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MiVEC kicked in Yo!

This man doesn't have much business these days. U should ask him about the future...

In 2016 did any of us ever think there will be a total import stoppage and the world would come to a standstill for 6 months? Leave alone cars the way things are going will we be alive in 4 years? 4-5 years is too far down the line to make a prediction. Think of 4-5 years ago - Hybrids were killing it but now they're depreciating like crazy. Also if you observe current trends cars are no longer assets even the most coveted among Sri Lankans - Corollas and Allions and Premios will not go for crazy prices like they used to do. IF you're buying a car do not spend every cent on it so that it will HAVE to be an investment. Be prepared to lose money when you sell it - if you do make a profit that's a bonus.

Coolant change: Done! Things learned: Multi-meter test of the coolant is helpful to find how degraded coolant is. Before the coolant change the highest voltage recorded was 0.1V, after the change it's 0.02V. They don't touch the engine block drain plug at the agent, only the radiator and the expansion tank gets drained so if you're going the DIY route it's quite easy and uncomplicated work just like @Davy said. The bit on the coolant cap is indeed an air vent. There are 2 rubber washers inside said coolant cap, the one I have highlighted tends to fall off whenever you take the radiator expansion tank cap off. Make sure it's there and is seated properly before re-tightening the cap. Coolant used: Part No. MZ341015EX Mitsubishi 50% concentration pre-mixed super long life coolant premium Total cost: Rs. 4872.00 Labour - 552.00 Coolant - 5.5l - 4320.00 (about 1-1.5l of coolant was left over and I'm supposed to top the radiator and the expansion tank up over several heating and cooling cycles with it). They did run the engine with the heater on to bleed the system, but still advised to do it. Questions: The engine bay is a bit of a mess after the coolant change. I haven't cleaned the engine bay since first 2 routine services and wary to do it after seeing them using pressurized water to do it, could crusted coolant on plastic and metal parts of the engine bay be harmful in some way?

Models change all the time...an introduction of a new model of a car does not kill the previous model (in fact the Vitz was the Yaris..the car was called VItz only in Japan). What will kill the demand and resale-ability of the car is how well you take care of it. If you do not properly maintain it by servicing it and doing preemptive maintenance accordingly by using proper parts and labor..then your car is going to be a heap of junk. If you do not properly inspect the car when buying a buy a junker...again..you will have trouble reselling it. So...at the end of the day what makes a 2019 Vitz resale-able or not is dependent on you and not what Toyota does. If you take care of the car and how much you will be able to ask for it would depend on whatever the prevailing tax structures, etc...for vehicle imports and usage of the country at the time you are selling it. A few final points for you to think on: - Cars are depreciating assets. Even if it has a Toyota badge...it depreciates...so ask for a reasonable price. As long as the price is reasonable for the status of the car..it will sell. I say this because owners of cars like the Vitz, Axio, Premio, Allion think their vehicles are better investments than gold and ask ridiculous prices. - Obviously the new Yaris has newer technologies and a new platform that is far more exciting than the old Vitz. So..if your budget does allow it..try to purchase the newer model. Having said that....right now the prices of the new Yaris are a bit inflated because of the "new" factor. Delivery times for the car is 3-4months (last time I checked) and maybe even more now because of COVID-19. So people who are getting their cars early are selling them off at a premium. Same thing happens in Sri Lanka...the local car sales are hiking up the price just for its newness factor (also the fact that new imports might be severely restricted for the next year or so).

Dude no one is a fortune teller but all i can say is that Toyotas have a market in sri lanka and has held up value pretty well over the past, but you do need to make up your mind on depreciation. 2008-10 vitz cars go for around 2.5-2.7 mil and the newer ones post 2012 go around 3 mil and higher. Its a gamble to comment on the market value since some models do depreciate a lot more than others. specifically newer cars as they identify faults in it. for example the dct issue on the vezel has pushed its price to low 3.8 mil. Meanwhile the premio which is pretty much no different than an allion holds its value well, some people who bought it for 4.9-5 mil in 2010 can sell it with little to no depreciation in the current market. Expect to get a lot less than what you buy, but since vitz is a popular car in Sri Lanka you can expect to find buyers for it for the right price. When buying just make sure you get a good deal!

Holdens made their way to Sri Lanka for the non-aligned conference that was held during Mrs. B's reign in the 70s. This car may have come to SL just past that when Holdens became a bit popular. This doesn't appear to be a 60's number. I've seen late 70s Japanese vans with numbers older than this. Unlike now, importing cars needed a permit those days but there was no age limit for used imports from what I know. @Sylvi might have an idea about this model. This might not have been a hearse due to lack of any windows. Hearses would have got single digit Sri numbers those days. What I'd love to know is whether it had an auto gearbox. Aussies were among early adopters of auto boxes. The ad says transmission is automatic! For that price, I'd actually buy that car in a heartbeat if I was in SL and had the parking space.

I'm guessing it was imported from Australia. They were apparently used by tradies extensively back in the day to haul their equipment, just like they use utes and trucks today. Hence the lack of windows (i.e "panel van"). Interesting indeed to see one in Sri Lanka. Looks to be in good nick too! As for the number, I guess it's registered as a light lorry. 33 and 34 Sri were used for light lorries. The most famous of them being the Mitsubishi Delica T120 which is technically a van, but registered in the light lorry category.

Ah! Very sobering...yeah definitely going to be mad expensive and I can see how people would gravitate towards something else at those prices... Sad. Man! 20 mil on a Mazda 3 Whew! This tax structure- I tell you! And seriously, I can't even say we should get rid of it given the state of affairs. I mean recovery after COVID-19 is going to consume a LOT of tax money...sigh. I can do my part but the Government needs to buck-up and do its part at cutting some expenses as well: The first thing that needs to go are some of the 225 donkeys we have, and their massive stabling costs.... ?

Gosh, sounds like they've made a bit of a mess. They should have just rinsed that part then and there. The thing with this gen Lancer is that the intake is at the front, so quite a bit of sensors close to the radiator compared to older generations where the exhaust was at the front, and you could be a bit more careless with water splash, and even wash the radiator area.

So it is confirmed ! The big news to be announced on the 8th of July by Mazda (which they have been teasing about since May or so)..is that there will be a Turbo charged hot version of the Mazda 3. Would be nice if it made it to Asia.... https://jalopnik.com/the-2021-mazda-3-turbo-will-get-at-least-227-horsepower-1844278962?fbclid=IwAR23Y8vbX23k994zac5j4h_LwYmEF-UlkItUoovOlWtRb5sch_7dSqbrBCE

Yeah there's a cartload of SUV/CUV's for that budget. A left-field suggestion I can make if the OP can stretch his budget a little bit is the Ford Eco Sport CUV. Local agents are offering it for around 5.3 (That was in March not sure of the price now ) with a 5 year /100,000 KM Warranty. Of course the Eco Sport is basically still a high riding hatchback as opposed to a real SUV but still if OP is after a brand-new/ new as possible car thats worth considering.

Nope, it shouldn't degrade plastic or metal parts. I don't understand how they can mess up the engine bay though. I mean the coolant is drained from the bottom. And if they used a funnel to fill it in, there really shouldn't be any spillage.

Hi @pasindu tharaka, welcome to the forum! Please refrain from creating multiple threads across different sections of the forum. I have now merged your threads. As for your issue, I'd start by checking all the vacuum lines first for a leaks. Make sure all rubber vacuum hoses are properly secured and that they don't have cracks. Next would be the idle air control valve that you should check. It might be sticking due to carbon deposits or faulty. Do a throttle body clean and get the IACV carefully cleaned as well.

Well..we are going to have to agree to disagree. I have used one for a month after moving to Japan (could not use my own car because I could not get to it due to quarantine requirements ) . The ProBox and Succeed are pretty much the modern day elephant backs and KE72s and EE92s....Not much different at all (and I have gone in one in Malawi with bad roads..it was not any better or any worst than any van variant with leafs in the back)....and no...it is not like a Nissan Atlas Believe it or not I have used one of those too out in the fields (well a Cabstar). Have they changed the formula ? Yes....it has been made a bit more utilitarian than the old vans. But they have also made it more sensible for commercial use. I loved driving this thing. Since the wheels are so far out it was very chuckable and easy to manuever. The lack of all the cladding meant really good visibility too. It chugged along with 3 large suitcases, 3 hand-carry bags, 2 kids (with child seats) and two adults with no fuss at all. Settled for this over the new Corolla Touring wagon because it simply could not handle more than 2 large suitcases and when the kids seats were put on there literally was no space for even a back pack in the back. If a person wants a simple vehicle with space and minimal passenger use and is not looking for sedan like comfort ..then the Probox is a good option (its utilitarian. hassle free and simple..and if you want...easily customizable). If a person is looking for predominantly passenger use and do not need much utility out of space and want sedan like comfort..then a Touring wagon/Fielder/Wingroad would be better (passenger use and comfort is what its designed for). I have stated this earlier. Sri Lankans have a bad habit of taking and putting cars out of context and then demonizing it. Just like how people buy a 600cc kei car; expect it to have 1500cc sedan like performance and then saying that the kei car is a failure. @HaeylM.....As for your bit about the refinement and the evolution...sorry but you have left out a few key things that paint an incomplete picture For starters..you need to realize than in Japan you get this body configuration as vans, classified for commercial use; and passenger vehicles, classified for passenger transport. Passenger vehicles can be for private use or for business use. Business use is for fleets (sales reps, taxis, etc.., i.e. still predominant use for passengers and their luggage, not commercial use with heavy pay-loads, etc...) Now... What we Sri Lankans considered as WAGONS with the KE72 and EE92 were NOT wagons. They were vans for commercial use (or shop hop use as you put it). They had leafs in the back and had very utilitarian features. Along side these vans; they had wagon variants. The E70 series wagon was the KE73G and it came in GL and DX trims. They had plusher a interior (not very plush compared to modern or even 90s standards but plush for its day), suspension was a bit more refined (softer leaves) and the GL was even offered with faux wood paneling . The E90 series Touring wagon came as the AE91G and pretty much had the setup of the E90 sedan. This came in in L and G touring wagon trims. In addition to the Touring Wagon, the E90 was also offered in a Business Wagon which came in L and L Extra grades . The E100 Corolla followed the same strategy as the E90..van, business wagon and touring wagon. For the most part Sri Lankans got familiar with Touring and Business wagons only with the E100 series and this I believe has lead to the misconception that Toyota "wagons" got significantly refined after (or onwards from) the E100 series Corolla. Now true the E100 and the successive Fielder got improvements over the others due to technology and material changes/upgrades. Not because there was a change in direction or focus. It was not a case of the E70 and E90 series (and even the E100) being unrefined and simple/ basic and there was this major evolutionary refinement later on with a paradigm shift. That statement seems to be somewhat based on just pure comparison between the Fielder (which was a wagon) and the E100 Touring Wagons against the E70 and E90 van variants. Wagon to wagon there was no ground breaking "refinement" or ideology. In fact at a certain point the refinement of the Corolla/Fielder just started going down. (On a side note...the E100 was over engineered as the Toyota engineers wanted to create a mini Lexus LS and the entire range came with far better interior and exterior build than any other Corolla up to that point and many other Corollas after that.) After the E100 Corolla...Toyota split the van and the wagon ranges. In fact the E110 series Corolla did not get a van/wagon and the E100 van/wagon just continued. With the 120 series and the Corolla getting the MC platform, the replacement for the Corolla van (for commercial use) was the Probox/Succeed (lets not forget the MC platform was larger platform which had implications on vehicle dimensions) and the replacement for the Corolla wagon (for passenger use) was the Fielder. The Fielder, just as in the Corolla Wagon range was for private use or business use. In fact Toyota was just recovering after a recession (which is why the E110 Corolla was all borrowed tech from the E100)...so instead of having separate business and touring wagon ranges as in the past they just combined the two and offered everything in one wagon. As for refinement...ask anyone who has owned a Corolla E100 ..they will stake their life on the fact that the E120/E140 Corollas were plasticy and materials felt cheap (not bad...but a certain thing missing). This applies for the Fielder wagons as well. Lets not even talk about the 160 Fielder/Axio which is based on the same platform as the Vitz/Probox/Succeed). Again...goes back to the initial statement of taking a car out of its context and demonizing it...the Probox is not bad for what it is...and it is in many ways an improvement to what the old VAN variants were. So if someone is looking for a KE72/EE92/EE102 replacement/like vehicle then yes..the Probox/Succeed is a good alternative.

Well out of the two models you have mentioned the Audi A1 would not meet any of the requirements above except for the ability to reverse like @kush mentioned above. However, if you are looking at a maximum 5 million budget I don't think you'd be able to get hold of a 2020 Yaris (the Vitz is no more as mentioned in the above comments from 2020 on) as the prices of Vitz model years 2018-2019 goes close to the 5 million mark. The new Yaris looks good and premium both in the inside and the outside (the rear design might not be everyone's cup of tea though) than the outgoing model and like @iRage mentioned it could be more livelier to drive due to Toyota's new global architecture chassis design. All things said 4 to 5 million is a pretty good budget to buy a car and if it was my money I wouldn't settle with a hatchback for this price point. There are many decent hatchbacks, sedans and even some SUVs, CUVs that would be falling within this price bracket which would offer many options, comfort and other advantages than the models being compared at the moment. However, its your money and its your call so you can choose the best option that would suit your needs

Not to sound rude..but if you have to ask the question..then no..stay away from the Audi. 5mil is quite a good chunk of money. Are these the only two options you have ? Would there be any decent Korean offerings ? Yes..the Vitz name was dropped and now it is called Yaris. Test drove the 1L and the 1.5L (MT). They are both pretty nimble and actually fun. Yes the 1L uses the 1KRFE engne but Toyota swears by the fact that the engine has got some major overhauling and it is not like the previous one (I was quite disrespectful of the the previous 1L ). Only time will tell if these upgrades actually make it better. To be fair...it did feel and sound less cheap and tin can like as 3 cylinders usually sound. The thing did not feel like it had any more or less power but the way it was delivered was much better and coupled with the livelier chassis you could forgive it for not being a fire breathing engine.

Congratulations on your 1st Subi. This deserves a separate thread with lots of pics. Looking forward to read more on your experience.

found a set of oem springs.asking price is 16000/- is it fair price?

Well..they put the same engine on a Mazda 6 and their crossovers..sadly they were not offered in Asia for quite sometime and some still do not get offered with the high power engine. So you never know...