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Yes yes,the world will end this year,,,Sell all your possessions and head to a higher ground.I'll give you 5000 rupees for your house and your car.Hurry up before the apocalypse cos housing and the vehicle market will collapse under Lord Lucifer's regime. Ave Satani!

Hi everyone and a very happy new year to all of you! I'm somewhat just an observer on these forums and this thread has been one of my favs, Only expressway in the country and it's fun to read what people post about their experiences on it! So 31st went to Galle and back and here's my experience of it: In short, it's fantastic! I drive a Swift and got on the highway at 9am and kept a steady 100 all the way through. Occasionally u find the needle going to 120-130 and u gotta correct urself though. Cameras at every intersection and patrol cars every so often with their residents chewing their beatle. No accidents and only one breakdown did we see there and back, and a couple of instances where roadworks wr going on, but service vehicles clearly marking which lane to get into etc. Signboarding is unmistakable and clear, I dunno what paint/sticker they use but it's like a light turning on when ur heads hit them. Road ettiquette was extremely good and you feel safe overtaking and getting back into lanes. One or 2 vans which might have been doing 60kmph while another Vios was straddling both lanes causing the one and only downshift to 4th the entire trip. Coming back there was a private Leyland (189 route number, but obviously on a trip) doing about 90, and that was a bit scary overtaking him at 100 cos u really feel the narrow overtaking lane width cos the bus pretty much fills the entire lane... so bit scary to think of buses on E01, and even scarier to think of having to overtake container trucks. Only one incident of being overtaken at 100 by a convoy of 3 land crusiers, a KS no. Benz and an Allion which might easily have been doing well over 160kmph. One idiot in a Kenari who I passed started to keep up with me and wasn't keeping enough of a gap behind me was pretty disconcerting, and no matter if I sped up to increase the gap the fool kept closing in... moron wasn't overtaking either for at least 5km until I think he got it and pulled past me and went. Road kill noticed just 2 dead dogs (pretty gruesome) and passed one meandering Thalagoya and 2 other brave doggies who wr oncoming down the shoulder. The scenery is simply breathtaking... it truly is stunning during the day with changing landscapes, not the same terrain throughout. Coming back at about 6pm getting onto the expressway was beautiful too, with the sunset giving a superb backglow to the treelines. All in all very very happy with the road, and proud to be Sri Lankan! only downside I see and that maybe just me cos this was my first experience driving on a road like this - the drive is not relaxing... you can't relax, I guess cos of the speed u really have to keep ur senses on edge, but I suppose you can always drive around 60-80 then. Looking through the posts and all the safety tips, might I add to check your wiperblades, cos visibility can be pretty badly impaired if you get the slightest streaking on the windshield. Hope everyone had a rocking 31st and best wishes for 2012!

Credible sources report Skynet will become self aware and launch it's missiles against it's enemies. The only way to survive is to own a nuclear bunker. I own one and I'm renting space. 1000 bucks per head, ladies free.

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go to car sale for unregistered used vehicles or go to agents like Unit#d Mot#rs,A*W,stafford for brand new vehicles. importing is always cumbersome process especially a corrupted country like lanka.

Hi Buddhika, Ignition knock is generally caused by bad ignition timing most commonly by a misaligned distributor. But in your case I think the Toyota NZ engine has direct ignition, where the ignition timing is controlled electronically by the ECU (the computer box) so its natural for anyone to assume its caused by same. But a knock can also be generated by carbon deposits in the combustion chamber, which tend to carry the heat from the previous ignition and then ignite the fuel air mixture before the plug creates the spark at the correct time. Why don't you go to a place which has the required tools to diagnose the ECU which will monitor and report on ignition timing as well. After this you can see if the problem is with the ECU or not? Over to the experts...

why is that cars interior looks like someone vomit on it damn.

Yeah the interior looks like one from a vios, but there is something odd about the interior too Anyway who would pay 2.8 million for a ugly thing like that, it looks like something out of a horror movie

this might have been posted before. but since we're talking about speed...worth a watch. made me think twice...

Please buy something manufactored at least 500 miles away from SL. Please...... If you are going to spend 1.9 mil Like SREE said, why dont you go for the Swift (2004/2005 YOM)?? Better looks, better durability, better driving pleaseure, better everything... OR you can buy a Sedan type car (2000 - 2002 YOM) like Mazda 323, Nissan FB 15 etc, On your Point "5. Sporty look", are you kidding me?????

Do you notice dark sediment in the water ? There is a possibility that the head gasket has given up again probably because of engine overheating. Better get it checked asap. Also get the radiator checked and cleaned. The head gasket failure might be a result of overheating though the cause of the overheating still needs to be found and resolved to stop it happening again. Check for faulty radiator cap, blocked radiator, blocked valves, proper radiator fan operation etc.