from lancer to persona huh?

persona city driving is 9.xL/100km, highway 7.xl/100km

honda city is 18km/l = 5.5l/100km = kancil = savvy

persona fc is normal for 1.6 car, city is just great on FC.

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Added on November 22, 2007, 9:41 amwhich 1.6 car have you compared with persona?

This post has been edited by greesemonkey: Nov 22 2007, 09:41 AM

or nissan sentra 1.6..

persona fc we already know, but you have to ask sentra or AE owners for their fc lor?

on NVH, got difference or not between BL and ML/HL?
coz i know BL dont have trunk lid cover.. the carpet..without that sure a bit louder.
not sure bonnet or firewall got difference or not. anyone can confirm?

they declare(markup) selling price to bank as mline to get higher loan.
to prove it, have to show you insured for mline.
if you want to declare selling price as baseline, you will get loan margin based on baseline price. which is lower than what youre getting now.
its their way of getting higher loan for low dpayment. as far as bank is concern, theyre giving 90 percent loan from selling price. its your choice bro.

from howstuffworks

Electronically Controlled Transmissions

Electronically controlled transmissions, which appear on some newer cars, still use hydraulics to actuate the clutches and bands, but each hydraulic circuit is controlled by an electric solenoid. This simplifies the plumbing on the transmission and allows for more advanced control schemes.

In the last section we saw some of the control strategies that mechanically controlled transmissions use. Electronically controlled transmissions have even more elaborate control schemes. In addition to monitoring vehicle speed and throttle position, the transmission controller can monitor the engine speed, if the brake pedal is being pressed, and even the anti-lock braking system.

Using this information and an advanced control strategy based on fuzzy logic -- a method of programming control systems using human-type reasoning -- electronically controlled transmissions can do things like:

* Downshift automatically when going downhill to control speed and reduce wear on the brakes
* Upshift when braking on a slippery surface to reduce the braking torque applied by the engine
* Inhibit the upshift when going into a turn on a winding road

Let's talk about that last feature -- inhibiting the upshift when going into a turn on a winding road. Let's say you're driving on an uphill, winding mountain road. When you are driving on the straight sections of the road, the transmission shifts into second gear to give you enough acceleration and hill-climbing power. When you come to a curve you slow down, taking your foot off the gas pedal and possibly applying the brake. Most transmissions will upshift to third gear, or even overdrive, when you take your foot off the gas. Then when you accelerate out of the curve, they will downshift again. But if you were driving a manual transmission car, you would probably leave the car in the same gear the whole time. Some automatic transmissions with advanced control systems can detect this situation after you have gone around a couple of the curves, and "learn" not to upshift again.

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Added on November 29, 2007, 1:45 pmor from wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_Control_Unit

This post has been edited by greesemonkey: Nov 29 2007, 01:45 PM

i have interest in the GPS
can somebody post a persona gps pic here? what is the brand?
i know gps if want to load to existing pda is around 500.
to buy the car gps unit is thousand plus cheapest.
how much if buy from proton?

spana have you downloaded the maps?
it should display a proper road map not some cartoon images

i think you have to download the maps from http://www.malsingmaps.com

i was expecting the maps to be something like google map.

yeah.. google map can also calculate distance and recomend route. but the road maps are more detail.

This post has been edited by greesemonkey: Nov 30 2007, 10:22 AM

just want to share, some cases of so called persona 'broke down' is due to salesman/delivery man refuse/overestimate the fuel left in tank. persona commission is very small. when i receive my car, the fuel is way below reserve. but then receive rm50 for petrol as courtesy/ token of appreciation. others might get more.

if dont go back whats the point of 5 years warranty.
question, can i complain wheel alignment on next service? will it be free? its free labour right?