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thanks Schiffer.

Is that what you call them? this is similar to what I have..

Where can I get pinch tab wipers in SL? or is there an alternative?

not missing. Just had an awesome friday night and just got up... the previous ad (mine) is no longer there.. it's the yaris. these are not screenshots btw. I think AL allows users to re-use ads as long as the reference number is given.. which to me, is not a very good practice IMHO. btw. there is plenty of evidence in this instance, the car was (when in my care) maintained exclusively at Toyota Lanka. They should have the last service records done at 91k or there about... and hello ruslan!

Sold my car recently by placing an ad in autolanka. when I checked today I see an ad for the same car, with the exact same pictures I uploaded, with the exact same text I used!! The only things to have changed are, the contact number and..... yes you guessed it.. the mileage!!!! They have brought down the mileage from 90k+ to 50k+!!!!

guys do we have an update on this? is it safe to pump from ceypetco now? can i go back to pumping 90, as i am needlessly pumping 95 thesedays....

there is some truth in this. when the vehicle gets crushed sometimes the seatbelt gets jammed. in the case where doors are also jammed and stuck removing the seat belt and dragging the passenger out of the car could be a problem. this becomes an issue when the vehicle has caught fire. in most developed countries, the fire fighters have a this scissor like devise which is used the cut the belt... but its all to do with percentages, 99.99% of the time seat belts would actually save lives as opposed to the 0.01% time where wearing them can be fatal. (ok, i just made up that statistic, but u get the drift...)

in exactly two months from now, the 2nd hand market would have increased by 2.544537%. however in exactly 2 more weeks from that, the market will drop by 0.43863%..

thanks guys for the responses..appreciate it!!..

yep, pads are genuine.. btw. it's front - disc / rear - drum

Guys, when i run my car for an extended period (e.g. driving long distance, driving here and there without giving it much of a rest) there comes a squealing noise from the brakes. this is a not the high pitched screech noise you get, but more like the noise associated when buses apply brakes. the noise disappears when after an extended rest (e.g. overnight) but it only comes when i run the car for about 3 hours continuously (it doesnt come on my daily office run). so i am assuming it comes when the brakes get heated up beyond a certain point. i took it to the agents (Toyota, during my regular services) and they said it was due to dust and cleaning will solve it. (the pads where fine, they said). It did help, but i am thinking that it was more due to the brakes being cooled off when being washed since when the car was taken for the next outstation ride the noise was back. the noise is more pronounced when i hit the brakes going down a steep slope.. since this comes only during the long runs and since the agents didnt seem too fussed about it, i tend to ignore the problem... any thoughts on what this could be? should i be worried?? thanks... P.S. The car is a conventional and not a hybrid

A friend of mine (why is it always a friend of someone?, anyway..) got one down from Amazon or eBay..but it didnt last long. non of the reputed brands make those gadgets..they are all cheep Chinese stuff (unknown brands), which doesnt last.plus the FM transmissions are not that high quality either, a lot of noise gets picked up and amplified over ur car stereo. u can get a good set up with usb support for a reasonable price, or there are cheep chinese set ups which support only usb / sd / micro cards and radio (no CD) and costs only about 3k. they too will not last long, but at least you will not get too much noise like with the fm transmitter. u can get those in pettah....

let me be more specific then...Lorries, Buses, Tuk tuks, tractors, bullock carts, elephants, and the hyper-milers

when u say leaving @ 5, i guess u mean leaving Colombo? IF it's colombo that you mean, then you should get to Trinco by about 9.30 AM. I went there in March and that's the time it took. the last bit (from Kanthale to Trinco - will take you close to an hour). But remember, if you leave after 6, add another 1 to 1.5 hours to your journey, as the traffic along A1 and A6 (upto Dambulla) will be crappy with lorries, buses and Prius's hogging the road and with not a lot of space on the opposite lanes to overtake...

apoo.. you are one of those saarter drivers with unresolved ego issues and an insecurity/inadequacy to boot. let me picture this...you are cruising along at XX Kmph and some peaceful driver who cruises at XX+ comes behind and naturally attempts to overtake you. All your psycho issues kick in and all of a sudden you start accelerating causing the poor driver who was attempting to overtake you to mistime his overtaking process and spend more time than intended on the opposite lane, risking on-coming traffic. and in the face of oncoming traffic when he pulls back, you must be gloating pretending that you "didn't let him pass"... or if he did pass you, you must be going behind him like a complete jerk honking, flashing your headlights attempting risky overtaking procedures etc and in short being a complete nuisance..in an attempt to overtake him...take a break what are you trying to prove and to whom??? you know mate, frankly, i prefer the 30kmph's over idiots like you.. next time i see a moron driving a prius along the kurunagala dambulla road, i'll know its you..

haven;t come across that yet...but mate, if you do have any of those numbers, please post them..i'd be more than happy to make use of some payphone or something to call the moron and let him know that we "know what he did last summer"...

there are no pavements on Galle road beyond Panadura (you find a few within the cities, but not outside). the roads are mostly boarded by the fences..all the more reason to be careful when driving fast on Sri Lankan roads..

the point is you have more time to react when you are going slower.. i.e. you see a person 100m ahead, and you have a few more seconds to react when going at 70 as opposed to 150...it was never a question of hitting the poor guy...

well i hope your sarcasm will hold you up when either you or one of your reckless speeding buddies knock down an innocent father (breadwinner) with 3 children, who came out on to the road around 11 PM looking to get some panadol to his youngest child, who was crying through out the night with high fever. go and give your sarcasm to his wife and his (now support-less) children.. or when you knock down a pregnant mother who already has 2 other children, who came out on to the road in the dead of the night with intense labour pains, looking for a three-wheeler to take her to hospital. give your sarcasm to her (now)orphan children... It's one thing speeding on highways and freeways with proper fences etc where pedestrians are not supposed to wonder into the roads (if they do, it;s their problem)..but 150+ on Galle Road or Kandy Road, in the night? those are single lane roads for the most part without street lights.. anyone can wonder onto the road and no one will have enough time to react..it's one thing going and knocking on a wall, lamp post etc and killing yourself..but you have no right to mess with other lives on the road..need to be a bit more responsible..,

Top Speed:70 Kmph Machine: All most all vehicles I've driven up to now Mods:None Road: Outside city limits, SL What prevented you from going further: The fact that I happen to be "A Law Abiding Citizen"

if the decision is made purely on cost, then it all boils down to how much you run it per year. typically (due to higher tax) a diesel vehicle will cost much higher than the petrol vehicle of the same make. hypothetically, assuming the diesel vehicle is priced about 500,000 more than the petrol, and if you hypothetically assume both the diesel and petrol will have similar fuel consumption, and also assuming that current price difference in fuel cost to remain (with a liter of petrol being abt Rs. 40 more than diesel).... to break-even you need to pump (500000/40) = 12,500 liters of diesel. so at 10 kmpl that's about 125,000 kms. assuming you keep it for 3 years, if you run more than 42,000 km per year, go for a diesel...

and...... the Japs prolly did it with the money we "donated" them .. on a serious note, it's mostly those who complain about SL not being up there with the developed countries who actually aggravate the situation with their in-disciplined driving with no respect to others on the road etc...

thanks guys for your ideas....i try to do a DIY and clean up a bit. if not i'll get it checked. as noted what really confuses me is the fact that it comes only during the night.... so as don and ruslan said maybe it has something to do with evaporator coil...as in during the day, the sun takes care of it and night the smell comes until the car is heated up. (it goes away after 5 mins..) so i guess once it heats up the evaporation happens... i'll check with the AC sevice. prolly take it to the agents... once again thanks everyone.

ppl!, I get a bad smell from the AC. it's kinda like the smell you get from wet cloths, which are left undried for a long time. The funny thing is it comes only during the night!...nothing during the morning or during day time. at night it comes as soon as the AC is switched on...stays for about 5 mins and disappears.. any ideas??? (the AC as well as the Car is pretty new, about 1 year old)

got it filled up...from IOC Panadura...a few sheds here and there have stuff. not much of a queue also, fill start queuing up once offices close for the day and with weekend traffic! if ppl know of any other places close to colombo please post...would help the the masses