Small Car with cute look

I am sure some time you want to have a small car with two seater. In such small car you just want to go ahead with your love. But that small car should have look and speed as well.

Demand of small car is increasing a lot because of their high mobility and easy to use. Since this new small car have two seating capacity only hence this can be adjust in even small place and need only small portion of place in traffic.

LONGTERMER #2, Month 15: Honda Civic FD2 2.0iVTEC

LONGTERMER #2, Volume 13; Month 15: Honda Civic FD2 2.0IVTEC

This is 13th update of Longtermer #2, this month's the 15th month we owned the Civic 2.0iVTEC FD2.

What's happened in the month between July to September. Let's see...

Last month (late August), my dad took the Civic to Sumber Auto Edaran (again), Petaling Jaya.

Well, good news... Firstly, it's HONDA SERVICE CAMPAIGN! Most parts and labour discount up to 50%. Secondly, Honda Malaysia gave us the following for free: i) Honda Racing Key Chain, 2) Windscreen foldable sunshade, 3) Black HONDA (recyclable grocery bag - identical design with "TESCO" RM3 blue bag).

FINALLY, Sumber Auto Edaran Service Centre used "HONDA SEMI SYNTHETIC OIL". BUT those bloodsuckers, they still insisted on 5000km oil change despite running on Semi-Synthetic oil. Well, ALL IS NOT LOST, AT LEAST the Civic GAINED A LOT by using Semi-Synthetic oil instead of MINERAL ones.

Q: How and Why is it so?
A: The engine's now Smoother and quieter (lower dB), the acceleration is slightly better AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, BETTER FUEL CONSUMPTION. My dad recorded 520km with only 37L of fuel using Petronas NEW Primax RON95. That's a STAGGERING 14.05km/L!!! Yes, it's ON PAR WITH MY SISTER'S MYVI 1.3SXI MANUAL! NOT BAD for a 2000cc car.

Been enjoying driving the car around. In fact, WE (me and my dad) used this car more often now compared to the Ford Telstar.

Here's some bad news: My dad accidentally hit-and-scratched the Auto-gate pillar while avoiding my Sister's silver MYVI (she didn't leave enough room for the Civic to move out of the compound) => see picture below. We haven't repair yet as the damage's still bearable.


Without further ado, let's proceed to LOGBOOK.

Year of manufactured: 2008 (Delivery Date 28 July 2008)
Current Value: RM113,000
Purchase price: RM126,000 (less NCB)
Mileage when bought: 0008km

Mileage last update (June 28): 17,900km.

Mileage today (September 28): 21,555km
Average mileage per month: 1437km

FUEL CONSUMPTION (This Month):
Best: 14.05km/L, 90% highway, Petronas RON95 (1st week of September, driven by my DAD)

WORST: 8.5km/L (Shell RON95) 80% City driving and some HARD DRIVING (20%) - Up to 5500rpm revving, very heavy foot driven by ME. (September 23 2009)

LAST 6 months:
Best: 14.05km/l (90% highway driving) (1st week of September)
Worst: 8.5km/l (100% City driving) (May 2009)

Expenses:

1) Curry Hook x2, RM16 @ Brother's Kelana Jaya (see photo below)


2) 20,000km scheduled service (this time using Semi Synthetic Oil) + 1 set wiper change (RM70) + labour. Grand total: RM340+.

Petrol, parking and toll charges, that's all.

Well, there's a saying "a picture is worth 1000 words". Here's some parting shots before I sign off...



Picture above: "Coincidentally taken this photo outside "Honda Malaysia HQ" in Jalan 13/6, Petaling Jaya (I went to Jaya One, opposite).


Picture above: Shot at my Condo parking lot in Tropicana Indah.


Picture above: Front 3-quarter view of the Civic. Below, picture taken from my friend's Service Apartment, "MAPLE @ Sentul West" parking lot.


AN ORIGINAL JEFF LIM Production. That's all folks, thanks for having the patience to read this. See you on the 18th month. Ie. End December. Yes, Note that I'll update this car every 3 months instead of Monthly (unlike my Ford Telstar) as this car is too NEW to update monthly. Not much to write.

Longtermer #1, Update 15: Ford Telstar Ghia 16v

Longtermer #1, Update 15: Ford Telstar Ghia 16v

In this blog entry, I am updating my Ford Telstar i4 Ghia. This is the 15th update.

What's up in the month of September?

Well, lots of things to highlight. Firstly, the FUEL CONSUMPTION(FC)'s back to normal after 3x “ECONOMICAL” fill-ups (after pouring in the “3M Fuel Injector Cleaner”.. Averaged 7.6km/L. The worst was recorded in 14 September => 5.9km/L (Shell RON95), while the best was 9.0km/L (MOBIL 5000 RON95). Petronas RON95 is in the middle at 6.8km/L. Haven’t try Caltax and BHP. Will update next month.

Secondly, the Telstar’s more powerful than ever thanks to my Major Exhaust Mid-section upgrade. It’s 2x MATOLA® Bullet (One standard bullet and another slightly smaller bullet - see picture below).

Costs: RM260. Performance: 0.4 secs improvements in 0-100km/h run (now 10.4 secs). Now, the Telstar’s more free revving up to 5000rpm vs 3500rpm previously hence slightly quicker overtaking. 110km/h @ 2200rpm instead of 2300rpm previously.

Another significant happening to highlight this month: 2 weeks ago, my Telstar helped a 1979 Datsun 120Y to jumpstart the battery. (See Photo below)

Well, as usual there’s always the bad news. I took the car to a “FORD AND MAZDA SPECIALIST” in Subang Jaya “DRS HITECH” owned by Murali 3 weeks ago for leaking inspection. His findings and quotation shocked me. My Front Lower Engine mounting cracked, gear oil leaked – hairline cracked (he said need to take out the whole gearbox to fix it) and another area (near drivetrain) leaked. He quoted between RM600-800 for the repairs (plus Oil change which I provided, the Castrol GTX2 and oil filter). Of course, I didn’t repair as I was in a rush for Meeting shortly after the workshop visit. I’m still dragging my feet to send there to rectify the problem till today.

But all I can say is that Murali and his team are really Ford and Mazda Expert. There were a number of mod projects in his garage. Namely, a Telstar undergoing V6 2.5 engine transplant and a Lantis undergoing Mazda B8 transplant alongside an “Engine Kosong Lantis” – Complete engine overhaul (See picture below).

Also, My Telstar’s side rear right door “Bumper” came off. Man, it turned ugly… (See photo below).


As I am typing this, the Telstar only done 147,222km. Previous month, it's 146,350km. It covers >1000km per month. WOW, interesting...

Without further ado, here's the LOGBOOK:

Year of manufactured: December 1998 (registered January 1999)
Purchase price: RM42,000 (Aug 2005)
Current value: RM13,000 (As at August 2009)
Depreciation per year (averaged): RM10500
Mileage last month: 146,350km

Mileage now: 147,222km
Fuel consumption (so far):
BEST: 10km/l (25 August 2009)
WORST: 5.9km/l (September 14, 2009) => 100% City driving

THIS MONTH (September):
WORST: 5.9km/l (September 14, 100% City driving)
AVERAGE: 7.6km/L (mixed)
BESI: 25 September 9km/l

0-100km/h: 10.4 secs (27/9/2009). Previous run 10.8 secs (25 Aug 2009).

TODAY, As at 28 September:

Expenses (this month)
1) Exhaust Midsection (2x bullet): RM260.
2) Fuel expenses (RM160)
3) Parking and tolls charges...

Picture above, taken at my Condo car park in Tropicana Indah, Petaling Jaya.

Before I go, here's a parting shot above taken at the rooftop of BB Plaza.

End of Update, thanks for having the patience to read it...

AN ORIGINAL JEFF LIM PRODUCTION (My original work)

New Small Car with Luxury and sports look

If you want to have a new small car with the sporty look and luxury touch than I am sure you would love to see this car with awesome hand crafting and attractive colour combination.

Name of this car is the Wiesmann Roadster MF5. This one showed in the 63rd Frankfurt International Motor Show.

This new small car have the top speed of 310 km/h and reach 100 km in mere 3.9 seconds. Perfect distribution of weight everywhere gives it perfect grip of road.

Since this new small car is hand crafted hence they take care of every looks from front look to back. But the most impressive is their interior with matching colour.

The basic price of this new small car is EUR 189,500

Fiat Premio CSL 2008??

Achamos um carro da Fiat que nem mesmo nós imaginávamos, ele era um pouco diferente da versão de 1988, mas era um CSL, estou falando do Fiat Premio 2008. Eh!, nas fotos vocês podem ver como ele é (para ampliar a foto clique nela), mas você deve estar se perguntando:
-Mas a Fiat não lançou o Premio 2008.
Claro que não, o proprietário deste carro deve ter apenas tunado ele, porque, se você reparar bem na foto do painel do carro, você vai ver que ele é um CSL modelo antigo, o volante explica tudo.

Kia - A evolução!!!

Eu não sei se você se lembra de quando a Kia não era uma marca popular, de quando ela só tinha o Besta, a van da Coreana, Bongo, A pequena carreta que só tinha a versão K-200, Sephia, o sedã que é irmão mais velho do atual Cerato, e a Sportage, que antes tinha motor 1.6 e que agora tem até 2.7! É o carro mais popular da Kia Motors.
Bem, isto é coisa do passado, por que agora a Kia tem muito mais carros, como: Sportage 2.7, Sorento, Bongo K-2000, Cerato, Opirus, Picanto, Sedano, Mohave, Carens, Soul, Sephia (dizem que terá uma versão 2.0 2011, será?).
Kia Motors disputava com a Asia Motors, sua irmã que não fez sucesso, saiu do mercado de forma rápida. Qual van era a melhor?, a Kia tinha o Besta e a Asia a Towner, mas o Besta tinha mais espaço do que a Towner.