The K3 will be at least 90-95K. Or no one will buy RIO.

darrel_lee, please pecah your windscreen with batu.

After 6 months owning this car, I found ada dua lubang like ekzos lubang kat bawah front seat. Kiri pun ada.. kanan pun ada. What are these?

And my engine noise still there after I changed from BHP to Caltex... The noise like coming from under the air con, or gear box. Really sad
The noise only started after 5-10mins drive. Anyone know.. please help.

This post has been edited by bennedict82: Feb 21 2013, 07:38 PM

Ok, thanks for your advice. I will let the lady passenger know.

I don't have the manual. The SA never give me the manual. So don't simply say BTC to someone! Sounds like you are proper educated and I am not. No need to be show off here.

Check already. They said this is normal. I cannot take it. I will go for another SC.

g88,
I know I didn't reply to you politely but really beh tahan with the way you reply. cucuk people 'really BTC' but didn't give any constructive advice.

You have to understand sometimes not everything we can find from manual. Further more, why we want to stay in the forum? Because we want to share information and get the answer quick. Many experts and Fortezen here. If you want me to read thru the manual, then I don't need to stick in this forum. The book will never tell you exactly what you want to know sometimes.

The info is in the manual, and why we ask here? We want it quick! There are many repeated questions being keep asking by new join member here. And are you going to ask them read thru from V1 to V17?

IS ok lah.. this is small matter. Based on what you have explained to me, you saying you can tahan cucuk one. I hope you have no hard feeling also

The forum is very useful. But sometimes, we cannot disappoint people with teasing or cucuk..... saying what "how can you collect car without book lah?" ... "Beli phone without box?" lah ...Those questions make people looks stupid and inexperience. Maybe you didn't notice and I am telling you. We are human and not perfect. Sometimes we might miss something important in the procedure. Right? I can know you are typical Chinese. But remember, you must learn to give constructive and supportive advice rather than questioning "why you never xxxx?", "how come you ask for ....?"

I am happy you are very experienced, intelligent and smart person. Please continue to use your talent to help others.

Glad you can take any cucuk and tahan cucuk. Good to have member like you in this forum.

Cheers

80k of course give better tyre. 86K for our Forte 1.6 and features even better than Camry, what else we expect?

That's why my advice to new buyer, straight drive car to tyre shop to trade in your new tyre .... don't wait.

Thanks for your advice. Ah Bear. I agreed with what you said and so proud to have you and all Fortezen here.

I know g88 has no bad intention. This is his style. Otherwise, I will not spend time type long msg for him. I don't earn any cent to give my personal comment to him



You know, everytime I have question about my car, the first thing come to my mind is this forum. It is really helpful here

I did read thru from V1 to V14 before I bought this car... Believe it or not

This post has been edited by bennedict82: Feb 22 2013, 10:09 PM

RIO also has sedan. If they bring in the RIO Sedan with 70K ++ price range, sure it will compete tough with Almera. I know K3 will not be so cheap anymore, at least 90k onwards

Hope they will bring in RIO Sedan

Happy birthday to ah_bear.

I bet it will increase at least 95k onwards. Otherwise, the B segment KIA Rio will have to tapau.

You are absolutely right!!! You know our country lah ... The cronies are peoples's vampire. Without us they will die. But I believe K3 will still better and worth than Toyota and Honda if they don't change the original spec.

If the feature better than Elantra with giving 1.8L engine, 95K ++ still worth to get.

This post has been edited by bennedict82: Feb 24 2013, 11:40 PM

If your tire still very new just collect the car, you may get RM200 trade in for each tyre.

The good new tyre range bettween RM450-550.

if you want to change tyre without trade in. Prepare Rm1800 to RM2220 for 4 tyres.

You also can change 2 by 2.

Have you ever see the smaller car like old Proton Saga, Iswara, or 90's Toyota Corolla with 17" sport rims? They would like to buy our stock tyres

How to test the grip not there? I just know got one time when hit water spot, the car get moved to the right. Not sure that is called no grip.


The bad thing after I changed to lighter rim - The tyre become more noisier than before.

I think it is good idea to change to 16" since our road like a sai .... shit I mean.

Of course more comfortable. I test myvi with 65 thickness .. when hit bump only hear 'duk' 'duk'.... our 17" with 45 thickness can hear 'gak' 'gak'... The rim macam mau tanggal. The SC warned me not to drive fast and hit pothole with 17". sure bye bye.

Of course you have to sacrifice the looks and also not so stable when cornering.


About the FC, it will be the same lah if mixed drive between city and highway.... I guess. Unless you change to good tyre like MX2 (Got green X) ... I think save 5%.

Dont simply get cap ayam 16" rim. Some even heavier than 17" rim.

I believe lighter rim will help to save fuel on city drive and accelerate more faster.

For tyre, Please take note some brand of 16" more expensive than 17"... I asked Yokohama and continental 16" more expensive than 17". Michelin cheaper.

FYI, I got Lenso Project D - Spec E - 17" ... It is about 7.5-8kg.

This post has been edited by bennedict82: Feb 25 2013, 03:34 PM

Yes. The Lenso rim is about is RM1700. 16" is around RM1300-1500 for Lenso brand. Cap ayam they can sell you rm500-rm800. Make sure you get the honest seller and remember dont get China made rim.

Original Rim is 10.5-11kg.
When you ask the rim weight, some seller simply tell lie about the rim weight. If you have the tool, weight by yourself. I found my rim weight info from Thailand Forum. Lenso is Thailand Brand. Advanti Racing form Taiwan. Both branded rim not bad actually with the price slightly higher than replica rims.

Ok. When we said wheel alignment and balancing, is this including camber adjustment?

Almost same price when I asked in Penang mainland few months ago.

Very heavy and solid... I dont want to add weight to my car ... So I reject their offer.