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How's the Swift so far?


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#1
irony

Posted 21 November 2007 - 11:22 AM

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Hi all,

I'm still planning on whether to get one to replace my aging 'shagtria'. I
want to gather info as much as possible. My concerns are the maintenance &
resale value. so to the current and ex-owners:

1) How's the maintenance (after free service)? cheap or expensive? which
oil grade do you use? FullSyn 0W-30/ 10W-40?? how about the parts? price
for original or oem (if any).

2) Any problems with the car that are difficult to solve? eg. rattling,
noise here and there?

3) How's the resale value? I know the CBU units are slightly affected when
the CKD arrived. I can hardly see second hand swifts being sold. or
probably the car is too good to let go? hehehe

4) Security. is the stock alarm good enough? is the swift in the thief's
hotlist?

anymore feedbacks are welcomed. i have test driven the car. i like it. i
don't mind the space for rear passenger. it will be mainly for town
driving. planning to get in 2008 but afraid the facelift will come sooner
(which I hope not).

#2
RM1ONE

Posted 23 November 2007 - 12:46 AM

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When u do tinting, let the tinter know that no water to flow down the
windshield, as it may short out the ECU. Place some cloth over the ECU to
prevent it from getting wet.

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irony

Posted 27 November 2007 - 09:41 AM

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thx RMseringgit.

hmm... seems like not many swift owners here..

#4
ibnusina

Posted 26 December 2007 - 05:40 PM

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Irony,

I've been driving Swift for almost a month now and I can say it is very
practical car with very decent fuel consumptions. on the maintenance it's
free for the first 50K service with 10K interval service.

So far Alhamdulillah, I've no complaint. Very pleased with the car. Just
going to do the tinting job, hopefully this weekend.

As for the rest of swiftian, maybe they are still 'on leave'...

rgds

#5
blue

Posted 28 December 2007 - 02:40 PM

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Another Swift driver here.....the car is awesome, love it from day 1 owning
it. Just the FC is a little high, may b i used to driving my kenari haha

#6
awgzal

Posted 07 January 2008 - 11:21 PM

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my swift so far very good. dunno to complain what. perhaps, nothing wrong happened..avg fc
14.9km/l s quite good..just have some fun to put swift sport scale model in my car..i saw many
swift in kL hv been converted to sport model..which is make me jealous and counting my budget to
do some make up too..demand for swift in alor star also quite impressive..but then, i didnt see
many swift on plus hiway..just 1 or 2 along my way to kL within 100km/h maximum i drove..
after all, swift is good when u keep it very well..unfortunately, our road lubang sna-sni..make me
more headache and sakit hati..dunno wat to say la..

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nikrizal

Posted 12 January 2008 - 11:52 PM

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The car is so good that I have nothing to complainBig Smile

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MASsenger

Posted 14 January 2008 - 12:49 PM

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Plan to get one this year. Will wait for Merdeka promotion. Do you think
it`s good to wait or book now. Any offers now.I have got my old Ford for
the moment so can wait, if there will be some offer or promotion.

#9
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Posted 15 January 2008 - 05:09 PM

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guyz, does the car giv rattling sound from the passenger side air con vent?
Mine has this irritating sound sigh*

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jag70

Posted 17 January 2008 - 09:12 PM

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standard problem for swift bcoz mine worst all a/c vents got rattling
sound.