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Dear friends, my car (Toyota 121) has a persistent “daka daka” sound coming from the rack. Rack ends, CV joints and all others are fine. The rack was replaced 2 yrs ago but then the issue re-appeared recently. M..t..r.. garage told me to replace the entire rack again, whereas another mechanic suggested to apply grease adjust the rack since it was fixed only 2 years ago. The latter is cost effective though I doubt its sustenance. (yes.. combed thr AutoLanka forum!). I also feel that I was caught to a bad rack last time, but the selection and fixing of the reconditioned rack was entirely handled by a garage as I am not that familiar with the subject. My bad. Now that fixing a new rack is looming again, I wonder how I could select a proper reconditioned rack and where to look for it. Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

I inquire the price of a Honda Fit Aria from few importers and they all told me it's around 3 million (3- 3.2). I feel like this is an increase of the price even affter this new tax reduction. Could anyone pls tell me how much was it, say few months ago? My budget is tight and so bit worried :-(