I feel like the tyre not aligned. Anyone send for wheel alignment when got the car out from the dealer?

Current mileage: 448KM
Usage pattern(highway vs. city): 100% city drive
Brand: Petronas
Octane number: 95
Fuel consumption: 11.75L/100KM
Variant: MK3 Sport+

No data for me to compare. Just pumped 2nd tank is morning.

Does anyone have problem with the sport+ front sensor. It beep on and off even there's nothing in front when the sensor is on. Could it be the stock number plate is very close to the sensor?

May I know what issue is this. I might want to monitor if I havethe same problem.

I think I need to lower down the audio volume when driving already.

Went to Genting over the weekend. After making on of the corner the gear seems to be disengaged. The RPM shoot up to 4k and lost the torque momentarily for a second. Then the gear engaged back and continue my journey.

At one point I was on a downhill steep slope and the RPM went up to 4.5k and the gearbox refuse to shift to the next gear.

Other than that the gear seems couldn't predict much which gear to use. Really have to floor the accelerator a bit to gain the speed and momentum.

Have anyone have such experience before?

Both incident happened on my way up to Genting on S mode.

I do agree with you, it does jerk a lot when stuck in the traffic and while spinning around in the parking. It's a bit annoying sometimes when you need to spend 1/2 hour looking for a parking spot in the overcrowded mall. it seems like the gearbox don't know when to shift the gear and cause the jerking. Even I feel smoother when driving my 6 years old satria neo manual. But I must qualify that I'm not complaning as I already expecting jerking even before I pay for the deposit.

My best fuel consumption so far is 8.5 liter/100km and that's all city driving in KL during CNY (no traffic jam and always on speed limiter at 85km/h) worst was my first tank. 11++ liters / 100km. Now I must say that I'm off the speed limiter and my average fuel is around 10 liters / 100km with occasionally max the RPM till red line.

I think all Malaysian models don't come with dual trip odometer. I remember Ford video says some models come with it.

The alarm. Never tried before. Perhaps you can ask someone sit in the car while you lock the car from outside and ask the passanger to unlock the car from the cabin and see if the alarm goes off. Do update me if it's does. At least I have a peace of mind that the alarm works.

It works well in our country here when you want to cool down the cabin before everyone jump into the car. The annoying thing is the moonroof open as well for Sport+ and the front seat, gear knob, armrest, handbrake and everything at the center console is getting direct sunlight.

About the same for city drive

I guess no one else can tell as owner received complementary free service up to 60k km mileage.

This post has been edited by cheongyf: Feb 28 2014, 03:12 PM

We don't get the subwoofer. That's why our model comes with 9 speakers (4 mid-bass, 4 tweeter & center speaker) instead of 10.

I have seen somewhere in YouTube that US Ford Focus the subwoofer is seen from the trunk and the amplifier is beneath the the trunk mat.

It's quite common for front tyres wear off faster than rear tyres as pair of front tyre guide the direction of the car through steering wheel. Therefore it is recommended to rotate the tyres (front to back) regularly.

Also the rate of wearing off is variable as it dependents of types of tyre, driving habits, types of cars, tyre pressure, etc.

Some tyres tends to wear off much faster than others. For those who always take cornering at a higher speed also have higher tyre wearing off. Cars with higher torque (I.e. golf GTI), loss in tyre pressure also wear off the tyre faster.

There are little things you can do to preserve your tyre by changing driving habbits or filling your tyres with nitrogen.

Current I'm using nitrogen not because of lighter air, just that the rate of temparature change in the tyre is not as great as air. Hence tyre temparature more constant. Also the rate of air loss is lower than air.

As you know not much people always check their tyre pressure and when you do, you will realise the pressure drop below 30psi when you fill in air.