Fuel Consumption

I loaded up 21.46 Liters of unleaded gasoline on my Kia Picanto 2008 and after days of use I have recorded 243.1 Kms on my odometer before the fuel warning lighted on. So as we do the math, 243.1/21.46 = 11.328 Km/L. Not so bad for mixed city and highway driving, actually it's more on a city driving while using the aircon all the time. Soaring prices of gasoline helped me decide to buy the Kia Picanto as it claims to be a very fuel efficient car. Well i'm expecting it to reach 13-14 Km/L on city driving but it doesn't meet what I have expected. Maybe after I reached 1000 Km on my odometer then it will be more fuel efficient as I am still breaking-in my Kia Picanto.

Going to Antipolo

Yesterday, Me and my wife planned to have our Kia Picanto 2008 blessed in Antipolo Church. We are also celebrating the 1st birthday of our son, Alric, and it would be a perfect timing for the blessing. We came from Robinsons Galleria were my baby boy had his first haircut and we also bought a new stroller that we can fit in the compartment of our kia picanto. Going up in Antipolo was an easy task for our picanto. Running on 3rd gear on steep roads while having 3 passengers; my wife, my mom and my mother-in-law plus our baby boy. I never imagined that the small engine of the picanto can climb up in higher gear without any vibrations. When we arrived at the church we found out that the parking lot was under construction and we have no choice but to park the car outside the vicinity. We cannot find any good parking space near the church's entrance so we just decided to have our kia picanto blessed next week.

What's on the inside?

This morning, I took pictures on some of the interior features of my Kia Picanto 2008.


Here is the glove box. If you'll notice there's an additional compartment above the glove box. My wife already placed her hair brush there. She is also ranting about the lack of mirror on the sun shade on the passenger side that's usually present on some cars. Maybe when we go to the mall we'll find a mirror that we can place on it.




The head unit that came with my Kia is a JVC brand. It's an Ipod ready HU via Auxilliary port.


Here are the manual controls for the aircon


Just beneath the aircon controls you can see the two cup holders where I placed my Ipod and another compartment where you can place coins. Kia also removed the cigarette lighter and just leave the socket that can be used in charging my Ipod, well that's fine with me because I'm not a smoker.

Under the "Hot Hot" Sun

After reaching work, I have to park my Kia Picanto 2008 on the open parking of the client. It was raining yesterday and I thought that the weather will still be cloudy but at exactly 12:00 PM, it was scorching hot! I have thought getting my Picanto a paint protection and while browsing the web, I have stumbled upon the website of Big Bert's and they are offering the Optiguard New Car Paint Protection for a price of P4500 for small vehicles. Here is the link of the service they are offering:
http://bigberts.com/optiguard.htm

Our New 'Face Lifted' Kia Picanto 2008

Today, we got our brand new "facelifted" Kia Picanto 2008 model. We chose the "Blue Diamond" color because of its uniqueness and most of all, the dust and dirt accumulated are not that noticeable to light colored vehicles.

We got our unit from Kia Taytay Branch. Thanks to our sales agent, Mr. Glenn Lloyd Guevarra, he gave us a very good package and a lot of freebies aside from the standard ones they gave. For those interested in buying a Kia vehicle, you can contact Glenn and he will surely assist you. He knows almost all the ins and outs of all the Kia cars they are selling. You can reach him at 286-2030.

It gave me a hard time driving out from the Kia Taytay Branch with my new ride because the clutch pedal was so soft and deep. I was used to drive my father's Mitsubishi Lancer and the 'feel' on the clutch of both vehicle was far too different. But after driving it for almost 5 minutes, I got a hang of it.



Me and my wife gone straight to our work after we got the unit and I have tested the picanto in south expressway going to Sucat. From its 1100 cc engine, I was amazed how fast the picanto can run. Maybe because of the lightweight body of the picanto helped its engine to run smoothly and fast.