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The All New Honda City 2009 Official Thread v2, compiled by mikelee
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D'stalker
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Jan 28 2009, 09:21 PM
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Hi,
I'm a newcomer to this forum and yes a NHC user. Just got the baby E-SPEC PMM colored last week, now already clocked more than 1400km, with driving 70% highway, 30% city/rural. My findings:
1. Suspension is quite hard/stiff & at rear can feel quite bumpy.
2. The highest FC I got as in the VID is 18.5km/l, the lowest is around 11km/l, with max speed 120-130km/hr.
3. The range info which tell u how far more the can go before the tank emptied is quite misleading. I had my fuel indicator light appeared at the range around 80km. In the manual, it stated that when the fuel indicator appear, you shall have around 6-7 litres left in the tank. When the range goes down to 30km, my 5km trip to the petrol station saw the range figure drop from 30km to 10km. And when refuel, it takes me around 33 liters to full it up. Very confusing. Sure gonna ask at 1st service (yes, belum service lagi....)
4. FC i think quite good. After a distance of 497km, it takes me RM58 @ 32.3ltr to refill back the tank. Mind you if the tank truly of 42ltr max, then I still have at least 9 liters left before refuel. So I think 600km for a full tank is not impossible.
5. 95% I stay in D mode. Once in a while in highway I downshift (but still in D mode) to overtake. When you you downshift, there is delay around 1 sec before you feel the changes.
Haven't done my 1st service due to CNY leave. But has confirmed with my SA that it's OK as they are not gonna do any part replacement (oil/filter etc) at 1st service. Just inspection only.
As for now, I'm quite happy this new car....
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D'stalker
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Jan 28 2009, 09:42 PM
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QUOTE(sebaver @ Jan 28 2009, 09:31 PM) Yeah, with regards to point no 3., I experienced the same just this evening. When I drove my car to work this morning and parked my car the range was approx 53km... But when I left for lunch this afternoon, the range reading was only about 27km when i started the engine...  I figured I would have enough petrol to take me to lunch and back... But after a 1-2 km journey, the range figure dropped very quickly to 17km...  After that I quickly look for a petrol station to refuel, just in case it drops even further and leaving me with no fuel in my new car... Mind you, after I saw the range figure dropping so quickly I got a bit scared and drove very very slowly to minimise FC....  Fuhhh..glad to know there is other ppl experiencing the same thing with me....I bet there are more ppl encounter with this confusing findings...
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D'stalker
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Jan 28 2009, 09:59 PM
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QUOTE(1282009 @ Jan 28 2009, 09:47 PM) Good info/review here. I agree with the FC which is possible to reach 600kms. 400-450kms for full tank is almost similar to my Wira 1.5A which is quite unlikely considering the much newer engine used & the 5AT gearbox. To "soften" the engine noise, is installing sound dampening material at the car's firewall or the engine compartment sufficient? I think so far my major concerns are on the aircond coolness & loud engine noise only. I believe other QC issues can be fixed by service centres except probably the floating feeling. I sat in the previous CVT City before, it feels much more bumpy than current City which I test drive ..
Added on January 28, 2009, 9:51 pmSorry, a dumb Q, where's the switch to on the fog lamp in the NHC?
it's the 1/3-inch wide inner ring next to the head lamp switch...u can sure it's on or not by the indicator at the cockpit...I bet in the manual it's stated...
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