AVANTE

Are both of them quoting the same price and from your area? Because earlier when I advertised my 121 about 3 people came from your area saying various reasons but all were offering the same price. One is saying that he sold his Axio blah blah blah so he needs a good car for his family immediately. But that bugger didn’t want to see the records or even the book. It was clear that all of them were sent by somebody to grab it by discouraging me by quoting low price.

Anyway if the price is right don’t mind about selling it!

This is an important topic to talk about: people these days (the majority in my perspective) don't give much value for service records & your enthusiasm/knowledge of the car. The offers had a 25,000/- difference but what you mention has happened before for our Stingray 3 years ago. Our area is notorious for that too!

There is this broker network (basically an underworld mafia except they deal with vehicles, not hitmen) they know alot about a car, tell them the color/area/number plate and they will go 'aaaaah that car? It had this problem, and that problem'..scary but true: when I came here from abroad, I was not the most social, so I didnt know many people. So imagine my shock when people come asking "hey did you sell your vezel? You had a stingray before this nah?"

They even talk like pedos sometimes : "hey machan, this fellow? He is a good lad. He even has a vezel now, a genuine example" (note that this is the first time I have ever seen them)

Good thing you understood the situation when it came to your car. If it's an enthusiast car like an Alfa, BMW, Mark II, Mercedes, etc.. your service records will be worth it. Meanwhile when it comes to a toyota, honda, or any typical jap, they just go 'supiri car eka, enjine 100%, tiyer 100%, gud condisan' and it gets sold ; which disrespects anyone who tries to keep documentation/records of his/her car.

Believe it or not, none of our previous cars had their service records checked during inspection.

I never knew it was going this much! Now I get it!!!

(1) Odo 85k is not a realistic number for a EP82

(2) No need to touch the inside (wheels/numbers) of the meter to change the cable.

So I too think he is lying.

It seems he is delusional then? 

I have heard stories like these. Its not true

Someone's totally lost it there, 

Hrmphh..meddling in my affairs eh, am putting down a bounty of a bucket of 0w20 and 100ml of 95 petrol for anyone who brings your head. 

Until then, prepare yourself for the upcoming elections... Mr. EGBS

*Spicy Bollywood Masala exit song plays in the background*

Anyways found a workshop manual for the thing and it's the PCV control solenoid valve.

? staying at home getting to u bro? Btw gimme a buzz when yo free. I haven't had a good car chat in a while.

If you youtube "bus sri lanka" beats any movie! 

Bro, how are you not dying of cringe? Teach me!

Loving the comments: "budusaranai"

"beautiful buses"

"big bus & small bus"

"ela bus boys " 

"Privet bus"

Also don't miss out on the blockbuster: "dangerous bus race: CTB vs private bus"

People are actually gathering around and filming the crap?

Maybe the younger generations are going a bit overboard with this fanboying thing over here? The stuff we see on SM are getting worse day by day. Even the local schools are queuing behind these "well modifayed" buses for annual trips.

Even the village elderly club annual Anuradhapura pilgrimage gets one of these rajina or a patikki with led lghting system.

@AVANTE, I'm not sure of the MotorMag part but yes that's him. 

Yes, I remember there was a few owners in here, and just like they said, most of them are silent. I agree with you AVANTE. Now most people are going for sports cars or super cars just to show off, but not to enjoy. It seems that the window we had to enjoy driving has certainly narrowed during the past few years. Now the roads are flooding with tuk-tuks, WagonRs, Altos and of course Scooters driven by ladies(Those ladies always twist the accelerator to the max when something happens and ends up climbing lamp posts and trees with the scooty) which reduces those moments to enjoy driving. I mean with this amount of vehicles, there is no point of owning a supercar without a place to floor the throttle...It’s pathetic

@alpha17 Not just supercars..buying anything with 2 doors seems like a bad idea these days. Seeing all the S660, copens & RX8s up for sale for months with no caring owners to take them home. Even in my life, everyone around me talks about anything & everything thats not a car, which makes me a weirdo.

And like you said..the road is flooded with 2-wheeled/4-wheeled 'appliances' that depreciate like heck..so no one appreciates a good car anymore.

Since yours is an export model there should be an English maintenance schedule online

There are some notable areas you should look for, when your car hits 100k mark. Check for the fuel filter (which is located on the top of the fuel tank), which is most likely to be replaced. Then check for the engine mounts. Mounts are 80% responsible for the smoothness of the engine. Clean the throttle body, spark plugs and MAF sensor. You’ll have to keep aside around 30-40k for a full tune up including the fuel filter. Mounts will set you back more.

I think you should marry your gf soon. She seems to have a good taste in cars as well as in colours.

So...got a 2017 Mazda 3 2.0L over here as a rental car in Vietnam. We have 3 days left here and I had to give up the Fortuner a few days ago.

As before the 3 just begs to be rev'd...at low revs it feels slow and lethargic and just has this stiffyness in the pedal that makes you want to just stomp on it...when the revs reach like 2500-3000 it just zooms. The ride, even though the car is hacked is still nice and firm yet soft and still has that active feel to it.

What I do not like:

Steering is too light.

Seats..the fake leather is just yucky

The tiptronic gear box in manual shift mode is annoying...its bad enough that it is lethargic to shift up..it is 1000x more annoying shifting down when it jsut decides to jerk (not predicatable at all). So yeah....keep it out of manual shifting and sports mode

I'm not sure about the mazda but in the current financial drout people may word out far more optimism to shed a car.

check this link

https://www.cardealpage.com/daihatsu/hijet truck/18218081/

Thanks alot bro! It seems to be under the seat! I'll ask hin to check in a while.

Find and read the workshop manual, it might have some model-specific precautions. The wooden board precaution is mentioned in my workshop manual too!

http://mmc-manuals.ru/manuals/lancer_x/online/Service_Manual/2015/32/html/M132100110340500ENG.HTM

Make sure you dont want jayarathne uncles no

I remember reading some pretty bad reviews about that car on TBHP

Initial Review:

https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/test-drives-initial-ownership-reports/134060-suzuki-kizashi-unleash-beast.html

Final Review:

https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/technical-stuff/149586-lemon-my-defective-maruti-kizashi-edit-fed-up-sold.html

It is not cheap if the car cost 1.9 M. Because some other Jap little old well maintained car can get for that cost.

Sylvester Wijesinghe

Sylvi.

@Sylvi exactly Mr.Sylvi, but like @alds mentioned, other than taxi/fleet use, the Nano makes no financial sense here in Sri Lanka.

AVANTE,

Correct my next door building owner bought 4 or 5 Nano new cars when they came to our country first month and started a taxi service.Three cars had problems before thy clocked 30000 Kilometers. All were major repairs he at last got rid of them. and bought three Micro small cars they were much better, But drivers used to miss handle the hire fee. He at last got out of taxi business. Now he is using his car as a Ssangyong Rexton. He is very satisfied of that car, He run 2500Kilometers. for a month, only thing his complain is the service cost every 45 days due to heavy usage to his business in Wariyapola.

Sylvester Wijesinghe.

Sylvi. 

Yep, saw it on the news yesterday. Sad scene. ?

I had seen this question pop up A several times on the wagon R owners club Facebook page , do a post search there ,, or ask your friend to post a question there I'm 100% sure he'll find a good answer,,

Seems to be a common issue then? I'll let him know, thanks!

Do you use any special products for engine bay cleaning irage? 

I used to use an engine wipe...but that was just a pain...recently I just use a damp cloth and a brush....sometimes soap around some gunky areas to get it lose.

Yep findings things to do is becoming a problem! Last weekend spent giving it a good wax. This weekend its time to work on the interior. Cleaning up the engine bay is a good suggestion. Will work on that for weekend 3!

Pictures, pictures... open a dedicated thread for the car

Eg:

autolanka.com/forums/topic/18754-my-new-ride-mistubishi-lancer-cs1-glx-at-yom-2007/

Congrats on the new ride! We'd love to see pics and a little write up 

Vehicle is in for a service, will write up once my exams are done with!

Actually keep the tire on then, at least till your Dad gets used to riding a bike again...

Its a wider (more control) and if it slows down the bike then great! (Assuming the bike is for your Dad right? Well then, not a bad option!!) Not saying your Dad is a bad rider but its probably been a while that he's been on a bike and even though he might think he wouldn't need to re-learn any of his lost skills the truth us he will probably have a bit of a learning curve! 

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That's a good way of looking at things! Impressive

Last time he rode was nearly 2 years ago, and well he isn't the luckiest rider tbh but can manage. This bike is supposed to be like a weekend toy for him for short stints and backroads. I myself am trying to stop 2 wheelers and shift to cars itself for good as riding on a daily basis has scared me good.

With outstation narrow roads and sometimes coupled with traffic and all, it's almost a dire necessity to have a bike. Can't take your car everywhere so easily and quickly. 

Absolutely! Riding on a daily basis is a bit hairy but there's nothing like being on a bike for the sense of freedom it gives! 

Yes I read about the 6 too. Mazda isn't giving up anytime soon no matter what's going on. 

Well...Toyota is working iwth Mazda on a RWD sedan. Yes...the rumor is that it is going to be the basis for a Mark X replacement and an equivalent Mazda marquee. Current size wise one can think it is the 6..but then considering the investment made in the 6's skyactiv platform...will they ditch all that and go with a RWD for the 6 now ? If they don't ditch it they might go with a badge like  Sentia (which was RWD) or Millenia (replacement for the Sentia but FWD) whic sort of have a sporty outlook. Originally the Capella/Atenza/626/6 was positioned to compete with the likes of the Corona/Carina and the Sentia/Millenia, Persona etc...with the likes of the Mark II/Cressida and the Luce/929 with the Crown.

Would love to see something like the underrated Eunos Cosmo come back. Nostalgia is good for business, this is especially true in the car market. 

Not like our bayyas care though. 

"wait... Wait..ado Hari Hari danda! danda! Taggala danda ballo"

Hoow hoow, epa epa. Epa H#tto. Dodong

Or use one of these periscope mirror setup?

#FeelingLikeCaptainHaddock

350z`s and Accords can be arse raped as they wish. ?

But old BMW`s and Muscle cars??  :O  That`s evil felony!!  

I put up this rant after seeing a dinged up E36 doing a drift right into a curb and blowing its tyre.

@anochiani no, go away

@AVANTE I'm not judging man ? , Homo originally meant "human". Then some of the homos decided to explore where no homo has gone before, The rest is history ??.

@Hyaenidae I do like a good bonfire in the evening :)

I was on a road trip with some uni friends on a picturesque  coastal road in Shikoku island Japan, when suddenly the Fan-belt on the BMW E36 broke.The next garage was about 50km away, which was reached with the car on a Tow truck with 4 travellers inside. That delayed the return trip by half a day.  That night was a heavy Typhoon with highest rainfall for Shikoku in 50years, and road to Honshu (Main island) was closed. We had to take refuge during  the night in a local police station, who took very good care of us!

That was interesting and made me happy while reading it lol! Wouldn't say the same if that happened here though. 

@MaleCortana Cars don't come with spacers out of the factory. It is something that the moders do. It was first done in drag racing cars way back during the muscle car days. It was a quick and cheap way for the kids to make the car move faster by reducing air drag in the engine compartment as well as ram in extra air.

@iRage That's definitely something I didn't know, thought high performance versions of normal cars would come with them XD

Oh no...manufacturers do not put spacers even on their GT and Touring Car championships...they just mod the bonnet with additional vents and do up dampers and such...at least so far I have not seen manufacturers use bonnet spacers. 

The only time I have seen manufacturers use anything to lift the back end of the bonnet is in pedestrian safety systems (they make the hinge end of the bonnet pop up to make the bonnet sit up straight so that it gently catches pedestrians in a collision)