A Bezza Journey - 1000km (1st) Inspection

 A Bezza Journey -  1^st Inspection @ 1000Km   

A question I came across in car forum is with regards to the 1000km “Service”, which to my understanding is basically nothing is being change, The Current Bezza 2018 version have a 1000km Free inspection  

I would say it’s due to 1) the Current Technology which has lead to longer servicing period, 2) Perodua want to ensure that all is well with the vehicle, 3) to obtain feed back from the customers, 4) to familiarize customers with the service centres and method of operations.

So what the 1000km Inspection all about?  It’s basically an inspection of the Vehicle, and a chance to rectify items not up to Spec.  It "should" cost the customer RM 0  as there is no need to replace any consumables like engine oil.     I paid RM3 plus for a Battery Protector which I wanted to be fix.  They also attended to all the items I raise, going for 2 test drive.   

So that the 1000K inspection. Short and Simple. Do note that there is a Term and Condition here for the “Free Inspection” which must be done within 2000km / 2 months.  Again there should be no charge, however in the forum I have hear of people saying they were charge as they were "recommended" certain accessories and consumables.  (Perodua Should look into this seriously, as this "hard sell" affect their image and "chase" customer away once the warranty period is over)  

I wanted to Purchase an Extra Cargo / Luggage Net,  (One was provided with the car), however they say they don't have.  Curious.  Here we are, offering to increase their sales but.   Fact is Perodua should have their own car accessories outlet at least in Major Towns / State capitals,  they after all account for close to 40%- 50% of all new car sales in Malaysia.    

While waiting at the Service Center (Perodua Branch), which is also a sales center, we had sofa seating waiting area, newspaper, magazines, n TV to amuse our self, and there is Free Coffee and Snacks as well.  Unfortunately no Wifi, (for that day/ or they dont provided this ), nor do I see plugs to recharge your devices.   Service Advisers was smiley and polite as always so no complaints here.

However, there are a few things that Perodua have to look into, on the service center conditions, little things that will affect their image, such as some of the Sofa was worn n torn, there were cobwebs hiding behind the blinds, but in general, the floor / walls was clean, well lit, & nicely set up.

#perodua #carservicecenter 

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I have not been paid nor compensated nor provided with any materials for such posts, other then the initial test drive.  Opinions & Results are solely my own & derive from my experience, my methods with this vehicle, any may / will  not be similar with yours or others opinions.  

                                                      

Back to Kim Seng 

We came back to Kim Seng, Butterworth Jln Kampong Banggali.   This time we try out their Dry Koey Teow topped with Roast Pork which i missed out the over time.  

The Dry koey Teow come with a big chunk of mince pork and fishballs.    

Verdict :  Not Bad overall.    

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Cook Ideal - Ipoh Style Hor Fun & Poached Chicken

Ipoh Style Hor Fun 

Cook Ideal Restaurant at Chai Leng Park dish up Poached Chicken with Chicken Rice or Ipoh Style Hor Fun, very similar to May Fong @ Butterworth. See Here 

The Restaurant 

Menu 

Pay Here

In fact the menu is exactly the same, only thing is this restaurant is new, much more hygienic, more pleasant, and professionally run, (Franchise able is what I would say) Opening hours are much longer. 

Food taste is about the same.  However having your meals here are more comfortable.  Parking here is a bit more problematic though

Chicken Rice 

Shrimp Dumpling Soup 

7 Village Koey Teow Thng

The Original Koey Teow Thng 

7 Village (Koey Teow thng) 

7 Village is a chain of Noodle soup house which originated in Butterworth in 1956, from tricycle push cart hawker roots.  In 1970 they begin to operate from a Kopi Tiam as a stall, and in 1998 they set up their first restaurant, call Lin Restaurant in a place that has 7 Village.  

Lai Men Dry  

Looks Messy,  taste heavenly.  

Now they are spreading all over Malaysia, and may be there is one in you town.  While they are famous for their Koey Teow Thng.  Other Noodles and food are also serve, such as Cold Pork Knuckle (German Influence?), Poached Chicken, Steam Egg (Japanese Influence), Deep Fried Water Tauhu topped with Mince Meat,  Loh Bak, and Kwan Jiang ( a cake of yam, white carrot, radish, peanut )

Deep Fried Taufu 

What I like best is either their Dry Laimen, dry style, serve with a giant mince meat ball, and slices of Grilled Honey Pork and half boil egg, or their Pork Belly Laimen, serve with herbal soup, braised pork belly, and slightly undercook (Japanese Style) hard boil egg and their loh bak. 

Cold Pork Knuckle

Cold Cut Type

Reminds me of the German Jelly Pork Knuckle

Photos are taken over 2 visits.  Location Map is Attached to their Head Quarters at Butterworth, off Jalan Raja Uda near the Petronas. Opens from 7.30am  

 Photos From subsequent Visit

Poached Chicken 

Kwan Jiang

Very Filling, Pork Belly Lai men in Herbal Soup

Steam Egg - Very similar to the Japanese Style

"Beach Street" Braised Pork Leg @ Butterworth

One famous Chap Fan place in butterworth, which was formerly house in a wooden business premise at Beach Road, near the Ferry jetty, have since relocated to a Place near Butterworth Town (due to a fire), and is now operating from the front of Club Gold Champ formerly an old cinema (near a famous roti canai outlet) along Jalan Kampong Gajah (See Map), just after the Jalan Telaga Air Traffic Light as you head up north.    

This Old School Chap Fan place which does not do much dishes but is well known for 2 items  Deep fried Ikan Cincaru Stufffed with Sambal and Braised Pork Leg in soya sauce, which every table will order. 

Just the other day I drop by at the “New” place to try them out.  Yes they are still as good, in fact at this place its even more convenient as there is parking.  

Lye Lye Food Court.

Roast Pork (Siew Bak) at Lye Lye Food Court

Lye Lye Food Court @ Jalan Terengganu

In Waze as Pusat Makanan Lye Lye

Lye Lye Food Court, located at Jalan Terengganu is a large food court, at the outskirt of George Town, 

While it is open the whole day, its main business is during Dinner Time, what they have going for them in this very popular food court is, 1) has a decent size parking at the back, and there are sidelanes behind to cope with the overflow.  2) A decent selection of Good Food, actually everything here is good to excellent. 3) location, while its off the main road, its still in a very central location, with housing, schools all around.  4) due to its construction, its alfresco concept with fans. 

This is one of my favourite eating places, for all the reasons above & its large enough to find “empty” tables fairly quickly, even though non of the stalls are my favourite. 

So what will enjoy here? first up is a plate of Delicious Succulent Roast Pork, among the best in Penang, with Crispy Skin. 

Next is usually the wan tan noodles,  I will order the broad noodles, and have them preparing it “very dry”, which they do well. 

Another is the Mix Rice, what Malaysia without rice dish somewhere. 

Pizza here is a Favorite of my Daughters, nothing fancy, just normal street food pizza,  I find it personally too sweet, but their business is good.

Oh Chen, Oyster Omelette but Thai Style, serve with some lime.         

A Photo of Taken at Lye Lye. 

 

Apologies forgotten to screen shot the location map, however you can find this place on Waze,  Pusat Makanan Lye Lye. 

A Bezza Journey - Accessories for the Vehicle

I have got a few items to enhance my driving & maintaining a vehicle appearance. All this are purchase off the shelf at Car Accessories Places, and are self installed.

Steering Wheel Pad – (New) For a Better Grip, A pair of Plyers were required to stretch the “Tab” for easier attachment.  Purchased from EconSave < RM5

Dashboard Anti Slip Pad – (New) To prevent items from sliding, usually I use it for my touch n go. Purchase from EconSave <RM2   Note :  Non stick type

Lumbar Support – (New) for you back, Purchase from Mr DIY <RM15, cheaper ones available from EconSave.

Hooks – (New) Need More Hooks for the car, my previous set from viva cannot fit, DIY < RM7  per set of 2.  this are Metal hooks and can be adjusted to fit the Head Rest Holder Rods, which are thicker then my previous vehicle.

Door Edge Protector – (New) Protect the Door Bottom Edge from (High) Kerb Rash, and Door Edge from hitting another car, wall, scraping the high kerbs.  This is the transparent tubing type.  Purchase 3 Set, each 130cm to cover the 4 doors,  Mr Diy each set <RM7

Magnetic Smart Phone Holder – (New) Prefer this type as 1) it cools the phone which may over heat when in the sun, 2) swivel type 3) Push in type.  Available from Many Place, Purchase from Leleong < RM30

This dual (2) Usb Adapter, which incorporate an ionizer, does double duty,  there is never enough usb to power all your devices, so this helps, and the ionizer also does double duty in the sense that it help to keep you awake and to keep down the smell which will accumulate in the vehicle  Purchase from Lelong < RM50.     

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New World Park Food Court

Asam Laksa 

New World Park Food Court

This big Airy Food Court, houses a good collection of Hawker / Street Food (Penang Chinese, but with a sprinkling of other type of other race) that use to line Swatow Lane, just adjacent to this place.  Some of those hawkers have move on, and have been replaced by others just about as good as, and increasing the verity of food available here. 

Mee Goreng 

 This food court is convenient (with its own car park), more hygienic (then others), centrally located, comfortable which makes it a favourite for locals,  the other part of the complex houses a verity of restaurants and café, one of them being the Famous Swatow Lane Ice Kacang / Rojak.

                                Poh Piah                      Chicken Rice              Otak Otak

This day when we drop by  (Cheng Beng Day for us) we had a verity of food, including Laksa, Mee Rebus, Po Piah, Chicken Rice (One of the New Stall), Otak Otak, and Mua Chi (New). 

Price of food here is on the higher side of Hawker / Street Food in Penang.   

Mua Chi 

Historically New World Park, was an Entertainment City, which fell in to disuse, the hawker stall lining the street out side however thrive and boom, even with the park closure.   Currently New World park is know for its collection of Restaurants and Hawker food.     

Location Map is attached  :

May Fong Restaurant

 May Fong “Restaurant”

An Old School Food Outlet, in the Old Town Butterworth along Jalan Kampong Banggali,  May Fong is a Lunch only establishment that serve and known for it’s  Boiled Chicken, Shrimp Dumpling, which is serve with Chicken Flavor Rice or Ipoh Style Kuey Teow Soup.  Its Usually Packed during lunch time. 

Verdict :  Decent Boiled Chicken, tasty enough, the only one that open for Lunch. The “Ipoh style” koey teow is only an approximation of the actual Ipoh Version, while the Prawns Dumpling is not bad  

Location Map Attached: 

A Bezza Journey - First Impression Fuel Economy

A Bezza Journey -  Fuel Economy

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Being an EEV, the Bezza is design for fuel Economy in mind.  Its supposed to get you 22km per lt (Advance Version) or 4.6lt per 100km, with features at the Dashboard to assists you.    

Firstly, there is the Eco Light which light up when the car “think” you are driving in an economical way, then at the odo meter there is a “Current Fuel Consumption” reading, all which can help you to drive properly.  Third there the lower Idle speed (or if you have the advance model the engine cut off ) which should save fuel when you are stuck in traffic or at the lights   

So Far I have done some simple testing 

1.       100% Highway Drive, 10km distance, after refueling, reset the AVG at the odo meter, Low Traffic conditions, speed of 60 – 80 kmph average, air con at the first notch = the odo meter read 28 km/lt  which translated out to 3.6lt/100km.

2.       One week of Urban Driving, Lots of Traffic Lights, Air Con at ¾.  Marketing, School,  etc

             By Manual Calculation (Tank full to Tank full Method) =    12.03 km/lt or 8.3lt/100km

               While the odo meter showed 12.5km/lt

3.      Mix Majority Highway 4 days of Commuting approx. 40km one way, 70 % highway, mostly low traffic, speed below 80kmph, Air Con ¼  Morning, ½ afternoon), 2 days of Urban Driving & the 1 K inspection

      By Manual Calculation (Tank full to Tank full Method) = 19.59 km/lt or 5.11 lt / 100km

      While the odo meter showed 20.0km lt 

      As a side note :  My Alza will usuall consume around RM65 to RM75 per week for the equivalent, while this week (3) Bezza full tank was RM51/-  

This figures are during the Running in Period. 

Comments: 

Fuel Economy : While one need to work on it, with the correct driving technique, with the right driving conditions, The official fuel figures can certainly be achieved with out too much difficulty.   

Odo Meter Accuracy : Fuel,  accuracy of the Meter vs Manual (Tank full to Tank Full Method) seems to differ by 0.5km in both the test.       

Disclaimer : 

I have not been paid nor compensated nor provided with any materials for such posts, other then the initial test drive.  Opinions & Results are solely my own & derive from my experience, my methods with this vehicle, any may / will  not be similar with yours or others opinions.   

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