Lancer Or Axio? Update: Bought A Lancer! (Aka The B.r.a.t.t. Thread)

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Hello Experts,

Excited to join Autolanka forums Waited almost for month for an admin to approve me ... anyway, whoever the admin that approved me,

Last December, I sold my good old Maruti WagonR ( 2008 model, 5yrs old, driven for 30000+ Kms) For 1.6mil. I was searching for a good car to buy ever since. ( that's how I ended up on autolanka) So now that I finally got approved I thought it's time to get expert ideas on buying my new vehicle.

My budget is 3.5mil - 4.0mil. I wanted to buy a japanese car and browsing the internet, Finally I decided that there are two contenders:

1. Toyota axio 161 1.3 X Grade (2013)

2. Mitsubishi Lancer EX 1.6 GLX (2013)

Both the cars ( Brand New ) are being sold for 3.5 mil. for the permit. ( Lancer : 3,460,000 to be exact)

My priorities are:

-RELIABILITY
-Fuel Economy

-Spare Parts Availability

-Safety And comfort

-Handling

-Looks

- Resale value

Axio Dealers are mainly bragging of TOYOTA Reliability and Spare parts availability. They assured me I'm in deep trouble if I choose a mitsubishi because there are no spare parts in local market and I would have to buy spare parts only from agent paying a huge amount of money and I have to wait till eternity for mitsubishi agents to import parts from japan. And they also mentioned that unlike axio, I won't be able to sell the mitsubishi for a decent price. (if I wanted to, of course)

I called mitsu agents and they say they have spare parts for any vehicle they sell and I don't have to worry. However the sales guy said he have no idea on 3rd party parts availability.

So as you all can see i'm in a dilemma here. If you were in my position which car would you buy? And please be kind enough to mention why..

This is my first post on autolanka, so please go easy on me if I have offended any rule.

Thanks in advance.

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[CruiseControl]

Hi Guys, I am having an issue in my Lancer CS1 (2006 manual - mileage - 125000Km) from a 1-2 weeks.

When I drive the car for first 4-5kms after starting the following day, it feels I took the foot off from the acceleration pedal suddenly when accelerating(stops when I slow down). Or like 1 or 2 spark plugs stop igniting while going. It is fine after few kms after it get heated properly. I'm taking the car to the garage this weekend but posting here to get an idea before showing it to the mechanic. I noticed that I do not experience this if I start the car daily. What could be the problem, is it with the spark plugs or an engine tune-up needed or some other problem?

[The Don]

Hi Guys, I am having an issue in my Lancer CS1 (2006 manual - mileage - 125000Km) from a 1-2 weeks.

When I drive the car for first 4-5kms after starting the following day, it feels I took the foot off from the acceleration pedal suddenly when accelerating(stops when I slow down). Or like 1 or 2 spark plugs stop igniting while going. It is fine after few kms after it get heated properly. I'm taking the car to the garage this weekend but posting here to get an idea before showing it to the mechanic. I noticed that I do not experience this if I start the car daily. What could be the problem, is it with the spark plugs or an engine tune-up needed or some other problem?

Start your own thread please. Don't take this thread off topic. But the first course of action is to clean the throttle body, injectors and the spark plugs and see if it resolves the problem. Gunky petrol, dust etc cause havoc in EFI cars.

[sathyajithj99]

[Komisiripala]

How true

A moment of silence for all our brothers who died trying to explain that to an enraged wife/girlfriend!

[Bracket]

Guys,

Guess what happened... I figured out that having a permanent erection for three days would have caused me a lot of problems, and severe embarrassment. So visited dealership yesterday and after 2 hours of thorough inspection I completed paperwork and drove BRATT home, 150+ kms, Colombo to matale. The experience of driving was Mind-blowing (my first vehicle was a WagonR, remember?) These pics were taken yesterday, will post some more pics later, now I'm at work...

@ Unimo, they washed and waxed the car before delivery.

It was dark when I got home

[Hoonigan]

Congratulations again mate. You're officially a part of the Autolanka Lancer Cult. Don't let the boner get in the way, drive safe

[trinity]

Guys,

Guess what happened... I figured out that having a permanent erection for three days would have caused me a lot of problems, and severe embarrassment. So visited dealership yesterday and after 2 hours of thorough inspection I completed paperwork and drove BRATT home, 150+ kms, Colombo to matale. The experience of driving was Mind-blowing (my first vehicle was a WagonR, remember?) These pics were taken yesterday, will post some more pics later, now I'm at work...

@ Unimo, they washed and waxed the car before delivery.

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It was dark when I got home

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Holy fcuckety f**king batman! CONGRATULATIONS MAN! Feeling equal amount of joy here... More pics please.. Love it.. Feels like I bought da car home! So much happy for you..

Enjoy the ride and drive safe! And tell us more about the comments of your loved ones of the car..

Cheers!

[trinity]

And yako my office is very much near to the Unit#d Mot#rs orogodawaththa. Dannawanam enawa balanna! Damn.

[H.C]

Congratz mate!. More interior pics!

[luckey007]

Congrats!!!!!! Hope to catch you in Matale!!! Cograts again pal!!!!

[Komisiripala]

hooray! there she is! you must be one happy little boy right now.

now stop sleeping in there and go inside.

oh who am i kidding jsut don't take a dump in there! that's about the only excuse to leave the car!

[Bracket]

So guys I have to go on a trip to jaffna tomorrow, I was hoping to take BRATT with me, Number plates hasn't arrive yet... so I have to leave her alone for two days...

Before I go, Hastily took some photos for you guys, Komi will put a price on my head if I didnt.

Here goes!

Disclaimer: when it comes to photography I am an absolute noob. I haven't enough time to edit them or do color balancing... I'll take some nice photos and lightroom them and post here later.

Exterior

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Interior

 

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Multi Information Display

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Engine ON

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Engine Bay

 

 

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Boot

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And to wrap it up...

 

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[Sampath Gunasekera]

Congrats Machan !!! You have selected the correct car as well as correct colour.

By the way today, I saw a white colour Lancer EX scale model at Kids Unlimited. However Mitsubishi logo was not there, but some name with EX. May be made in China.

[trinity]

I'm crying! Tears of joy!

[Thilina007]

Great.....Congratulations Bro........

how about the fresh smell inside her....? Feel it when looking your photos...

Enjoy.......

[trinity]

Color key the side mirrors...

[s.madura]

Congrats Machan!!!!!!!

as Trinity said, equally happy for you. enjoy your ride to the fullest.

[Harry (aq)]

WOW machan... congrats bro.. you just took me back to the day that I bought my baby..

Take care of her, trust me she will treat you good.