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That's a lot of plastic sheeting - is it XXX limited?

AFAIK the insurance companies won't let you replace parts with brand new spares. You'll have to go reconditioned or pay the 'difference'.

Might be able to squeeze a 07/08 141 out of that budget too.

I don't really like the celerio but the others are okay. My pick would be the swift if it is your budget. By 'beetle model' do you mean the second gen pre facelift? If so, that would be my choice.

Hi all - does anyone know what the car import age limits are now?

There are companies that offer the type of product described below if you are interested in it; the place down Park Street for example.

Wow, so soon?

Well I heard from Courtney that Mazda was, like, totally jealous and Hayley said she saw Mazda deleting all their old texts but when I met her yesterday she was like 'oh whatever Mitsubishi can do whatever she wants cos she's a total slut'.

I think the main thing out of what you mentioned is the DVD. It's BluRay now innit.

@Don - opinions very well expressed, non-argumentatively and yet with some emotional appeal. A balance difficult to strike. Thanks.

Jeez this OP is a windbag.

I know, I know talking about what car you want to get next is like talking to someone about the dream you had last night. Very interesting to you, but less to others. Anyway I am back on the hunt for a new car and for those of you that are mildly interested (or just bored) let me thank you now for reading. I've been using a neat little hatchback for a while (my first ever) and well, it's been alright. So, I thought, well, 'same again'! So went to a dealer. Went something like this: "Hi! Looking for a small car for driving around Colombo." "Ah yes. Aqua." "No thanks" "Why? Good car, 3000 km/l, it says so right here on this paper napkin." "Nah. Something small, but not a hybrid." *Clunk* After he came to he said "You are not want hybrid?" "No I am not want" "Only hybrid cars in Sri Lanka now." This wasn't an isolated incident. One company asked me what I'd like and I said that 2014 manga-faced toyota vitz/yaris hatchback that had got me, embarrassingly, a little excited when I was last off-shore. 'Hybrid?' he asked hopefully. 'No,' I said, 'petrol.' Dejected he walked away and gave me a quote to import it with more zeros than there was space on the page. So, plan B. Scour the papers. The leg of the journey started with the supplement of a popular sunday newspaper. Not to make it too easy for you all, but it starts with an 'H' and ends with an 'itAd'. It seemed to me that every new car is a hybrid and I was, I suppose, pleased in a way that the environment is so important to the Sri Lankan public. The belching, billowing buses (alliteration not intended), burning garbage and so on made me think that the public had some deep vendetta against mother nature. Or maybe the masses think that hybrids are just about saving 6 rupees per month on petrol. Ashamedly I must admit that I found myself rather uninspired by the vast range of hybrids. I continued to scour for a 'real' car. By that I don't mean a 6.0 V8, I just mean a car that is made for driving, not for saving the planet. I then saw a 2004 Cherokee for 2.5m in quite good nick. Now thats not something I'd like to have, but it was one of the more interesting cars that I saw. The same price as a 2000 X-Trail. What's up with that pricing? Again, I don't like either particularly, but surely the Cherokee is worth more than a crappy, broken down, old X-Trail. Then my research took me to the pick ups or the double-cabs. Now, most of the ads in general avoid the engine size, which is frustrating enough as it is, but maybe that's to save money on the ad size? But if thats the case, then why waste space saying that a pick-up was made in Thailand or imported from the UK? Does that information help a Sri Lankan car buyer more than the engine capacity? In fact the lack of information in most ads made me look with great suspicion on those that did. "Hmmm...how does that Subaru owner know how much HP its spitting out? He's probably some kind of car-thrashing-street-racer type!" or "hmmm... how does that lady doctor/engineer/professional know her 'original, accident free, 100% paint' engine size? Engine swap for sure." Actually '100% paint' was my favourite description. I mean, who doesn't like a bit of paint? So the more a car is comprised of paint, the bette,r in my opinion. But I digress. So back to the cabs. I saw a 2007 Nissan Navarra/Nawara/Narawa for 3.5m. The 2007 Hilux was 4.5mn. Why such a big difference? I've been around SL long enough to know that Toyota's are golden, but isn't that a bit much? So, I would still like to get a new car, but venturing out in the world of buying a car makes me feel like I'm on some motor version of Stonehearst Asylum.

Well I would tell you but I can see the 'Priusitis' has already set in. Chaps, this new strain seems far more virulent than earlier generations of the disease. We can see this new victim has all the typical symptoms we would normally see in a prius owner - the humourlessness, the sexlessness and so on but in this case, even before actual physical contact with a prius. Dr Dre, as a doctor yourself, you’ll appreciate my intervention here when I prescribe immediate quarantining, a straightjacket and a shot of testosterone straight into the left testicle before the ‘dullardification' process completely sets in.

'my coordination'? How do they come up with these names?? Sounds like something you would rely on after a heavy night of drinking: 'Plastered beyond all recognition? The new Prius 'my coordination' for those times when you've lost all your own coordination. 4.6million with brown interior to match anything that might happen to the interior on the way home.'

Why are your options just these three specific (and slightly odd) choices? I'd say there were better ways to spend 4 million.

Love it. I tried a model search for an x-trail and it came up with no results, but it looked very good doing it.

Hey, thanks! It's been a while

Yeah that wrong lane thing is not just BMW drivers, it happens all the time. And when I, very politely, give them the internationally accepted gesture set that everyone knows means 'excuse me, ever so sorry to bother you, but would you mind awfully if you moved somewhere else so that the rest of us may continue on our lane', the neanderthals merely open their palms and sort of moves it in my direction. Are you familiar with that one? I think it means 'please proceed directly through my car,while I'm still in it I never liked this car anyway and that's why i'm sitting here stationary in the wrong lane.' Anyway at least with the BMW there's something pretty to look at while you wait.

And in front of the steering wheel.

Aiyoo, I didn't get to see it... What was he going to plant anyway? Coconuts or weed? Hmmm.....nuts and weed, sounds like our kind of Sunday, eh Sylvi?

If you are going to change the engine, why do you need a " bit higher Engine capcity" car? I think that sounds like another decent car getting the treatment it just doesn't deserve. Hey Riz, just a suggestion, what about, like, just getting a like a diesel car in the first place? Or maybe a van (which I get the feeling is more your style anyway )?

Ah, recognise the Monarch carpark, but more than that noticed the shaky last photo...did you get so excited by the car? Maybe if it had Jessica Alba in it, na?

Shintaro to the rescue! I believe this is the thing: There is a power cord at the top of it, remove it and the Japanese voices will stop.

wholly colonial subsidiaries, Batman.

Try a store in majestic city called chelsey. Its on the 3rd floor.