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Did a camping tour to Hulangala on Sunday, its amazing how far the small Alto will take you where some so called SUV's bottom out.
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@matroska...let's find out !
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I was watching a Yangwang U8 struggling to make it up a muddy hill on Youtube. I was wondering why cant an EV be more capable off road than an ICE vehicle. Given the fact that this behemoth has 4 individual motor on each wheel it should be able to direct power to the wheel that has more grip and stop power to the slipping wheel. Cant be rocket science right?
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I was watching a Yangwang U8 struggling to make it up a muddy hill on Youtube. I was wondering why cant an EV be more capable off road than an ICE vehicle. Given the fact that this behemoth has 4 individual motor on each wheel it should be able to direct power to the wheel that has more grip and stop power to the slipping wheel. Cant be rocket science right?
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The first Rolls Royce Spectre goes to drum roll please...... Ukraine! And a Minister as well. Supposedly $600,000/-, reminds me of another country where the story is the same where people suffer and the politicians enjoy themselves.
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The first Rolls Royce Spectre goes to drum roll please...... Ukraine! And a Minister as well. Supposedly $600,000/-, reminds me of another country where the story is the same where people suffer and the politicians enjoy themselves.
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So these unregistered 2017ish cars rotting in car sales, better than a used or worse?
Need shitbox car asap. Budget is 6.5mil
utter reliable no nonsense car needed. Nice to drive is welcome. Something new ish.
few alto and every vans in my budget, should I? Tires and rubber bits scare me.
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As long as the engine has been run every now and then and the cylinders are not drained of oil and rusted out and the gaskets/seals have gone through a decent heat/de-heat cycle..the others are pretty straight forward and the car shouldn't be that bad.
So if you can get it at a right price, having to invest in replacing rubber hoses, bushings, and refurbing the brakes might be a good way to spend money. A serious headache might be the electronics...
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Saw two unregistered EV's on test plates running in Battaramulla. All the badges were covered and couldnt find a vehicle to fit the design yet, any ideas?
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Lewis Hamilton broke the internet last night! What a story, what a change.
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Just like our banana republic with organic fertilizer, Ethiopia has become the first country to ban ICE vehicles. The reason just like in us they have a huge Foreign exchange deficit and fuel is very expensive. How will it work out without no infrastructure in place? They claim they get 97% of electricity from renewable methods.
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Oh yeah...I agree with the fact that this sounds completely stupid as a large percentage of the population simply cannot run without petrol. Outside of Addis it is going to be a huge issue. Especially in the farming/industrial regions.
The very few rich people will be able to run EVs and that is about it. Heck...the government it self..they have HUGE fleet of the usual cars...are they going to replace all of that ?
They do create most of their electricity using renewal sources...and they did have a sensible electrification plan which involved changing over to electric and hydrogen busses and other public transport systems. They even piloted EV busses and offered commuters free transport as well. Sad to hear that the government took such a drastic step as this is going to derail whatever chances their "original" EV strategy had.
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Lewis Hamilton broke the internet last night! What a story, what a change.
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Just like our banana republic with organic fertilizer, Ethiopia has become the first country to ban ICE vehicles. The reason just like in us they have a huge Foreign exchange deficit and fuel is very expensive. How will it work out without no infrastructure in place? They claim they get 97% of electricity from renewable methods.
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If I am not mistaken, Ethiopia produces A LOT of its energy from waste and biogases...so the whole 97% generation thing is quite true. However, like you said the problem is reach...I believe only a small % of the population actually have access to electricity (50% or so). Partly due to infrastructure spread and partly due to economic reasons.
Now considering that almost every car you see on the road are ICE cars, in the city and in the villages, I wonder how this is going to work. Heck there are many villages where people don't have electricity but do have some sort of run down car to get them to the nearest market/city/etc....
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Did a camping tour to Hulangala on Sunday, its amazing how far the small Alto will take you where some so called SUV's bottom out.
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Did a camping tour to Hulangala on Sunday, its amazing how far the small Alto will take you where some so called SUV's bottom out.
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Well now...you ARE a brave little Gummy Bear aren't you ?
I am sure you were Bouncing here and there and everywhere...(on) High adventures that's beyond compare
Okay...now that I got that out of my system...could it be because you were not particularly overly careful of hurting the thing whilst most SUV owners are too scared to take their pavement queens off the paved road ? Also...a lot of SUVs/Crossovers have a lot of undercarriage hang. So even though the car is high the clearance under the car is not that much greater than most normal cars.
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2C Turbo - Yay or Nay?
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What's with the sudden influx of spammers? Can't we have one or two more moderators to get rid of them?
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I started flagging and blocking the spam accounts but it simply cannot be pushed back. Glad @MADZ looked in to it..but seems like the spam is back again
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Coming to this forum on an off brings back memories. Memories of my past life!
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Owning the Rexton for close to 10months having done close to 15k KM, I simply love daily driving it.
God knows why so much hatred towards Rextons. For me this is far more comfy than the sorento 2012 model (which my relation has).
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Am I the only one who loves and gets all teary eyed over turbo lag ? Not that the GR Yaris is lethargic and slouchy off boost but that whole just a econobox feel to a sudden kick in the rear with turbo boost is simply orgasmic and very reminiscent of a world when life was simpler time (as a kid who boosted his and friends' parents' cars atleast)
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AL forums have lost out the regulars and seems to be spammed by businessmen/women from Sri Lanka and the world over.
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@AVANTE when did losing one's sanity and large amounts of money becoming mutually exclusive ?
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This one guy on the forum pushed me away from reliable Audi's, to extremely terrifying Peugeot's.
Now the man is trying to buy a March k11 and retire from the scene. And the scumbag is offering a 406 executive before he leaves.
Must be an NGO fella, trying to ruin a hela yakka-putha in Kadugannawa who just wants to drive a reliable car for once. You shall not have yo way mister.
* inbox price please*
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AL forums have lost out the regulars and seems to be spammed by businessmen/women from Sri Lanka and the world over.
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This one guy on the forum pushed me away from reliable Audi's, to extremely terrifying Peugeot's.
Now the man is trying to buy a March k11 and retire from the scene. And the scumbag is offering a 406 executive before he leaves.
Must be an NGO fella, trying to ruin a hela yakka-putha in Kadugannawa who just wants to drive a reliable car for once. You shall not have yo way mister.
* inbox price please*
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Just following up on this since I haven't seen neither you nor @AVANTE online for a while....
Are you currently serving 30 to life for man slaughter (or is the more woke PC term person-slaughter)?
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MotoGP comes to India this weekend, its the closest we have of seeing a live MotoGP race but its very expensive, more expensive than Malaysia.
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So, now some say personal vehicle imports will commence next year, and prices of existing vehicles will drop?
This poses an interesting argument in my head, I'm not in finance, nor banking, nor a car sale guy,
Just a petrolhead from a Healthcare related background.
So to elaborate,
Hypothetically say imports were allowed, empirically the USD will shoot further-it will be a catastrophic claim where the poor would say, the rich took our USD to bring cars and now we gotta pay 2000 bucks to buy milk?
Thus the price of these New vehicles will be unfathomable for the average joe as after all its paid for in such USD? maybe the first few imports may cost less due to the rate.
Secondly, now as far as I know, there is no guarantee that the govt. will follow the same taxing system as before the imports were restricted, after all they too have to make a buck, and they too have control the seepage of USD.
Could it be just a futile attempt of allowing imports for IMF sake and can they just bottleneck the whole thing with a heap of taxes?
Thirdly there maybe a possibility where they allow vehicles more than 10y old to be reeled in as well, technically "new" yet old models may find themselves here, how will the market welcome these?
Lastly I have noticed a heap of good well taken care of cars paraded on marketplace and various websites, thus I guess its either people wanting to shed off luxuries to save their money or people are hoarding cash for a new car.
Feel free to share your opinions, the more the merrier!, and please correct me if I am wrong
I chose the forum here as the crew would be rather mature than get abused on rapid rev.
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This whole full electric thing is utter BS. It is not the savior of the planet. At no point in the history of man kind has humanity had one single solution for a problem. EVs are needed but so are other forms of vehicles. They really need to look in to commercializing synthetic fuels. That will keep the billions of cars already on the road running (instead of driving them to the scrap yard)
Well.. @Gummybr...can the high-end vehicles imported by a few actually sustain the market or the industry in SL ? I still think we could look at Singapore and take a lesson from them....COEs...or go back to the permits of the past (like in the 80s...which is what the whole COE concept was based off anyway). When the IMF says open the market they do not mean free flow of whatever the heck you want to do. They would want some sensibility in it (which is what your tax proposition is).
This is an opportunity to properly structure our car and spare parts imports...let the actual authorized dealers bring in parts and new vehicles and when possible CPOs. If external car sales want to operate...regulate the hell out of them (on the classes and types of vehicles they can bring down), again, they import a car only for the permit that their client has. For car part shops....get the parts from the agent (this is what has happened everywhere else I have lived...the outside parts shops are registered distributers) . Once the agents start selling it in large volumes the prices will come down. Right now they sell a hand full of parts which has to keep the agency a float (part of it actually).
But then...like you said...this is just going to be one heck of a mess where the ultra rich can bring in their toys.
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Owning the Rexton for close to 10months having done close to 15k KM, I simply love daily driving it.
God knows why so much hatred towards Rextons. For me this is far more comfy than the sorento 2012 model (which my relation has).
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I think Rextons got a bad rep because of the locally assembled models which were not up to SsangYong's international standards. Then there was also the issue of what people were expecting...maintaining those Merc engines were not as cheap as taking it to your local grease monkey with 3rd rate cheap parts from Sirimal aiya's parts-shop. I thin it would have done a lot better if they stuck to the Korean built models (but then it might not have been price competitive).
As for deisgns like the Musso truck...well...perhaps they were a bit ahead of their time. Later on we got plenty of wierd Subarus and such that had wierd shapes.
As for the Prado...well...there is nothing to hate about it nor is it exceptionally better than most other cars. Its a pretty good jack of all trades (where as something like a Pajero would be really good and one or two things but not live up to in some areas). So which is why it is liked by most around the world. But in SL its liked for the belief that it is a luxury vehicle because of its price. Now..with the 2.7L petrol engine the Prado is nothing but a bloody curse that makes you wonder if castrating yourself with a blunt plastic butter knife would be more comforting. With some of the diesel variants it is a lot better. Even the latest variants with a 500nm diesel engine you wish you had a bit more torque when pulling a trailer and stuff. On road...it does feel loose and wobbly compared to the competition (again..onroad compromise for offroad performance).
However, here is the thing...you come to places like Africa or regions in SEA...the cars like the SsangYongs do not simply survive (some UN missions got fleets of Rextons back in the day...did not last). Those that do seem to go on even when the body is falling off are typically the Mitsubishis (especially in SEA), Toyotas and Nissans. Yes you might keep them running but then you are pretty much keeping a jalopy on life supoort.
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So, now some say personal vehicle imports will commence next year, and prices of existing vehicles will drop?
This poses an interesting argument in my head, I'm not in finance, nor banking, nor a car sale guy,
Just a petrolhead from a Healthcare related background.
So to elaborate,
Hypothetically say imports were allowed, empirically the USD will shoot further-it will be a catastrophic claim where the poor would say, the rich took our USD to bring cars and now we gotta pay 2000 bucks to buy milk?
Thus the price of these New vehicles will be unfathomable for the average joe as after all its paid for in such USD? maybe the first few imports may cost less due to the rate.
Secondly, now as far as I know, there is no guarantee that the govt. will follow the same taxing system as before the imports were restricted, after all they too have to make a buck, and they too have control the seepage of USD.
Could it be just a futile attempt of allowing imports for IMF sake and can they just bottleneck the whole thing with a heap of taxes?
Thirdly there maybe a possibility where they allow vehicles more than 10y old to be reeled in as well, technically "new" yet old models may find themselves here, how will the market welcome these?
Lastly I have noticed a heap of good well taken care of cars paraded on marketplace and various websites, thus I guess its either people wanting to shed off luxuries to save their money or people are hoarding cash for a new car.
Feel free to share your opinions, the more the merrier!, and please correct me if I am wrong
I chose the forum here as the crew would be rather mature than get abused on rapid rev.
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Now here is the thinking...whilst IMF did advice the government to lift import bans to stimulate market activity, it does not mean they asked the government to open up non-sensibly to drain out the USD and even to prioritize things like cars over basic necessities (e.g. IMF is not going to issue directives to import cars over buying proper drugs or investments in to infrastructure or public service development).
So the way I see it...the government is going to have to impose a new tax system for car imports. However as individuals get directly taxed on their income, it is highly likely that people don't have enough money to purchase a new car (which is going to be expensive). So perhaps the govt will introduce some incentive scheme for tax payers (like they did in the past).
However, will the people still have money to import new cars considering the forex rates and banks being more prudent about giving out loans ? Probably not. Only a few.
Should the government allow the importation of old cars ? Personally I say no (and this based on experience of what it used to be in SL and how it was abused)...perhaps extend the age limit up to about 5 years and that is it. Reason I say that is knowing our importers they are going to be purchasing all the 10 year old junk. Without a proper inspection system for registering and keeping cars road legal, this is opening up a can of ugly worms. Remember...this is going to allow cars like old Priuses needing new battery packs, etc that are available for about 2000USD to be imported (do you really trust our car sales guys to fix it properly ?). African countries, etc..are tightening the age restrictions and inspection requirements (not very successful in the latter) because they have had serious eco problems with Japanese cars getting dumped in their countries. In fact some of them have a dumping tax on cars older than a certain age.
I also don't think the government should allow unlimited imports. We should take a lesson from countries like Singapore and only allow a limited number of personal vehicle imports per year (perhaps in each category and type for each category, Hybrid, EV, Gasoline, etc..).
The question is....how many new cars does Sri Lanka need ? Partly the reason we got ourselves in to this mess is because we imported more than what we needed. Perhaps limit personal car imports and actually do something about allowing people to bring down commercial vehicles for public services. We need new school buses, or even proper private buses (not those trucks with a tin can...actual buses). So perhaps reduce taxes on those so that public transportation can be made better. Same with the tourism sector.
But the reality is...the common man will not be able to afford a new car (actually they haven't been able to for decades...most were buying cars on loan well above their income). This is going to be an opportunity for the rich to bring in new cars, and a chance for the parliamentarians to upgrade their SUVs and luxury sedans.
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