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Brake disc are now every inexpensive. Genuine Brembo can be brought for around Rs.3000-7000 for most Jap cars, so its much better than facing old disc or buying used ones.

extremely vague information but hope the prices come down, so can afford a non permit vehicle.

Tesla is good, but surely isn't the best in Lanka when new Porsche Panemera E-Hybrid which has over 415bhp and currently available ex-stock.

If you are not going to be off roading buy a Toyota Prado Petrol or a Montero deisel, cos the patrol you are looking at will be a basic spec and to add to that is relatively uncomfortable on carpet roads and slow when compared to the Prado and the montero. plus points for the patrol is that it definitely handles better on bends and will be more comfortable to drive on bad roads and most importantly it will last lot more years than both the prado and the monty. The off road aspect is not taken into consideration.

A good article about fake Brembo covers http://www.orzperformance.com/tips/fake-brembo-brake-covers/

I understand 32-, 61- and so one, but what about 325- cruiser which is also a body permit. the owner says that it can be converted to a EZ- number from the RMV are these legit?

I got a amazing price for a Pre-Facelift one that was in a really bad state, due to the low price I though I will use it as an project car. I was very unfortunate as the RR was used often by the owners to go to all the national parks in Sri Lanka, and condition of everything was not good. Even still I did a full facelift to a 2012 version which cost me more than a mil, did the suspension, gearbox, new ECU, every single trim part inside (the leather peels off easily and the plastics break specially on the seat edges), new paint job, and lots of little little things. But still it was not perfect so I gave it away to a very passionate owner who has spent millions more since then. Its a joy to drive, looks amazing, and does any offloading with ease, but on the downside the agents have no clue how to diagnose a fault, all electricals give faults, the engine overheats often, and to me it newer seemed the vehicle that I can trust on a long journey . Also note that its huge, both longer, wider than the Land Cruiser V8 Sahara!!! But if I have the money I will most definitely go for a new.

I have owned a range rover vogue, 2005 model facelift version. All I can say is that if you don't mind spending 2-3mil in the next couple of years stay away. But if you do have that kind of money there is notting like it, its an absolute beast of a vehicle when it works. I hate the people who bash these permit cars, true it has ruined the car market altogether, but it has given a level of beauty on the streets that we newer had. Also it has made the toyota lovers think about beamers.

I truly understand what you mean here. I kinda know this person, think he used to own a RX8 which he crashed recently!!

At my house there are 6 vehicles and 5 people, but I still would love to own a couple more. Trust me its newer ending expensive hobby!

Try Panchikawatha. D*L agents for Exedy, Se*ini Motors for PHC.Valeo, and R*hunu for Aisin and exedy. buy from the agents if you want it to guaranteed to get the genuine ones

Daikin and exedy are the same! others that are similar are Aisin clutch and PHC.Valeo they are all good, depends on which brand a person would prefer. Aisin is the more premier brand, PHC.Valeo been the cheaper alternative. All 3 of them are OEM brands.

Not a sedan but a Hatchback/estate is the BMW X1 sdrive20d! if the Valeo front and rear bumper sensor along with reverse camera is fixed there are no issues parking the car or with the visibility, and there are very little blind spots. The car is small, only 4,457 mm long so driving in the city is great. The X1 is rear wheel drive and when traction control is turned off its tail happy, so its a lot of fun to drive in the rural roads. On broken roads it has the added advantage of the high ground clearance of 192mm and a comfortable ride. As to high speed cornering, it will handle better than many of the so called Japanese sports sedans! The only drawback the X1 has is that its heavy steering wheel, but can get used to it.

Thats what I was thinking as well, as there aren't any good Evo 9 or 8 for sale at the moment, and haven't seen one pop up in a long time. Since the chassis is different its always going to be a very difficult job to do. As you said the easiest to do is a Sti conversion, even a normal bugeye(ver7) impreza can be converted into hawkeye (ver 9) pretty easily.

what do any experts think of converting a lancer cedia to a Evo 9? or evo 7 body with a evo 9 engine?

Its not easy or good to paint callipers, apparently Paris Hilton wanted pink callipers in her pink Lambo, and it took a lot of effort from the ppl at Brembo to do it as they had to put the paint through many test. and it cost her $60,000!

Machan where did you see this beast? newer seen this car in Sri Lanka. One of the most rarest cars in World, and more expensive to buy than the new GTR in Japan.

it should be inside the cabin (in most cars), normally there is a plastic piece that you need to move to get access to it! If a car has AC it should come with a cabin filter which needs to be changed every 10,000km (along with the air filter) VIC is a good after market brand to go for!

really? you mean, after the 3 yr unlimited mile warranty runs out?

Use 3M general purpose adhesive (GP) cleaner, removes tar and unremovable dirt like butter when applied heat!!! also doesn't cause any damage to the paint. However it is advisable to just use a paste wax on the area that 3M GP is applied.

even if a person has 50 million to through away for a car, do not buy it! unless you are filthy filthy loaded! because after the 3yr warranty has run out it will spend more time at Fro*****r garage than at home, and their charges would be so enormous that some not so major repairs would cost more than a million bucks! so buying, running, and maintaining cost would be ridiculous! however if you are kind of person willing to go for a Rolls Royce, then definitely go for the the Range Rover AB! other wise stick to a S-Class specially in Sri Lanka.

The diesel variants are faster than the similar engined petrol, due to the turbo and the new common rail diesel engines the bhp value for a 520d and a 520i is the same at 184bhp but the torque is 380 N·m for the 520d and for the 270 N·m for the 520i. as for manufacturer quoted MPG (UK) is 58.9 mpg for the 520d and 41.5 mpg for the 520i. Due to these reasons the diesel cars are much more popular than petrol ones in Europe.

Top Speed: 232 kmph Machine: Porsche Cayenne S Hybrid Mods: non Road: E01 What prevented you from going further : traffic in front, but the car could deff do more than that. Top Speed: 210-220 kmph Machine: Subaru Sti 9 Spec C Mods: non Road: Udawalawa What prevented you from going further : thought not to risk any more Top Speed: 210-215 Machine: BMW X3 30d Mods: non Road: Nurburgring What prevented you from going further : end of track! Top Speed: 220 kmph Machine: BMW X1 20d Mods: non Road: E01 What prevented you from going further : bend in front plenty more, mostly from Europe.

rich getting richer and poor getting poorer is general theory when a developing country goes through a major growth in GDP. However in time to come the gap (Gini Coefficient) would decrease. The rich needs to become rich for the poor to become rich, but newer happens visor versa.

great for fellows who already got their cars through permits, and not so good for the govt servants that sold their permits recently! I am sure that the price of those 520d's and A6s are going to increase!