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I dont think the viva will have trouble carrying 150kg's. Are you the sole occupant in the car or are you traveling with others with the luggage?

ah that explains it..

ah thanks mate, now I get it.

so we have to pay a monthly rental to a local guy that install this dishtv right ? are they paying dishtc in return to keep the connection alive? or is it some kind of a card system they're using?

I've heard some where that using dishtv outside india is illegal.

out of curiosity, what do you mean by bumper car machan? Are you going to bump it around like in demolition derby? or are you going to use it to whipe off any three wheel bugers that comes near you?

take a look at this machan, according to that its 145mm.

yeah that car looks cool the way it is, if its raised by 2 inches it'll look ugly, besides 145mm ground clearance is not that bad imho.

Yeah maybe SLT is not giving permission to use their posts for further expansion. Thats their main problem and the lack of interest to expand.

afaik the 1NZ-FE engine runs on a timing chain.

Yeah their rates are cheaper too right? afaik they use fiber optic cables so picture quality could be better than the other providers? LBN's been around for some time I dont know why they dont expand their network, they have great potential.

yeah me too, but like some members said DTV might have reached their satellite transponders limit, so even if they come to an agreement with MTN they will have to drop some channels to make room. anyone knows if DTV, PEOTV or LBN will give HD quality anytime soon?

and how was their behavior ?

I have tried this with my dad, way before DTV or PEOTV came out. he had a 1 big dish and another small one for c band and ku band. had no other equipment only the decoder 2 dishes and the LNB's. but got some information from the internet on how to align and the correct directions. I remember running around moving the dishes trying to get hold of some satellites. It was frustrating but we eventually succeeded, got hold of about 8 satellites and about 70 FTV channels chinese, russian, french some english but mostly indian and some were HD I think. We were delighted when new channels and satellites appeared. from time to time some channels disappeared and new ones popped up and had to rescan to get hold of new channels. Then all of a sudden DTV came out and we moved to that. Still have the rusted old dishes LNB's and the decoder. I'd say its a interesting hobby if you have the equipment and time.

Dont know much about peotv but heard that it has some extra channels than DTV plus the recording feature. Only problem that I've encountered with DTV is the signals get weak when its raining, have to wait about 5-15 mins for it to get back up. very annoying when you are watching a good program. other that that picture quality and service is reasonably good. Also LBN is available in some places, heard they are good too.

These two cars were compared many times in AL. Run a search you will find a lot of info. Personally I would choose the Axela over the 121. Axela is great car and imo its worh for the money compared to 121.

one of the comments on that daily mirror article

dude cant you see the toyota badge on the steering wheel? Think its a 110.

Already disscussed in Expressway Updates thread.

Yeah the viva is defenatly value for money. much better than the other brand new cars in it legue. But one of my freinds also placed an order for a viva standard auto in september. The delivery was expected in january but still havent arrived.

looks to me like a 110. maybe over 13 years old air bags have malfunctioned?

That might be true, considering that some of these bugers are driving like they are trying to go to the moon.

Mini, do you have any updates on the kandy-colombo highway?