Quote Originally Posted by cyberian View Post
I solved the front suspension noise yesterday with a quick check on the tire pressure. Just as I suspected, the tires were overinflated by almost twice its recommended pressure. The fronts were inflated to 57 psi, beyond the Continental tire's maximum limit of 51! The rear were inflated to 52 psi! No wonder the car rides like a horse cart since Friday's delivery! I brought it down to 35 psi cold (front & rear), higher by 3 psi on the recommended factory tire settings found on the door sill (sticker on driver's side) for a 17" 45 series tires with 5 passengers. This after checking the sidewall is a bit rounded on the ground contact area at 32 psi bare, no load. How the local Kia dealership failed to see this abnormal tire pressure during their SOP quality control on the unit prior to releasing is beyond me.

New Feedback:
- The ride improvement after tire pressure correction is night and day. Still thirsty though but I just learned that it sipped fuel like there's no tomorrow during stop and idle. City leisure drive on a straight run at between 40-60 kms/hr on pure A/T registers an average of 9.8-10.2L/100km (Instant fuel consumption gauge on the trip computer). It deteriorate fast if you come into stop during traffic or waiting for the traffic light, affecting greatly the average fuel consumption. Diesel engines don't consume much on idle, at least to my observation with both the Starex and Pajero.
- The head unit copies mp3 files from the Porta mp3 player and from plugged in USB quickly, in just a few seconds but it appears it wont copy folders and the songs you downloaded to the head unit were all lump up together. The sound of the speakers are a bit bright and lack both mid and lower bass. Sound stage is good but detail and separation definitely needs improvement.
- The front fog lights are both projector type and compliments well the low beam projector and the DRL. Cool!
- Rear strip LED park lens and bright LED brake lights looked similar to concept cars. Cool!
57 psi?! that's why everytime i take a new car out of the dealer, diretso pagas and check tire pressure agad...and palit busina hehe. fuel consumption seems bad for a 1.4L car, parang we have the same consumption on my sportage ive noticed also the same for the sportage, the fuel consumption goes up fast during idle