Re: Petrol Siblings: Honda City 1.5 iVtec Vs Ford Fiesta 1.6 Duratec Quote:
Originally Posted by arup.misra
a) High Speed stability doesn't just disappear at 120. Have driven my city at 160+ on NH17 ghats. Didnt feel flustered at all.
b) I drive with OEM 175's XM have never scrapped at bottom |
Oh I never said stability disappears - just that above 120 it isn't as stable as say Linea/Fiesta. Acceptable nevertheless. Scrapping the bottom is a Bangalore specialty Quote:
Originally Posted by Crazy4.Cars Good write up niranjanrvce . have you ever driven a Fiesta 1.4? |
A cousin of mine owns the 1.4. All the faults of the Fiesta without it's stellar engine. If you are looking for a proper driver's car then wait for that 1.6. Keep the search on since you are not in a hurry anyways. Quote:
Originally Posted by aditya116 how bad is understeer on city compared to fiesta and how well does it respond to steering corrections? |
Understeer sets in quite early in the City compared to the Fiesta - especially when the gradient of the curve is sloping downwards or if it's a decreasing radius curve. You will overshoot the apex far easily in the City. It responds quite well to steering corrections - the problem is you don't feel very confident about the corrections you are making since you aren't getting any feedback from it. On the Fiesta, I will sometimes hold off a correction a little bit just to hear the tyres squeal - it makes you feel that confident. Quote:
Originally Posted by abhinav.s Well composed again! But i am not very happy to see the niggles and the number of times you had to take the car back to fix these niggles. Specially the one with the gearbox oil leaking was shocking!!
Found out EngineCal, spoke to them and was totally convinced to go with them. Happy camper ever after.
Hope to read your impressions after going for piggyback ECU |
Thanks Abhinav. I am not very happy about the niggles either and this has surely put any thoughts of TC'ing it on the backburner. Glad that you Sparky is doing well. Never heard of EngineCal - should search on them! Quote:
Originally Posted by vnabhi Are you sure of this? My colleague has an ANHC and he gets the same FE in Hyd city as me---around 11 ro 12. Perhaps if one drives in high revvs like you, the difference would be more evident.
By the way, this is a great thread. I enjoyed reading it to the hilt. I wonder why the first post is dated November, 2011 though.
I am keen to know what you've done to the headlamps. Though the Fiesta has the best headlights in the segment, I'd like to boost their capacity. Can you please share? |
Yes, Fiesta mileage drops drastically as you revv her up. How do I know? Well the DTE feels like its missing a digit after a high revving session!
Nov'11 is Assembly line start. I am terribly lazy!
Osram nightbreakers (H1 and H7) on low and high beams for the Fiesta. They do a very good job, don't need relays et all and in my experience are better than the Philips Crystal light alternative. Quote:
Originally Posted by aravind.anand Great observations Niranjan
I found the City faster compared to the stock Fiesta.
Is it that you're finding the Fiesta's ICE much better in terms of offering a CD player and two tweeters over that of the City's? |
Thanks Aravind. As I said, my Fiesta had mods on by the time the City came in so that could have biased me.
I was talking in terms on audio quality alone and this could vary depending on personal preference and the kind of songs and volumes you listen to. I use only the Aux-in and FM options on either car. Tried the USB port of the City many times but never got it to work! |