just test drove the XV today and love the handling. Is the boxer engine generally easy to maintain? Any known issue normally associate with it? I am noob in car engine tech.

yup, 5 years free maintenance is offered by the JB Subaru branch. The sales lady show me the service schedule, total worth about RM9k+.

talking about resell value, I am a bit worry about the XV RV though. Estimate average RM10k per year for the first 5 years or will be much more than that? I do expect the depreciation will be higher than normal Japanese brand but dun know how serious will it be. Hopefully not as bad as Peugeot. Any ideas?

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New car price how much?

hi, bro, is the white colour metallic? It looks like solid paint (both the test drive unit and the showroom unit are white at JB MotorImage. But i check the pricelist, there is a RM300 metallic paint charge which does not exclude white colour. So meaning the white is metallic?

Will get the white colour too if ultimately choose XV over ASX 4WD. ASX white colour is Solid White, not metallic.

Thanks in advance.

thanks for the info but sighed... i would rather pay RM300 for White Pearl Metallic. There is a blue colour but it looks quite dull to me, not as striking as BMW dark blue. All the colours are there when i visited the JB Showroom on Tuesday. About 8 units XV in front of the showroom and few has been registered. I think we will see more XV on the road soon.

haha... almost. But still need to test drive the ASX first to confirm XV is the best.

Test drove Nissan Serena Hybrid, Peugeot 2008 and XV on Tuesday coz all showrooms are within 500m at the same area in JB. Subaru sales person is the most generous - take us out for a quite long distance test drive, covering highway, some twisting road and even test hard braking in a secluded road. But he purposely turned on the stereo, maybe want to cover the road noise.

XV's wheel alignment cannot do at normal tyre shop?

thanks for the clarification. I thought the AWD design need specialist to do alignment. Since XV has been around for more than 1 year now, most tyre shop should have their software updated, I suppose.

Btw, will changing the rim to larger size (says 18") will impact the AWD performance a lot? Sorry, first time driving AWD, kinda noob.

And the tyres that come with the XV - I checked the test drive unit is using Continental MC5, is it good? Or recommended to change to others right after getting the car.

Thanks.

Any comment on the stock Kenwood head unit? I think the model number is DNX-5310BT. Can it play AVI videos with SD card / thumb drive?

yes, read about the bypass method at first post. Will get it done as soon as I get mine. Not really that hard lah, just need a clear guide. I opened the centre dash of my VIOS and Livina before, learn how to do it at accessories shop when changing my HU there.

yup.... they are putting in greatest effort to push it, good for us.

Btw, between free service for 5 years 100,000km (worth RM9k+) and RM5,000 cash discount, which one will you choose? I am leaning towards the 5 years free service since my HP repayment will be 5 years. Normally i will only change car after instalment fully settled.

This post has been edited by Cynox: Jan 19 2014, 10:37 AM

watched the show few years ago at Singapore Motor Show. Sat in a Subaru Impreza Turbo for a donut live demo.

anyone add a flashing F1 type braking light in the empty square space at the back bumper? Those lights are normally triangle shape but i think i saw rectangular ones before and should be a nice add-on.

Is it? Din know it is illegal. I thought the guideline is no white light emitted from the back of the cars during driving?

If not too bright, i dun find it is annoying but i feel it makes the cars following behind more aware. Only find those not properly aligned headlamp damn annoying.

Thanks for the info, will drop the idea then.

obviously those not online buy a lot of Proton.

No problem, I am a well behave road user.

Actually book my XV already from Subaru JB Branch. SA try to rush before CNY but i am not in a hurry, just after CNY but before i resume work on Feb 5 should be just fine. Now researching how to pimp it.

Nice info. It should be pinned at first post.

just wondering how much are they and also do they shipped via postage (to Johor Bahru). Like the door visors, mud flaps and remote key leather holder too, apart from these 2.

Door visors is a must for me coz can wind down the windows a bit during rainy days if needed. The bigger the better.

Btw, bump into the exact same dark blue XV (ready for delivery) i saw at the JB showroom last week, during my lunch hour just now near my workplace. Its looks really stand out from the crowd, especially the sexy back.

This post has been edited by Cynox: Jan 22 2014, 05:38 PM