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Congrats bro! Well done!

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Classics...

30th Anniversary ??? I thought Toyota was found in 1937. What's the difference between a so called Anniversary model and a non-Anniversary model?

East will require massive investments, there seems to be no source for it yet. Pitty, the government has forgotten it too!

A land like no other!!!

Belated wishes Velo! Many Happy Returns Bro!

Bro, Government is after foreign reserves now! SL, is in the brink or collapse in that front. So I doubt the quick buck profits on local currency (they can print it anytime ne ) But you never know, my experience is that in this country even the most un-predictable should be expected!

xXx, thanks for enlightening us from a different perspective, one that we often miss out. Just to add my 2 cents into this; Sri Lanka's economy is deteriorating at an alarming rate, say from about 3 years now. It has been deteriorating gradually, but now the rate has increased. Global recession situation has accelerated and amplified the effect even more. Sri Lanka has long been in trouble when it comes to foreign reserves, which allows us the capacity to buy from foreign countries. Historically, SL kept foreign reserves sufficient for 6 months imports. But, this limit could not be maintained due to our high import to export ratio. Main contributors for this are the industrial imports and vehicle imports. If you look at the CB report a massive figure is spent on importing industrial raw materials. Since limiting industrial imports is a like suicide to the economy, government tried to discourage vehicle imports by jacking up the taxes. IMHO, government is applying medicine to the foot, where the wound is in the head. Idiotic politicos do not see that all everyone is trying to arrange their personal transport (hence, high demand for the imported personal vehicles) simply because the public transport is PIECE OF CRAP!!! So the culprit for initiating all these problems is the transport authorities who still keeps silent.

I'm no expert of corolla, but I think EE is the 1.3L variety while AE is 1.5L. Corolla has so many different gradings; XE, XE Limited, SE, SE limited, Rivera, etc. AFAIK Rivera is the highest grade.

Many thanks bro! Thats a lot of info and ideas on it!!! Currently I'm putting together a list of all the features and want to phase them out into 2 or 3 steps. Still On the lookout for a high res touchscreen TFT...

Not quite sure on this bro. Government is dying for foreign reserves. Even the IMF loan has not hit the shores yet. I doubt government will loosen up the grip on vehicle imports. No not even for their own revenue. Last week I saw an order declaring all earnings on NRFC/RFC accounts to be tax free till 2012, thats on top of the bonus % paid in rupees on the NRFC/RFC balance.

Moreover, leasing companies do not cease the vehicles now! they agree for a repayment on a loan basis

What on earth happened???

As everyone points out correctly, the "best" is biased and one's "best" would not be appealing to you. However you may get a clue from what others are using. Here goes mine; Pioneer head unit with USB input Front: RockfordFosgate 2way speakers Rear: JVC 3way speakers 35Wx2 Alpine Amplifier and JVC Subwoofer I don't like to listen to music too loud (like that they play in buses and three wheelers), that's the main reason I got the subwoofer with a separate amplifier, so you can clearly hear the awesome bass sounds without having to turn-up the volume too much.

HRV Doing 9-10 in city??? That's good economy for a vehicle for its size and on a 1.6L

Rear looks like a MarkII Love to see that Indians getting the hang of design...

With that ground hugging design its bound to happen

Dat' some advice!

Thought of reviving this old thread... value your experience on other locations as well... off Colombo is fine too

An allion?

The owner must be an avid fan of Frankenstein!!!

out of all super cars this one has the weird rolling doors... lovely carbon fiber bodywork though.

Found this review from another forum, looks like the dude who wrote this had first hand experience. His name was not there, due credits