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Alternatively, you also have the option of approaching padi baage jayas**dara with a bunch of other docs/similar people and asking him to issue an import license for the parts that are needed for your mahindra or micro.

If the wagonR fuel economy disappoints you, then the viva's economy will make you cry.

You can sell your permit for an unbelievably lower price .... if you wish.. as no one can open LC You can't exchange your permit for a locality assembled or an already imported car .... it's a myth You can always contact the local car assemblers... Google their website to find the number... And believe only the circulars issued by the ministry of finance; trade finance department and by the sri Lanka customs You must be a higher ranking government officer, if you a permit holder.... I think you must be aware of those.. at least to refer a circular

@Kavvz ditto that - It was the lack of a second light (parking & turn indicator) that stopped me from going with the Dauphine Then there was the matter of the light itself - looked like something from a British Leyland parts bin but I didn't even consider Standard - good job @matroska

Waiting for @matroska to post the next 'Quick Trivia' challenge is like watching this guy tear down his Subaru engine to learn why Subaru engines fail...painful and long! Just kidding @matroska, take your time and give us a good one... @AVANTE : The last one was pretty tough! Nice work. (I was dead certain it was a Renault Dauphine, I kept looking at the picture to make sure that was a proper front radiator grill and not some trim piece! )

Nope...dying a slow death would be better as you know that you would die and soon all the pain would end. Here..he knows he will have to live thinking of this the rest of his living days

Car sellers and car owners will tell you all kind of stories but here are some truths. 1.any car in Sri Lanka does about 9-10km/litre. Whether it's Axio, Allion, Wagon R, Alto, Bulto whatnot. Hybrids will give around 12-13kmpl. That's all. If you hear premios doing 13, 14 or 15, that's a lie! 2.ALL cars depreciate from unreg to the next 3 to 4 years. That includes axios, premios and wagon r's. All of them. Thereafter, there might be a slow depreciation or appreciation depending on government's tax policy changes. Some cars that were bought for 1 - 1.2 million in 2005 can now be sold for 2 million BUT that doesn't take currency depreciation in to account. Unless you understand these two truths, you will always be disappointed.

It was gray / green with a red interior...I'm sure members here know the car. It was pretty well recieved and did the rounds on some local car mags etc.

Nice to know that you want to help. But this thread is from 2006.

I'm not sure TBH - dad still remembers the registration number it was EL as far as i remember.

this isn't the first time I've heard length contributing to pain Well TBH - my grandad had owned a standard vanguard Phase I way back - my dad barely remembers it (don't think we have any pics of it) last year for dads birthday I sourced an oxford die-cast scale model as a gift so I did some research on Vanguards - the car in this pic is a Phase II unit. @Kavvz - i'll post one on the trivia soon.

Lankans should get into restomods more. Racing gadgets and some modern stuff (and even modern drivetrain parts) on an old body. Any memory on the color of that escort you mentioned?

If you are driving mostly on the expressway or outstation on not very dusty conditions and not crawling a lot in city traffic, you will be able stretch the oil change intervals to 10k km using the same Toyota oil without any issue. The user manual and the sticker under the hood recommends 15k km oil changes anyway although for different conditions. If you are paranoid about changing the brand of oil, better go for a reputed brand of oil such as Mobil, Castrol etc.

Right! @Devinda_Z ! Those parking lights added to the mismatch~! Quite the brain teaser. @matroska you'll have to walk us through what made you hit on the answer! All was not lost though. While googling for closer views on the Dauphine I did come across an interesting build. I am not sure if the classic car purists would take offence at it; but it did tickle my fancy quite a bit and it made me wonder if anyone here in SL has done anything similar using a vehicle more common to us that wouldn't be such a sin to cut up ? Here's the vehicle in question: a bit of back story on the build here: https://engineswapdepot.com/?p=48280

Restrictions are on till July end (when the three months lapse), but the feeling is that it will continue or the CBSL will ask importers to open L/C's on differed payment (3-6months) terms. All authorised importers have a lot of spares in port that cannot be cleared due to the restrictions. Funny thing is on some money has already gone and they will have to foot the demurrage as well. Same with tyres.

requirement 92 You can pump 95 and support the govt. by way of higher tax if you wish to do so

Have a nice day

After seeing the price tag, everyone forgot about it. Reminds me of the Giulia GTAm.

Yeah exactly @Devinda_Z, ? nice if can find an imported one for a permit..again, many thanks for all your time on this!!!!!

This has to be the worst feeling in the world, aside from dying a slow death.

Basic SW knowledge. A proper scan Reads the ROM, with live Frames can even read the RAM. Therefore you can see errors that are not yet confirmed as leading to a unhealable system failure (Check Engine Light). Before a Check Engine error is shown to the driver, many real-time errors discovered while driving are filtered/debounced. But it doesn't mean these Errors are not important, they are indicators of a disaster waiting to happen. for most raw-errors the steps before showing a Check Engine Light are as follows. IC detects Hardware Error -> HW-filter -> Error Debouncing (event Counter and Time-based) -> Writein RAM -> Write in ROM at end of driving cycle -> same error detected in n (=3 usually) driving cycles -> illuminate Check Engine Light So saying that its OKAY to drive with check Engine light ON is wrong and unsafe. As an Engineer you should discourage people from doing so, its even an illegal state to drive in US,EU and Japan(like drunk driving).

This sounds like a B/N import 1.5 automatic, which has a conventional auto gearbox. But are you sure its 1.5? I thought Ford imported 1 litre Ecosports during this time due to low taxes. I also recall Ecosport coming with 5-year warranty those days. Ask the agent whether warranty is transferable. Also ask them whether you can pay and extend the warranty to 5 years (if it only came with a 3-year warranty). You might spend around 100k out of pocket but it might be worth it. Ecosport is just an average car (or a jip, if you like to call it that). No major known issues from what I know. Not like the 2012-2014 Focus.

Agent imported Fords with 1l ecoboost engines come with 6 speed torque converter gear box. They do not offer power shift DCT to Sri Lanka. If it is a grey imported one from the UK, it can have DCT

This is one of those rare occasions I am actually agreeing with @gayanath...servicing and costs associated with it have been completely blown out of proportion in Sri Lanka mostly by service station operators. They are literally a mafia by themselves and it is because of them and the cheap parts suppliers that has held back this particular side of the industry for ages. Cars are not that fickle even when it is loaded with tech. Figuring out the Hybrid system status in a Toyota does not require processes that need space age technology. If the car is showing errors..do a scan...heck..do a scan anyway...(for the life of me I cannot imagine why plugging in a scanner costs so much in SL...in Vietnam, East Timor and Malawi the agent plug in scanners for the heck of it..for nothing as well !). I know a poor guy who had to pay 7500LKR to get a sensor on his front bumper and another one behind the grill emblem cleaned off mud. WTH ??? About not all errors trigger check lights....used to be true...but with newer systems all the critical components do trigger check lights. If something is causing a system to start going bad..then regular checkups might detect it and fix it before the check lights go on. Again..cars are not that fickle that the check engine light goes off as soon as something goes slightly out of the stock calibration. Yes...cleaning the Hybrid system's vent is not that complicated. As long as the vents are cleaned it will do just fine until an annual check or something of the sort (Japanese cars are subject to an annual maintenance check hich is semi-legal..and this checks all these). Let's not even get in to the whole big deal of washing the under carriage ! Geez...not rocket science ! Then there is the whole Toyota/Nissan/Honda oil. None of these manufacturers make oil. They buy it from other suppliers. But car owners are told otherwise. But then you cannot blame the owners as well because the parts suppliers just bring in all kinds of fake and cheap ##@@! Manufacturer's parts are not the best that is out there for the car.... Anyway...done with my rant....

Year quite possibly - these were bought as fleet cars as well so check the ownership history and even more so the maintenance history. It's always a trade off - company owned usually means Softlogic/Agent maintained at least for the 5 years but private vehicles may have been gently used if it was an owner/driver scenario but there's room that corners were cut or makabases had access to the car ?‍♂️

Do not under estimate..... I m doing my services perfectly at right time (but never do unnecessary things) A story fabricated by poor service guys..... ?. Engine oil - Toyota 0W20 - 1st can - Rs. 4,800 (2015), Last Can - Rs. 6,325 (2020) Oil Filter - Rs. 1,030 to 1,980 Depend on Toyota or VIC Air Filter - Toyota - Rs. 3,650, Cabin Filter - VIC Rs. 2,800 - 3,600 (You can use 3 VIC's for Toyota cost) Just rubbish... The car itself giving the warning (check engine ) if such. Why you pay for it??? Fan inlet cleaning is nothing for anyone who is having a vacuum cleaner. You are wrong.... HV battery - you could run the car even with check engine. Safe mode runs with 100% engine so fuel efficiency will drop, but car runs safely so could come home easily. (Believe me, two known cars still running with HV battery fault since 1.5 years and 11 months) 12v battery - same with another automatic car. Jump start is possible and no harm Again..... A fabricated story. Opposite is the truth. The first set of tires cost me Rs. 60,000 (Bridgestone - EP300). Still running with Everything is written (as a research and as for fun..... That's why I could answer for you guys ??? ) Buy cheap (Car cost + battery cost 285 k), use cheap and sell cheap ...... No difference but you could use bit new car + touch the technology

Go to U&H union Place .They have a person who does wheel repairs. Very skilled guy.

Was about to recommend this place. They did a proper job on an aluminum sump repair for me.

There's a small place called 'KBL Tech Welding' along the Rathmalana-Mirihana road in Pepiliyana near the Pepiliyana grounds. They did a decent job on one of my damaged alloy wheels 2.5 years ago and it's still well intact. You might wanna try that place if you are around colombo. There location is available in Google Maps.

All members, I hope this link below will give how to use a GDI Engine. https://www.knowyourparts.com/technical-resources/chemicals/gdi-engines-carbon-buildup Sylvester Wijesinghe Sylvi.

Since they can override them they turn them off. 1st thing for my wife to turn off LDW, FCM & LTA off before set the seat belt, her excuse is she doesn't like the warning sounds. So far she is a good driver so (not a single scratch for the last 15 years of her driving history) so I have stopped arguing as my history is not that good.

Hey that reminds me of my last car selling experience- So I advertised my previous car for sale alright, the first buyer who agreed to pay the asking price was a queer one - he didn't even take a good look at the interior, much less a test drive - he just fell in love with how good the exterior looked- "brand new wage thiyenne mahaththaya!" was what he said. He was right - I know a thing or two about paint protection (wax, people, wax!) - so the very next day we travel to the bank, do the paperwork, he deposits the agreed amount while I fill out MTA forms and stuff - while all this is going on in comes the protagonist of the story. The buyer introduces the newcomer to me as a close relative of his - a professional astrologer. He had calculated the best auspicious time for the new owner to get in the car (or hand the key over- I can't remember which) so anyway, after a wait of more than half an hour we do the deed on the auspicious time - the new owner wanted to take me home, didn't want me to take the bus, bless his kind soul! We were on our merry way when he suddenly remembered he needed a photocopy of some document and we kept an eye for a "communication". You see where this is going now dontcha? Le wild communication appears - driver slams on the brakes - a poor sod who was riding his CD90 too close rear ends the car - gets airborne - lands on the rear trunk and leaves one of his incisors on the trunk lid. We all get out - the very first thing the astrologer told me was "hondha welawata nekathata waahane paarata dhamme, naththan apey passen enne bike ekak nemey tipper ekak!"

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