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hi , can we have a show of VW happy owners here share your ride, years own etc...cheers

Hi all, my friend just committed to a 2nd hand Opel Meriva, said that he liked the MTA transmission. However read quite a few reviews on the down side of such transmission. Maybe for slow city driving ok, but what abt gg up to KL on NSHW? Articles complaints were usually on the computer not being able to gauge which gear to go to on Auto mode, where you have to release accelerator pedal momentarily and step again. havent tried such a car before but looking forward to try his car when delivered. Any owners or previous owners on the meriva or any opel models can share on fuel consumptions, service costs, repair costs, usual problems etc? Cheers!!

I wan more info of the A4 can let mi know is it exp for servicing and the parts and fuel thanks

Hi all, I am contemplating to change to a 2005 cefiro 2.3l. I used to drive my dad's cefiro 99 model. Tiink A32 model. Really miss the creamy smooth v6 engine. Remember the FC was 7-8km/l range. Tried to google ard for more fc info and got different feedbacks. Some got 6-7km/l, others got 9-11km/l. I am ok if it can average ard 8-9km/l. Anything more is bonus. Another concern is the maintenace. With the car ar its 6th yr, are there anything to look out for? The previous A32 was easy to maintain cos its very mechanical still but i dunno abt the 230jm. All inputs welcome..

Hi: any idea where to get rear spoiler / accessory for 2nd hand Toyota axio? (2007)

Started this thread to see how many Geely Car owners here in Sg or rather how many bros or sis owning geely visit MCF. Lets get the ball start rolling. Pls do not spam this thread if you are not a geely car owner. 1) MKman - Geely Mk 1.5M 2008 2) 3)

Just like the thread on a Alfa with many owners the other day. I thought this was interesting as well for a rather new X3 which is a highly sought after model to have 3 owners in less than 2 yrs. Possibly a lemon ride with plenty of problems? http://www.sgcarmart.com/used_cars/info.php?ID=409965&DL=1000

OK I have been receiving so many PM regarding what is said in the title, I will explain and make this sticky. Upon receiving your new Aveo, you will be entitled 3 free servicing. Please note that the servicing labor is free but the engine oil is not. SA will supply the oil and you have to pay for it. The 3 free servicing mileage are 1k km, 5k km, 10k km. You will forfeit the free servicing if you don't return at the specified intervals. SA will use Mobil Super S 15W50 for all the servicing. It costs $51.50/4L. I do not know what the factory fill is but it does not matter. Some have asked if they can use synthetic oil for all the servicing. You can actually but because synthetic oil is usually very expensive and draining it too early is terrible waste of money and oil. That being said, I don't think Mobil Super S is that great either. At that price for 4L and it is a blended oil! Blended meaning it is semi-synthetic, a mixture of mineral oil and synthetic oil. So what oil should you use? I would recommend any oil that is cheap at up to the 40wt grade. When I say 40wt, I mean any oil that is 0W40, 5W40, 10W40 or 15W40. As long as it is cheap because of the short change intervals encountered. For those who missed the boat, cxxxxxe Triple R Fully Synthetic 5W40 at the offer price of $29.90 is unbeatable. That is why I keep encouraging you all to get it when Carrefour puts it on the discount shelf. It is 5L per bottle and if you do your math right, you can buy enough for oil changes until 20k km. Aveo uses 4qt of oil not 4L. That is around 3.75L per change. Another good candidate is Castrol GTX 15W40. At $32/4L bottle, better than Super S and reputedly have more detergents. Another 15W40 that should not be overlooked if you frequently go to JB to get petrol is Caltex Delo 400 15W40. I know it is used for diesel engines but it also can be used for petrol engines. At MYR60/5L bottle, it is the cheapest you can get but it is the thickest of all the candidates here. The losses in the fuel economy department is very high but it will keep your engine very clean and have loads of antiwear additives. Next is Conoco Hydroclear Super All-Season Gold 10W40 at $30/4L bottle. You can get this from Yung Soon Auto Supply at Upper Weld Road near to where Song Yi is (Song Yi is very important when you drive a Chevy). This oil is uses a hydrocracked base. Very highly refined stuff instead of the neither here nor there sh1t called Super S. Royal Purple is another candidate. At $38 for 4qt, it is cheap and it is synthetic though I would say a bit wasteful to use it. Makes sure it is either the 10W40 or 15W40. Both are available. 0W40 oil is 100% fully synthetic and the only famous one is Mobil 1 Gold with Supersyn. If you are that rich to drain out this oil with less than 15k km intervals, you shouldn't be driving an Aveo. BP Visco 7000 is the other one and it costs about the same as the Mobil 1 Gold. You can't get it cheaper than $51.50. Finally how long for the break-in process. Don't mean to scare you but it takes as long as 25k km. You cannot rush it and neither will it be prolonged. Just drive normally as you normally do. No need to drive like a slow turtle and driving fast like a race driver will not speed it up. Finally, after the break-in with all these cheap oil what oil should I use at the 30k km servicing? Any 30wt oil will do. Just look for 0W30, 5W30 or 10W30. You will then start to enjoy the fruits of a more rev happy engine and in many cases with speed discipline, better fuel economy. Now if you cannot take all these losses in the fuel economy department, go get 5W30 or 10W30 and start using immediately and don't bother with changes in oil grade to confuse yourself. Unfortunately, the cheap oil with these grades can only be found across the Causeway. For 5W30, there is Conoco Hydroclear Super All-Season Diamond 5W30. You can find them at Projet stations for MYR79. If you know of friends or workshops in Malaysia that service Peroduas, you will find Castrol M-TEC 10W30 that is specifically formulated for them. They can be found with rock bottom bargain prices. However, Castrol has stopped producing M-TEC and instead. Perodua Genuine Oils (PGO) has taken over. http://www.autotrade.com.my/emzine/review/...d=RT.ATC.CAR.PV See if you can buy PGO oils from our local Perodua stealership. These are not synthetic oil but the Conoco one is very highly refined. After the break-period, you can get more expensive synthetic 30wt oil like Royal Purple (actually still cheap) or Castrol SLX-A3 0W30. All this advice does not just apply to Aveos. Optras and Vivants can take this course of action as well.

Okay here goes, I have a honda stream (2007 model). When I'm driving, everything is smooth. Here's the problem, when at idle or stationary, the car's vibration (slight) is still bearable, but when the aircon compressor kicks in, my RPM would drop to about 600-700 and the entire car would rattle. If it's just a once in awhile thing, I wouldn't mind, but the problem with Honda is that the damn compressor kicks in every other minute. Although it has been like that for quite a while, it hasn't caused any problems but as of late, it has become increasingly irritable and uncomfortable to me. Anyone out there has faced the same problem? Any ideas what might go wrong and how do I go about fixing it? Much thanks.

Lets start the ball rolling.... COLT 1) 2) 3) LANCER 1) Itguy28/CS5/PEARL WHITE/2006 2) 3) EVO 1) 2) 3) GALANT 1) 2) 3) AIRTREK 1) 2) 3) OUTLANDER 1) 2) 3) GRANDIS 1) 2) 3) PAJERO 1) 2) 3) DION 1) 2) 3)

Hello to all u guys out there... I am juz starting a thread to check out all the Nissan car owners in this forum. U can be driving any models... sunny, latio, fairlady, presage, march, etc Maybe can share tips and resources on our cars... Then maybe we can have a mini gathering among ourselves... (branch out from MCF Bishan gathering) hee... hee.... List ur model below: 1) B0SS - Nissan Sunny SS 1.6M

A monthly average of 28 vehicle owners have been fined since 2010 for headlamp non-compliance. This number includes the unauthorised installation of High Intensity Discharge (HID) headlamps. Minister for Transport Lui Tuck Yew revealed this in a written reply to Member of Parliament (MP) for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC Zainal Sapari. Citing records from the Traffic Police, Mr Lui added there have been no accidents caused by drivers dazzled by light from other vehicles since 2005. HID headlamps can improve the visibility of drivers compared with standard halogen lamps. Since January 1, 2010, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) made it compulsory for all newly-registered vehicles with HID headlamps to be equipped with an auto-levelling feature. LTA said the feature helps reduce glare to drivers of oncoming vehicles without compromising the improved visibility the headlamps offer to drivers. Mr Lui said LTA enforcement officers look out for vehicles fitted with very bright headlamps that do not comply with its requirements. Owners of non-complying vehicles face a maximum penalty of S$1,000 fine and three months' jail. For subsequent offenders, they face up to S$2,000 fine and six months' jail. Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/28-vehicle-owners-fined/856182.html

Hi Fellow Mcfers, Want to see who are using Alpine Hu now. It will be good if we can share knowledge on how to fully utilise our HU. List 1. Gadgeter - 9833 Question: Have you try the setting on the cross over in your unit?

Love the car but hate the start/stop function. Have to press a button to deactivate it every time I start the car. Is there a permanent solution to off it unless I activate?

1. Developers upping property price? 2. AD / PI profit margin upping? 3. Charity organization soliciting minimum amount of one off / monthly donation? 4. ... 5. ... how long can we sustain before next econ meltdown / stagnation? it's understandable everyone wanna make money from biz / investment, but r we not doing it at expense of future generations? I'm dummy in econ, so can smone enlighten me if i'm incorrect? talkin about environment sustainability, does it not also apply to other stuffs?

Ultimate face palm and speechless! http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singap...cat/743396.html

http://theage.drive.com.au/motor-news/deat...0530-2nexi.html The video news mention "Japan have more issue with DSG due to hot weather and lotsa start stop driving"!! sound like Singapore too as major City driving. Volkswagen executive vice-president Ulrich Hackenberg said this month that the China recall related to a problem with Chinese-built DSGs. He said DSGs in Australia were made in Europe. But the company had not revealed where the faulty Japanese DSGs were made. Japan cant be getting chinese made DSG too yeah?

Was in the news.... Started already? Can make $100 plus a day rather than let ur car sit and depreciate? How? When?

hey guys, dad is seriously contemplating getting the toyota axio. any comments from current users or ppl who have personal experience with the car? like anything that we should look out for? thanks!!!

Planning to get this bugger...any owners here?? checked Mzclub al so wondering if any brudders here

Im helping a fren of mine to find out certain info: 1) Which are the Hot favourites COE Cars (Civic ESI, Colt etc.)? 2) Is Insurance Expensive for 1st time owner w/o NCD 25 to 30 yrs old male? 3) What are the things to look out for when Viewing or Test Driving the Car? 4) Is there any scrap value for COE when the Car is fully utilise until COE Expired on 20th yr? 5) If there isn't any scrap value, must owner fork out $$$ to get it scrap if he decided not to renew the COE after the no. 20th yr?

Hey folks, pls continue discussion here for Lancer CS3/EX Thanks for support CS3 Owners: 1. Xtraun 2. Josephteo 3. Outside83 4. Icekitten 5. Creative_tec 6. Fong 7. jalibhoy 8. Blacklancer224 9. Maroon5 10.Katou 11.Octopus 12.Kanchelsk 13.Cloudywind 14.Deepstink 15.Beyond_26 16.Xiao_Qiang 18. LANCER EX Owners (new model) 1. Jonnie_sedan 2. Axils 3. 4. 5. Ex-Owners (Owned Lancers b4) 1. Hiphiphoray (now driving Sonata ) 2. Mazda323 (now driving Mazda323 and Toyota Hiace ) 3. Gtrend (now driving RX STI JDM MY08 ) 4. Azarael (now driving Lexus IS250) 5. jezter (now driving e9 gt) Our MU pics in Part I http://www.mycarforum.com/forum/Asian_Makes_C3/Cars_C3/Japanese_Talk_F2/Lancer_CS3/EX_Owners...Pls_Check_in_P2235966-32 ://http://www.mycarforum.com/forum/Asi...in_P2235966-32 ://http://www.mycarforum.com/forum/Asi...in_P2235966-32 ://http://www.mycarforum.com/forum/Asi...in_P2235966-32 ://http://www.mycarforum.com/forum/Asi...in_P2235966-32 ://http://www.mycarforum.com/forum/Asi...in_P2235966-32 Our past discussion on our Rides/ICE in Part II http://www.mycarforum.com/forum/Asian_Makes_C3/Cars_C3/Japanese_Talk_F2/Lancer_CS3/EX_Owners...Pls_Check-in_Part_II_P2307165/ ://http://www.mycarforum.com/forum/Asi...t_II_P2307165/ ://http://www.mycarforum.com/forum/Asi...t_II_P2307165/ ://http://www.mycarforum.com/forum/Asi...t_II_P2307165/ ://http://www.mycarforum.com/forum/Asi...t_II_P2307165/ ://http://www.mycarforum.com/forum/Asi...t_II_P2307165/ Our ICE poison in Part III http://www.mycarforum.com/forum/Asian_Makes_C3/Cars_C3/Japanese_Talk_F2/Lancer_CS3/EX_Owners...Pls_Check-in_Part_III_P2346452 ://http://www.mycarforum.com/forum/Asi...t_III_P2346452 ://http://www.mycarforum.com/forum/Asi...t_III_P2346452 ://http://www.mycarforum.com/forum/Asi...t_III_P2346452 ://http://www.mycarforum.com/forum/Asi...t_III_P2346452 ://http://www.mycarforum.com/forum/Asi...t_III_P2346452 Servicing and other discussion in Part IV http://www.mycarforum.com/forum/Asian_Make...art_IV_P2377579

Please continue our discussion for Part XIV! Thanks everyone CS3 Owners: 1. Xtraun 2. Josephteo 3. Outside83 4. Icekitten 5. Creative_tec 6. Fong 7. jalibhoy 8. Blacklancer224 9. Maroon5 10.Katou 11.Octopus 12.Kanchelsk 13.Cloudywind 14.Deepstink 15.Beyond_26 16.Xiao_Qiang 17. Titanium 18. Threeleggedman 19. Patience 20. Sagz 21. JB15 22. Lynni LANCER EX Owners (new model) 1. Jonnie_sedan 2. Axils 3. Xspace 4. Graient (Newbies) 5. Ex-Owners (Owned Lancers b4) 1. Hiphiphoray (now driving Sonata ) 2. Mazda323 (now driving Mazda323 and Toyota Hiace ) 3. Gtrend (now driving RX STI JDM MY08 ) 4. Azarael (now driving Lexus IS250) 5. jezter (now driving e9 gt) 6. upandcoming (now driving opel astra)

I'm on with it,Besides can arrange for teh Tarik sessions and exchange ideas

Please continue our discussion for Part XII! Thanks everyone CS3 Owners: 1. Xtraun 2. Josephteo 3. Outside83 4. Icekitten 5. Creative_tec 6. Fong 7. jalibhoy 8. Blacklancer224 9. Maroon5 10.Katou 11.Octopus 12.Kanchelsk 13.Cloudywind 14.Deepstink 15.Beyond_26 16.Xiao_Qiang 17. Titanium 18. Threeleggedman 19. Patience 20. Sagz 21. JB15 LANCER EX Owners (new model) 1. Jonnie_sedan 2. Axils 3. Xspace 4. 5. Ex-Owners (Owned Lancers b4) 1. Hiphiphoray (now driving Sonata ) 2. Mazda323 (now driving Mazda323 and Toyota Hiace ) 3. Gtrend (now driving RX STI JDM MY08 ) 4. Azarael (now driving Lexus IS250) 5. jezter (now driving e9 gt) 6. upandcoming (now driving opel astra)