My experience of the PKDM Swift auto (2014)

[omar_575]

Thanks God,

We have someone appreciating Pakistan assembled car.

I just quote the facts and give my description of those facts
To be very honest, I haven't had any issues with PKDMs we've owned:
Suzuki cultus 2000-2010
Honda civic vti 2002-2013
Honda civic vti 2005- still have it
Suzuki swift manual - 2010- present
Honda civic 2013-present

We've kept imports too and all had air conditioning units problems
Ukdm Toyota corolla (bought new) 1988-2002
Jdm Toyota corolla (bought new) 1991-2005
Jdm daihatsu move (bought second hand /reconditioned /accidented - I don't know :p) - 2012-2014

My family's experience with PKDMs has been very smooth and trouble free.
We had issues with imports from the day they landed in Pakistan. I remember my father used to bring the front headlights of the Corolla from UK himself when a janglee wagon wala used to crash into him. He once brought a whole carburettor too.
The imports have definitely been more comfortable, but have spent more time at the mechanics than on the roads than their pkdm counterparts.

And I guess nowadays its still true. Despite seeing so many imports on the roads, the owners have to through a lot of trouble if they break down.

So yes, I love PKDMs even though they're expensive, have technology from 7 years ago and are less luxurious . But they're trouble free and keep me from sweating and spending excessive cash fixing them up

[omar_575]

I am afraid to say this but because of usage may be the silver paint on the top will fade..... They should opt for the handle like in vitz, i.e. complete leather portion, but still it is a quality car manufactured by Suzuki

Yes, true.
The faded manual variants knob doesn't look bad, however this won't look good at all in black - once the silver paint has faded.

[omar_575]

fuel put in: 24.89 liters

kms driven: 267.4 kms

average: 267.4/24.89= 10.74 km/l

not bad eh?

[zuhaibafzal]

fuel put in: 24.89 liters

kms driven: 267.4 kms

average: 267.4/24.89= 10.74 km/l

not bad eh?

It's really bad bro. Itna toh civic daiti hai in city drive

[omar_575]

It's really bad bro. Itna toh civic daiti hai in city drive

Yeah, but I wasn't expecting any miracles either. The manual gave me 8-9 km/l with a rev happy foot.
Maybe it's because it's less than 1000 km driven?
My '13 civic gave me 7.3 km/l in the initial running in. It's now stable at 12 km/l.

I don't know. It should be around 12-13 km/l.
I did do a few full throttle tests in this as well.

[zuhaibafzal]

Yeah, but I wasn't expecting any miracles either. The manual gave me 8-9 km/l with a rev happy foot.
Maybe it's because it's less than 1000 km driven?
My '13 civic gave me 7.3 km/l in the initial running in. It's now stable at 12 km/l.

I don't know. It should be around 12-13 km/l.
I did do a few full throttle tests in this as well.

agar aisa hai toh swift keun lay banda? Our City Asipre 1.5 manual giving 12-13 in local

[zuhaibafzal]

I was plaining to buy swift manual. But it seems that swift giving very low average. I should stay away from it. Isn't?

[omar_575]

I was plaining to buy swift manual. But it seems that swift giving very low average. I should stay away from it. Isn't?

For manual swift, you could ask people here : https://www.pakwheels.com/forums/showthread.php?t=157370

I'm an unreliable person to ask about mileage. Since I rev the manual a lot.

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[Raja_Qaiser]

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[omar_575]

Wow. Looks amazing. Put a dim red light in the footwell of the front and back seats so that it illuminates whenever you open the door. It will look awesome at night

What mileage are you getting?
Mine is 10.7 km/l in the first 300 kms - not reliable since it hasn't been driven above 1000 kms and i'm sure it will improve.
I guess this will be the lowest limit, which isn't bad.

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[sahhil_22]

No mud flaps even in the top of the line variant? Tch the price we pay n the facilities we get, sigh

Go to Honda Australia website and see the accord top of the line variant, mud flaps are offered as an accessory

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[fazalwahab11375]

Read in article a year or so ago in which the blogger wrote about no mud flaps. According to him it's no more any fassionable. 99.999% cars new or old don't have it. Not a single car or SUV comes with it. It comes as an accessories and don't cost much but still no mud flaps. AUDI Mercedes BMW toyota honda .. not a single mud flap. In last 10 years I have seen it may be less than a dozen time and that too only on Subaru wrx.

One thought is that it collects dust and dirt which later starts damaging the body panel Over time.

Go to Honda Australia website and see the accord top of the line variant, mud flaps are offered as an accessory

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[omarabdullah022]

They are a PITA to detail so im happy they arent there.

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[omar_575]

Read in article a year or so ago in which the blogger wrote about no mud flaps. According to him it's no more any fassionable. 99.999% cars new or old don't have it. Not a single car or SUV comes with it. It comes as an accessories and don't cost much but still no mud flaps. AUDI Mercedes BMW toyota honda .. not a single mud flap. In last 10 years I have seen it may be less than a dozen time and that too only on Subaru wrx.

One thought is that it collects dust and dirt which later starts damaging the body panel Over time.

The only advantage I see is that the water doesn't spray onto the car behind you at high speed driving on motorways.

Plus I've also noticed that when you mistakenly drive through muddy water, the mud doesn't splash onto the sides of the car if you've mudflaps.

[Raja_Qaiser]

Wow. Looks amazing. Put a dim red light in the footwell of the front and back seats so that it illuminates whenever you open the door. It will look awesome at night

What mileage are you getting?
Mine is 10.7 km/l in the first 300 kms - not reliable since it hasn't been driven above 1000 kms and i'm sure it will improve.
I guess this will be the lowest limit, which isn't bad.

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Omer Bahi milage to khuch achi nahi de rahi. aj hi refill ki ha. abi 2 - 3 bar or check karon ga. I think there are different factors involved.
KM Driven: 193 km
Fuel: 23Liters
consumption 8.34km/l with AC on.

ap ny city drive ki milage batai ha apni gari ki ya ringroad or hiways ki? keep update ur next refill. tyre pressure kitna ha ap ki swift m?
waise mere experience m abi tk koi gari 10km/l se upper nahi gai LOL. mere paon m masla ha shaid

[omar_575]

Omer Bahi milage to khuch achi nahi de rahi. aj hi refill ki ha. abi 2 - 3 bar or check karon ga. I think there are different factors involved.
KM Driven: 193 km
Fuel: 23Liters
consumption 8.34km/l with AC on.

ap ny city drive ki milage batai ha apni gari ki ya ringroad or hiways ki? keep update ur next refill. tyre pressure kitna ha ap ki swift m?
waise mere experience m abi tk koi gari 10km/l se upper nahi gai LOL. mere paon m masla ha shaid

Don't worry. It will improve after 1,000 kms and become stable after 5,000 kms. We're calculating it all too prematurely

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[hamza_xeg]

How much is your car driven til date Omar bhai

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[omar_575]

How much is your car driven til date Omar bhai

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Around 300 kms.

[omar_575]

Omer Bahi milage to khuch achi nahi de rahi. aj hi refill ki ha. abi 2 - 3 bar or check karon ga. I think there are different factors involved.
KM Driven: 193 km
Fuel: 23Liters
consumption 8.34km/l with AC on.

ap ny city drive ki milage batai ha apni gari ki ya ringroad or hiways ki? keep update ur next refill. tyre pressure kitna ha ap ki swift m?
waise mere experience m abi tk koi gari 10km/l se upper nahi gai LOL. mere paon m masla ha shaid

This is all city driving (and includes the test runs I did - and made videos)
Tyre pressure is 30-30... I can't be bothered to ask the tyre pressure guy to change the pressure setting to 30-33

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