2007 Kia Carens [ARCHIVE]

**Mschumacher** · May 26th, 2008 07:41 AM

Originally Posted by seymorebutts

Hi Mschumacher, our carens was delivered last friday

and my wife says it is really nice, she is still adjusting to the clutch because we used to have a gasoline fed vehicle, namamatayan pa daw sya ng makina

btw, pinasama ko na yung foglamps and backup sensor, no problem on the sensor but with the foglamps, in-integrate nila yung switch ng foglamps sa parklight, so everytime daw na io-on yung headlights na dadaan pa sa parklight, nag o-on din foglamps, di ba dapat may sarili syang switch?

*seymorebutts - please post a picture of your switch. magkano ang damage ng foglamps mo? as far as I know e ang foglamp switch na dapat ikabit sa iyo e ay yun sa ex na switch na and ang damage e dapat hindi aabot ng 9k. kung ganyan ang case ng pagkakakabit sa iyo e ibalik mo na lang. ang break down kasi ng mayad mo e 4k+ for the foglamps and 3k+ for the switch + labor and vat so mga 8-9k lang gastos mo and parang ex na switch mo.

**magnusthegreat** · May 26th, 2008 07:54 AM

Originally Posted by mondot

MGA SIR/MAAM

totoo po bang walang CRDi LX manual fine silver na dumating galing Korea ngayong shipment?Isang buwan halos ang hintay namin tapos sabi agent namin dito Iloilo wala daw dumating..Ke ano pa ang reservation kung walang makukuha..Kung nag pareserved sila sa columbia ibig sabihin noon alam ng columbia na may bibili ng fine silver.useless din pala ang 10k para sa serervation..
Ano nga po pula ang kulay ng Urban Gray...sa mga may pic paki post naman po,....
Hepl me naman guys...kasi nawawalan na ako ng gana.....so I gave my agent until wednesday,,kung wala parin ang carens withdraw ko nalang...

Urban gray is a good color.

**Mschumacher** · May 26th, 2008 07:55 AM

Originally Posted by jovill

I've already scheduled a test drive with 3 dealers now and would decide where to buy based on whoever will give the highest appraisal and best deal.

How's the suspension? Ganu ba ka soft yung ride? I have a lancer glxi and it also has a soft ride. Maybe I can ask MSchumacher kung ano ang mas softer ride, ung lancer mo or ung carens?

TIA

*jovill - Sorry for the late reply. with regards sa suspension ng lancer and ng carens ko I go for my carens. sobrang makalampag ang lancer ko. as in kakapagawa ko palang ng pangilalim ng lancer ko last month before buying the carens and now sobrang kalampag na siya ulit to think of it nagpalit ako ng buong pangilalim. as for my carens walang kalampag whatsoever maliban sa minsanang springy sound before pero nawala na siya ng kusa.

The worst na naging problem ko sa carens ko is hindi ko mabuksan yung hood ko. then dinala ko sa wheels e-rod sabi nila I have to leave my car overnight daw kasi hindi nila madiskartehan pano nila bubuksan yun hood. E kaya lang I need the car talaga kaya hindi ko na iniwan pinabayaan ko na lang siyang ganun and somebody from this forum told me na its just the lever below the dashboard that you pull to open up your hood just got loose ayun kinabit ko lang yun cable and its fixed. No thanks to the people of wheels. But really grateful to the people of this forum.

**SalManila** · May 26th, 2008 08:22 AM

Originally Posted by magnusthegreat

btw, I went on a morning highway cruise(60-80 k/hr) with my carens and my fc was 35.9k/ 1.58L. That almost 23k/L.

Kaya tuloy ang joy ride kahit tumaas na naman ang diesel ng 1.50 pesos.

FOR SURE??!! How did you measure exactly. Haven't really tested my highway FC pero sa city, I average mga 8.5-9K/liter.

**SalManila** · May 26th, 2008 08:24 AM

Originally Posted by ches

may abs and alarm naba yung carens lx crdi now? visited kia greenhills sabi ng sales agent meron pero duda ako

Mga carens came with an alarm pero EX yung akin. And as far as I know, walang ABS ang carens talaga.

**SalManila** · May 26th, 2008 08:37 AM

Hi guys!!

ANy tips on how to protect yung ceiling ng carens para hindi mag-stain? I was thinking of spraying it with those 3M fabric protectors. Ok kaya yun?

**mqavila** · May 26th, 2008 08:45 AM

Originally Posted by mondot

MGA SIR/MAAM

totoo po bang walang CRDi LX manual fine silver na dumating galing Korea ngayong shipment?Isang buwan halos ang hintay namin tapos sabi agent namin dito Iloilo wala daw dumating..Ke ano pa ang reservation kung walang makukuha..Kung nag pareserved sila sa columbia ibig sabihin noon alam ng columbia na may bibili ng fine silver.useless din pala ang 10k para sa serervation..
Ano nga po pula ang kulay ng Urban Gray...sa mga may pic paki post naman po,....
Hepl me naman guys...kasi nawawalan na ako ng gana.....so I gave my agent until wednesday,,kung wala parin ang carens withdraw ko nalang...

Hi Bro Mondot, I posted this pic before but I can't seem to remember which page it's located so I'll just post it again for your reference. I lifted it off the Internet a few months back. Not sure if this will be the exact shade but I'm pretty sure this is Urban Grey:

**bingski** · May 26th, 2008 09:04 AM

Urban Gray yung preferred color ko when we were buying the Carens. I saw this in the brochure and the US website of Kia. Unfortunately, this color wasn't available yet December last year so I opted to get black. No regrets sa black yun nga lang kapag umuulan just like now, wala munang visit sa car wash hehehhe. Medyo dyaheng i-drive around especially makati are ako nagwo-work kse kababae kong tao tapos yung kotse ko madumi.. Ay bakit ba, ganda pa rin nman ng ride ko hahahahah.