Friend looking down on Forte

yah, i got sarcastic remarks also. just heck care lah, hehe, recently my EX won Mit EX in pickup at the traffic light, feel so shiok ah....

List of cars who's owners have praised the Forte :

1) Mit Lancer 2.0 (the new one not sure which model exactly)
2) Fiat Punto
3) Vios
4) Honda Stream
5) Camry
6) Audi
7) Benz
8) City
9) BMW

As long as one likes the car, nothing beats that....

Well, i do and will not care about what others says..... Cheers....

Chilex wrote:When I first booked my car, my friend who's driving Mits GLX told me that ''Hey why go Korean"? I told him him bout the features and designs. He still says that Jap models are still the best. Went to Melaka, KL. Told him that engine was smooth and hit 170km/h and vehicle still felt like going even more..... (a liitle noisy though but still considered smooth and stable) friend asked me are u sure? I told him that this car is a real value for money. He told me that I'm just trying to be defensive. Well what matters is, I love my car. My family loves the ride. I will not care whatever things being said to the fortes on the road. I'm driving one, I know how it feels. I believe all the bros and sis who are driving the Forte know its worth. Just felt like taking my thoughts out of my mind.

after all has been said and done, i think we live for ourselves. people have 1001 opinions, but the life is ours to live.

Daniel^Bigcow wrote:List of cars who's owners have praised the Forte :

1) Mit Lancer 2.0 (the new one not sure which model exactly)
2) Fiat Punto
3) Vios
4) Honda Stream
5) Camry
6) Audi
7) Benz
City
9) BMW

what?? don't need la..

lol.. same experience i got.. When i was deciding which car to buy.. A lot of ppl including my boss come and tell me, JAP cars are good. If wan buy korean car, at least advante can make it (that time they nv even hear of FORTE).. When I told them I am going for FORTE, they all give me blur look.. ask me where is it from. I say KIA, all immediately say KIA CARs CMI.. But I tell them, go take a serious look at FORTE.. All still don't believe it. Then I happen to make a trip down to taka roadshow, bring back the booklet where KIa make comparisions with various models.. All look liao and say **** la..

Nvm.. I still go with my idea of booking FORTE. Then when eventually FORTE is launched especially the advertisment come out on TV, all was so impressed with the design and look, but sad to say the advertisment abit bluff also.. That time got show with push start button.. All thought this car which I bought at that time really come with almost technologies u can find it and not in others jap cars...

If i nv bought FORTE, I guess i will forking out more money to pay my monthly installment for MIT LANCER GT. haha.. It was FORTE that give me a room to breath!!!

aural wrote:Lol, ayah bro. People say that to me, i just tell them. "i no money" story ends there.

power this answer is the most universal liao.

ozzie75 wrote:The bottomline: You must be convinced and like the car. Enjoy our rides. Cheers.

yeap. u like can liao lor. I agree on tht point.

impact2001 wrote:
If i nv bought FORTE, I guess i will forking out more money to pay my monthly installment for MIT LANCER GT. haha.. It was FORTE that give me a room to breath!!!

Told my friend.

Forte installments + my season parking + road tax (change to monthly) = MIT EX Installments.

I have friends who drive civic and mazda 3, when I bought my forte they said it was the best choice. And these guys know what they are talking about, one's ride is super charged and the other's father owns a garage.

longbow wrote:I have friends who drive civic and mazda 3, when I bought my forte they said it was the best choice. And these guys know what they are talking about, one's ride is super charged and the other's father owns a garage.

Simple math. Unless you have alot of money. The best car is one which you can use comfortably without complaining about the cost. If you buy the best car in the world but becos of the cost and dun drive it, it will be the worst buy of your life.

what matters most is what you think of your own ride. we humans are pretty uptight about comments but remember, a ride is still a ride, it wont ride on your ego for that long.

omg2doors wrote:

Daniel^Bigcow wrote:List of cars who's owners have praised the Forte :

1) Mit Lancer 2.0 (the new one not sure which model exactly)
2) Fiat Punto
3) Vios
4) Honda Stream
5) Camry
6) Audi
7) Benz
City
9) BMW

what?? don't need la..

Hahaha!! I not starting a list. The list is a list of ppl I know driving those cars who have praised the Forte. :-)

my fren EX TP (guess he has seen alot of cars on the road) also notice that forte is good.

1) Mit Lancer 2.0 (the new one not sure which model exactly)
2) Fiat Punto
3) Vios
4) Honda Stream
5) Camry
6) Audi
7) Benz
City
9) BMW
10) Honda Fit
11) VW Beetle 2.0
12) Hyundai Sonata (Taxi driver)

Owner of this car praise my ride..

Dream car!!!

No matter how we do it, Audi daylight LED still damn chio. From far far can see and you know its audi.

yea.. haiz.. somemore is my customer car eh..

he said for a korea car, i can make it looks better than jap and now even looks like continental car..

how i wish I can borrow his car for a ride! lolz

Question about the audi daylight LED......the highlights are left on auto all the time?? Means no need switch off at all?? :-) Wont it be very stressful for the light and thus shortening the lifespan?? Just asking. :-) Cos even for Forte, I dun use the auto headlights function. :-)

At the beginning of the year, when the economy first fell, I heard like there were 2nd hand R8s going for only like 300k, and that time, less than a yr old. Dunno got 6 months or not. :-) Usual price about half a million rite?? :-)

i guess they have switches for it.. but u know.. when u drive audi.. of coz must show off that LED.. since they can already purchase audi R8... what's the big deal for them to replace a new headlamp since its a small amount to them..

unlike us.. a head lamp blow only.. we start curse and swear! lolz

Try looking into these names and see if you can tell:-
LG
Panasonic
Samsung
Sony
Toshiba

Got it?

please reveal the answer..

NiVleK wrote:by the way. whats the electro chromic rear view mirror??

That's the question asked by my friend who drove the Lexus. In our SX version, our rear view mirror will dim if it sense the car behind is too glaring.

ermm anyway LED doesnt consume much power, can last longer also.

bed.. u cant get over with your vios?? how come avatar still on vios?

Terrier wrote:bed.. u cant get over with your vios?? how come avatar still on vios?

I realise I never took picture of my ride until on collection day of My Forte. Then I quickly took a few picture before it was drove off. For remembrance. Then when I am choosing picture for avatar, realise I never took picture of My Forte except when it's damaged in an accident.

Lolz... damn sad.. the first pic of your forte is accident

Terrier wrote:Lolz... damn sad.. the first pic of your forte is accident

Haiz......

Hey! I just realise I got promoted to Junior member liao......

898 to go.... congrtas....

First day collected ride.. parked downstairs at HDB.. this dude in his late 30s comes..

dude:WA wad car is this!!!
Reply: Kia Forte
dude: WA Chio!! damn big ah... the colour damn swee...(Ti-Ag)
(wa listen already my father and I Steam)
Reply: thx thx
Dude: Can I take a look inside??

and the praise continues.. first day only.. song man..

den got one time drop my mom off at a coffeeshop.. so stop at this double yellow there.. den gt this couple jay walking.. den they stop at kerb.. opened the door and heard them say...

Oh its called Forte...

they stopped to admire the car.. songggg!!

JuanST wrote:898 to go.... congrtas....

You mean to Senior? Wow! That's a lot of writing! Must write more......

Oh yeah, BTW today just refuel the Mit Lancer EX. When I press on the ODO, I am surprise! The meter read 11.9km/l. WTF! It's a 1.5l Jap car with 16" rims and the reading lose to My Forte? So the myth of Korean car more fuel hungry is busted. When I pump the tyre, then I realise the rear break drum. Where did the cost of the car go to?

I always thought Jap car consume more fuel

BlackHorse wrote:I always thought Jap car consume more fuel

Is it? I don't know, but 1 of the bad remarks about Korean car is drink fuel like drink water. I drove my manager's Daewoo many years back. Just to and fro already drop by 2 bars. My Vios fuel consumption is 14 km/l but My Forte is 12km/l. So I thought this bad remark is true.....

toyota is well known on fuel saver.. honda is in the average range.. while mit is the consume the most fuel among the jap..

not forgetting mazda and subaru..think those are guzzlers too.

Terrier wrote:please reveal the answer..

Since consumers already accepted the fact that for Korean made electronic products are comparable if not better than the MIJ, its just a matter of time people will be indifferent to the make in where (Japan/Korea).

The comparison will boils down to features, quality and price...

Just my 2 cents. 8)

Kia is getting better and better..at least they are genuinely made in Korea loh!

When i told my friend my average FC is ard 7.5L/100km during this run in on mineral stage most say not too bad. But of course mine is Manual and 15inch rims. Now backside itchy thinking of increasing my rim size to 16 or 17....

I still have stares at my workplace. Even my regular customers keeps tab on my mods....like going "Wah change body kit" "Wah nice grills"..... He too wants to get the Forte but due to the financial strain, he's stuck with the Cerato (Old Model). Many people driving the oid cerato seem to be wanting to get the Forte but they are stuck with the loan. A quick check done on sgcarmart yields 59 records for the old model. And I don't know why, there were 4 records found for Forte. Wonder what's the reason for them to sell.

http://www.sgcarmart.com/new_cars/newcars_reviews.php?BRSR=20&CarCode=10685

Check the link for rviews on Forte. I made my review while car shopping. Quite a memorable experience.......

Chilex wrote:I still have stares at my workplace. Even my regular customers keeps tab on my mods....like going "Wah change body kit" "Wah nice grills"..... He too wants to get the Forte but due to the financial strain, he's stuck with the Cerato (Old Model). Many people driving the oid cerato seem to be wanting to get the Forte but they are stuck with the loan. A quick check done on sgcarmart yields 59 records for the old model. And I don't know why, there were 4 records found for Forte. Wonder what's the reason for them to sell.

I am one of the former owner of the old cerato but am a proud owner of the Forte now .

welcome to the club Zul, glad u made the switch.

bro ask him go 40 tiang when we see whose car better loh lolx...

2 of my frds driving huyndai matrix & chevy aveo changing to forte after let em test drive my ride

aural wrote:When i told my friend my average FC is ard 7.5L/100km during this run in on mineral stage most say not too bad. But of course mine is Manual and 15inch rims. Now backside itchy thinking of increasing my rim size to 16 or 17....

I am quite a heavy footer. So far pump 3 tanks with My Forte. Best is 7.8l/100km and worst is 8.3l/100km. I think FC won't be very much affected with upsizing your rims. BTW, mine is AT on 17".

Bed, thats quite good.. NO matter how light or heavy i step.. Still around 11-12l/100km..

SAD! Hopefully after 1k servicing it will be better..

actually i think the best speed for forte is 90-100.... and then coast.... i got 7.3l/100km...

I mostly city driving.. 95%.. that probably explain why the FC is so poor...

btw, bed ur is 2.0 r 1.6SX?

i drive 70% of time on city, i am getting 8.5l/100k these days

last time i can reach 7.4, now no more.

[img]http://www.ceratoforte.forumotion.com/general-discussion-for-cars-only-f30/[/img]

but i did get away with this for 2km with no aircon and city driving after i pump full tank recently

wow that's veri good. Just before my 1K servicing, I manage to get 10l/100km. After servicing, i'm getting 11 - 11.5l/100km.

Signing....dunno what I did ??? I tot after 1K servicing, FC suppose to improve slightly......(although I did rev up to 3000rpm nowaday).......