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  1. Heard you beep and looked up to see a modded Rolla fly past. Had to be someone from TOC. My Fiance was asking "who the hell was that" when you beeped. I had to explain
  2. I disagree. The Corolla and the Aurion are 2 completly different cars aimed at 2 completely different markets. The size difference is huge as well as the luxury and price of the Big 6. You will not get many buyers deciding between the 2. They are marketed to completely different buyers. HSV have the astra and the commodore in their range and they dont compete with each other. I cant honestly see any conflict. Rollamods Wrote: Seriously... Do you think a V6 FWD auto corolla would compete with the AWD turbo manual MPS's and WRX's?? I know what I'd spend my money on. The Mazda 3 MPS is 190kw and "FWD". How is it any different? I agree it would have to be available as a manual though. The new Rex looks like a Daewoo Lanos, I cant see many enthusiasts buying it. If the car already exists, surely it wouldnt be too hard to bring it out here, modify it enough to be a true TRD car. The power is there, you just have to make sure the chassis came up to the power of the engine. He's talking about that one. It's AWD. Yeah the Mazda 6 is AWD, but its also over 60k on the road. It will compete against the TRD Aurion. I was talking about the Blade being a direct competitor for the Mazda 3 MPS in size, specs and pricing.
  3. I disagree. The Corolla and the Aurion are 2 completly different cars aimed at 2 completely different markets. The size difference is huge as well as the luxury and price of the Big 6. You will not get many buyers deciding between the 2. They are marketed to completely different buyers. HSV have the astra and the commodore in their range and they dont compete with each other. I cant honestly see any conflict. Rollamods Wrote: Seriously... Do you think a V6 FWD auto corolla would compete with the AWD turbo manual MPS's and WRX's?? I know what I'd spend my money on. The Mazda 3 MPS is 190kw and "FWD". How is it any different? I agree it would have to be available as a manual though. The new Rex looks like a Daewoo Lanos, I cant see many enthusiasts buying it. If the car already exists, surely it wouldnt be too hard to bring it out here, modify it enough to be a true TRD car. The power is there, you just have to make sure the chassis came up to the power of the engine.
  4. I dont get Toyotas thinking... They bring out the TRD Aurion which looks great and has plenty of power. As a first off, it is a top bit of work and worthy of the TRD badge. Next they will bring out the TRD Hilux. Again, great marketing exercise as its a 4door, 4WD sport ute which flies. I reckon Tradies will love it. Then they have said they will work on one more car for the TRD linup, but will most likely be a TRD Yaris or RAV4. WHY? Drive reported: "Insiders told us the $20k starting price of the Corolla meant that an enhancements to improve the visual and physical aggression of the car to TRD standards could take the retail price beyond acceptable levels" Surely it would be easiest of the lot. Grab the Blade with the 206kw 3.5 V6, add an LSD with VSD for traction and control, sort the suspension with some 18" wheels, add an aggressive bodykit and.... Whola a TRD Corolla that will kill anything else, provide a Halo model for the best selling Toyota in the country and all with off the shelf bits at minimal cost. Release it at $36,000 and you will take sales from every MPS, WRX, etc out there. Instead they have killed off the Sportivo and we are left with the "sporty" Levin at 100kw as the "sports" model. When the Hot hatch market is booming, why would you release a RAV4 instead of the corolla, when all the work is already done for Toyota Oz in the Blade?
  5. All Sportivos have a reverse beep when you shift the 6 speed manual into reverse. This is so you dont accidently shift into reverse instead of 1st gear which are next to each other on the 6 speed. All sportivos are also imported from South Africa, so it makes sense that your dealer says it is only on the overseas model. It looks like Toyota Oz decided to bring in all 07 Corollas without the beep, whereas other countries have decided to keep the reverse beep.
  6. I would take it to an EPA registered tester. It will cost you about $35 from memory. they have equipment to take noise readings. If you think its under the 92db, then send them the EPA test and they will have to detract it. then keep the test with you at all times in case you are pulled over. If however you are over, then you are kinda screwed. My old STi was about 110db and was constantly getting an EPA notice, I had a stock exhaust made up to connect to my larger exhaust. then take it to a garage 2 minutes up the road from the EPA tester. I wuold take it to the grage, swap exhausts, pass the test with flying colours, swap it back to my loud exhaust, then drive away
  7. Does anyone have the part numbers for the KYB sports shocks. I think pedders said they had nortmal shocks but nothing he would consider a sports shock.
  8. :P Thankyou.... I put that in as I knew everyone would tell me to turn them down... Where would I get the KYB shocks? I dont want to spend a huge amount of money in the conversion...
  9. My Stivo currently has Koni Yellow Shocks on them, with Pedders springs. They are Bloody hard on the road. They are on full soft setting and the guy at pedders said they are as hard as their race stuff! While i dont mind the bone jarring ride (as all of my cars for the past 6 years have had very stiff rides) my fiance hates it. We are thinking of upgrading in the next year or two. We are looking at selling her Corolla and her taking my Stivo, but I would have to change the suspension. I still want it to be sproty, but I am after something a bit more compliant on the road. I was thinking maybe the TRD shocks? Does anyone know how these compare to the standard Stivo shocks? Any other suggestions would be good. Cheers
  10. For the expense, the hassle and mostly for the relaibility issues, I would be selling the Corolla and getting a Rex or a MPS. The Corolla sportivo is deisgned for 143kw. That means that the engine internals, gearbox internals, driveshaft, Fuel system, engine mounts, engine internals, cooling system, etc is all deisgned around an engine that makes 143kw at the flywheel. 150kw atw means about 200kw at the flywheel. My problem would be reliability. Once you start getting these numbers, then you will start seeing the life of other components that you haven't stregnthened, seriously deteriorate. Eventually it becomes an unrelaible money pit. If you want a car that has 200kw then let the manufacturer spend millions in development work to make sure everything is strengthened. I have been down this path before and invested tens of thousands. It went faster than a turbo porsche, but there is a reason those things cost 300k. Anyhting more than intake, exhaust and chip, and you had better have a good mechanic and lots of spare cash in the account. It might take a while to start to see the effects, but once you strengthen one thing, then somehting else becomes the weakest link. You will also never be able to sell it. Just my humble opinion.
  11. That would have been me... Gipper. Sexy?... I'm Blushing.. he he :P
  12. Do you have a tuner who has vast experience with either? You can have the top of the line MOTEC computer, but if you dont have the right tuner, it will run worse than stock, or even do damage to the engine. The Tuner is as important or more important than which chip you get.
  13. Spotted Black Sportivo on Blackburn Road Near Waverley Road yesterday afternoon 21st November Lowered with Black 17" rims and TRD stickers Nice :P
  14. Which Chip you go for really doesnt make a whole heap of difference. Jim Richards runs a Unichip on his Porsche 911 race car, so it cant ba all bad. What DOES make the difference is the tuner. The guy who tunes the car makes more of a difference than the chip that you use. You could get a top of the line MOTEC worth 10 grand and it will run worse than stock if your tuner doesnt know what he is doing. make sure your tuner is very experienced in tuning your chip, tunes it on a dyno (not by some flash rom, as every engine is different), and preferrable you know others who have had their cars and chips dyno tuned there as well. I have run cars with Unichips to MOTECS, the tuner makes all the difference!
  15. Hey Specialized32 Yeah that's me. GIPPER Presume you were in the White Sportivo. NICE :)
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