I had FeFe (nick name of Santa Fe) for over 2 months…completed a mileage of 5000km…
It was indeed a nice car -> with the 4wd feature, I felt more comfortable when driving to work during the rainy days[threat of flood was always a nightmare for me]…..
The kids just love it -> Yun had walked out of losing ZaZa very soon with the distraction from the personal LCD on board. Xian was enjoying it as well… Back seat leg room was a big improvement although it make no different for the kids.
Ving did not suffer from any motion sickness – a good sign, however it would be a great challenge next months as we would be travelling to the east coast -> the southern reversal road. I hope everyone of them could make it through without any sanitation bag.
The driving experience is incomparable with the Z due to its height and suspension system. However the extra torque and HP are very fascinating. Imaging that jumping from 155 hp to 197 hp. The gear change was sloppy before 4000km, but it had improved to an acceptable level after that. Steering is light weighted and I felt I was not in control half of the time; no more high speed sharp turn and changing of lane.
The noise reduction are good, you would noticed a faint “tatatata” sound of the diesel engine at low speed. On high speed, it sounds just like any petrol car.
The 4wd version came with ikey and a third row air con blower which was a plus. I don’t have to worry about the kids when they have to make way for other passenger.
Fuel consumption was below average during before 4000km, I got 12-13 km/l on highway and 8-10km/l in the town drive. However it improved to 14-15 on high way and 10-11km/l in the town drive. Not bad for a car over 2 tons.
The assembly was below average as I had travelled 5 times to the service center for minor tuning and adjustment. But their service attitude is darn good -> replacement is always an option…..(some of the service center would tried to adjust and tune and replacement is not an option unless you really yelled and complaint)
