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Re: What Did You Do With Your Kizashi Today?

Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2018 12:28 pm
by KuroNekko
BLyons wrote:I took mine autocrossing for the first time. Ended up getting third in my class, but there was no way I was going to get close to the Fiesta's. They were over 5 seconds ahead and ran faster times than many cars in classes ahead of us. This was actually the first time I've ever heard my CVT whine. It had already stopped by the time I drove home, but I had ordered new fluid and filters last week, so it will be interesting to see if it whines again if I do this more next year.
Were these the normal Fiestas or the Fiesta ST's? Regardless, the classifications must be loose given a Fiesta is literally a thousand pounds lighter than an AWD Kizashi in curb weight.

Re: What Did You Do With Your Kizashi Today?

Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2018 1:22 pm
by BLyons
KuroNekko wrote:
BLyons wrote:I took mine autocrossing for the first time. Ended up getting third in my class, but there was no way I was going to get close to the Fiesta's. They were over 5 seconds ahead and ran faster times than many cars in classes ahead of us. This was actually the first time I've ever heard my CVT whine. It had already stopped by the time I drove home, but I had ordered new fluid and filters last week, so it will be interesting to see if it whines again if I do this more next year.
Were these the normal Fiestas or the Fiesta ST's? Regardless, the classifications must be loose given a Fiesta is literally a thousand pounds lighter than an AWD Kizashi in curb weight.
They were ST's. It definitely seems like they should be in a higher class. The rest of the class was a Civic Si, base Impreza hatchback, Mazda 6, and a Malibu. They released the PAX times today, which are adjusted for different classes and I ended up middle of the pack, which I'm pretty satisfied with.

Re: What Did You Do With Your Kizashi Today?

Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2018 8:13 pm
by Ronzuki
Made a half-baked lazy attempt at 'washing' the embedded grime off it by running it through a not-so-stellar gas station car wash while the sun is making a rare appearance today. Well, it's mostly kinda cleaner-er-ish. Forgot how nice the paint color is...been a good long time since it's been really clean-n-shiny.

Re: What Did You Do With Your Kizashi Today?

Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2018 1:36 am
by BLyons
Put my winter tires back on. To my surprise, the car recognized the sensors the first time I drove it. Usually it would take a couple days or close to an hour of driving for that.

Re: What Did You Do With Your Kizashi Today?

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 1:53 am
by Camel
Just changed the oil and oil filter at 24,000km. Been a mechanic for 39 years, this is the first vehicle I've had to buy an oil filter socket for. Not complaining though, love the Kizashi!

Re: What Did You Do With Your Kizashi Today?

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 9:29 am
by Tom Kizzie
ok........
but the filter is the most normal filter there is I think. I did the same a few weeks ago and was lucky to only use one hand (no tools). Half of the times that I did the oil myself I used a oil filter wrench

Re: What Did You Do With Your Kizashi Today?

Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2018 3:07 pm
by Triggerhappy
Camel wrote:Just changed the oil and oil filter at 24,000km. Been a mechanic for 39 years, this is the first vehicle I've had to buy an oil filter socket for. Not complaining though, love the Kizashi!
You should know it's not the vehicle then, it's how tightly the person before installed it.

My previous car was a Sonata and I planned its first oil change at the same time as my mom's Sonata first oil change. One filter came off easily. On the second car, I tried using a cheap oil filter wrench I already had and it didn't work. Then I went to the auto parts store and got a different brand wrench and it still didn't work. I brought it back and told them and they recommended a tool that looked like tongs with teeth. That finally got the factory oil filter off.

Re: What Did You Do With Your Kizashi Today?

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2018 12:57 am
by SamirD
Yeah an overtightened filter is what needs a wrench--not a particular car.

I bought the Suzuki filter wrench to get the first filter off--after that, I could have gotten them off by hand because I didn't overtighten them.

I have a Porsche filter wrench too--guess why? Even at $250 for an oil change, they still overtightened the housing (it uses a cartridge system). No wonder other HSV locals would ship their car to Atlanta for an oil change than let the local dealership touch it. :roll:

Re: What Did You Do With Your Kizashi Today?

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2018 1:06 am
by SamirD
It's been a while, but I swapped to the winter set again. Looks like this will be the last year for them too as they're almost to the wear indicators and you need that deep tread for good snow traction. The summers will be on their last season as well unless I don't want to care about wet traction. :D Did the relearn using the air drop trick and it took on the first shot. :D

Re: What Did You Do With Your Kizashi Today?

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2018 1:20 am
by Ronzuki
SamirD wrote: Did the relearn using the air drop trick and it took on the first shot. :D
You'll have to sell your services...you've got the touch apparently.