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The reality is that even if u spend millions on these ancillaries to coat or protect another ancillary ( paint) , we travel on public roads shared by people owning vehicles of value 10000 rs to 60mil rupees on a given day, nothing can save you from a scratch or a ding or even a stone chip. So my suggestion would be do a simple wash and a high quality wax, pay the rest for insurance.

Well..the point was that Toyota is NOT NEW to direct injection engines. I might have misunderstood your initial statement about Toyota being new to DI engines (I suppose you meant for small high compression engines). Still...this problem even with smaller engined cars I suppose cannot be just pinned to Toyota or other Japanese manufacturers. I reckon most of these issues were there even with Euros but they were owned by enthusiasts and/or maintained by the agents under warranty and proper care. The Mark Xs maybe..but definitely not the Crowns...most of the Crowns you see in SL are ex politian onwed car or a diplomatic car...only a very few of the old Crowns are normal person imports (again due to the tax structure). But even then....the argument does not hold. The Mark X and Crown are popular used vehicles in Africa. You see tons of them in the streets of Kenya, Malawi and Tanzania in varying degrees of condition and they do keep running even with the crappy fuel (like what we have). Peope still keep craving for it so it obviously has a good reliable reputation. So...even in the hands of non-enthusiasts the car does do quite well. Having said that...like @vitz said....Toyota has not released the CHR in the SL market..probably they have concerns about fuel, etc...in markets like ours (in fact I cannot think of any emerging country market where the CHR is officially launched). But having said that...does anyone know what engine is offered in the new Corolla in Sri Lanka ? I am guessing it is the 1ZR engine which came with the previous models ? So again...the markets like our's still get the newer models with older tech.

So was mine. 9 years old and I love fuss free old tech.

Since this is a very straight forward matter rather than going with general C-HR related topics, thought to open a new thread. One of my friend's C-HR (YOM 2018, millage 27,XXX km as of now and imported as 0 millage) had a fuel mis few days before with check engine and below warning messages "Check Engine. Visit your dealer" & "AWD System Malfuction. 2WD mode engaged. Visit your dealer". Vehicle is drivable but in low power mode only. He visited TL and found that 2nd cylinder misfire with codes P030027, P030085, P030200, P160500. Learning outcomes: 1. As he has been informed, TL does not have the facility to test for GDI Fuel Injectors. He (my friend) then called to a test bench manufacture in the UK and then they gave him a contact of one of their customer in Sri Lanka. When the injectors were taken to the place and tested, the other three is injecting 50 ml and the No. 2 injector is injecting 40 ml (per unit time). After ultrasonic cleaning it was increased to 55 vs 45 respectively. 2. After mounting, the engine runs well for about 2 hours but again the problem is the same. 3. TL still has no spare parts (GDI injectors). 4. He saw three other vehicles there with the same problem. So this will be a common problem. According to TL, this problem is due to contaminated petrol but I have my doubts on that.

Plus “detailing” is becoming a scam now. Instagram wannabes are charging high prices for crap. Fan boys go and get them done so they will be tagged in the pics(true story). Many so called professional ,high end, well trained, instagram star type places have been called put recently for doing shoddy jobs and giving fans the finger. Wash and wax. Thats good enough.

I’m no resale value buyya. Far from it. But our 2016 Mazda 6 -2.5 top of the line with Everything they came with was bought Bnew for 11mil(company.Overpriced much). Its worth 6.5 mil now. 4.5 mil hit in 3-4 years. Our A6 of same age with all the bells cost 12.5 , still worth 10.5 So much for Jap resale “Market”. plus people claim the Mazdas have better cabins. Not even close. I admit it is better than other japs and maybe low end euros. But its still a jap with a little sizzle. Cant compare the two. Sorry to offend anybody, but a real euro car enthusiast will not consider a Jap. Whatever the logical reasons people may argue. Even the mid range euros are better at everything. Specially the driving. Which reminds me, don't buy a Lexus with CVT. You will hate life.

lets be honest....the cars you are going to be seeing at car sales for the next few months or even years tagged as "new tax prices" would technically have been brought down before all this embargo business. Yes...the CRV does not have much 4WD cred...but I beleive what he meant was that he would rather buy a proper 4WD like a Hilux or Raptor for the same money as a 2WD/4WD CRV ?

Sadly...prices these days are so unstable..they are all over the place. There is a lot of uncertainty with future of vehicle imports, etc... Do you really really need to buy a car right now ?

Looking back at the two pictures, the bit you said about older tech in the other thread is absolutely correct. The tailpipe of my EX which is 5 years old and has clocked more kms than your CHR looks as clean as your12k kms Eclipse

I agree. I should take it to TL soon. The problem is convincing precautionary measures to our better half is challenging :(. They prefer to drive until a disaster struck.... Overenthusiasm on vehicles is not appreciated by everyone........ anyways the link for the post: http://autolanka.com/forums/topic/22382-muffler-tail-pipe-carbon-chr-vs-eclipse-cross/?tab=comments#comment-331839

Yes, compared to EC, the Carbon built up in the CHR is substantial. We have done already 37000 km in CHR but no warning lights yet. But I feel the smoothness of the CHR engine is pretty inferior compared to the EC. I did not get a chance to compare that with another CHR.....

This is absolutely normal. The blue light indicates that the coolent is not come to the operating temperature and once it comes to the operating temperature it goes off. The important part is once the engine is started, better to keep on start untill the blue light goes off......

Agree 100% my car came with a Japanese ceramic coat worth over Rs. 250K. Recently three wheeler toppled in to the front. Not a single scratch as it was the fabric area that came in to contact but extensive damage to bumper, bonnet and a front light (dents no scratches) Insurance claim will be over the cost of the tree wheeler.

Interesting spectrum of choices,but if I were you I would look for a slightly 'used' Civic sedan 1.5 2019-18. Because may be apart from the Premio, I doubt whether every other option will hold their value over 1-2 years even. Saw one minter for sale sometime back for around 7.5mn if I'm not mistaken. So the first owner has absorbed a hefty depreciation. Also I would like to add one more option, the new Mazda 3. ?

Well our perception on Toyota's are based on the 90's and early 2000's models such as the Corollas, Vitz's and GGG's (God's Greatest Gift) with relatively uncomplicated internals where little could go wrong. Maybe Toyota's modern vehicles are more in line with the other manufacturers specially when it comes to operating in local conditions. The CHR is probably one of the few "modern" Toyotas that came to the country in large numbers (the others are of course Vitze's and GGG's that still run on 2000's tech)

@Thilina Bandara HerathYour paint code is listed below the VIN number on the sticker that's found on the dirverside door. Use that paint colour code tag to find the correct paint colour for your car. If you are asking whether it be legal to change the colour of your car to any metalic colour without having to legally change the paint colour listed on the registration book as currently its listed as 'metallic' : Hmm...I guess !! (Personally I would play it safe and stick to the original colour or if I painted it a different colour I would update the registration book as needed)

When your neighbourhood "3 wheel malli" makes it to the ESPN F1 Facebook page. ? https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10157829471453759&id=172976613758

Wow! The rate of progress sounds awesome~ very impressive!