New Jazz Pick up and Initial Running.

(Apologies if this is in the wrong forum or anything. Also could not find any recent similar threads)

Hi Guys,

Should be picking up my new Jazz Vti in a few weeks, the dealer gave me a vague 2-10 week time frame. Said something about the Japan tsunamis causing a back up.

Anyways! I've never had a new car before, any advice on what I should expect or do?

I've done some searching online and found some advice on what to look for. Scratches, dents, fabric damage, service and other books, check if all the keys work, etc. However I've not been able to find anything Jazz specific. So I'm turning to you guys for advice.

Any experiences with drama or good things when you got your Jazz?

Should I get anything from the dealer?


Next is should I do and expect with the first few thousands of KMs? Ive heard stuff about breaking in the new car by being easy on the revs but then I've read other stuff about not babying the car. So I'm slightly confused. Any advice would be great!

Thanks! :wave:

ok, i've had both my jazz's from new, and they were both pretty much perfect.

but with everything, you as a customer have the right to say NO, (and so do they, so dont be tooo demanding), give the car a once over, if there's anything that you are not happy with, tell them. If there's a scratch, or some other blemish on the car, then point it out, and ask them what they are going to do about it.

that's about all you need to do there really.

Running in a new engine -
Most current day cars wont REALLY need that much running in. I mean, DONT ring it's kneck, but you dont need to baby it either.
once it's had it's 1000km service, which is free and VERY important, you're free and clear.

they should tell you the engine requiremnts to run it in.
my brother bought a new getz for fun and they said dont take it passed 80km/h which is vague so he didnt rev it past 4.5k (its more relative to the engine not the speed)

so far we dont know of any problems with the new jazz as its "new" so just look out for general stuff.

hi, im pretty sure you don't rev it too hard, so def no hooning. however, the instructions for breaking in a new car should be in the manual.

also one important thing (especially since no one likes waiting for their new toy) did your contract state when the car was to arrive? because if it didn't then, depending on the contract, you may have to wait up to three months to get you the keys - i think that's the standard time frame if not negtoaited with buyer.

i made that mistake of agreeing with a time frame. dealer kept pushing date back. i ended up wishing the car didn't arrive within the three months so i could cancel. but they ain't stupid. anyway, hopefully you've got everything sorted or your salesman is an ok bloke.

No, it did not state when the car would arrive. The dealer said he was not able to give me a confirmed delivery date and that he did not want to promise me something he could not deliver. Also he said he would call me weekly to update me on whats going on. Got it at von bira, seemed like a decent place. I really hope i don't have to wait 3 months. At least i get to keep my old car while i wait.

It seems logical not to over rev a new car but why is it actually harmful?

i think they want you to run it at low revs first to wear it in, if u over rev it and the barrels arent perfect or something, ur gonna bust a piston, or damage somethng at the least.

its just so the engine wears to the required point without too much force.

Have been thinking about giving the car a good polish when i get it, doubt the dealer would do a top notch job. So was thinking about using Deep Crystal Paint Cleaner then using a NXT Generation Tech Wax 2.0 Liquid both my meguiar on the car when i get it back. The car is red so i'm not sure whats the best product to use. Any ideas? Whats the proper process to make the paint shine? First new car so I really want to get it top shelf.

Nevermind. Found daves thread about the detailing.

Just got of the phone with the dealer and apparently there are no red Jazzs in Aus. They said that they would only get them in Nov which is more than the 10 weeks agreeded upon. Since they are breaking their agreement, what can I do? I still want the Jazz but waiting that long?

dang. that is bad news. really sucks. is that 10 weeks more than the stnadard three months? your contract should have all the details, i think it might say the penatlies, etc.
from recollection, if you opt out before the contract ends, you don't get your deposit back. if you want to leave with all monies refunded, you have to wait till the contract end.

if it were me, i'll be cheesed off about waiting, and won't accept the car because of that. you could buy the same car elsewhere, with a timeframe in place, hopefully, earlier than november. however, that means you've got two concurrent contracts. AND maybe the car from the original deals arrives earlier than stated, which i think means, you can't back out without losing your deposit. it's dangerous and I wouldn't do that.

again, it's all in your contract. hope someone gives you better info

Dam news ruined my day! Anyways, spoke to the dealership and told them that delivery in Nov was unacceptable and by verbal contract they promised me 10 weeks as a worst case scenario and I will not accept them delivering my car anytime after 10 weeks. They offered a possible compromise on the colour but if i'm getting anything but red i'm going to kick up a hell of a fuss. What do you reckon i could get or be entitled to? I think honda is quite committed to customer satisfaction and they should make it right.

You could try show em whos boss but then what? you will have no car. Just go with it dont be too fussed or you'll just let yourself down.

The Red Jazz you want might be 11 weeks screaming isnt gonna make it happen faster imo.

if you keep mellow it wont be so frustrating, im sure honda cant help that the car wont be ready for 10 weeks, they want the money ASAP too.

so yeh calm down it comes when it comes.
and then when it does if its a week late your not all angry at them, and u can enjoy the car. as opposed to chucking a spazz attack and then still having to wait the extra week.

let them kno you want it asap so no stuffing around, but dont go burning bridges