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Very poor economic vision of the finance ministry, in managing this sector. Every government use mere, grade 10 arithmetic logic to control / manage the economic affairs. Big picture is overlooked and in-depth analysis is very rare or non existing. in this case immediate result will be, car sellers will become blood suckers. But with no additional tax revenue for the government for the ex-stock sales. Consumers have been rendered helpless. What the consumers should do is, to stop buying cars for 2 -3 months and wait. Some may argue, but it is always better to wait till the tax dust to settle down. Market is tense now and in scenarios like this, the least thing the sellers want is the customer to be rational, push them on impulse or speculative buying. Unless consumers take a step back and ponder a little, you will be at the receiving end. It is true that influx of vehicles is a big burden for our poor economy. Some 20 years back, a car was the last in the capital investment agenda for family. It was very rare that we got a car to travel and opt to pay a loan for that. But the social mentality has changed. Now a car is part to of the overall family personality. ( some may disagree and bang on the utility aspect) but I believe gradually even a poor family will start with an old car with utility aspect in mind and finally go with the status qua, attached to it. However, it is unfair to let the general public be screwed at will, and make them pay for the incompetence of the politicians - without any vision for improving public transport. Incompetent handling of public transport system for the past 3 - 4 decades has caused the present situation. So people have decided to solve the problem themselves, by buying a car on loan, and get back to square one with the increasing traffic jams. Now we have two problems - the loan and the traffic. The public transport system should at least be a 10 year plan with a long term overall economic cost / benefit analysis. I was involved in planning the Abu Dhabi bus operation (before 2008 there was no buses and only taxis). With even so much funding available, the government wanted to plan only for a 03 years loss period for the operation and the bus operation should be profitable from the 4th year. There are many success stories, like Singapore, Malaysia in the public transport systems - to which we are deaf and blind. Finally I would suggest that our ministry experts should learn the basic economics of logistics and transport from Dabbawalas in India.

So this was posted in FB as Turbo Prius Thats just a fancy air filter right? I have seen a similar Aqua before which also was posted as Turbo Aqua are these hybrids being turbocharged in Japan?

Meanwhile very interesting things are happening at the panda owners club page; This is Spraaaartaaaaaaa !!!!!!!!!! Tiny spoiler ? Must generate a lot of downforce And its okay to mix 92 and 95 octane folks, but good if its at half tank :sarcastic_hand:

Sierra Charlie is right. This could very well be a TPS fault but it is unlikely to show up in a scan. Is your TPS three/four terminal and built into the throttle body?If that is the case you need to be absolutely sure of the fault (cos replacement would be expensive) which can be confirmed with a simple multi-meter by observing the resistance change as the throttle moves from closed to wide open position.

I managed to source all the original decals as well for the car. This was my inner OCD kicking in..... This is how she looks as of now... Shall update the thread again soon

Mahindra Jeeto, but do we have any here?

The Japanese manufacturers have been giving sneak peaks of pretty much all the concepts and new models that will be showcased at the Tokyo Motorshow in just 3 weeks. Amongst many others this one kind of seems interesting. The Toyota SFR, supposedly the size of a Vitz and apparently it is going back to Toyota's roots of simple FR cars Toyota seems to be interested in commercializing it...but who knows...they might change their minds at the last minute but what I want is this ! TOTALLY ! The Toyota Kikai

sadly that group reflects the mentality of a large cross section of our society and how they think.

maybe a dead spot in the TPS? Did it happen on the E01 where you have to maintain a constant speed?

Holy shit! That downforce tho!

Close enough

When I read the topic, i came here looking for stories about douchebags with beat barrels and body kits.... ohh well....