Yea, but the 3G City is sufficiently fuel economical la. It was much better than my previous Waja
So no complaints for me.
I guess driving at odd days or even days is good. Save fuel and car mileage too

Haven't driven down to KL city yet (tomorrow will be the first) for work,
It's running a decent 13.5km / liter now. first time pump petrol.
Hopefully will improve as the engine runs in

You did a good job with the paint touch up. Guess only the brake lights reflectors need to be replaced.

How'd it happened? Looks like you grazed some metal bar or something

Any other models? Has anybody used these locks before?
My only concern is if the brake-lock doesn't fit our car
I wouldn't mind getting one. Do let us know how much both models will cost.
Do let me know yah

Could you quote the comparison?
There's way too my tyres on that list and I'm not sure how 'updated' the price is.
Enlighten me though how a R17 tyre can be cheaper than the corresponding R16 tyre of the same make and model (taking into account the width and height*), 'cos I've not seen any so far. My previous ride.. My NCT5 16" was RM250 as oppose to < RM200 for an NCT5 15". Cheers

* - Larger tyres = more rubber used = lesser tyre production (hence, lesser economies of scale) = more expensive?

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Added on February 3, 2009, 11:35 amI think if I can get about 450km on a full tank of gas with mostly city (KL) driving, I'll be contented.
Right now.. for the first full tank of gas, think I'm getting about 400km.


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Actually I think quite a lot...can list down quite a few. But I guess that's not the question anyway.
So back to the topic, what rims are you planning to get..for the 17" rims..

I actually like the standard rims..

Wow. 17.7 km/l. That's very good.
What a big difference between cruising and city driving.
But overall, still economical.

Yup. The 1st 1000km is just checking, no oil change etc.
More to check whether any problems with the car.
I will definitely check my car thoroughly to see if there's any problems
with the car. So far so good *fingers crossed*

Sigh, second visit to V-Kool service center at Meru Klang. Bad service and manner when talk to me, as they giving reluctant action to change the main win-screen at front which contain soap stain. Forcing me talk impolite and make sure they do it correctly. After changing everything look nice and my eye feel ease with clean win screen. The only thing that they siad to me was that the dust-free capability when they installing is just 90% dust free, other 10% is subjective to the enviroment winds and dust flying around. How unreasonable!
Tmr I will be going to service my car 1000KM service, but my car reached 1.5k KM and a lot of complain to be made:
-Double top rubber is peeling off What's double top rubber?
-Front left door have improper paint finishing Check with HM
-Front bumper have tiny scratches when I get my car. Hard to claim on this unless you have evidence that your car had these scratches before you took it. Wear and tear; stone chips etc
-High FC even when driving slow with low RPM(1.5RPM to 2RPM & speed max to 110). highest AVG KM\L is 15.7km. Max TRIP to go is below 400KM/L. Wonder what was the problem that causing this HIGH FC. 15.7km / liter is very good. That's approx. 600 KM per full tank. RM0.12 per km is bloody good.
-When pulling hand brake and stop up a narrow hill, car still slip down. Pulled full? Check with HM
-Car allignment.(Was told by SA that within 3000KM allignment and balancing is still FOC, check with your service center)
-Air condition is not cooling and hot at rear seat, took long time to cool up the whole car space. I've got to admit that Proton has one of the best air-cond out there. It's bloody cold. So I'm not surprised if the City doesn't fare as well.
-Air condition sound is loud when you switch to your air condition to blow at face and foot. It's a new car, unless we have a comparison with other NHC users.. this might not be a problem. I will try later tonight when I drive back from work.
-RPM unstable when going up hill. Heard a few forumers having that problem. Better check it
-Car is bumpy. Guys is this common to your car? On highways, it's fine for me.
-Tyre sound is loud when driving at highway. Was told that this is because of our NHC specially designed tyre which is 195 Good Year 16". I can't this tyre outside for now, and heard from few tyre shop that this type of tyre is expensive. Yes, this I have to agree. It's quite loud. I suggest maybe to check the tyre pressure to see whether it's overinflated. But also to note, the Civic I have.. it uses NCT5s which are pretty noisy too. More quiet using the Falken ZE912, soft compound..but wear out rate is faster.

Guys, which center you feel the best in term of efficiency, quality, friendlines and customer service?

Heard that USJ Subang is really good? I currently facing some problem with some service center in term of customer service and SA friendliness.

Well, actually the economy IS experiencing a recession right now. Just that the Govt. is in denial about that fact.
We definitely need to be more prudent with our spending. I'm gonna wait awhile till the recession sets in and ppl will be forced to slash prices on some items. maybe we can get some good deals

Congratz. Think somebody cancelled their booking, that's why.
Enjoy your CBP

Nope.
The 'price drop' is probably due to your SA offering a 'rebate'. This way it artificially drops the car price (the amount you have to pay), but the overall retail price is still the same. So that this doesn't affect your 2nd hand value and lower their selling price (sellers always try not to do this, cos in the long run if times are good and they decide to raise the price, they might lose some customers)

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Added on February 4, 2009, 12:47 amSame here. Booked on 19/12/08, got my car on 23/01/08.
Mainly due to the fact that someone cancelled his / her booking for the ASM E-Spec. Good for me

This post has been edited by sysh: Feb 4 2009, 12:47 AM

I would think the "build quality" was better in the 2G 'cos it was a "phasing out" model. Usually those model are like the final version. As with new models or software, you have v1.0, v1.1 & v1.2 etc. The same goes with this. I bet the earlier models had niggles and bumps, and tons of ppl have complained about it.. but eventually the car company would've rectified this. Look at the Proton Wira SE..damn that car's a tank, reliable as hell and had minimal problems..

Right now by purchasing the NHC, you are indeed paying a premium on a totally new design. And of course new things might not come out as perfect as you want it (I've got more analogies...hehe). If you wanna be safe, wait for at least 6 months when feedbacks come trickling in and HM takes action.

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Added on February 4, 2009, 12:54 amTo be exact.. it's RM544. RM680 - 20%.
Was raining in KL earlier in the evening, so when I got back I just rinsed my car and wiped it dry ('cos Raymond advised me to try to keep the car dry for 48 hrs to let the Teflon bond to the paint nicely). It was very easy to wipe it dry and get rid of the dirt and grime. Took me 10 minutes from start to finish. I'm happy with the PPS so far

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I did that with my old Waja antenna.
I'm gonna take a look at the antenna and see whether I can also super-glue it. I rather it get stuck, then stolen

For my previous car, I glued the 'rubber' part of the antenna tip.. not the thread of the screw 'cos so if I really needed to yank the thing off.. I could.
I'm not sure how the NHC's antenna works. Later at home I'll take a closer look at it.

Yup. That's true.
Is the rate really going to drop that low?
Well, good luck.

Pretty lucky to get your car so soon.
The other 2 cars, not yet right?

Hey. Welcome.
Not worth it to add the Modulo kit. With that money, should've gotten the E-Spec.
Anyway.. wait for the Modulo (non-original) one to come out..much cheaper

Actually I'm not very sure what do you mean by unstable RPM. Could you illustrate it to me? So far, my gear shift has been alright..quite smooth.
So far I haven't found anything wrong with my ASM City, except for the less than favourable FC (I'm hoping that after the engine run's in, it will improve).

Oh yah, this is gonna be a n00b question..but since I didn't read the service manual booklet (too lazy), just want to ask.. the under seat air cond vent.. how do we switch it on? which of the air-cond dial should I switch it to for the air to come out of that under seat vent? thanks..

Oic. Honestly I've not encountered any problem like this.
No sudden jerk or unstable rpm.
But as always, I'll experiment tonight

When you mean FC is higher does it mean worst or better?
I think my FC isn't very good at the moment. It's partly due to alot of city (kl-traffic jam) driving, but I'm hoping it'll be better after the engine runs in.

I spotted a PMM E-Spec on the NPE just now on the way to KL
NCE XXXX