Oh thanks Kerry1136 and Jackie Leong.

I got a free balancing and alignment service at a new service centre here. I'll give that a try

eika - Yes i use 7 speed mode when i need the surge (especially when overtaking other cars). To be honest, i don't like 7 speed manual very much (usually i use 7 speed mode auto or just shift to S gear) because i can't 'feel' the manual very much with it (not to mention my manual mode will always be overrided by the dummy proof control - which shift my gear up and down as it wish - when i want it to just stay there!).

City handling is not that bad.. I've tested before with a beamer, and he just can't keep up with me (at the moment i was using D gear with 7 speed auto mode - i'll surely lose him behind if i switch over to S gear)

Is it up until 200rpm before the redline or 2000rpm before?
Hehe i didn't notice, i was too busy flooring and can't hear engine sound too much as i turned my radio on.
Will check next time and see where it shift.

Oh yeah, i was a bit annoyed because it shifted down when i don't want it to
I know i know.. not really the point there (imagine who wants to stay in fifth gear when you're at 10km/h?) but somehow i just want total manual control.

For more expensive cars which have this manual auto option... does it work the same way as City does? Or it stays on manual no matter how hard you rev or how slow you are?

Coconot... what is UDM??

And hey i won on that test race (ehem, i was not racing, i was just testing how fast my car can go, and it was on a controlled environment - other's, please do not do this at home) . Not because of the car. But the beamer driver is not skilled enough. I overtook him when he was blocked by some cars, i slipped through and then he tried to chase me but i was too fast for him to catch up.

Before that we did a sprint on a straight empty road, i was flooring but the beamer just kept going faster (i think i was at 170, don't know how fast the beamer went 200 maybe?)

This post has been edited by neato4u: Aug 2 2007, 05:56 PM

If i put those neon lights under my car.. will police disturb one?

Huh.. 140km/h? My kancil can do faster than that

Aw man.. prohibited? Then why are they still selling those.. crap

My city got some small2 holes in front.. like being hit by stone. Happens to my former car as well... I looked at other cars parked nearby but i can't see any small holes or stuffs.. all clean and smooth...

DOES THIS ONLY HAPPENS TO ME??!!

Touch up paint? Where to get those and for how much?
Yea the holes are noticable from close range, and if you look closely, the colour are rather blackish.. pity my car
Any way to prevent further injury?

Looks fine for me




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Guys, is this normal FC?
FYI i'm driving a 2003 idsi City.


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Hmm.. the 400km full tank case.
I rarely drive on highways. Just back and forth to work using normal road (traffic lights, jams, tight corners, slowdown, etc). Not sure if this is normal or not. I can say 95% normal road 5% highways.

I don't revv much. Just a bit of speeding but up to 140km/h only.

If i drive carefully, with full tank i can get around 500km.

Still, is this normal

Any ideas how to normalize my FC back?

How to reset ECU?
I'm going to try and reset CVT first... see if this makes any changes

RESET CVT MEMORY
a) Start the car till it's normal temp
b) Do not switch on your air-con, radio, and other electrical stuffs
c) Apply handbrake (throughout this whole procedure)
d) Apply footbrake (do not release)
e) Put your gear to N for 2 mins
f) After 2 mins, put your gear to D for 1 min

Really meh?
But after reset ECU i still need to recalibrate the cvt gearbox?

I've done the 'hard' way of resetting ECU and also recalibrated my CVT gearbox just now. Then drive home from work. Felt a bit of pickup and steady acceleration along the way (but not sure whether i was pressing the accelerator more harder than usual)

Just filled up RM50 and reset my trip meter. Let's see how far i can go this time

That's really good, compared to rm60 for 400km

^ of course la.. can't compare honda with proton dude.. Wira also very light compared to City which is more heavier.

I'm still testing out my FC after recalibrating the CVT. Went out today with my family (car full 5 person) with luggage out to Jalan TAR for shopping. Plus traffic jams and stuffs.. let's see how far rm50 can go this time

My FC is still bad
rm50 can go up to 264 only until light turns on

Should i go to honda SC or to normal workshop and get them to troubleshoot for me?
Btw, i'm using standard rims and all other remains standard idsi.




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see.. vtec also can do more miles than my idsi
change to turbo engine lah like this

Aiyo.. already fill to full last time, can do roughly about 400km on full tank only. The most i can do is 500km per full tank. And that's with consistant 80km/h driving (all the time!). Cannot tahan anymore leh, now drive like normal and full can go 400+ only

No lah, don't have any lubang to change to turbo. I doubt that city can put evo engines?? The engine bay too small

Yaloh, next month i go normal service first, then only if FC remains the same i go and further check sad meh.. i dun mind if FC bit more if HP can go up, but FC up and HP same, no point..

The usual blame it on the wife story again?

Anyway, have you added anything else recently that contributes to that noise? a new radio, tyre, some engine mods or maybe bodykit?

Hahaha.. no la.. we all loves our wive right
This kinda remember me during my first week getting a new City. My wife opened the door from inside and a 'bump' noise was heard... she accidentaly well.. slightly banged the door and kena this next car parked beside us. Then i told her to be careful nanti kemek (in a.. well... slightly raised tone oso), and my wife told me "huk huk abang dah dapat kereta baru dah tak sayangkan syg lagi.. pun kene marah"

Kesian kesian...

But i do love my wife more than my car.. both oso cannot kemek2 one..

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triple02 > i bought a 03 idsi, mileage less than 70K. Yours is a bit high. My tip. If you're buying a 2nd hand car. Look for additional accessories (eg. Leather seat, tinted windows, bodykit maybe, speakers, ICE, rims, etc) -can save you lots of money in future, not forgetting a piece of mind after you've bought it.