2007 Kia Carens [ARCHIVE]

**NDomingo** · January 7th, 2009 10:43 AM

Originally Posted by motegi

Nka EX A/T kaba bro? That's very impressive figure.

Yes. EX/AT.

**NDomingo** · January 7th, 2009 10:54 AM

Originally Posted by woohoo

I find it TOO impressive, actually. No offense to NDomingo... just my opinion.

No offense taken. I was quite surprised myself because I'm actually dissapointed with the Caren's FC. Pag pure city driving, I hardly make 8k/liter. They told me kasi before I bought it, na average niya is 8-10km/l city driving. NOT!

Anyway, I noticed pag highway driving and you keep to the speed limit, ok ang FC. Sana nga lang puro highway dito.

**bluebeard** · January 7th, 2009 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by NDomingo

No offense taken. I was quite surprised myself because I'm actually dissapointed with the Caren's FC. Pag pure city driving, I hardly make 8k/liter. They told me kasi before I bought it, na average niya is 8-10km/l city driving. NOT!

Anyway, I noticed pag highway driving and you keep to the speed limit, ok ang FC. Sana nga lang puro highway dito.

For those with A/T: That's probably because in city driving, your speed is less than 69 km/hr. Our Carens is in 3rd gear only at that speed; hence FC is high.

**NDomingo** · January 7th, 2009 11:23 AM

Originally Posted by bluebeard

For those with A/T: That's probably because in city driving, your speed is less than 69 km/hr. Our Carens is in 3rd gear only at that speed; hence FC is high.

Yes. It's really disappointing to not be able to shift to 4th gear unless your you hit 70kph.

**silicon** · January 7th, 2009 11:33 AM

I went to Baguio last Dec. 26 and went back on the 29th. My FC was only 10km/l (highway and Baguio city driving). 7 hrs. ang travel time to Baguio(no stops)... grabe ang traffic from Moncada to Urdaneta. I guess without the traffic sa highway, my A/T Carens' FC would be in the vicinity of 13-14km/l. Sobrang traffic din kasi sa Baguio mismo, much more than Metro Manila. Pure city driving in Manila averages 8 to 8.5km/l.

**woohoo** · January 7th, 2009 11:45 AM

Originally Posted by bluebeard

For those with A/T: That's probably because in city driving, your speed is less than 69 km/hr. Our Carens is in 3rd gear only at that speed; hence FC is high.

Hmmm... that's enlightening... Is it true that however fast you're going (above 80, or 100kph), if you only let go of the accelerator without pressing the brakes, the rpm goes down to about 1000 ONLY? That surely saves a lot of fuel! Can anyone here confirm it?

I've recently tried doing this on a Honda Accord, it doesn't engine-brake only if the speed is below 60kph. On my Avanza, the cut-off seems to be 40kph, and it still depends on how abrupt I let go of the gas pedal. :sad:

**j_avonni** · January 7th, 2009 04:21 PM

Originally Posted by woohoo

Hmmm... that's enlightening... Is it true that however fast you're going (above 80, or 100kph), if you only let go of the accelerator without pressing the brakes, the rpm goes down to about 1000 ONLY? That surely saves a lot of fuel! Can anyone here confirm it?

It's true with my Carens LX AT CRDi.

I took pictures on our way back from Bicol. For safety reason, I limited the speed to 80 kph while taking the pics. The same thing happens at 100 kph or over.

While revving:

Not revving:

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**Hanren** · January 11th, 2009 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by j_avonni

It's true with my Carens LX AT CRDi.

I took pictures on our way back from Bicol. For safety reason, I limited the speed to 80 kph while taking the pics. The same thing happens at 100 kph or over.

While revving:

Not revving:

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Well, it's confirmed

**vinrem** · January 13th, 2009 07:47 AM

Guys, when you had your 5km pms, did the casa had your carens tuned-up as part of the pms??? coz in my part they didnt, they said that the scheduled tune-up for the carens is on the 10km pms, is it true??? what is the effect if they didnt tuned-up my carens on the 5km pms???

**Hanren** · January 13th, 2009 08:17 AM

Originally Posted by vinrem

Guys, when you had your 5km pms, did the casa had your carens tuned-up as part of the pms??? coz in my part they didnt, they said that the scheduled tune-up for the carens is on the 10km pms, is it true??? what is the effect if they didnt tuned-up my carens on the 5km pms???

sir vinrem, no they didn't tuned it up nung 5k pms ko. Change oil lang... I'll ber nearing 10k soon (currently at 8900+ kms) and I'll ask them to tune it up...