PreseaLover

@tivthe chassis and the side of the engine bay was crooked. He showed me and then I saw it myself. I didnt pay attention to that initially when I did the inspection. True, you cant find a car with no accidents but we can find a car that hasn't been condemned before  

Insane the level of jokers here, the find rare cars, wreck em and dont repair them properly

All the best on your search, but please never settle for anything less than your target for the sake of desperation, even if it takes years the right car will come along 

@tivyes, I never settle for less. it took me 1.5 years to find my first presea, and another 6 months for my 2nd, so I can stay a few years for this as well  

You might be able to pull off an AE91 Levin/Trueno...but Carina EDs are really really rare...only 3-4 in the country...one was converted to diesel...and another had been mucked up with lights from a sandard Caina and Corona....

@iRagethere is a carina ED parked everyday at the wattala pizza hut. The owner works there.. 3 years ago I asked him if he is selling and he said No. 

Well you can always ask him...are you looking for a mark I, II or III ? I figured Mk Is and IIs were too old....so there are only about 3-4 Mk IIIs...Mk Is...about the same amount and last I heard one was restored and the others were in bad shape....

Sadly this is a common fate for Carina EDs, Corona EXIVs and even Marino/Ceres

I think what @PerfMad is getting at is that botched mileage tampering also can lead to certain parts of the speedo not working, saw a Mark 2 with a tampered meter (only had done close to 1000km in like 4 years, past four years of eco test reports missing) with a broken RPM meter, be careful mate. 

To answer your question...it depends on the car....in some cars, the different meters are physically seperate components just screwed on to the same faceplate. In some cars (ie. most cars) they are seperate dials connected on to the same circuit board. 

How can you fix a broken meter ? Well if it is the first type then you can just find a replacement meter...the second type (of even the first type if you don't want to replace it) there are people who fix up the circuitry and and mechanical components to make it work again (of course depending on what is wrong with it).

But..please do be weary about why the meter does not work....it could be because someone tampered with the meter or it could simply be because a broken cables/sensor/ stuck spring/etc...

iRage,

I agree to all on your post reply to meter problem.

Still it is better to get a person who is handling meter problems  for an another opinion.

I have had plenty of different opinions to a different subjects, from who are well qualified people.

Only one person gave me the correct answer, many were trying to earn thousands on that problem.

At last persons advice was the best to that problem. Still he is on that advice.

Already four years have passed with no problems whatso ever.

Once in six months he visits  that person and get the problem checked up.

That is also not for a fee, He will carry a present and gift him.

Therefore my advice is to get a different opinions from two or three professionals before coming to end decision.

This forum is there for motorists to get advice and different opinions.

Sylvester Wijesinghe

Sylvi.

The JP/GS related to the area of the owners' address stated in the book. Once I faced the problem. Finally met the additional commissioner of DMT, then they called to the current owner and verified.

@kusumsiriso an all island JP cant sign?

In my case, my address was Embilipitiya, JP (all island) from Sooriyawawa and owner from Ambalangoda.

That's why you joined Mazda lanka page. I'm the one who approved your request . I thought it was to advertise your gear indicator strips

Nice, anyone who's looking to sell his BJ5 is going to hear how shitty his car is and why he should be ashamed of himself to ask money for it

I'm glad you don't like the looks of Honda's  

Go for a පෝඩ් මොංඩියෝ

so its all about #baiyas now haha

"are you the registered owner"

"na mahaththtaya open book genawe"

 

Has happened to me like 6 times, it's not just you

And to add I have had owners backing out of the deal after paying advances as well so cheer up

It's not "just sth people think", a Soluna is a major downgrade from a Presea.

I'm just stating a fact  

 

I know.. so if I dont care about a downgrade, why are you so concerned about it? 

You see a horse fly, you wonder wth that is about.

Not out of the concern for the horse of course, just a natural reaction to anything bizarre 

Putha - given your requirements and all things considered. You don't have too many choices. Paint job is something it seems you can't avoid - so the most practical thing is to buy the Vista - bargain hard get it cheap cos the color is wrong. Spend 1.5 Lakhs to paint it. Drive the car. Enjoy it. 

@matroskahe has made the seats leather. I hate leather seats 😕 the classiness of the vista is gone away because of that ugly seats. so I'll just wait for the BB to reduce 50k and say ok to me. 

Aneh bung a GX100 for 1 Mil is a f**king steal men, if you're not going to buy send the number over mama gannang 

Yeah CR should be close to 1 mil

Yeah...6 lakhs is kind of like a low ball offer, but then it also depends on seller....especially if the seller is a company because they do things a bit differently....after depreciating and such and the car has been financially written off....you might be able to get a car from a company at a lower than market price. Then there are also people who are desperate to leave urgently (know three people who had to get rid of their vehicles and close thier accounts and such in like three weeks..so they got rid of their cas for dirt cheap..)

I'm talking about a complete car with original books. Don't be surprised guys, like iRage said, there are cars which goes for dirt cheap too  

@iRage Thats one hell of a Japanese Luxo barge. 

Oh heck yeah...you probably couldn't find body parts for it even if your life depended on it...Japan doesn't have much either...but on the plus side I beleive Austalia has a fair stock of donor cars.

I had a feeling it was the same thing that kept on popping up every few months since Q2 last year (maybe even before ?). 

@iRage Yeah the seller isn't going to get it sold anytime soon, pretty sure it'll go for a song

Looks like you'll be ubering around a bit, ain't no one going to part with a 20 year old car for less than 15 lacks 😢 (unless its a complete shitbox) or perhaps your saving grace? Duplicate Books? I know, I know it's basically the same as a normal car and it's unfair to negotiate based on that. But when in rome.....

@iRagehowever, the B14 is currently the most market car in sri lanka. Every B14 gets sold the same day or very next day  

Hard to believe that...but then again...but mass Sri Lankans and car market is the worldn's biggest con etablished by the stupidest and dirtiest and unethical people in the country. 

As to people who buy it simply do not know...and the ones who have it do not want to tell what a pile of crap they are because then they cannot get rid of it. Just like people simply keep shut about all the crap things the Axio 141 o even the Premio/Allion is.... (now I am sure there are a few good examples around...I have seen a few expot models that are in good shape...but keeping it like that is very very hard)

But then on the othe hand...it is exactly the type of car Sri Lankans want (especially the stingy pumpand drive types)....it will run with no pre-emptive maintenance at all and when it breaks, like I said before a monkey with a pineapple can fix it with some rubbe bands and mango peels. Heck....Toyota's best selling car in Sri Lanka was a ca they designed 20 years ago and kept on making till March 2021.So...if you want a cheap pile of crud that you can run for cheap..by all means...go for it. It will be an easy car to run. Not an easy car to live with.

Doesn't that make you "Vistalover"?

@sathyajithj99 looks like he's adopted the polygamy way of life, good on you "RandomLate90sJapaneseOnAWhimLover" 😛

That poor Presea 😒

something tells me its gonna happen here also pretty soon. 😁

See that is the thing....for starters...the ones out of the factory had extra welding and other stuff for body stiffening. Most of the conversions here simply are still the pudgy barges with stiffer suspension so they ride like barges. Even then....it is still a sedan. Law of physics would beg to differ otherwise  

Tourer V and IR-V are really nice cars (in both original and proper conversion form). But again..they are not Supras..yet alone Porsches.

@tivi dont have money to buy or maintain these cars. 

@PreseaLoverto be honest a majority of the car community who are into project cars dont have money to have a surplus car for having fun. 

But somehow we manage to shoehorn our finances to accommodate these expenses. Lastly maintenance most of us handle DIY.

ඇටබෝයි 

forget about it and start searching for a W124 its prices are appreciating like hell these days.. and restore it for its former glory you'll love it trust me.

Any reason why U13? and not a U14? I kinda like them with the four round headlight casings.

i dont like the U14 interior and exterior both. The u13 interior is the best interior design i have seen in any car.. and the exterior designs are also similar to the presea.. u14 is like a box so i dont like it

"u14 is like a box so i dont like it" 

Me with my unhealthy obsessions with Y33s, old Crowns etc:

 

and its not a presea  

I didnt buy any car thats what i meant

Can't get it fixed ? Fill up the cracks and wrap it with a hard shell sheet so that it looks like the original plastic ??

huge cracks these are. is that even possible? why isnt anyone who had their dashboard cracked not doing it if its possible?

....because in SL it probably is easier to just put ina new one because we do not have skilled mechanics/engineers/labor. We have plenty of part swappers who are ever willing to keep swapping parts until whatever problem resolves itself...also...95% of our guys are too lazy and careless to do a proper job anyway. It is also th owner....90% of people who use Corollas and Sunny and old bluebirds got in to the car to run cheaply and fixing things like dashboards is a "luxury" repair.

But people do repair dashboards...my Mark X had a repaired dashboard....the infamous Axio dashboard melt has both replaced dashboards as well as repaired dashboards (needless to say the repaired dahsboard has a sense of "maarket naha" situation and some people automatically beleive that a repaired dashboard means a crashed car (thus the swap is easy to hide).

It definitely is possible.. You can do something like this....

https://www.f***b**k.com/watch/?v=1348691445264444

With newer passenger side airbags you have to be a bit mindful of how the airbag deploys and lay the material accordingly. Any cracks in the foam or plastic is filled with either foam dust or plastic filler...then the dash is painted or wrapped. Either method has its own pros and cons....

 

 

I hope there's a good therapist with a mint condition Presea. And I pray to God that you see that Presea very soon!