Car Enthusiast thread

[pet]

BRo.. honestly if I were in your position, I won't get a Vitara.. Estima fulfills most requirements... a 2nd car serves as a convenience and for leisure purpose.. in yr case its fishing.. so I will look at a fuel economical car with space.

Looking at that, Wish to me meets that if I am looking for a comfort and spacious drive. Even Toyota Fielder.

If you want an even bigger car, ISIS.. its a beauty in terms of functionality..
http://www.toyota.co.jp/jp/tech/new_...ion/index.html
Go see the video of the functionality.. if it doesn't impress you, nothing will hahah..

jst now i wnt champion, took list price, vitara price quite cheap leh, only 68.5k nia... dunno worth or not...

actually i wnt something more van like... eg fiat panaroma, cos if remove seat, like cargo van leow... thn hor the flooring, i hope not carpeted, not very sure... go dirty i can wash down... hahhaa fishing stuff dirty lah... ever leave ( forget ) keep net or even fish over night .... u can forget about driving it for the next 1 to 2 days... hahahha... si bei chao !!

those u mention how much... ?

Wah lau... let's just say the last time I came back from KL (Times Square) to SG (Bukit Timah) took me less than 3 hours. You do the math lah...

Firstly, that Estima (being a 2ton MPV) has no right to be travelling at the speed.
Secondly, it has no right to have that kind of torque at such high revs.
I could just barely keep up with it... Not to say overtake...

..

My wife's estima aeras engine = base model, if not wrong abt 170hp... performance already not bad...

I was with my dad last night at the petrol kiosk....next to us was a Chery QQ,that person pumped 31L for $71 like that....we pumped 31L(3/4 tank empty) for $71 also.

But I mean if u were to compare...a 1.6L car and a 0.8L Chery QQ...not that efficient as it seems?

my dad car, pump 1 time, over 200 leow

[Darkangel]

darkie... Not necessary true... Litres is the size of the car fuel tank.. Not representative of hw fuel efficient the car is.... For all yr u knw, his chery clocked >550+km with his 31litres?? Thats damn efficient.... I dun noe, anybody driving a chery. So dun knw fc of it?

Hmm that's true...

[jazz_samz]

darkie... Not necessary true... Litres is the size of the car fuel tank.. Not representative of hw fuel efficient the car is.... For all yr u knw, his chery clocked >550+km with his 31litres?? Thats damn efficient.... I dun noe, anybody driving a chery. So dun knw fc of it?

[seiko.citizen]

i have yet to touch the QQ, it looks like a piece of PRC junk luckily no PRC cars in Oz *yet*, but went to farm yesterday, and saw PRC tractor, the owner even mention best piece of machinery he has owned and cheap too.

[Darkangel]

I was with my dad last night at the petrol kiosk....next to us was a Chery QQ,that person pumped 31L for $71 like that....we pumped 31L(3/4 tank empty) for $71 also.

But I mean if u were to compare...a 1.6L car and a 0.8L Chery QQ...not that efficient as it seems?

[Darkangel]

Folks another bad news, Diesel now up to $2.06 for those who uses..

Diesel up to $2...mean 95/98 would go even higher

[Nooch]

Folks another bad news, Diesel now up to $2.06 for those who uses..

[wolfeyes1974]

Bro.. for me, the Civic 2l is nice to have but the price they are tagging it is way too high.. moreover parts for Honday is not cheap... (I am a parts guy... ) Another factor that steered me away was the interior built is pretty poor. U know the silver casing at the base of the "auto gear shift", my friend's civic faded in less than 6mth.. WTF.. he go back and KPKB. It was replaced eventually but I mean its Jap made... shouldn't be that bad. If considering a Civic, 2l would be a better choice though....

My old trusty Altis was lousy in quality but understandable as its Thai made.. alot of "budget nip tucks". After 1yr, alot of interior detoriated... I can only pray that my Wish dun give me this kind of "cheapo" problems... will only know months to come.

Actually commenting on yr friends who drove stream, so far your friends are the honest few.. at least unlike my car forum friends who bought Stream and praising it all high and mighty.. I mean I know that NO 1 car i perfect but these blokes seem to claim it to be... WIsh too have its own set of -ve pts but it all voice down to the lesser of two evils of the owner and driver..

i dunno much abt cars...but odyssey is nice for me....big, nice and can run...drink water like thirsty elephant too i think...hahaa

[jazz_samz]

Bro.. for me, the Civic 2l is nice to have but the price they are tagging it is way too high.. moreover parts for Honday is not cheap... (I am a parts guy... ) Another factor that steered me away was the interior built is pretty poor. U know the silver casing at the base of the "auto gear shift", my friend's civic faded in less than 6mth.. WTF.. he go back and KPKB. It was replaced eventually but I mean its Jap made... shouldn't be that bad. If considering a Civic, 2l would be a better choice though....

My old trusty Altis was lousy in quality but understandable as its Thai made.. alot of "budget nip tucks". After 1yr, alot of interior detoriated... I can only pray that my Wish dun give me this kind of "cheapo" problems... will only know months to come.

Actually commenting on yr friends who drove stream, so far your friends are the honest few.. at least unlike my car forum friends who bought Stream and praising it all high and mighty.. I mean I know that NO 1 car i perfect but these blokes seem to claim it to be... WIsh too have its own set of -ve pts but it all voice down to the lesser of two evils of the owner and driver..

I can understand from the price perspective. Look... if the diff is only 6k. Trust me... that 6k will be well spent. If your right foot is a little heavy, the FC between a 1.5l and 2l is going to be negligible. That's because you'll be stepping hard on the 1.5l than the 2l.

of course road tax and insurance is another factor. But if you divide that out by 12 months... it's also not too much. Go for the 2.0l lah... you'll have more fun driving...

Or why not think about the 1.8l or 2l civic? IMHO again... that's the Jepun car to get below 2,000cc. Good engine, good handling, nice styling...

[seiko.citizen]

if insurance cover OK,if not cover, you sure get pump oil

[feilong108]

hehehe..i seldom go to KL liao...so if realli have to go i will go in my company car..which is better...if lost or kana stolen i am not so worried.hehehe...juz have to make police report and info the BOSS...

[seiko.citizen]

civic ar...vtec engine is sure fuel thirsty as hell...hahaha...i love the look of the lancer ex as it look more compact than a civic....btw any1 know the latest price for a 1.8litre civic?hehehe..can consider if the price range is within my means....the house instalment is aledi a back breaker liao...din wan to add more weight to my aledi miserable back..hehehehe

vtec engine is supposed to be economical on fuel, but my experiences is, it is better than a turbo, and deliver the power when needed. in Oz it is even classified as a turbo

wrx is good for racers...haha...extremely powerful engine..sound nice with boxer engine...but.....drink fuel like water,engine body light compare to the torque output...haha...somemore manual....dun relish the thought of that esp i am always caught in peak hour jams in jurong area...

sore left leg but go to NS hwy, sure worth it

[feilong108]

wrx is good for racers...haha...extremely powerful engine..sound nice with boxer engine...but.....drink fuel like water,engine body light compare to the torque output...haha...somemore manual....dun relish the thought of that esp i am always caught in peak hour jams in jurong area...

[feilong108]

civic ar...vtec engine is sure fuel thirsty as hell...hahaha...i love the look of the lancer ex as it look more compact than a civic....btw any1 know the latest price for a 1.8litre civic?hehehe..can consider if the price range is within my means....the house instalment is aledi a back breaker liao...din wan to add more weight to my aledi miserable back..hehehehe

[seiko.citizen]

Wah lau... let's just say the last time I came back from KL (Times Square) to SG (Bukit Timah) took me less than 3 hours. You do the math lah...

Firstly, that Estima (being a 2ton MPV) has no right to be travelling at the speed.
Secondly, it has no right to have that kind of torque at such high revs.
I could just barely keep up with it... Not to say overtake...

Saab 95 Aero is another car I would mess around with. Met another supped up Aero on NSH... If Estima let me smell smoke, then the 95 Aero's smoke settled down already then I reached. I don't know what stage ECU chip-up that car's got... but that kind of speed from a 4 potter is some serious sh*t. So after that experience, I went to test drive the Aero... then I understand why...

So... On NSH... other than the supercars, WRXs and Evos... the above are 2 cars I wouldn't mess around with...

ok.......... makes my speed look a bit girly

wow....... it seems we share alot more in common than just fine timepieces

saab 95 aero i once race, i was driving my camry with the 3S-FE engine (small but good) , and nothing to do, so i decide to chase him, and successfully failed

until today, i still not sure what engines mods saab have but they move cars in style and speed

the WRX my friend has one before - sibeh nice drive. i drive, hooked, and go up to about 220kmh (peaked), and the car still very steady.
Evo i see never drive, but hear its onpar with WRX