Kizashi Club

going back to finalize the deal tomorrow for an azure grey cvt awd sls!, still concerned about suzukis resale value but they have been building vehicles for quite sometime. the sls felt like a dream...quick maneuvers for minimal effort ahhhhhhh!!! so nice, suspension felt amazing, i have a 2000 honda accord, struts started going bad about a year and a half after i bought it(used @66,000miles)...now it has 167000 miles and the shocks have been shot for WAY too long, always heard pronounced clicks over every bump, some turns, paint wearing out, hood pushed in, numerous dings/paint chip, some rust...transmission on it took a S@#! about a year and a half ago, spent 2900 on a bebuild, shifted perfectly for about 2 months..then slowly got worse, shifting from first to 2nd would drop to neutral slow down and slam in to gear sometimes...its been a turd in my eyes for a long time....overall, honda to me is garbage!!!!

dealer would NOT come down....claims he isnt paid on commission, price is set at 25200 including my turd of a trade in(they didnt notice tranny, i added 3 ceramic tranny treatments a year ago, helped but not really ya know...) overall feels like a super hip camry with amazing suspension, the bumps encountered during test drive felt nice actually lol.

only plans for it in the immediate future are a window tint/paint protector install.

first ever new car and will be treated like a baby..
ive read about the several problems the older gen kizashis had...makes me cringe a little...especially the bad cvts...

haven't seen any bad CVTs for a long time now. The AWD kizzies have been holding there value really well.

also i noticed how much bigger they were, i'm 6'1 and had tons of room once a few seat adjustments...that lumbar support button is the icing...could def fet my drums!

if only suzuki can fix all the noises, then kizashi would be almost perfect

what noises do u speak of?

Car is amazing....cvt feels like it slightly "jerks" when slowing down to take a quick right turn then accelerating....I'm hoping this is normal for cvts.

Also somehow qualified for 0.0% APR!! At first I was denied a loan by Suzuki, then I got approved by BB&T bank at 3.6%..then my sales guy texted me 5 min later saying 0% ok'd.

Closest dealer to me is in silver sprIng MD(about 1hr with traffic). Buying process was MUCH better than the Honda stealership, they charged me 60$ diag to figure ou why inner tie rods would not fit...it was cause Honda put the wrong year parts In my car!!!

Anyway, if someone could tell me a little about my cvt concern..

just some rattling and vibration here and there. right now there are 3 places on my car that has rattling/vibration and i have had this car for only a year. oh and brought my kizashi back to the dealer a few months ago to replace anti-rattling pin in my right front wheel under warranty.

The CVT gets a lot better after breaking in the first 5000 miles

~tc~ wrote:The CVT gets a lot better after breaking in the first 5000 miles

Yea I figured the cvt computer is still learning how I drive and will become more adjusted over time.
Already put over 230 miles on it.

Found a razor blade in the back seat, didn't do anything but I didn't find it till after my sister was sitting right on top of it!!! Oh well...

congrats on the car!