Andrew357

Yes.

nearly everything is made in china (or other parts of asia) these days... as long as the company oversees quality control to the same level then who cares.

My brothers friend bought a new 4wd Toyota and it kept on going back and forth for repair. He finds out that the parts that were failing were the ones made in China. He's a mechanic so decides to buy the parts that are made in Japan and teh problems with the fuel injector and everythiung else now working much better.

And that is the problem with things that are to cheap to be true.

Its the same with most things. Not everything made in China is bad but odd how a Japanese made car doesn't have the same faults as cars with Chinese made parts. The major brands are all doing it now.

Panasonic dvd / recorders used to be great when made in Japan. These Chinese made ones are no where near as good and don't last more than 18 months before they start to fail where ones made years earlier are still going strong. The Japanese model ones had a steel tray where the Chinese new models are plastic and you can guess they simply don't last that long before they break.

Ahh ok.

So going from 2 examples, that means that ALL things made in China don't last. Gotcha.

Cause it is an incredibly cost-ineffective way to manufacture a vehicle.

Two vehicles, different place of manufacture of parts, different variants. You have effectively doubled your vehicle offerings for no real gain.

Interior looks alright but not at all a fan on the exterior.

Your replies are like reading a book!

Not quite sure what this means...

Do you mean there are no happy endings?

Probably not. I didn't change mine till it was 155km

Reaching the expected service life does not mean it will immediately fail catastrophically. I wouldn't stress too much.

This is normal as your brake pads don't make contact here. With the 40 series setup the pad does not contact with the entire braking surface.

If it really bothers you, wire brush the hat and the rusty area then paint it.

Not sure how one oil can be recommended over another without used oil analysis results. The quality oils will perform pretty well for 99.9% of vehicles and situations.

I'd skip the additives too.

http://www.oilcheck.com.au/index.html

I recall (I think it was you) posting up some results from an oilcheck. If it was you, did you use these guys?

Ahh yep, cool.

Footwells could do with the same treatment if you ask me. From the pics it looks a little dark in there.

Is that not too much blue for you? (rhyming not intended)

Thanks Steve，

I had told them I did not want it, but they wanted to charge me extra checking fee beside $664 service checking fee for 80KM.

I drove my car without any problem there just for standard service. Prius is sort of costly for maintenance. May need fair trade's help for this now.

Thanks

Dragonfly

Dept of Fair Trading?

Don't waste your time, go to another mechanic who can offer log-book servicing and get them to have a look. Chances are they are going to be cheaper. The name UltraTune comes to mind.

It might be listed if you look up each vehicle --I also rang Newcastle Toyota and he sales bloke there had NO idea either, I thought there might be sales person here that might know their products

It is listed on the Toyota website.

It is listed on the Toyota website.

Dude.

That looks bloody awful.

I may also possibly attend.

As Josh said, hit redbook. Regardless of what they tell you, thats all the dealerships do when working out a trade in price.

Before they slash the trade value to include their share.

Many thanks for the information about comparison rates Grasshopper McGee - very informative.

Seems you have an extremely appropriate avatar though - a photo of mouth-all-might Gordon Ramsey.

While I appreciated the information I did not appreciate the abusive post script.

As much as I didn't appreciate the sarcastic notes which flowed throughout your initial post, especially as you were asking for help.

More of a harsh-truth than abusive.

oh, I see.

what does it mean?

I frequently see TV advertisements for Toyota, and other vehicle manufacturers, stating a finance "Comparison Rate".

What does this mean? No one seems to know. I went to my local Toyota dealer and asked a new car salesman. The answer he gave me was gobble-de-gook and I learned only that he didn't have a clue.

So, Toyota, please tell me, and the millions of others who do not know, WHAT DOES "COMPARISON RATE" MEAN.

It's not a Toyota term, it's a financing term. ALL lenders since 2003, are required to state a comparison rate to help identify the true cost of the loan (per annum). A loan isn't based solely around the interest rate alone; other factors such as the amount loaned, term, repayment frequency, interest rate and other fees/charges applied by the lender all need to be factored it.

It doesn't factor in everything though (e.g - early payment fees, govt charges etc) so you should never enter into a loan solely based on the comparison rate.

You shouldn't be such a smart**** RE: not knowing what a comparison rate is; if you don't know what a comparison rate is (and even too lazy too google it), you shouldn't be looking to finance your next purchase.

That's what they want you to think, done servicing on all my car's had no problems taking car's back for warranty work.

What warranty work have you had done?

Lesson here is when buying take a lawyer to the car yard along with a video camera.

No it isn't.

What a ridiculous thought process you must possess if that is the lesson you got out of it.

In the car somewhere.

If a dealer can put it on, I'd put some money down on someone being able to read instructions being able to apply it.

Yes i work for the dealership and yes it is my job to sell the product but no where in my contract does it say i have to promote the product out side of work hours or apply it to my own car or that i have to go on a forum and tell people i like the product. so get back in your box mate. I believe in the product because it works not because i am told to. the products are from a company called Premier Vehicle Products or PVP and you are correct it is not available to the public but what’s that got to do with anything.

Let's try to remain calm my little sweetpea.

Just letting nix19 know this paint protection that is so highly regarded probably won't be available for him to use, as he is quite enthusiastic regarding his car care. He (like myself) would be interested in giving it a go at least once.