LONGTERMER 2: 125th month report: Honda Civic FD2 2.0iS

LONGTERMER 2: 10th year and 5 months report: Honda Civic FD2 (Season 2, vol 4)

In this blog entry, I'm posting my Family's ride.  The Honda Civic FD
2 2.0 IVTEC.  I called it Season 2 volume 4 because I haven't been updating it for
 1 year and 5 months.  This is the 125th month we owned the Honda Civic FD2 2.0I-S.  

Update: 29 December 2018.  The Engine mounting, Compressor and Rear Double wishbones still factory fitted.  Though the Compressor showing signs of failure, intermittently blowing hot air.  How to take care of compressor (dad's tips):

1) Change your cabin filter every 20,000km
2) don't full blast the air cond, don't use Auto air-cond.  Dad's fave temperature 25 deg. Celsius at 1/3 fan speed.
3) Don't on the aircond for 1st 2km (Also off air-cond before ignition off)
4) When driving to Genting (uphill) off the air cond.  Blower only.

The reason why it hasn't been updated for 17 months is because there's very little things to write about.  Apparently, this is a Very Reliable car.  

My Colleague was surprised to learned that the Engine mountings and Rear Double Wishbones Suspensions are still Factory Fitted.  

His 5 years Old Elantra 1.6 already changed 1 set Engine Mountings and 1 set absorbers.  We stopped servicing with Honda on the 6th year owning the Civic.  Anyway for your reference, maintenance cost of the Civic FD2 without Hidden wear and tear stuff like Rear Wheel bearing, Absorbers, Brake pads.

Nothing much to update.  Firstly, The Good news.   Last year, I walked to Kah Motor CSL's just across the road to submit quotation.  Lo and behold, No LOADING.  Also, NO Betterment, use ORIGINAL parts, No Excess, 200km radius towing.  Agreed Value clause...  This package by MSIG is called HONDA INSURANCE PACKAGE.  

Click the link below for more information:

honda_insurance_package

Basically last year was the FINAL YEAR I get to enjoy HIP (Honda Insurance Package).  Thank God!  This year,  I decided to go 1 Up.  Bypass Kah Motor and renew Direct from MSIG Insurance.  I still don't get loading.  And I got 10% Discount!  

 The Civic FD have 1 oil change using Castrol magnatec and Original Honda Oil filter, 1 Brake fluid Change apart from Annual Road tax and Insurance renewal.  Very reliable and low maintenance car.   

Above: 450 litres boot space with 60:40 split folding rear seats (Below).

 

 This is the Only Generation Civic in Malaysia with 60:40 split fold rear seats.  The latest Civic FC have 60:40 split rear seats BUT in USA, Indonesia and Australia only.

Over the past 17 months, the Civic Clocked 9,858 only or 580km per month only.  It's rarely used as My dad, was working Oversea 1/2 of the year.  And I've been driving my Hyundai i10 daily.  RECENTLY, past 6 months, dad came back more often, hence using the Civic More frequent. 1 Penang drive, 2-3 outstation drive and Occasional Genting run.  

Minor trim wear and tear as below:

My opinion on this Honda Civic FD2 2.0S IVTEC:

The 8th generation Civic FD's the last Civic With Double wishbones suspension, only Civic with 60:40 split fold rear seat back and the Most stylish Civic inside out. This is the Best Civic.  Apparently, Malaysians agree with me as reflected by it's Strong Resale Value. First batch 2006 Civic FD are still selling at RM36,000 to RM42,000 depending on conditions. That's Mind boggling for a 12 years old Car.  An astounding 52% retained value in 8 years and 40% retained value in 10 years.   This is the reason why my dad's Keeping the Civic for another few years.

SHOULD YOU BUY A USED CIVIC FD?

Why not?

Honda Civic in General are Extremely tough cars.  The 1st 3-generations are victim to Rust only. Many Civic from the 4th generation EF onwards (1987 to 1991) are still running on Malaysian roads.  The 4th-Generation's where Rust-proofing extensively applied by Kah Motor.  There are Still many 5th and 6th generation on the road which are between 16 to 24 years old yet the EG (Dolphin) and EK (Taai Ngan Chai) still Desired by Ah Bengs.  Average lifespan of a Civic unless Total-loss or stolen are 20 years!!!  So say you bought a used 2008 model, on average the Civic FD can last you another 10-12 years.

Above: Note still Stock Standard 6-disc In-dash CD/MP3/WMA CD-Changer Head unit with Aux and Volume adjust according to Speed or Noise.  Eg. The higher the speed or engine noise, the higher the volume.  Also, Steering wheel Audio control. 

Without further ado, let's proceed to Logbook.

Purchase price: RM126,000 (less NCB)

Current value: RM51,000.

- 10 years depreciation: 40% retained value

Interest rate: PBB 2.35% (back in July 2008) for 6 years loan.

LAST INSTALLMENT: July 2014.  

Mileage last update: 145,300km. July 28 2017.

Mileage Today: 154,858km

Km used last 17 months:9,558km

Mileage per month: 563km  (12 month Average)

Average Mileage per month past 125 months: 1238km only.

FUEL CONSUMPTION (July 29, 2017 to December 29 2018):

Best: 14.7km/L  80% highway/20% city, driven by my dad Petronas RON95. 

WORST: 9km/L (Shell RON95) 80% City/20% Highway driving driven by ME.

Average FC: 11.3km/l

ALL TIME:

Best: 15.35km/l (RM0.12/km) (90% highway driving) (20 August 2010)

Worst: 7.1km/l (80% City driving, 20% HARD DRIVING) (October 27, 2012)

PERFORMANCE:

0-100km/h: 9.2 seconds normal acceleration (8.9 seconds with paddle-shift)

Top speed: Max I driven is 190km/h but I know it can go up to 227km/h. Someone from Youtube tried it.

EXPENSES Last 12 months:

1) Roadtax And Insurance Renewal: RM689.40 + 381.00 = RM1,070.40
2) 1 oil change.  Castrol magnatac (average 150 per oil change incl. Oil filter and Washer drain plug.

4) Petrol and Toll...

5) Other expenses... 

Before I go, here's my parting shot:

That's all folks, thanks for having the time and patience to read this blog entry.  An Original Jefferson Lim's production.  Copy like a man, don't plagiarize.

Blessed Malaysia Day. Presenting Maybank MYStories

SELAMAT Hari Malaysia.  55 years ago on 16 September 1963, Malaysia's born.  Blessed Malaysia Day.  I'd like to dedicate these 14 part Maybank MYStories 2018 videos to all of you...  Enjoy...

DISCLAIMER: This is not my work, Credits goes to Maybank and their respective advertising agencies...

Blessed 61st Merdeka Malaya!

Latest update from me: I'm still selling Hyundai Cars.  Been doing this since November 2012. My contact: http://jeffersonlim.wasap.my OR 012-6852718 OR otoreview@gmail.com.  I also sell ALL NEW cars.

 I have lots of Archives of Old car Magazine articles.  Planned to scan+type but need the publishers permission.  Especially Cars.my 2007-2008 issue and Autocar ASEAN. 2002-2012 issues.  Stay tuned... Meanwhile, I shall keep this blog semi-active.  

Blessed 61st anniversary MERDEKA to Malaya.  Today's also the 21st Death Anniversary of Lady Diana Spencer.  

Enjoy the Merdeka videos:

Longtermer 5: Hyundai i10 1.25 CVVT 5th year report

Longtermer 5: Hyundai i10 1.25 CVVT 5th year ownership report

In this blog entry, I'm updating my Ownership experience of my 2012 Registered March 2013 Hyundai i10 1.25 CVVT.  This is the 60th month or 5th year I owned the car.  I took delivery of this car on 14 March 2013.  Sorry for 2 weeks late update, I've Upgraded the ECU (5th anniversary present), monitoring the FC and performance.

I sent the I10 for "75,000km service" back in January 8, 2018.   In reality, it's 63,000km only as it's calculated by months.  Like my previous 2 service, I used Fully Synthetic Shell Helix Ultra, thus stretching service intervals to 6 months OR 10,000km.  Note to ALL Hyundai Owners, Hyundai Sime Darby is not as strict as Peugeot, VW OR Kia.  They allow 15 days OR 1,000km +/- tolerance level.  

Back in June 2017, I upgraded my Car DVR and Custom made Coil mats.

Above and below: Damage RM280+Labour.

Above photo taken July 2017

During my last service on 8 January 2018, I changed the ATF, Fully synthetic Oil, spark plugs, Brake fluid, Alignment and balancing.  I was told the front brake pads (296), Cabin filter (72) and rear absorbers (RM734) needs changing.  I bought these parts outside at PH Auto Sea Park for RM68.90, RM37.10 and RM328.60 respectively.  

I decided to Change my Brake pads, cabin filter and Rear absorbers outside.

  Guess what, I bought the Brake pads to my Friend shop San Xing Auto, Puchong.  The mechanic said Old brake pads still have 50% left.  I was advised not to change, keep it.  As for the Absorbers, I bought for RM328.60 + RM25 labor) (Service center quoted me RM736.00 including labor).

2 weeks ago, I renewed the Road tax (RM72.10 - post office price) and Insurance (RM445.35) Tokio Marine comprehensive for RM21,000.

Above: The advantage of Hyundai's Tokio Marine Insurance over Others.  No loading up to 15 years old.  10 years Betterment Waiver among others.

On 14 March 2018, I gave the i10 his 5th Birthday Present.  Piggyback ECU Upgrade by RS Dynotune, Puchong worth RM650.

Shall Upload the figures.  Uploaded see bottom page OR PDF file below:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N8O8Sk6yFrrvK6G0cBZWMLvayP8gqVX2/view?usp=sharing

Basically my Horsepower down by 4.8ps while my torque increased 25%.  70% of torque came in as low as 3000rpm.  Car's more nippy.  FC improved slightly by 10% after finished 2 Full tank.

Well, There's a saying a picture's worth 1000 words.  Here are some photos:

 Above photo taken July 2017.

Without further ado, let's proceed to Logbook:

Mileage upon delivery: 0057km

Mileage last update: 48,916km (22 March 2017)

 Mileage today: 62,736km (22 March 2018)

Mileage done past 12 months: 13,820km

Average mileage per month: 1152km (past 12 months)

Average mileage per day: 38.4km

OVERALL Average mileage per month: 1045.6km

OVERALL Mileage per day: 34.8km.

Purchase price: RM45,500 (cause Year Make 2012 registered 2013 March)

Current value: RM21,000.

Interest rate: 2.96% (PBB) for 48 months loan @ 25,000.

 Monthly RM582.

 FUEL CONSUMPTION SO FAR:

 BEST: 14.7km/l . RM70 =  457km.

 WORST: 9km/l.  RM70 = 270km. 100% CITY.

COMBINED AVERAGE: 11.5km/l.

Expenses:

1) 2 service. Previous service RM220.00 Last service: RM650.00

2) Annual Roadtax (70) and insurance renewal (RM445 for RM21,000 insured)

3) Piggyback ECU upgrade (RM650)

4) Petrol (average RM200 per month) and toll (once a month top up RM30)

5) Car DVR - RM280

6) New Coil mats Custom made RM180 

7) Rear absorbers - RM328.60 (+25 labor)

8) Front brake pads RM68.90

9) Cabin Filter - RM37.10

SHOULD YOU BUY THIS CAR?

This is a Very Solid car with decent soundproofing, Great Ride and handling and high speed stability.  Check out the Top speed: 175km/h.  And 0-100km/h in 12.2 seconds.

 Test drive to agree with me.  There's a reason behind...

Apparently the i10's Engineered, designed and tuned in India.  This is to meet Indians requirements.  This explained the Robustness of the chassis and suspension.  Built to take on Indian Roads...  If the i10 can survive Indian Roads, then Malaysian road conditions are piece of cake.  

Note that our i10s are CKD, but the CKD pack Came from INDIA.  The i10's only produced in 3 countries and NONE are Korea.  It's Kulim, Malaysia, Chennai India and Mexico.  

OVERALL I have NO REGRET Buying this Hyundai i10.  Rating 9/10.  Can't wait to service outside once 5 years warranty over.  As some of its spare parts price were heavily marked up.  Eg. Brake pads, plugs, absorbers and Engine mountings.   

If you want to test drive or buy the i10, please call me Jefferson Lim at 012-6852-718.

Before I go, here's a parting shot:

Seeing double.

That's all folks, thanks for having the time and patience to read this blog entry.  An original Jefferson Lim's production.  Copy like a man, don't plagiarize.

Dyno results.