The out look of the new P. MPV is very common, nothing impress me at all. I still like my Eastar, the design is very unique. I love the front of the car especially the head lamp design, so attactive and so impressive. Everywhere I go, I can see people admire my car. Yesterday, I was caught in a jam and one of the opposite Advanza stopped his car.....down the door window, look at my Eastar front portion closely; maybe he was trying to look at the logo(brand). I thought this could only happen in advertisement, or I was in advertisement!
As a driver, the "KICK" of a car is very important and I found this in Eastar. It is fun to drive!
Gogogo Eastar!

Guys, from the latest Fortune issue, WarrenBuffet is very impressed with Chinese BYD; Build Your Dream. The cover note: Warren's wild abt the new BYD E6. It is made in China and ......Behind him, is the E6; future electric car. Guys, most cars are made in China in future.
I am proud of Chery being one of the major automobile maker in China. Chery eastar-made in China!
Gogogo Eastar!


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Once she is dressed up with bodykits, Eastar become Superstar liao!

The advertisement price is correct at RM77,+++ for the same spec. Beware of the foot note "*". It stated that no insurance, no registration, no ......!
Adv always play around with numbers.

For those who want to take extra care for his Eastar, these interesting links for your reference:
1) http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Amazing-Fil...VehicleQ5fParts
2) http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Amazing-Fil...A1%7C240%3A1318
This definitely an added bonus to our Eastar engine.

Both are reusable. Both can detach from the filter unit itself. FilterDot has only one magnet, it is cheaper whereas FilterMag has rows of magnet bars and much expensive. You know what! I am trying to dismentle a speaker to get the magnet out. Will try it on my Eastar. It will work like FilterDot but just how efficient, cannot be sure. Also thought of buying one FilterMag from the web site. See ya!
Ya, not so commonly used in M'sia. My foreman told me that he saw one on Savy. He threw it away as he did not know what it was. Too bad!

If you can find strong magnet, the stronger the better. DIY is good; all we need is to have one piece of strong magnet. I am thinking of using speaker magnet, going to test the strength.

Theoritically it works. Need a strong magnet to do the job. Very good filter like Eao, filtration efficiency of 98.7% at 15 microns and 50% at 7 microns. Whereas most filter works at 25 to 40 micron level. Anything smaller than that will not be filter out. This fine particles will circulate the engine and cause the damage especially during cold start. People says, changing engine oil every 5000km will flush out this fine particle(I totally agree) and it is good enough. Some says, the magnet will give extra care to yr engine. Some says the magnet is a commercial myth. Always there are pro & cons in everything, just where we stand. If speaker magnet can do the job and not difficult to find, well why not!
In fact, for some cars, the flush outlet stopper screw is a magnet and there is a piece of magnet inside the oil pan too. I have seen these myself.
http://www.shopfiltermag.com/

Guys, I am not selling the magnet; just sharing idea for good.

This post has been edited by smliu: May 5 2009, 10:07 AM

Very good experience u have and this info is very useful to those who face the same problem. At least we know the cause. CNF, try nitrogen gas. Some tyre shop provide free top up after u pay for 1st time; RM5 each. With nitrogen gas, the tyres will maintain quite constent presure at high temperature. It gives comfort and excellent performance.
So many Eastar on the road now a day....Cheer for Eastar!

CNF, there are two possibilities water get into the tyres.
1) there is a filter to get rid of moisture from the preasurize air after the preasure pump and b4 go into the tyre. It could be the fault of this filter or this filter is not functioning. So, recall where you refill yr tyre previously. Do not go to the same place again; it will give yr the same problem repeatedly.
2) it may be the fault of installing the tyre to the rim. When technician do that, they have to put some water at the edge of the tyre to smoothen out. If the technic is less esperience and too much water will sip into the tyre.
Glad the problem is solved.
So, hati-hati di jalan raya, happi-happi with Eastar!

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Added on May 6, 2009, 9:42 amIt is well known that nitrogen gas has been used to inflate the tyres of racing cars, aircraft and heavy commercial vehicles for some time. However it is only relatively recently that it has come into popular use in normal passenger cars.
The benefits claimed for using nitrogen over compressed air for inflating tyres are that it:
*Reduces the tyre’s running temperature
*Improves the ride quality
*Increases tyre life
*Keeps tyre pressures more constant
*Slows the rate of pressure loss
*Doesn’t react with the tyre and rim materials

Nitrogen also has a few disadvantages that should be taken into account. These include:
*Cost(not free like air)
*Maintenance
*Availability

Now a day, most tyre shops have this Nitrogen gas facility. Some shops privide it FOC.

This post has been edited by smliu: May 6 2009, 09:43 AM

Free Nitrogen for yr tyres! Come back to this forum this afternoon...
Gogogo Eastar!

Discuss with the my friend Yang Mao to give special free Nitrogen gas for all tyres, for those who stay at Northen area; Prai, SP, Penang, BM or Kulim. Drive yr car there and say Liu introduce, you will start to enjoy Nitrogen gas. No restriction on car brand. I thank you Yang Mao for generous service given to us.
KCA Auto Care, 12A & 16, Lorong Bukit Kecil Indah. Tmn Bukit Kecil Indah, BM, Penang. Yang Mao tel: 012-4998838.

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Added on May 6, 2009, 1:58 pmEastarian, it is not easy to ask for free service. Hard to find friend like Yang Mao....Lets give him big

This post has been edited by smliu: May 6 2009, 01:58 PM

Sorry guys, that's what I can managed. Hunt around and see if anyone can give such offer in KL. I will check it out from friends in centre region for u guys but no promise ya.
If the shop can offer top up free for RM20 1st time deal, I think should be ok liao! There are many shops are doing this offer, check it out! For the 1st time, they need to empty the tyre, inflat with Nitrogen gas, empty again and then only inflat with Nitrogen gas. A lot of work to them.

If u check back my previous post, one of the disadvantages of Nitrogen gas for tyre is "maintenance". So, once using Nitrogen, we will have maintain it that way. That is why you ought to find the shop near u for conveniences. Of course, if normal air is to pumped in accidentally, u have to empty the tyre and pump in Nitrogen again to ensure Nitrogen is at highest level. No no no! It won't explode. In facts, there are mixture of air and Nitrogen inside tyre; we can't get 100% Nitrogen inside the tyre. By emptying and refilling Nitrogen a number of times repeatedly, we can only get near to 100%; not absolute 100%. Furthermore, nitrogen gas has been used to inflate the tyres of racing cars, aircraft and heavy commercial vehicles for some time. The preasure is so much greater than our MPV. No worry! If u r talking abt liquid Nitrogen, it is totally diferent story. Liquid Nitrogen is not for this purpose; filling up tyres!
Advantages:
*Reduces the tyre’s running temperature
*Improves the ride quality
*Increases tyre life
*Keeps tyre pressures more constant
*Slows the rate of pressure loss
*Doesn’t react with the tyre and rim materials
We want the advantages but it is not easy to maintain, that is true. Maybe I should say, Nitrogen is for those who want something "special"!

If you can afford, Michelin is a good choice. I used Michelin b4 but I only use Japan imported version. Very expensive, it guaranttee 60,000km life spend. the quality is excellent! I still can remember there was no need to balance the tyre when it fitted to a new rim. So perfect! But when I used it for 35000+, the tyre already harden and become very noisy. I changed 3 sets and tak bolih tahan lah.
I decided to change the way I use tyre. I choose normal tyre and I use it for only 12~15,000km, then I change a new set of 4. So, abt a year, I have to change my tyres. I top up 1/3 of the price and I have new tyres every year. You know what, new tyres always provide better conditon to drive and much safer than tyre which is harden. I really enjoy it.
During 1000km, I have changed my Eastar tyres NCT 5 to Assurance, this tyre is excellent, I like it. http://www.goodyear.com.my/assurance.html
Where to find cheapest new tyres in centre region? Check it out here: http://kereta.info/cheapest-new-tyres-pric...ah-di-malaysia/
Michelin MXV8 - Rm370 Kajang/Seremban (Sg. Chua)
Michelin MXV8 - RM380 Kee Hin, Old Klang Road (Nov06)
Michelin PP2 - RM400 Kee Hin Old Klang Road (Nov 06)
Michelin PP2 (Japan) - Rm400 EW (Michelin) Seremban 2

I am just a car lover like you. Can always yumyum if both have time.

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Added on May 6, 2009, 9:14 pmFor those who want to change tyre, remember to check the manufacturing date+year. XXYY...XX denotes the week number 01~52 and YY denote year. So if you see 0109 means 1st week of 2009 or 5008 means 50th week of 2008. These 4 figures are embrosed on the surface of the tyre. Of course, the nearer the date the newer the tyre. Don't buy those offer tyre with XX06 or XX07, the stock is too old to be used; not safe. If you can get XX09 the best. If yr car tyre is XX05 or XX04, time to consider changing all; not safe neither.

This post has been edited by smliu: May 6 2009, 09:15 PM

Acutally no need to spend extra for this change. When I read the spec for Good Year Assurance, I am convinced by ArmorGrip TechnologyTM and feel like giving myself a try. After test drive through East West highway, I like it; price normal range and the grip is excellent on wet, dry and even hazardous road conditions.
Furthermore, my friend offer me minimum top up for tyres exchange, I couldn't ressist.

Drom, not all tyre shop can do that offer but still can find some tyre shops do. Yes, u r right. One year say 12~15000km, some tyre shop accept trade in at good price; maybe 2/3 and we just pay 1/3 for new set of tyres. Have to deal witht he shop owner persoanlly and negotiate the price. Few year back, I only have a shop in KB to do this for me, now I find one in BM here. There is time only can get 1/2 price for trade in depending on the condition of the tyre. Actually not saving money but spend little and have new tyres every year.
To my knowledge, these shops are famous of selling 2nd hand tyre to taxi driver. Most of the time, after they took off my old tyre and sold immediately to taxi driver. Look for this kind of shop, they like 2nd hand tyres.
ps: sorry guys. sometimes things I do cause confusion to others, my apology.

I may disappoint u this time. I don't fancy on tyre rim for some reasons. Except for the outlook, there are some disadvantages using over size rim(not original spec). We need to have very acurate conversion so that the car can run normally. Or else, it will cause faulty readings and may cause damages and even cause danger if the conversion is not correctly done. http://www.performancetyresdirect.co.uk/co.../converter.html
Say, if u change to 18in rim, the option sizes are 225/40/18(636mm) or 245/35/18(629mm) or 255/35/18(636mm)which are still have some deviation on spec(the correct spec is 633mm). Check and see the price of these tyres. The bigger the size, the higher the price. I would not spend tat much of money for deviation on spec. As you know, I am changing tyres every year; not able to pay for this high price stuff.
I changed the rim b4 for my previous car, I don't like the feel.
For economic and safety reasons, I choose to stay on the original spec.
ps: solely on my personal opinion, no obligation.

Actually, the boss of this tyre shop was not my friend(I did not know him). We become friends when I was searching and hunting for good tyre supplier. I walked through a number of tyre shops and I found this good one. I am sure there are some good tyre shops in yr area, try yr luck!

This post has been edited by smliu: May 7 2009, 09:39 PM