lol.... i dun think i saw any unhappy XV drivers here yet. Just did my 1st service last Thursday and the engine seems much quieter now. Road noise is minimal too but notice now can hear quite audible wind noise at highway, maybe because now only i drive above 100km/h. My max speed only 90km/h before the 1st service.

My mix mileage is about 9.6L/100km. City alone i think is about 11.5L/100km. The on-board average fuel consumption indicator is quite accurate.

Anyone install the rear spoiler at Subaru SC? How much is the cost with installation? Thinking of fitting a black colour one on my white XV.

This post has been edited by Cynox: Feb 24 2014, 09:42 PM

din see spoiler at their web site. just send another email to them asking about the arrival of XV accessories. Sent them an email late last month and was told stock will arrive end of this month but so far no news yet from them. It's already 1 year plus since the launching of XV here but the availability of accessories still pretty scarce.

yes, the prices is on the first page too. Dun know how much they charge for installation of the spoiler.

How much you paid for the tray, mudguard and resin cargo step panel? Do you happen to get a full price list of all the accessories? Thanks in advance.

they only advertise few accessories at Muday. Can let us know the price for the mud guard? Coz the Subaru OEM is quite expensive. Thanks.

wow... so nice. they din reply me email yet.

yeah, saw another white XV actually like mine this morning at Tampoi area.

walao.... such a discrimination against the senior. They have much more driving experience than you obviously.

anyway, just joking, although i am also uncle already with 2 kids. XV is really a nice car compared to my previous sedans. Very happy that i have chosen it against the ASX. Saw quite a number of ASX on the road but its design really nothing to shout about. the CX5 is quite ok at the back (still lose to XV's sexy butt though, but better than ASX) but the "big mouth" look at the front is a big turn off for me. Actually i din find XV's front so nice initially compared to the back but now the look just grow prettier day by day.

and the latest WRX STI is damn so nice - love the executive looks compared to "over-fierce" ah beng version.

actually i dun find the sound proofing of the XV that bad. My staff was commenting my new ride is very quiet when i took them out for lunch last week.

Of course the tyre noise is quite noticeable on highway but i think it is not much noisier than my previous Livina with new Michelin XM2. Or maybe my ears were not that sensitive.

JB too, hardly any rain since i took delivery of my XV on 30th Jan. But if really want to test, can sit inside the car while doing car wash with "man-made" rain.

hi, bro, just an update. Yesterday I just bought a 64GB version of the Sandisk Cruzer Fit USB2.0 and it works perfectly with my XV Kenwood HU (updated to latest firmware).

Maybe you need to reformat thoroughly your Sandisk to FAT32 and copy all the files once again.

the small wording at the bottom of the service package does mention the price lists are based on "Castrol 5W40" which should be Castrol Edge Fully Syn 5W40 (correct me if I am wrong). So if we opt for free service and parts for 5 years, they should give us the exact same oil or equivalent fully syn oil, not substitute with lower grade oil.

I will need to double check my first service invoice later to see what oil they used for my 1k service.

This post has been edited by Cynox: Mar 4 2014, 10:05 AM

OTR Price includes road tax and full insurance without taking into No Claim Discount (NCD). So if you have max NCD @ 55%, use the nett amount to estimate the car price. Insurance is about RM4k. Mine is about RM2,150 with 55% NCD.

RM145,800 - standard price, without insurance and road tax.
RM129,800 - discounted price (RM16k off) for 2013 batch XV, meaning the Year of Manufactured in the registration card will be 2013 which indicate you have lost 1 year depreciation. This price valid until Feb 3 only, without insurance and road tax.
RM132,800 - after Feb 3, for the same 2013 batch of XV, the price increased by RM3,000 from RM129,800. I think they will sell at this price until the batch of 2013 is sold out. Heard my SA said the 2014 batch will only arrive around April or later.

So the catch of the discount is that you are getting a "one year older" XV. For me, discount of RM16k + the 5 years "service+parts" free maintenance worth RM9k plus is really worth it. Net net amount is only about RM120k.

nice product. Roughly how much is it? I think i never seen it yet in Johor Bahru shopping mall.

ok, thanks for the info. I will email them to check whether they have any dealer in Johor Bahru.

I am using Torque Pro. Any other better one to recommend? Not that Torque Pro is not good. Just want to try others if there is any better one.

I did test it with jack-sparrow version first. But bought it upright after finding it is not bad. Dun trust those jack-sparrow apps.

You can try other similar free apps from PlayStore.

yes, can't agree more. Can blast loud loud while driving and not disturbing others. Hard to crank up the volume at home unless with headphone but there is still a big difference listening to headphone and real speakers.

Getting 2014 stock? Congratulation!!! Have been driving the XV for 2 months and the more i drive it the more i love it.

I have 2 checklists for reference when i collecting new car. Attached below for your reference. I think there is no known issue on the XV, so no need to check specifically for anything. I did test thoroughly every switches, doors and inspect inside out the paint surface and leather seats condition, etc. The only thing that caught me by surprise is the absence of USB and audio connectors inside the centre arm-rest coz all the while i thought they are standard in XV.


Attached File(s)
 New_Car_Collection_Checklist.pdf ( 72.52k ) Number of downloads: 104
 WPC_Checklist.pdf ( 45.49k ) Number of downloads: 81

haha... when I was buying my Waja previously, there is some known issues on it. So the Waja Club created a checklist for the new buyers to check when collecting the cars. The other checklist I downloaded when i was google for any specific collection checklist for XV.

wow.... that's mean you just earn RM16k? I installed mine with Directed GPS tracking system. But need to pay annual subscription though, about RM1/day.

I thought other than the free 5 years service & warranty, 2013 XV also come with RM10k plus discount?

If only the Crosstrek has the sunroof/moonroof, then only i will consider to take it. Just wondering whether we can retrofit the upcoming STI edition's goodies in our XV.