Road test: BYD F0, F3 and F6
- Source: Global Times
- [16:51 December 08 2010]
- Comments
11. How do you like using themanual transmission when shiftinggears? Can you find the right gear easily? How about the distance between gears? How do you like the foot pedals?
N: Gear of F0 is little bit chinky. The clutch of F3 is not clear.
P: It is difficult to shift gears of the F0. The Dong Feng S30 I test drove before is much easier. It is messy and it is not tight. When I was turning the corner, I didn’t know if it was in the first or third gear. And the distances between each gear is very small. For the F3, I could easily feel which gear I was in. But starting from the first gear, I found it very difficult to find if the engine was engaging.
G: (F6) it is easy to shift gears. The foot pedals is easy to find.
O: (F6) I find it is easy to use the manual transmission when shifting gears.
T: F6 is a little tight.
D: I need to get used to the change. The clutch is soft and needs to be practised.
DC: The F0 does really badly when shifting gears. The F3 is OK and the F6 is good. The clutch of the F0 is stiff, really bad. The F3 and F6 are better but still not satisfying.
12. Did you feel an obvious pause when the gears were shifting while driving the automatic transmission version?
DC: I didn’t try the automatic transmission version
13. How do you feel about the noise when driving?
D: OK. Maybe a little road noise in F0.
G: (F6) No clear feel, because the windows are open.
O: (F6) little noise, I think.
DC: The F6 is very silent, but the F3 and F0 are a bit more noisy.
14. How do you feel when holding the steering wheel? Is it heavy or light? How fast does the steering wheel revert back to its original position after turning? How is it controlling the steering wheel?
DC: The F3 and F6 are very easy to handle and quite responsive. The F0 is a bit too hard.
T: I don’t like the power steering because I can’t feel the road.
D: I like F6 steering wheel, very comfortable. Steering was fine.
O: (F6) It is easy to control the steering wheel.
G: (F6) It feels good when holding the steering wheel. It takes seconds to revert back to its original position after turning.
P: The steering wheel is pretty solid. There is a lot of road feedback.
