I just receive the notification letter that my installment start on the 17th march. I havent receive the car yet.

Got my car yesterday guys. So far seems to be a quick zippy car, loving it

Quick question, do we still need to break in the engine? I asked my SA and he said its not needed for fuel injected cars but for my 05 city i still kept it under 100km/h until the first 1K mileage.

Any advice?

there are always 2 school of thoughts.

1. to rev it like you stole the car
2. to keep the rev below 3k rpm

either way, it depends on which one you believe.

for me, I'd go for 2!

Well, my SA told me today when I go collect my car, before first service, try not to speed above 100kph...

I've driven 46km today, somehow I'm not used to the 5-speeder... I can hardly rev the engine to 3k rpm for pickup... But the car does feel a bit steadier in the sense that there are times I breached the 100kph mark, doesn't really feel fast...

I have to agree with farghmee when he says MyVi gear shift is smoother, my sister's MyVi is torquey, but at the expense of high rev...

[attachmentid=3872651]

One of the first pics...

Lets just monitor it for now but I agree gear change seems to be a bit rough but I hope it becomes less noticeable as time goes on

Same here about 40KM so far, 80 when I head back home. Most likely will keep it under 100 or 3K RPM till after 1K like Butthead suggests

talk about RPM, i wonder how many of you had tried to 'open' up your i-vtec?

or, what do you feel when the i-vtec is open up?

or, do you actually know how to i-vtec-ing your car?

thats what i thought as well.. but i think that this vtec thing will not just open up like that.. you'll have to ram your rpm to get the feel of it..

example 1:
You want to overtake a slow car.
You are in D.
Press throttle.
You managed to overtake the car.
Speedometer now: maybe 90/100 kmh
You feel slight edge.
But it was actually your car downshift the gear.
Then gear up again up to gear 5.
RPM is about 2.5 to 3

Question: Does the vtec kicks in?
Answer: I don't think so. Every auto car will actually behave the same. (correct me if i'm wrong)

example 2:
You want to overtake a slow car.
You are in D.
You downshift the gear to D3 manually.
Press the throttle.
RPM is up to 5 or more.
Speedometer now: Maybe 120kmh or more.
Then only you put to D.
Overtaking is easybeezy. Maybe you had just felt that 120PS.

Question: Does the vtec kicks in?
Answer: Hell yeah. Actually, i think the vtec kicks in at about 4.5 to 5. You can feel the famous 'vtec pull', but not that much. The gears and all are not meant for tracks or racing.

Well, that are based on my q&a with my 'Honda' friend. He owned a DC5. I've never been in his DC5 to feel the vtech kick in thing but my other friend had his. From his argument, normal D will not actually put your car to the fullest of its capability. To feel the vtec is actually to drive your Auto car, Manually. According to him as well, his sister's Civic FD vtec kicks in at around the same RPM. You can actually start from standstill using 1, then only change to 2 (anytime you like) after you felt the vtech urge, then D3 then only D after you 'satisfied'..

Pressing D will not open vtech meh? Yes, it will, eventually.. but your vtec is opened at gear 5 lah kot.. how bout other gears? 

As there are many readings (here and fb) saying that this car (read: engine) is underpowered.. well, what can i say? I can say that it is not underpowered, it was actually a case where you don't know yet how to drive (read: use) it.. to gain 100kmh quick is not that hard. You can do it in D3 mode je. I didn't do my own timing as yet, but records shown it took about 8 seconds to gain 100kmh? But you'll have to use the 'Manual' for this vtec thing to assist you.

If this vtec thing is in every gear in D mode, you'll surely visit the fuel pump regularly boss.. So, think twice before happily open your vtec everytime

Tried that, done that. 

Will it scream though?

some articles i read on net states that jazz engine's ivtec doesn't have vtc, almost similar to previous vtec engine? so which ivtec engines have vtc ?

i read it from here http://asia.vtec.net/Reviews/4GCityPrev/index.htm . Although it is honda city, the engine is the same L15A i-vtec.

a paragraph excerpts :



so, L-series and R-series doesn't have VTC. 

not sure how true it is though, maybe someone can shed some light on this.

I'm coming from this:



2012 Honda Fit Manual i-VTEC Highway Pull

And i've tried pedal to the metal from D, it'll actually shift at about 3.5k rpm max.. Well, its are all maybe and this vtec thing is very new to me though.. still gathering inputs..

for me, it's the feeling of gear-changing that is jerking, not of gear-hunting.
i would rate the gear-changing jerkiness is lesser that of auto gen2 1.6L HL, but higher than that of auto myvi 1.3L premium.

ok, i got it..or perhaps u can correct me:

our auto jazz has 5gears, while auto myvi has 4gears.

say to achieve 0 to 40km/h in normal manner,
jazz may shift 2gears, while myvi only 1gear.
the jerkiness in jazz is due to these 2gears.

is my understanding right?

Yup totally agree with you, after 4 days of driving my baby seems that the gear change is not as smooth as my CVT City. Kinda miss the smooth gear transition

But the car overall is a great drive, good on corners and quite stable. Guess will have to force myself to get used to the gear changes.

Heard from my SA that the new Jazz will come with CVT, oh well too bad.

that was KL-PJ peak hour crawling jam 

maybe u can try a hybrid then..

1stime click enuf bro.

Sharing is Caring 

Hi, just need some advice, shall I choose jazz p or hybrid? Hard to choose.

Lol, confirm not Singkie style bro, I'm from JB so I dont really like em (but thats another story)

Usually after click then I pump a little bit more. Like yesterday after click was RM68 for full tank then pump RM2 more for even amount

My range indicator says can hit 650KM but I think its unlikely, if can hit 500KM then I'm happy enough

Jazz CKD are quite pathetic compare to Myvi 1.3. Power delivery very poor. But FC not bad.