nicely to you as well. human nature i suppose. talk nicely to someone and the defence barriers will be taken down making it easier to get things done.

was good to have met you guys!

or can send e-mail to clic@naza.com.my (Careline) and call 1-800-88-6292 to confirm that they have received your mail.

hang on. the price quoted for the gps is not official/accurate and nasim is still working on the pricing. it is not even offered for sale officially yet. so, wait a while more. should be announced soon.

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hey lowpro, got to hunt for you to get your wisdom /insight, what is your take on the recent speculation on the GM taking control over Peugeot (sorry off topic here)


GM was in control of SAAB before. That was when I was still with SAAB/Porsche Malaysia.

This is the modus operandi. They took technology from SAAB (which they owned then), shared with the other brands in their stable, while at the same time starving SAAB of development money. When it came to the time to let SAAB go because it was simply too low on funds, they made sure that the company did not go to a company that had the funds to rejuvenate the brand. At least not for the next 10 years. Why? To protect Opel. Less one competitor is always better.

Opel is doing badly as well but it has a longer history with GM and produces cars that were slightly less off-beat compared to SAAB. This means easier to market products... then. But even so, the domestic market in Germany fell. VW went great guns etc. There was simply no room for Opel to manoeuvre and they need a fix fast - technologies, expertise that they can buy up on the cheap. well, cheaper is always better.

So, GM is probably thinking now, let's do the same with Peugeot. The connection with the Germany is this, BMW designs and Peugeot builds the engines. Then the engines are equally shared. The benefit to GM here is, they will have a stronger network, at least in France where Opel will be able to penetrate deeper. Plus, technology that indirectly came from BMW. This technology buy over and immediate network expansion is of course to be shared between its stable of brands. Once they have had enough of raiding the company and what's left of it, there is a high chance they will let PSA go... to the weakest bidder. Simply because PSA must not come back one day to be a threat to them.

Peugeot did offer DongFeng to buy into the company but the Chinese company is holding back. Simple really, to drive PSA into a more desperate situation. Likewise GM. Waiting like vultures, who will not take anything as long as there is still life to fight in PSA. Once half dead, then GM will probably offer peanuts to buy it over. if GM takes over, they have access to DongFeng's plants and network in China. They already have a strong Buick business there but it will be much better to expand when the sun shines. So, it doesn't really look good to me considering the factors that surround the whole situation.

I guess this is just my 2 cent's worth on the issue after seeing what they did to SAAB a short while back. In fact, the lawsuits are still not over between GM and SAAB. But it will probably be a long drawn affair before there is any decision.

This post has been edited by lowpro: Jul 3 2013, 11:05 PM

actually, the ori blades are pretty expensive. but, there is effort ongoing to lower those prices (one way or another).

just fyi, i found out why your front discs go thin quickly. it is the compound used for the pads. they have high metallic content for better braking (no asbestos used) but the flip side of the coin is that they dig in very hard into your discs, which results in really short braking distances.

so, the question is this, would you prefer a softer compound brake pad that has slightly less (but not life endangering) effectiveness than what you have now and prolong the lifespan of the discs or just go with the current?

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Thank you very much. This is great insight.

American companies are like that , e.g. Ford with once owned Volvo that was later sold to Geely china. But if Peugeot really have to go, then it had better end up how Fiat is in USA but that is a different who's the boss story.

I think American could use a bit of long gone French cars experience and it should sell great in Canada being French most there.

Peugeot may not end up like Saab, I think it will be more of a mini , jaguar , landrover, even Porsche kind of tradition kept story, well I should hope so

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well, hopefully they have an arrangement like fiat/chrysler to push peugeot in the states. then with bigger economies of scale they can really lower costs like what VW and other european brands are doing. Peugeot imho, it too euro centric. their current push into asean and just announced, china may be a little late considering that the VW group has been there for ages. even ford has a strong presence in china as i saw a lot more focus than 408 in beijing recently.

i also agree with you on canada. weird isn't it? predominantly french but no peugeot. even my relatives staying there say it is strange that there is no peugeot in canada.

but the fear is always there that there will one day be just raided for tech and left for dead.

for warranty on work done, e.g. fitment of lights, radiators, wiring etc, it will only be accepted if repairs are sent to nasim's workshops. if done outside, warranty will be void as in the case of one 308 owner who did own accident repair at outside workshop, wiring all screwed up and car died repeatedly. the owner then tried to claim warranty. as the official workshops had no record of the repair ever being done, the request for warranty was denied. the owner cried foul but i guess it is only fair to warrant for work done by the own centre.

looks like both dongfeng and gm seem to be holding back. perhaps to drive share prices lower first before making the offer.

This post has been edited by lowpro: Jul 4 2013, 03:42 PM

that is the engine braking. in honda and hyundai, they call it grade logic. it slows down the car automatically by using a lower gear if it finds the car going/gliding faster than the accelerator speed. it ia also considered a safety feature so that the car does not go faster than intended downhill. therefore if you step on the accelerator while the car is in low gear, the ecu understands this as "ok, the driver is comfortable with the speed and wants to go faster... downhill, so i will shift up for the driver to achieve that objective".

this feature is of course relatively new to the 'h' brands but has been with peugeot for some time already.

This post has been edited by lowpro: Jul 10 2013, 04:09 PM

don't buy yet. it is not at that crazy price.