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Kudos to Komi for such amazing effort on the teg Remarkable what he's done. Can't believe I read the whole darn thread. So tempted to sell my car & go do a restoration project like this. Btw came across this superb comparison against the new Civic Si! Gave me goosebumps lol.

I rest my case. Have fun with your Hybrid & its Echo mode! Must be quite phenomenal to drive

OMG! So are we arguing about the GE6 now. My dear Zee boy, firstly both the GE6 & the GP1 share the same chasis. The drivetrains are different but they share the same engine. Only difference is the electric motor but the hp advantage is offset by the added weight. I don't know where you got the idea of better driving pleasure when the car constantly wants you to rev low to give that awesome fuel economy. Go drive both cars first. Secondly, I'm comparing vehicles of similar YOM. I really don't know from where you are going to get a 2013 GP1 for 3.2M. Also I'm sure you're referring to a parallel universe cause the GE6 only debuted in 2007. Unless you mistakenly was referring to the GD1. So get your facts right! Finally, we are talking about Sri Lanka & not about the States. Even that website you pulled that wonderful statistic on "Affordable Small Cars" clearly refers to the GE6/8 & not the hybrid variant. So please comment after double-checking your sources.

Exactly my point! The GE6 is such an under-rated car in SL. Its gives you a superb ride plus great fuel economies. Best of all due to all this hybrid hype you get owners who bail out selling their vehicles for prices you suggest For argument sake lets say I buy a GE6 for 2.5M, whereas I could go for a GP1 for 3.2M. That would mean I'd save Rs. 700k whereas the GP1 would allow me say max 15km/l in fuel savings. Again lets assume I do 2000km/month, still that would take more than 5 years to recover that 700k. Do the math! So why spend more for almost the same experience. I find it better to save that amount for any unforeseen situation & some nice mods

Wow!! So much animosity & hate here. Still it's always interesting to read threads where the admins & hybrid lovers gang up against each other Adding something to the topic at hand, I believe the long term battery replacement & service costs will diminish the hybrids 2nd hand market considerably. Also given the constant innovation in the field the hybrids, updates are quite rapid causing models to out-date itself quite fast. Also considering the very long term, hybrid cars are not that Green due to many reasons (energy intensive manufacturing/machining process - light-weight alloys, toxic battery manufacture using earth's rare metals). I'm sure this has been highlighted by someone earlier. Ideal situation is far-thinking governments should strike a balance when promoting such products in their countries. Recycling NiMH or Li-ion batteries are costly & even technologically advanced countries like Japan take the more economical way of disposing their multitude of hybrid vehicles recon to eager countries like SL Recently I was faced with the dilemma of selling of my perfectly capable Honda Fit(GE6) & upgrade to a hybrid. Bad peer pressure I guess lol.. With the market down that meant I had to fork another Rs. 300k-400k to get a hybrid (This being the Fit Hybrid GP1 which is the cheapest). Problem was I only do around 1000km a month & that would mean I had to drive the hybrid for another 5-6 years to recover the excess. God willing if the battery fails by then I'll be royally screwed with no way to recover. The lesson learnt was that hybrid or gasoline it doesn't make a big difference in the long term. Hence i settled to drive my trusty GE6 until I'm able to upgrade for a more capable drive, hopefully a Civic or an Accord. Rather than worry about fuel economy I prefer the satisfaction of more spirited driving & leaving some ***holes eating my dust once in a while

Checked with Toyota Lanka this evening. Prices for the following BN vehicles are as follows: Yaris(1300cc/Jap) - Rs. 4.45 mil Avanza(1300cc/Indonesia) - Rs. 3.2 mil Hilux D/Cab(2.5l/Jap/4WD) - Rs. 6.7 mil They claim that they are selling from their current stock at revised prices to reflect the tax reduction. Says they are happily bearing the loss in clearing the vehicles Btw I'm sharing the following google doc on BN vehicle prices. Please feel free to update with whatever data you get. I've already updated it with the data I've collected from this thread http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Al...dQR1E&hl=en