Is Honda sensing really useful? I haven't tried it. I felt that it could be useful at times, and also counter productive too

Will the windscreen cost more due to the tech?

I also heard from SA that it will not work during heavy rain

If it's really smart enough to brake when I really need it, not when I don't need it. I wouldn't mind to pay more than 12k for it

This post has been edited by M_century: Aug 12 2017, 12:10 AM

I only want the power boot lift in the TCP hahahah..

I had tested it on hway KL-PG-KL all the way. It does it job but of course you cant fully rely on it. I had a few encounter where suddenly the car change lane in front then i had to apply brake myself as I didnt wait for the car to auto brake. Didnt want to risk. No chance to test the ACC during rain but tried the lane watch during heavy rain and dark. It works.

No chance to try the LSF yet in town. Ppl might think u r weird as the distance between cars is quite a distance.
I had experience in a BMW before with similar thingy and it also has its flaw especially night time.

I bought Trapo. Thanks for the introduction. It's feels great and I saw the demo of how easily you can just beat the mat to have all the sands fall off. It is super water resistant, so very easy to clean off and there's a lot of Velcro strap all over to make the mat stays in its place. I bought the combo package that came with the mat at the rear boot and I like that it is able to hold on to things from sliding, due to its rubber nature, as you make sharp corner. It's expensive, but I think it's worth it long term. The only thing I didn't like is the mark made by your foot print can be visible. For example you walk on a dusty floor, and step into the mat, the whitish , chalk like, foot print is made visible on the rubber. I think a coiled mat or a cloth like mat will be able to hide this.

Dumb question - 18" tyre - how much pressure to set to pump? 220 kpi?

I think it's listed in your manual or at the side of your driver door

I'm still undecided about Honda sensing. 60% No 40% yes.

Also I've been told that Android auto is not working. Only apple car play work. Can anyone attest to it?

Cannot stand the stock sound system, mid and high range is okay but totally no bass, overall too flat to my liking.
Added a underseat woofer, additional mild bass filled in between the stock eight speakers, much better.
Push your stock speakers with an AMP won't do much, a 6.5" drivers will never match the 8"/10" woofer.
You may contact or search " Etoni Car Audio " in FB for more information.


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The lack of bass disturbed me as well but you are right, putting an amp will not improve the stock. Your photos are intriguing as I expect a bass box to be higher and bigger. I didn't know they have made one that is flat and can fit under the seat, so that's interesting to me to think about. BTW, the manual did warn not to put things under the passenger seat in case it interferes with the SRS air bag. Are you not concerned about it?

My F30's stock bass are placed underseat too, both passenger and driver side, so I think it is a sensible place.
The airbag is fitted in the side bolster, and the actuator is located underseat, as far as I concern, the woofer didn't even touch anything under the seat, everything should work just fine.
If that concern you, you can actually place it everywhere, in the boot, or under the rear passenger seat.

This post has been edited by Neo_Y: Aug 12 2017, 12:35 PM

Thanks for your reply @Neo_Y. Yeah, likely I will place under the rear passenger seat. Have two young kids who will tend to kick things in front of them such as this woofer and the amp if I put under the front passenger seat, aside from safety (airbag) concerns. Also, I think the rear passenger seat could house both my Alpine amp (from the older car which was traded in) and this slim subwoofer side by side. Will check out Etoni - your shop?

Glad u like it

Nope, not my shop.
I find the rear passenger seat have huge space for AMP, plan to do so, will change to Alpine AMP and Speakers next.

Android Auto is not officially supported in Malaysia yet. However you can Google the apk and install it and android auto will works

Honda Sensing is not autonomous driving , although it does assist in terms of adaptive cruise control . lane assist and few others

Okay the problem is Malaysian roads , now the whole adaptive cruise control is great but the problem is it keeps a very far distance (you know malaysians like to keep as close as possible) and plus there are motorbikes. I was told that the Honda sensing software was tuned for Malaysian roads but again , take it with a pinch of salt

It's more of nice-to-have functionality that trains you to be better drive. Try cutting lane without signaling , the system would just beep !

No official support in Malaysia but you can download the apk and install it yourself.

Tested LSF on LDP during the morning jam, it works well but a little scary at first cause the car just drives itself with you holding the steering. The distance from the car in front can be adjusted to approximately 1 car length though default is much further than that.

For Lane departure it will not be just audible signal, also light steer.

Auto breaks won't work if car suddenly cut in, it's stated on the owner's manual. However I realize it still works in low speed during the typical Malaysian Q cutting.

I find it really weird why many don't want such technology in the car, just get it, it's a no brainer. Of course you can't rely entirely on it.

Android auto works if you sideload the apk , I use it every time I drive.

Mind to share how to download the apk and make it work?

Wouldn't it void the warranty? Honda SA will just say that if anything is not done at Honda service centre, shall anything happened, warranty will be voided, including windscreen and window tint. So it's like need to kinda overpay for the tint, so that we would still have the warranty.

For the entire 5 years, we have to pay whatever the service center charges us. Good and bad at the same time.

I agree.

You can download the apk from apkmirror and no it won't void your warranty.

You install the apk in your android phone, not the car, nothing to do with the car warranty. Just get it from apkmirror like @voncrane said. For installation, google for sideloading.

For windows tint, if one install the security film outside and the thickness causes the auto window to malfunction, Honda won't accept the warranty claim. It doesn't affect the non-security film. So if you wish to use vkool, just go ahead.

Hi, Guys. Just got mine 1.5TC few days ago. Mine one the engine sound can hear quite loud (tak tak tak tak...... sound) from outside when the engine cover is closed and even louder when open up the engine cover. is it normal for turbocharge engine as mentioned by the foreman from Honda??