Kia Stonic

[13177]

16 minutes ago, jam1888 said:

I drove it for 10 months already. Dont know about reliability since it is my first kia (previous car is lexus) but it is a good decent size car with remarkable performance.

Dont consider this car as a SUV or even CSUV. Just think of it as the largest, most Horsepower hatch back (ie honda jazz, etc) in the market at that price range and you will find it great. Compare it to more expensive SUV or CSUV and you will be disappointed.  

What lexus model you were driving previously? 

[savagedp82]

10 hours ago, jam1888 said:

I drove it for 10 months already. Dont know about reliability since it is my first kia (previous car is lexus) but it is a good decent size car with remarkable performance.

Dont consider this car as a SUV or even CSUV. Just think of it as the largest, most Horsepower hatch back (ie honda jazz, etc) in the market at that price range and you will find it great. Compare it to more expensive SUV or CSUV and you will be disappointed.  

Nice. Any concerns with at that DCT? Previous pages there were post about it heating up and almost overheating. Or is it simply a user problem? 

[RevStarZen]

3 hours ago, danielphua82 said:

Nice. Any concerns with at that DCT? Previous pages there were post about it heating up and almost overheating. Or is it simply a user problem? 

User problem.

[jam1888]

On 1/30/2020 at 10:17 AM, 13177 said:

What lexus model you were driving previously? 

Gs300

15 hours ago, danielphua82 said:

Nice. Any concerns with at that DCT? Previous pages there were post about it heating up and almost overheating. Or is it simply a user problem? 

Never had an issue with overheating or clutch even when i drove all the way to Genting. There is this slightly annoying sound (injector?) when you accelerate hard though. Not sure if it is characteristic of a turbo charged vehicle or what. Otherwise i am happy with the performance of the car.

[Blackknight88]

49 minutes ago, jam1888 said:

Gs300

Never had an issue with overheating or clutch even when i drove all the way to Genting. There is this slightly annoying sound (injector?) when you accelerate hard though. Not sure if it is characteristic of a turbo charged vehicle or what. Otherwise i am happy with the performance of the car.

what was the max speed you tried while to Genting? was the car stable? thks

[savagedp82]

Hey all, I only just noticed that all the nice safety features (Blind Spot Warning, Lane Keep asisst, emergency stop etc) that come with the Stonic are all not on the version that were brought in my C&C. 

 

Any reasons why? other than the fact that its one of the lower specs of the car. 

One of the reason I was interested in the Stonic was also because of all those safety features. 

[ferrytales]

2 hours ago, jam1888 said:

Gs300

Never had an issue with overheating or clutch even when i drove all the way to Genting. There is this slightly annoying sound (injector?) when you accelerate hard though. Not sure if it is characteristic of a turbo charged vehicle or what. Otherwise i am happy with the performance of the car.

Why would the clutch overheat when you are constantly on the move cruising? 

[jam1888]

10 minutes ago, ferrytales said:

Why would the clutch overheat when you are constantly on the move cruising? 

Well have you been to KL city? 🙂

1 hour ago, Blackknight88 said:

what was the max speed you tried while to Genting? was the car stable? thks

Travel alone. So car not heavy. I didnt really floor the accelerator but I did hit 170km/h. Yes it was stable 

[jam1888]

24 minutes ago, danielphua82 said:

Hey all, I only just noticed that all the nice safety features (Blind Spot Warning, Lane Keep asisst, emergency stop etc) that come with the Stonic are all not on the version that were brought in my C&C. 

 

Any reasons why? other than the fact that its one of the lower specs of the car. 

One of the reason I was interested in the Stonic was also because of all those safety features. 

My stonic dont have all the nice safety version features you mentioned as well. It wasnt on the brochure as well for both SX and EX models.

[Blackknight88]

1 hour ago, danielphua82 said:

Hey all, I only just noticed that all the nice safety features (Blind Spot Warning, Lane Keep asisst, emergency stop etc) that come with the Stonic are all not on the version that were brought in my C&C. 

 

Any reasons why? other than the fact that its one of the lower specs of the car. 

One of the reason I was interested in the Stonic was also because of all those safety features. 

One of the main reason has to be cost . with all these features , the price of the stonic will be out of reach in this category.  But of course without these features, the safety rating for stonic has actually drop 

 

I understand there is an aftermarket BLIND SPOT MONITORING system selling at 5XX.

Maybe we can contact seller for a group buy price? Any members here have done this already?

[RevStarZen]

5 hours ago, jam1888 said:

Gs300

Never had an issue with overheating or clutch even when i drove all the way to Genting. There is this slightly annoying sound (injector?) when you accelerate hard though. Not sure if it is characteristic of a turbo charged vehicle or what. Otherwise i am happy with the performance of the car.

Characteristics of the 3 cylinder engine note...

[savagedp82]

2 hours ago, Blackknight88 said:

One of the main reason has to be cost . with all these features , the price of the stonic will be out of reach in this category.  But of course without these features, the safety rating for stonic has actually drop 

 

I understand there is an aftermarket BLIND SPOT MONITORING system selling at 5XX.

Maybe we can contact seller for a group buy price? Any members here have done this already?

Actually I'm more interested in Lane keep assist. I have a bad habit of leaning towards one side of the lane. So the assist would help me realise it and nudge me back. 

And that emergency braking feature is nice. Especially when the human reaction time isn't good enough. 

 

[Blanket]

2 hours ago, Blackknight88 said:

One of the main reason has to be cost . with all these features , the price of the stonic will be out of reach in this category.  But of course without these features, the safety rating for stonic has actually drop 

 

I understand there is an aftermarket BLIND SPOT MONITORING system selling at 5XX.

Maybe we can contact seller for a group buy price? Any members here have done this already?

There was a group buy one fb. Already concluded. 
 

I was one of them. Works well. Too well in fact but it’s a feature I appreciate in really heavy rain

[BenTong]

4 hours ago, danielphua82 said:

Actually I'm more interested in Lane keep assist. I have a bad habit of leaning towards one side of the lane. So the assist would help me realise it and nudge me back. 

And that emergency braking feature is nice. Especially when the human reaction time isn't good enough. 

 

Get a Subaru. They have the features u want. Then change the logo and badge to Kia.😬🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️

Edited January 31, 2020 by BenTong
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[Blackknight88]

19 hours ago, Blanket said:

There was a group buy one fb. Already concluded. 
 

I was one of them. Works well. Too well in fact but it’s a feature I appreciate in really heavy rain

there is a Singapore stonic club on FB? Can share the link? thks

[RevStarZen]

3 hours ago, Blackknight88 said:

there is a Singapore stonic club on FB? Can share the link? thks

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2210297809223102/?ref=share

[Blackknight88]

[teomingern]

On 3/1/2020 at 1:54 PM, Blackknight88 said:

So beng... garish... what a horror...