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  1. mcn...collange yacada hin wlta hina wenn epa mcn...ubl meh malasian car peda peda irisy crnn epa ... ubl mna kiwwth api ape gman yanawa mcn...civik wthrk nem mcn depndr ecacuth bassnwa harida... thada thada
  2. Since we tend to focus on the exteriors here's an attempt at something a bit different
  3. Which is probably why for some reason the Tribute crossed my mind - not same but same design language. Anyways Premacy never crossed my mind nor did the Ford Ixiom.
  4. First of all you'll have to decide your usage. The list contains some basic budget friendly city cars followed by the swift beetle and then two popular compact/midsize sedans. The first 3 cars and the other 3 are worlds apart. Hyundia EON - will tick your boxes on fuel economy and ease of maintenance. Not sure about reliability or parts cost. Wouldn't recommend as a family car. Feels very cheap. Celerio - Are you sure it's in your budget range? good specimens are above 3.5 M. Economical to run again feels very plasticky but better than the eon. The automatic version actually has an automated manual transmission. Several unit's have now started to show signs of trouble with the transmission - might be costly to fix. Alto 800 - If you're going for Indians this is the safest bet. Get's the job done with minimal fuss. Now even though the above indian cars are 'newer' than the below 3 cars' do not expect these to be trouble free. Yes they're usually cheap to fix but the very same models are popular taxis and rental cars and tend to be routinely abused mercilessly. Swift Beetle - Again I'm not sure if you can fit this in your budget. Even the Indian VXI variant (manual) goes for above 3.5. Decent car overall.. a bit thirsty for it's size but a generally good all-round car. Lancer CS - you will be able to fit a CS from around 2003/2004 within the budget. Very decent car. Not super fuel efficient (10KMPLish) but much much more car for your money. Civic ES - probably the most interesting car in your list and the oldest. Extensively discussed in the forum to know more about the the three popular models in SL. Comfy ride, cool to drive and to me one of the best looking common cars in the early 2000's Again you will not get insane fuel economy but a decent car. So as you see there is no single 'best' car - each has it's pro's and cons. What I suggest is - take some time off and go and see one of each car up for sale...take a test drive . Skip the Eon I don't think the celerio and swift is in your budget but if you can go and take a test drive in each. Think of your usage pattern and decide what car truly appeals to you.
  5. I'm making a half-guess at Renault? Not quite an espace but something on those lines? European?
  6. It seemed to have a unnecessarily large rear-end (which is anyway the case) and it just kept pushing me in the way of the US of A .
  7. arghhhh!!! How could I have forgotten it! Here I was rummaging through Americans !!! That's one Capitan Capital mistake I made!
  8. Yes Please... I'm stumped. Tried all the models that came to mind with the 2nd pic but it doesn't sync with the tail lamps and the fins.
  9. AFAIK there is a limit... you can swap an engine from the same manufacturer within 500 cc of the original engine. I.e You can swap in a 2000 CC SR20 engine to a Nissan car that originally had a 1500 CC QG15 engine. To the best of my memory the process was - 1) Obtain proof of purchase of the new engine with the engine number 2) Your car needs to have everything else in stock condition (including wheels) 3) Take the car to RMV and get it weighed produce the other documents (i think there's a form called Change of attributes or something in RMV) Best thing is to call RMV and get the exact up-to-date procedure.
  10. it's a bit difficult to tick all your boxes I'm afraid and mind you at this budget we're talking cars' that are at least 10 years old and routinely abused by our fellow sri lankans. Most of your criteria boils down to how the particular car has been maintained. A good choice would be a Perodua Viva Elite. You can get a 2012/13 with the 1.L engine and auto gears thrown in easily for your budget. While not Jap build quality, they've held up pretty well, are fun to drive, generally reliable and you won't have to sweat to source spare etc. basic car. Relatively headache free.
  11. by warped you mean bent/buckled? or something else? maybe they do something like this ? I don't think you will usually find a single alloy sadly usually gets sold in sets
  12. Yup - correct the lights are distinct aren't they? Here's a decent looking specimen for sale on ebay where I cropped the photo from. I know there's one car in Sri Lanka - don't know if it's the only one though.
  13. something a little less common. Have a go gentlemen - few smaller images as a large image would be a dead give away
  14. this is a bit tricky - you can claim you have lost the license and re-apply (Happened to me once after I misplaced the revenue license) you'll have to pay a smallish fine. But they request for your ID.(in my case was not a problem as I was the registered owner) Do you have at least a copy of the seller's ID? This seems the best option if not a trip to NCP (I hope you remember from where you bought the car ) The online revenue license service used to be good a few years back but then it became messy and inconsistent. I never do this now. Any Divisional secretariat office in the corresponding province will issue - it's a relatively pain free activity.
  15. nope not at all it's just that what 90% of what is available is just hacked to death. Plus the Singapore imported one's if I'm not mistaken have the unfortunate tendency of the interior getting effed. My uncle had one and I have driven it quite a bit. Nice car to drive - you feel quite pampered. I expected more from a 2.0L V6 and was a teeny bit disappointed but clearly that wasn't the purpose of the car. You'd get about 6 KMPL in the city's and suburbs (the boys on the cefiro facebook group claim it will do more than my mild hybrid GP1 did).
  16. or one could say they were quite a familia sight 2 doors were unpopular in SL since they made bad family cars until they became somewhat cool in the last couple of decades -despite that the 323/familia 2 door never really got the hype the EP82's enjoyed. (or the 1970's Corolla and Sunny coupes for that matter)
  17. @iRage is correct on this one. the body line on the fender is not clearly visible due to the angle and the glare in the picture https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1571376
  18. SR's and the JZ's prices are way off the charts - you could probably buy a car itself for a fraction above the cost of the engine
  19. From the 90's where Petrol's were converted en-masse to diesel we have come full circle! I'm curious as to what the converted numbers are now - back then it used to be 325- . I wonder if even these conversions are allowed. Technically a GA engine on this should work...has to be the engine and ECU combo.
  20. that's a pretty safe distance since a Cefiro would require more than 1Liter of petrol to travel that distance
  21. unless this is a tricky illusion of sorts this looks to be a modern version of a HI-ghly successful vehicle in Sri Lanka that ACEd the local vehicle market.
  22. Correct! Good call - expected it to be a bit confusing. Was it too easy? anyway you're up next!
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