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  1. A productive weekend. Installed the wheels and the heated seat wiring! This is just after coming back from the tyre shop. The centre caps have not been put on yet. I only got the wheels balanced, but not aligned. The front needs camber adjustment by the looks. That gap at the back is a bit scary too although the wheels didn't rub when I did a bit of heavy driving on humps and stuff. They will definitely rub when the car is fully loaded, so lowering is now off the table. The car is more steady when cornering now due to the wider tyres. I'm not 100% about the colour. I might just dip all the wheel faces in Anthracite Grey. But she looks pretty badass now IMO. Spent a good 4 hours or so installing the heated seats. What seemed a simple job turned out to be a bit more complex due to the fact that almost half the dashboard and the entire centre console needed to be taken off to do a proper wiring job. Mid-job. Butchered interior. The centre console and the new wiring. In operation. Passenger seat on high and driver's seat on low. The heat takes a couple of minutes to kick in. Also, the heaters don't work if no weight is detected on the seats.
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  2. The first thing that came to my mind when I read this is Mini Cooper 2012. And then I saw somebody has already suggested that.
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  3. Hyundai Grande i10 - Made in India - ZERO NCAP (Latam) rating. Stay away (even if you don't have a toddler) Perodua Axia - 4-star NCAP (Asean) - has isofix points for child seats Kia Picanto - 4-star (Euro NCAP) - only the fully loaded version - this is probably the best buy, since the 4-stars are given by big daddy of all NCAPs Daihatsu mira and Suzuki stingray - no ratings in JNCAP site for 2016 models. The 2014 model is evaluated at 4-star. Evaluation also doesn't contain any info about child protection. I am glad to see someone who puts safety ahead of resale value. If you are not too bothered about resale, I would suggest going for an older Euro, such as a Peugeot or a Volvo. Even a 90s peugeot will provide you better protection than a modern allion or an axio. Finally, pls get yourself a child seat for the toddler. They are available everywhere in SL now. Good luck and be safe.
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  4. I don't have a large sample size...however...from personal experience...yes..the returning kids I know of are making a difference. Have met quite a lot of returnees through the WorkInSriLanka platform/forum. There are quite a few economics/management/finance graduates who have returned and are working at local and foreign banks who I have dealt with. The difference I have seen is that the returnees have a sense of confidence and are willing to come forward with suggestions and take risks. The "locals" <I really hate using these terms like this..feels very discriminatory> on the other hand are too restrained. As a result they simply regress by stating "this is how it was always done" and just end there. As for the more hard scientists...I know nano-scientists who have come to Sri Lanka and who have actually setup and are working on some government project or something...then there are a few bio-chemical engineers who have set up labs over here. Even the "Dr." with the Vega team is a returnee...(the Vega project itself's commercial viability is questionable but at least there are things like commercial research in to battery technology, etc...is going on). Then I know quite a few who work in the UN system working on urban development...then there are returning expats who have setup or are funding incubators and advisory services for entrepreneurs...so..yes...the ones who have dared to return with their foreign education actually are making a difference. Don't forget...even if you take the few large successful IT companies in the country..most of them were started off by returnees who created a bridge between resource bases in the US and EU (they established whilst learning/working over there) and SL....so yes... The biggest problem is most do not return because their prospects after returning are not attractive. Even the ones who have returned, the problem is the blacklash from the bureaucracy and the the small group of locally educated individuals who make assimilation rather difficult.
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  5. Hi why dont you first trying cleaning the EGR Valve.<br/> <br/> Watch "Cleaning your EGR Valve" on YouTube<br/> Cleaning your EGR Valve: <a href=' '> </a>
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