Hi guys,
I'm looking to buy a brand new jazz...
all you jazz owners out there, i'm after opinions and experiences on stuff like:
- faults
- strengths
- weaknesses
- maintenance
or any other comments you may have
thanks
Chris
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Hi guys,
I'm looking to buy a brand new jazz...
all you jazz owners out there, i'm after opinions and experiences on stuff like:
- faults
- strengths
- weaknesses
- maintenance
or any other comments you may have
thanks
Chris
OK here are my thoughts on the VTi (1.5 vtec). I have about 6,500kms on it and bought it new in December 2003:
Faults -
None that I have encountered yet. no problems with fit and finish and no other niggling little problems really except for a creak that developed at about 2,000kms when I go over speed humps. Apart from that I still don't have any rattles.
Strengths -
Extremely versatile and roomy. There is no problem with fitting 4 adults in the car. With the rear seats folded you have a massive carrying space! The engine is IMO very under-rated. It offers very adequate performance and I have scared/surprised many other high performance car owners. The manual is light and has a good smooth feel to it. It's p*ss easy to drive. The fuel economy is astounding even when revving in to vtec frequently. I will get an easy 600km from mainly city driving and it costs about $35 to fill it up! The stock stereo is pretty decent for a budget car. The safety features a good with dual airbags, abs with ebd and all that crap. There is a heap of aftermarket support if you can get patrs in from Japan.
Weaknesses -
The electric power steering is a bit too light and vague. It is my one biggest problem with the car, but you do get used to it. It makes for very easy driving/parking. In fact that would be one of the only real weaknesses I have come across. The stock suspension and tyres on the VTi could do with improvement but if you want a stock city cruiser they are satisfactory.
Maintenance -
Costs me a bit to get it serviced at a Honda dealer (but don't most Hondas?) considering what they actually do, but where I go, they know their sh*t so that's the price I pay (plus they are just up the road from me).
Seriously, I know I have said it before around this forum, but it is a top little car and for the money I don't think you can do much better. In this price bracket I would only consider the Mazda2 an option as it is probably on par, but it just doesn't do it for me for some reason.
I truly am impressed with this little car (remember I came from a 4 month old BMW) and love getting in it every time. It is comfortable, practical, discreet, versatile and well put together.
Hope that helps.
J
hey kit,
from my experience maintennance has been easy as!!! all i do is get it serviced whenever honda says so. :wink:
strengths - its very easy to park in very tight spaces and cheap to run.
i dont know about weaknesses or strengths for that matter - what are you comparing it to??
as for faults ive only ever had one problem and that was honda didnt wire up my towbar properly and the light circuit blew a couple of times but they fixed that when i whinged to them!
yeah good little car is all ive got 8)
are you after the manual or 7spd?
Pete :)
ps justin - you get 600km to a tank???? :shock: im lucky to get 500 with the fuel light!
Thanks Jus-10, very informative.
I thought the jazz was a pretty good car, but i just needed to hear it from some owners..
I would much prefer the jazz over the mazda 2.. Ive been in one before, and everything in the interior is a plastic/rubber type material, right down to the gearknob and steering wheel! and once that rubber gets dirty, you cant clean it, as was seen on the one i sat in. it didnt help that it was all beige too, and you could see the markings on the steering wheel and gearknob from wehre the driver put his hands!
petrovski, probably after the VTI-S auto. I drove both the auto and the manual, and i coudlnt believe how good the CVT transmission was. I've always preferred manual cars, but this is one car that should be bought as an auto i reckon. The CVT transmission should also mean that the car is faster off the line and more fuel economical.
my $0.02 after owning the car for a mth :D :
Pro's;
- handy space as mentioned above - i can manipulate the chairs to make sure my wife + my schnauzer sit snugly :D
- mileage - easily 600km on a full tank. i scrutinise my weekly mileage closely. i'm convinced the Jazz fuel gauge is on the conservative side. even when it's in the "red" zone, it can go for at least another 50km! and yes, u get even better mileage on the CVT.
- fully equip - ABS, SRS, EBD, ESP, cd player, a/c - so even though it's more expensive than its competitors, u don't have to pay for any equipment
- CD players pretty reasonable
- very nippy car, good for city driving .. can't wait to see how it runs at OPH
Con's:
- torque profile VERY different to euro cars .. (not that it's a bad thing, u just have to get use to it)
- not too happy with the headlights (strong for 50 metres or so and pretty much nothing beyond that?? or is my car's set-up?)
- spacesaver spare .. sigh ..
we thought about the mazda2. car-for-car, it's up there with the jazz. only thing was the better 2nd hand value with the Honda's. whether the 'H' badge deserves the high resale value or not is another matter, but that's the market perception. and i'm pretty sure there's good basis for that :)
had a look at Fiesta too. nice but nothing made it stand out. and u only get ABS if you get the AUTO. i guess manual drivers' lives are less precious.
was keen on the Polo's shape & form but it has almost identical kerb weight to Jazz (ie on the heavier side of super mini's) but only 55kw . .what's up with that??
206 was expensive and tight inside.
I've only had my jazz for 3 weeks...
it's a manual.. but it's pretty zippy..
i've even tried to fit 4 skinny people in the back seat.. all bums on the seat (but very uncomfortable)
the boot's pretty decent for a car that size.. and it dun take too much fuel either.
the only negative i'd say is the steering which can be a little scary sometimes..
i almost had a bit of a moment in the carpark whilst turning pretty quick...
the funny thing is.. everyone who sits in the front passenger seat will have to touch the plastic in front of them and make a comment about it hehehehe.. (on the VTi-S that is)
anyways.. thats my little bit of input..
its better than any other car in that small car group...
(only cos it has [acronym:f2f8f32736="Valve Timing and lift Electronic Control"]VTEC[/acronym:f2f8f32736]!!)
Jazz doesn't have ESP.Quote:
- fully equip - ABS, SRS, EBD, ESP, cd player, a/c - so even though it's more expensive than its competitors, u don't have to pay for any equipment
Pro: refined, relatively quiet cabin, build quality is excellent, nice interior
Con: rear seat is very uncomfortable as it's too upright. Also the seat base is very short, which means unless you are very short, you'll have very little thigh support.
Fitting drum brake on a top spec VTi-S is a joke too. Also, I find GLi and VTi to be too ugly. VTi-S looks much better thanks to the alloy wheels and bodykit.
My sister chose Citroen C2 over Jazz VTi-S.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sp00n";p="107287
Jazz was number 1 small car for me until I looked at C2.
The only downside I can think of is that it's slightly noisy in the cabin compared to Jazz and not as roomy and practical as Jazz.
Other than that, it's better equipped, better looking and handles better.
I'm a Honda men but I was converted very quickly.
Curious as to what will change when the new updated Jazz arrives later this year though.
oops .. sorry .. meant to type EPS! :oops:Quote:
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Jazz doesn't have ESP.
....
but preference for VTI-S bodykit .. that's a personal matter :lol:
doesn't mean you are right .. doesn't mean you are wrong either, just depends on who you talk to.
have to agree about the rear brake drums tho' ... waiting for rear disks to come out.
Coladuna - what are the specs on the C2?
i saw 1 at neutral bay. it looked really nice.
it's 3-dr isn't it?
Pete man have you ever filled up when the fuel light comes on? I used to do that until I realised I still had over 10 litres of fuel left in it!
Now look at you average fuel consumption...I am usually between 5 and 6 litres/100km, so that means I can get close to another 200km before I'm out....I have driven from Sydney to Richmond and back with the light on the whole time....
Next time you fill up, just make a note of how low your guage is and how much fuel goes in and you will slowly get used to how far you can go. I have had the guage about 3mm BELOW the empty mark and I still had a bout 4 litres left (still another 50-60km).
Does anyone have official fuel consumption specs for the 1.5 CVT and manual? I would have thought the CVT would be slightly higher than the manual as generally, CVTs are almost constantly in the meat of the torque curve thus using a bit more fuel. The pro for this is that you have virtually instantaneous response when you accelerate....
The manual is faster than the CVT as far as I am aware...
yeah i do and i do realise that i have 10 km left
between 5 - 6L/100km
i know that was quoted by honda but whoa!!
i must of got the faulty one off the line or the early edittion or something
i do have a slightly heavy right foot but wow
i get like anywhere between 6-7L/100km and on the occasion 7.2L/100km
i am confused :?
the other day i ran it at the lowest i ever had the fuel guage befor adn i had like 7L left and i had done about 510 km
next time i fill up i will drive conservatively the whole time and see what happens. The scary thing is most of my driving is highway driving :roll:
but at 110 the jazz is revving near 4000 i think (cant remeber exactly)
hmm will have to look into this
Pete :)
p.s. sorry for thread hijack :oops:
Specs below is from redbook (which i always take to be pretty accurate).
Looks like CVT is more efficient for city driving, on the paper. my weekly mileage is around 6.4L so that's pretty much on the dot.
VTI-S CVT
Fuel Consumption City 6L/100km
Fuel Consumption Highway 5.2L/100km
VTI-S Manual
Fuel Consumption City 6.4L/100km
Fuel Consumption Highway 5.2L/100km
Yep, it's 3-door and quite a bit smaller than Jazz too.Quote:
Originally Posted by wyl03";p="107409
Boot is a lot smaller too so if you are after a practical car, stick with Jazz.
Apprently, there's only 70 or so delivered in Australia due to the supply problem they are having.
Engine - 80kW or 83kW and 147Nm (Can't confirm which is correct figure. Every source says different things)
Transmission - 5 speed clutchless manual (they call it SensoDrive)
Some of the features I can think of are automatic headlight, wiper with rain sensor, 4 airbags, ABS, EBD, disc brakes all round, 16inch alloy wheel with low profile tyres, colour coded sports seats, 6 speaker CD player, climate control, front and rear fog lights, audio controls on steering stalk, electronic speed sensitive steering, trip computer, ventilated/chilled glove box etc....
Also, you can fold the rear seats much like Jazz although it's not as practical.
Anyway, equipment-wise, you won't find any car with more equipment than C2 for similar price.
The choice would've been much harder if we didn't know the Jazz was going to be updated. We didn't want to end up with a new car and soon find it to be outdated.
Also, service interval is 20,000km or 12 months, whichever is earlier. So even if it may cost a bit more to service, it'll actually even out or end up being cheaper because service interval is a lot longer.
Honda Australia had better make some good additions to the new Jazz's feature lists. I might buy one then as my first car. ( well the first car that i buy with my own money anyway)
On the power steering side of things as sp00n said, you can have some 'interesting' moments in car parks.
I don't know if any of you guys have this problem, but have you noticed how sometimes it sort of takes a second to make up its mind what you are actually doing? (I'm talking about driving slowly around car parks, or parking the car, etc) Like sometimes it is heavy and then all of a sudden it realises you are turning and then it kicks in and the steering goes light? It's like it's got steering lag or something? but when it kicks in you can twirl the steering wheel from lock to lock with the ball of your hand no probs.
It isn't a problem when driving on the road...it just has no feel/communication.
Kit are you looking to buy soon, or are you going to sit it out for the update? What are you doing with the 200?
have you had any problems with the C2 so far? I hope you got a good one, rather than a dud one.Quote:
Originally Posted by coladuna";p="107364
I will NEVER buy a car from the smaller euro manufacturers (alfa, citreon, peugeot etc).. they are simply unreliable and their factory service departments are terrible. (speaking from experience).
I'm keeping the s15 :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jus-10";p="107480
its actually for my gf, she is looking to buy a new car, and she is thinking about the Jazz, Euro Accord, and perhaps even the new A3
Interesting collection of cars....so different!
Anything in particular that she is looking for to justify the difference in price between the Jazz and the Euro and A3?
actually no, hahaha
Jazz is my suggestion. but she likes the euro and the a3
hold on.. yes there is. she wants a sunroof!
Of course not. Not a single problem and loving it. I thought Jazz VTi-S was good looking car before, but C2 kills it in that departmentQuote:
Originally Posted by Kit";p="107502
Well, that's your personal experience. From my experience, Honda dealer service was as terrible as it gets and I never go to Honda dealer anymore to service my car. Also, it's a sort of myth that euro cars are unreliable. It's just that few people who have had problems telling everyone and blowing it out of proportion. If you heard some people talk, you'd think that if you bought an euro car, it'll break down every month or something. Although they have very small market share in Australia, both Citroen and Peugeot are one of the biggest selling car manufacturers in Europe and if they were indeed that unreliable constantly, they wouldn't sell so much of them there. They are not that cheap there either. C2 VTR is priced at slightly above 10,000 pound in UK, which ends up being similar to aussie price.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kit";p="107502
Also, you often hear people saying cars like BMW are not as reliable as cars like Honda. Sure, it may be true on a general basis, but my parents bought a BMW 3 series in late 97 and never had a single problem with it while my Honda Prelude had various problems in that same time.
yeah, beemers, audis and mercs are OK
but i simply cannot say the same thing for Alfa, Peugeot and Citroen. Ask any 147/156, 206/307, Xsara owner out there in Sydney, and you'll know what I mean :)
quite a large % of the mentioned cars spend more time in the service department than on the road
lets just say i've spent alot of time on the phone with customer service managers and alot of time at service departments of a particular small european car manufacturer :)
Just the other day actually, i told the customer service manager at the said company that I thought a $15,000 hyundai was more reliable :)
regarding one of the cars mentioned earlier, I have not spoken to a single owner of one of them that hasn't had a problem with the car.
colunda, i have to say tho, the citroen c2 is a great looking car :)
I did hear that Alfas aren't very reliable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kit";p="107687
Not so sure about Peugeot though. I had an impression that most people only had minor problems like rattles and stuff like that but nothing mechanical.
I did look at Xsara in the showroom before and I must say that the build quality was very different to the recent crop of Citroens. Well, Xsara was released "I don't know how many years" ago.
I guess I'm not in a position to say if the C2 will be reliable in the long term as we only had the car for about 3 weeks now. Well, fingers crossed that nothing will go wrong.
I got to drive it around few times and every time I went out, I get people staring at the car. At a set of traffic light, a group of 3-4 girls crossed the road and started talking among themselves pointing at the car. I guess most people don't even know that this car exists. :lol: It certainly turns heads though. I can vouch for that. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Kit";p="107687
yeah funny that, its not just the reliability, but the build quality and fit and finish of those cars too. Quite a few of the pugs have dodgy paint from the factory, and rattling yeah, everyone knows about those.
I know of a certain car (make and model witheld) that has been towed back to the factory on average of once a month lol!
Pfft...the big euros can be just as bad. I had mysterious electrical gremlins in my new BMW, then there is the problem with cracks appearing in the sub-frames of manual cars...hmmm. Spend a bit of time going through something like e46fanatics.com and see all the niggling and sometimes big problems that come up on a regular basis. It will make you think twice before handing over your hard-earned $$$.
The build quality of the smaller euro brands is questionable. My parents have a 156 selespeed...hello problems! But if you start sticking to a 20,000km service schedule on any car, you are going to be faced with reliability problems in the long run...
With dealer satisfaction, it is like everything. You get good and bad. Come to my Honda dealer for servicing and you'll be a-OK!
which honda dealer is that?
i've been to trivett at parramatta over the years and thought they were pretty good. Nowdays only my mums CRV goes there, so I'm not sure if they are still good or not.
the other thing is, none of my own cars goto dealer servicing anymore, having your own mechanic you can trust is much better!
I go to Larke Hoskins at Homebush....nice guys there and they actually seem to care and know what they're doing!
Larke Hoskins in Homebush? are you serious? I haven't been happy with them at all in the past
the salesmen there are so cheezy too...
The salesmen are friggen stupid....they wouldn't even let me have a test drive of a civic! Most aren't too familiar with the English language either...
The service department is better though, and the service manager is a good guy...had some pretty good conversations with him...
mate one of the saleman there, (whom i have dealth with in the past as well and have come to the conclusion that he is full of sh!t), wouldn't even let me test drive the jazz! and we were serious about buying too
what a loser.
Don't even go there again.
People like that don't deserve your business.
Some idiots like that seem to think that they are doing US a favour when selling cars. They should be trying to impress the customer and win their business, not have "if you want to buy, but. if you don't want to, piss off" attitude.
If you were in Brisbane, I'd have recommended you to go to Southside Honda.
Well, you are not in Brisbane so.. :roll:
The people there are very caring and kind.
They are No.1 Honda dealer in Australia, so it speaks for itself.
I'll also chip in a good word for the Trivett Honda guys - couple of months back, I just walked in there, looked like an idiot but they still threw me the keys to a brand spanker VTi manual. At the end, I've bought a Mini instead of the Jazz as it's a complete disappointment compared to what my EK hatch.
Things I liked about the Jazz - heaps of room, flexible rear seat arrangement, clear vision all round.
What I hated - the steering is feather weight (I thought the Civic was bad), the shift isn't too reassuring, the clutch feels too damn soft, heaps of bodyroll when I cornered (if you know the way behind Trivett, there's plenty of sharp corners for doing stupid things) and the engine is a bit of a disappointment.
(on a different note: what I hated in the Jazz is fixed up in the Mini while what I liked in the Jazz doesn't exist in the Mini)
Slowcrx, let me know how the mini goes, I have heard many stories of things requiring warranty repairs on the mini... one of the reasons I'm not considering the jazz over the mini right now.
Not sure if it's just me or not, all of my Euro cars comes with all sorts of headaches. The Mini so far had a airbag wiring problem but besides that, it's sweet. Other possible problems includes crack windscreen due to the stiff chassis, dodgy wheel alignment pointing to the left, squeaky interior panels (mine's just the rear speaker mesh, some owners have issues from every single panel in the Mini) and if you wanna know, one particular Cooper S I know of suddenly caught fire and burn the whole front end down in 10 minutes. Try http://www.mini2.com/ and take a peek at other problems I forgot to mention.
If you are interested in getting a Mini, put the purchase off until the facelift comes about either later in the year or next year as it's suppose to have ironed out all of the problems as well as a better looking front and rear bar. The Xenon headlights suppose to be updated too with a machine gun thing that looks fairly nice.
yeah thats what i thought, cos some people assumed that just cos the mini is built by BMW, its gonna be good and reliable, but i think its proving that its not the case.
I have also heard from few people regretting buying mini.
I think they are extremely overpriced too.
the other day was driving company's BA and some middle aged tosser in the current model Cooper S tried racing me, off the lights the BA is a slug so the mini got slightly ahead but by 50kays the BA just hauled its heavy ass pass the mini, then at 80km/h he pulls up again, all i do is just floor it and let the auto do it all for me and mini starts slowly to appear in the rear mirror
Don't get me started with the 5 pages long list of problems I've had with my EK...not just BMW fuk things up, funny enough Honda do too :) For that matter Mercs go all fuk up too as well.
now thats an interesting comment.
that honestly is the first time i've heard of any unreliability issues with the EK civic, and I know quite EK owners too, including myself.
Probably a mixture of bad luck/fussy bastard mentality/sign those cars off too quickly when I picked them up. Half the problems on the EK should have been picked up at the delivery and the other half of the stuff are mechanical and popped up within the first 1000 kays. That dealer regrets having sold me the car as I got just about every imaginable government departments involved.
Ever seen a flooded EK? Sure as hell I have.
i've been trying to post a write-up of the facelift jaz but i keep getting errors from the forum.
anyway, below is the link:
http://www.goauto.com.au/mellor/mell...256EB40026D5B0
error.
oops. :P
LOL...
You guys are nuts...
You know you can't polish a turd!.... :lol:
Then Spoon are the best turd polishers I know....
i live quite close to there...
dunno if he'll get my business now...
poor bugger
yeah?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jus-10
i'm thinking of getting my car serviced from there...
(needs 10000kms service but dunno where to go..)
i bought mine from trivett in parra.. the salesman there was a pretty cool bloke..
had a few stories up his sleeve too.. and some hairy moments...
its just that trivett in parra is a bit far and not close to the station (gotta go to work in the city each morning)
Out of curiosity .. if i decide to repain the whole car to a totally different colour (say from Black to White or Yellow), will that in any way affect the warranty or resale value of the car?
With regards to warrant, I would say that it would depend on how far you go with regards to removing panels, engine, etc. My guess is Honda probably wouldn't be too keen.
As for resale, generally speaking, it wouldn't be a good thing but then it depends on the overall job. People are often wary when the car has been resprayed because it may have been in an accident.
that makes sense .. thanks.
Speaking of petrol ...
i drove down to Canberra last friday. Was interested to see how the Jazz handled the open freeway.
2 things struck me:
1. During the morning drive, it was *very* windy over the southern highlands. I had to make an effort to keep the Jazz at a straight line! Not that it was difficult to drive but it just didn't feel "sturdy" in the high winds. The tall-ish body doesn't help. During the drive back to Syd, it was a calm night and I didn't have this problem.
2. Fuel consumption. I thought I would get an improved mileage but I was disappointed.
- I usually average around 6.3~6.5L/100km during my weekly city start-stop driving.
- Driving down to Canberra, I was averaging around 110kmh. Fuel consumption went up to 6.9L/100km.
- Driving back to Syd, I was averaging around 100kmh. Fuel consumption went back to 6.4~6.5.
Under no circumstances did I attain 5.+L/100km that was quoted for highway-driving for this car.
I'm guessing that you can only get 5.+/100km if you drive around 70~80 (on a 110 highway) .. thereby posing a hazard to other drives!! doh ..
SO .. to me (at least), the optimum mileage & speed & safety compromise is achieved at around 100kmh ..
I found that too. But I found that driving any old car, big or small, and even a truck. Having said that, it can get VERY windy sometimes..Quote:
Originally Posted by wyl03
Weird, I get that kind of figure all the time (usually only where highway driving is involved. Sometimes I can even get lower - twice now I've gotten 4.6L/100km driving into work in the city after filling up (ie. engine already warm)Quote:
Originally Posted by wyl03
Driving at 100km/h definitely uses less fuel than 110km/h, but I also find that the following affects the consumption noticeably:
* windy conditions
* underinflated tyres
* crap petrol (I only use mobil now)
* driving through rain, wind, or hot weather,
* lots of luggage or passengers
* short trips
* and finally, driving through mountains or hills.
The quoted figures are only really obtainable on long trips where the engine has had a chance to warm up. I get pretty close to the quoted 5.2L/100km on highways unless it is through lots of hills (in which case, coasting down the hill can help stop it climbing up to 6L/100km)
Side note: mine is an auto, not a manual, which makes it more fuel efficient in the case of the Jazz...
- Andrew
yep, winds will throw cars around, regardless of what car you are driving. it used to happen with my civic, it now happens on my 200sx.
about mileage, other factors such as how much the car has been run in, lubricants used, state of tune, all come into play.
But as andrew said, the CVT will be more fuel economical.
I have no body roll now so if the wind was strong enough it would just blow me straight off the road.
Those petrol figures are really interesting. A few months Honda did a test with the Jazz and drove it from Melbourne to Sydney. It was a manual VTi-S from memory, with one passenger on board and the car travelled at the posted limit the whole with with normal driving (so no coasting, etc.)
The guy did the whole trip on 1 tank of petrol and still got around Sydney for 50km before he had to fill up.
I live in Strathfield and generally only drive to Crows Nest way via the city west link, or out to Carlingford way or Concord. I usually return about 6.0-6.2 lt/100km if I do a full tank of that sort of driving. If I throw in a trip out to Richmond say once a week or fornight, it generally drops to around 5.6lt/100km for the tank.
On a run up to the Hunter Valley with a full tank and 3 people on board I returned 5.3lt/100km.
I don't usually drive that hard and will tend to upshift at around 2700rpms. I think I have only red-lined it once, but I do have the occasional squirt to 6000rpms in 1st and 2nd.
wyl03 you figures sound strange....
my trip computer sits at somewhere betweeen 5.9-6.1L. If i change gears before 3000rpms which ive been doing alot lately it drops to around 5.6l and i notice the difference that my petrol does last me a lot longer than going somewhere near 4000rpm
it was actually melbourne to sydney on $40 of fuel.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jus-10
you can read about it on the Honda.com.au website
Yeah that's the one.....thanks Kit.
this would be the article
http://www.honda.com.au/jazz/vti-s/p.../promotion.htm
I've notice that once you filled up.. the petrol will go up to say 12lt/km then drops all the way down to 3.7lt/km which i notice then if u drive in city it will go back up.. to say about 6.4lt/km, but if you drive highway it stays at 4.9km/h.. try it.. :)
thanks for the feedback all.
i'll keep a closer eye on the freeway mileage.
- first thing to do is to check the tyre pressure.
thats weird...
even in normal driving, i get figures of 6.7L/100km..
maybe it's my driving style..
but i been down the M5 carrying 2 passengers and a 16 inch bass guitar amp...
doing some stupid speed and it returned 6.4L/100kms i think
drove down to the gold coast the other day and as soon as i got on the highway it started to drop from 6.0 to 5.7l but as i had done 500kays that last week it was hard for it to drop so i reset it and it sat at 4.8l the rest of the weekend. that was driving around 100-110 but most of the time at 100 cause get annoying vibrating dashboard at 110kph
these folks love their jazz! (they put my unwashed Jazz to great shame ... )
1. this is my favourite .. clean lines. no body kit.
[Wheels] 5 Zigen : 5ZR
[Tire] Michelin : 215/40/R17
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[Wheels] K Speed : 18"
[Tire] Toyo : 215/35/18
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Wheels : Egois 18x7.5
Spring : Jamex
Tire : Kumho Ecsta
215/35/R18
Pedal : VeilSide
Tacho : AutoGauge
Muffler : Super Sprint
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Don't fancy the "eye-brow" look.
[Wheels] SSR : CompEtiTion (rePliCa)
[Tire] Falken : ZIEX - 205/40/R 17
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Got your pics off premasuri indonesian autosalon did ya... i agree... indo loves their cars
indeed!! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by FIT
never realised it's so popular over there .. or at least popular with those bunch of jazz owners :)
wats the difference between vti and vti-s?
which ones come with the factory kit?
the vti-s comes with bodykit, mags and fog lights and i think the interior trim might be different not sure
Hey all :)
I first saw the jazz/fit that was done up by one of the guys that live near me here in WA. Was a blue vti-s with 17" (i think) white rims with xmugenx plates. Just thought it looked so cool, and so different.
So i went and test drove one yesterday and was very impressed. I also found that the steering was way weird but over all was very impressed....so put in a order for one that will arrive in Oct... 04 model but 05 batch..which i thought sounded wierd but oh well. Getting Black VTi model (as will be putting new rims on and body kit etc) so looking forward to it.
I decided on it because its a car that will suit both me and my mrs. Has plenty of room and cheap to insure and very cheap to run for her....and enough aftermarket stuff for me to have fun with it. Plus every other car i have looked at that is in this price region just hasnt cut it for me ;)
Now i just gotta sell my lancer :o
my lancer
But looking forward to now being a honda owner.
welcome!
i have a black Vti too! (albeit dirty, unwashed)
Saw a white Jazz with CF bonnet on "Fast 4" (Hot 4?) magazine. VIC plate number "TOILET" !??! anyone here? :D
I've seen that one in Melbourne before...It was the first modded Jazz that I had seen on the road out here. Nice looking ride, but I'm pretty sure the owner isn't here...
"David recently accepted a challenge to get to Sydney in a 1.5-litre Honda Jazz VTi-S automatic for under $50 - and went one better, arriving in the harbour city after spending just $40 on fuel. "
it was an auto and not a manual
FIT - do you have a link to this premasuri indonesian autosalon?? I'd love to have a look at more of their Fits
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Originally Posted by Lil_VTEC
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Thanx :D
Damn there are some nice cars on there... i see some perth cars are there too... nice :wave:
http://autoshow.permaisuri.com/Conte...name=40004.jpg Damn i love this one..... makes me want my jazz now :p
I'm also thinking about getting a jazz current ride is a MY99 WRX modified , bit of a hude downgrade but the g/f is young and well not allowed to drive my car so looking at alternatives, and by far the best is a jazz for the price and features anyway compared to mazda 3 or a corolla, but a pulsar are pretty well priced also but don;'t look as good as a jazz.....damn and those kits make it so tempting.....just make you wanna get one NOW
not a downgrading mate but just try different kind of car.....
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Originally Posted by TypeG
Yeah to put it in a nicer way but still, if my g/f was older and could drive my car under insurance i would not consider anything else..... :D
Took a Drive of the Automatic VTI.......today did not like the feel of it at all, the manual mode sucks and should be left in Drive.
But also decided to take a manual for a test drive to make up my mind on the car....before signing.
First impressions the cars clutch is feather light :) and the gear changes were also very smooth.......if you can drive manual get it cause it so much better, having said that I have sign on the dotted line for a silver VTI-S just trying to choose a competitive finance company........... :wave: