My New Ride

[Z.u.L]

been using a Toyota Premio since last september. it was a 1.8ltr and it was a really nice car and enjoyed using it. sold it last week.

i always liked the crown and wanted to own it, so got a good deal and finally got her. my intention on buying a hybrid was not to save fuel but affordability, obviously i cant afford a petrol variant of the car since il have to pay an absurd amount for it, close to 20+ mill. eventhough its a hybrid, the 3450cc engine kicks out close to 305ps and it pulls like a rocket ( compared to my 1.8ltr premio that is =P).

[MrCat]

Good stuff.. Is this RWD mate? We don't get the Crown over here, do they have a version with a manual gear box at all?

The alternative we`ve got is the Aurion, which IMO sucks as a big car cause it`s FWD and Toyota does not offer a manual version at all..!

[miniace]

Thats a nice car mate ! Congrats!

MINIACE

[malla]

The hybrid crown is about 9.5 mill right?

[terrabytetango]

Does this model have the graphical LCD dashboard? Can you take a few pictures of the various screens and post them here?

[Z.u.L]

Its a rwd and yes its triptonic machan.

Its around 10million.

Yes it has a lcd pannel in place of the coventioal meter board

i shall make a video and upload it on youtube and post the link here.

Thanx miniace.

[nexus]

congratulations and good luck Z.u.L nice car you got there fella.

[Z.u.L]

does anyone know where i can find H8/H11 fog lamp bulbs, white colour ones.

[poscher]

  On 11/4/2011 at 6:06 PM, Z.u.L said:

does anyone know where i can find H8/H11 fog lamp bulbs, white colour ones.

try L*gacy Motors in braybrook place... they got Biolight bulbs.... thats what I got! its every difficult to find H8/H11 cos they mostly come with Korean parts, so you need to put Korean bulbs which are cheap but equals Japanese bulb quality.

[Z.u.L]

  On 11/5/2011 at 3:14 AM, poscher said:

try L*gacy Motors in braybrook place... they got Biolight bulbs.... thats what I got! its every difficult to find H8/H11 cos they mostly come with Korean parts, so you need to put Korean bulbs which are cheap but equals Japanese bulb quality.

thanks machan, will go check it out.

[harshansenadhir]

  On 11/1/2011 at 7:01 AM, Z.u.L said:

my intention on buying a hybrid was not to save fuel but affordability

you got a nice ride there, luxury, affordability in terms of initial investment and running costs. I like this quoted part where it shows the actual reason to own a hybrid in Sri Lankan context and thumbs up for openly admitting that as oppose to the "so called" tree huggers

[Z.u.L]

  On 11/10/2011 at 9:04 AM, harshansenadhir said:

you got a nice ride there, luxury, affordability in terms of initial investment and running costs. I like this quoted part where it shows the actual reason to own a hybrid in Sri Lankan context and thumbs up for openly admitting that as oppose to the "so called" tree huggers

hehe, what ever said, at the end thats the truth.

[chika]

man what a sexy ride :* awesome!!!!! congrtz !!!

[CARBON B4]

Nice ride, thanks for posting.

[Z.u.L]

thanks guys!

[Z.u.L]

after nearly 2 years i have bid farewell to the crown. the most comfortable luxury Japanese car i have owned and will ever own i guess. had good and bad memories but enjoyed everybit. a fast and comfortable car. it did around 6.5 - 7.5 km/l city running and around 11 - 12 km/l out station and a tad bit more when in the highway.

this is the latest addition. going back to a beemer after 7 years i think. after my E39 525i.

2012 F10 520d

the previous owner had fitted a M Sport Body kit and a Spoiler.

Feedback are welcome!

[MasterDon]

Welcome back!...Sweet ride!

If I remember right you were a Merc man,with the CLS being the dream...

[Z.u.L]

yes, the dream got shattered when i herd how much it cost!!! not a very big fan of the current merc range, looks wise. just my personal view. still i dont think il be able to afford a merc for my price range.

iv always loved the whole experience with the e39. thats what made me go for another beemer 5 series.

Edited January 29, 2014 by Z.u.L

[Hoonigan]

Beautiful car! Congratulations

[MkX]

congrats .. nice car.

[xXx]

Congrats ZUL on your new ride.

Since MD brought up teh subject, out of curiosity how much does a Merc W219 goes for these days?

Audi A7 is not a bad replacement for the CLS. Something new for you to dream about maybe.

Edited January 29, 2014 by xXx

[Z.u.L]

The last I checked it was still at some 15million range. But I'm really not sure how much its going now.

[Crosswind]

  On 1/29/2014 at 1:13 PM, Z.u.L said:

after nearly 2 years i have bid farewell to the crown. the most comfortable luxury Japanese car i have owned and will ever own i guess. had good and bad memories but enjoyed everybit. a fast and comfortable car. it did around 6.5 - 7.5 km/l city running and around 11 - 12 km/l out station and a tad bit more when in the highway.

this is the latest addition. going back to a beemer after 7 years i think. after my E39 525i.

Congrats on your new ride

and thanks for the brutal honesty about the Crown Hybrid's fuel consumption

I've heard a couple of folks bragging that their Crown Hybrid does like 10-12.

Anyway that's the car I was contemplating to buy for some time (before I got the Focus) but the sheer cost kept me away. Also there's not much info about Crown Hybrid in the forum. Could you please give some pros, cons, maintenance issues etc. of the car?

[Rachitha]

Z.u.L, congrats on your new ride.

Looks like u'll upgrade to drilled discs like in your prof pic.

Keep us posted on your car. Is it with 19" rims?

[Magnum]

  On 1/30/2014 at 4:08 AM, Crosswind said:

Congrats on your new ride

and thanks for the brutal honesty about the Crown Hybrid's fuel consumption

I've heard a couple of folks bragging that their Crown Hybrid does like 10-12.

Anyway that's the car I was contemplating to buy for some time (before I got the Focus) but the sheer cost kept me away. Also there's not much info about Crown Hybrid in the forum. Could you please give some pros, cons, maintenance issues etc. of the car?

10-12 for long distance sounds reasonable, cuz one of my relative has a Lexus LS600H and he said it does close to 10km/l