Malaysia CKD Mazda 3 does not comes with i-eloop. With i-Eloop, the battery life span with be prolonged..

This post has been edited by DaydreamV2: Mar 22 2016, 08:55 AM

This is a good question but dont know how to answer haha.
Normally when I go to work at the morning, between my house to the toll got a 3-4 traffic light, normally at that time I din turn on A/C until I get off from toll. Like that the istop activated longer. Not to purposely do that to let istop activate longer but just my habit, even not with this car. Except the weather is damn hot but at the morning still ok la. At the noon, normally I will just off the istop cause weather now is terrible. haha

My Mazda2 reading says for 1000km, I saved 4km. That's 0.4% saving? rofl. I'm not gonna change battery with start-stop support after this one dies out. Totally not worth it.

There are showrooms to walk in, or make a call to the many Mazda salesman here.

You say like you know, that's why i wonder what offer you hear

same here, i dont turn on air con in the morning and night, driving without air con saves more fuel than the i-stop

i guess i-stop have to work together with i-eloop to get the best fuel savings, iinm, in US they tested i-eloop save 1mpg for every tank

but from the fuel savings vs battery replacement cost, it is not worth it at the moment, not until the start-stop battery drop to the same price as current maintenance-free battery

Just booked a M3 High Spec from Bro Lucifal. Was thinking of getting meteor grey until I stepped into his showroom saw a blue reflex unit. Now deciding between these colors 😂

For your info, meteor grey a bit dust collector. Or I should say can see dust easily compare to others

That was a fast move! hahaha.. Bro, happy headache in deciding the colors.. hahaha...
FYI, Blue Reflex is really nice, and it's so rare on the road..

My first choice is the Blue Reflex, however my timing is not right. So switch to Aluminium Metallic.

True...but my current car colour is also a dust collector 😂
Plus I wash my car weekly...can lah

Yea..already decided what car to get..just of matter of deciding which showroom 😉

Blue reflex brings out the shape of the car. Meteor Grey is a "garang colour Lol

Pening kapala now 😂

soul red is the best but too bad it is not available for CKD

i'm driving meteor gray as well

no matter what color you choose, it always has the sporty look with a touch of elegance in it

Well, saw a 3 with its' long snout shortened by a few inches in Cyberjaya. My guess is a Hilux tried to shoot for a gap crossing the road and got t-boned by the 3. Almost happened to me in the past.

m3 SCBS not working?

happen at traffic light area? it happen everyday in a cross road in jalan sultan ismail, when those moron see orange light thought that they can accelerate and cross the road but always end up stucked in the middle of the road because the traffic change too fast

Don't know if it's a GL or HS. But in any case, it wasn't a huge impact so I guess it slowed down a lot.

Not a traffic light. It's just plain stupid to shoot for a gap against high speed traffic. At least at a traffic light, the cars are just starting to move and the most you'll get are some colourful hand gestures.

I must admitted that Cyberjaya is a place where you can find accident for really stupid reason.

i always thought that place is a ghost town like putrajaya, so there shouldn't have a lot of cars

or because there isn't a lot of cars that people just ignore all the traffic rules?

I have a question for everyone who has had the clunking suspension sound. Does it happen when you have a full load or just when driving with a couple of people on board?

Mine clunks when I drive over bumps with my parents but earlier during lunch with a full load, I noticed it was quiet.

Favorite spot for foreigner to hang out.
Accident will happened at least once a week.
Dunno what kind of attraction they have over there.

May I know what type of battery Mazda 3 is using? Q-85? If it is the same as Mazda 2, I managed to find a company which sell Q-85 battery at half the price quoted by SC. Need to check whether it is maintenance free or not. My SC tells me stock battery is under the 3 years / 100,000km warranty and can change only once throughout. Anyone can reconfirm this statement?

Reply from then said company Millennium Battery Sdn Bhd:

Good morning. Thank you for the email. Yes, we are selling a similer spec as per ABXAGM, it is called KOBA UHPB (Ultra High Performance Battery). If you need detailed information, you can call us.
The details:
Code: 95D23L
Brand: KOBA UHPB
Unit Price: RM350.00
Please contact us at 03 – 9221 1281 / 1285 if you have further inquiries.
Thank you.
Regards,
MeiWan

*Edit: I am sorry everyone, someone enlightened me, Q-85 is supposed to be battery designed for idle-stop or start stop vehicles, not your normal UHPB 95D23L. Most probably, it is Enhanced Flooded Battery (EFB) design. A common way to identify it is it will indicate it is intended for idle-stop or start stop vehicles.



This post has been edited by RicoT: Mar 27 2016, 08:53 PM