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Has anyone used this Galaxy unit from Easy Park? http://www.easyparkaustralia.com.au/shop-main/galaxy-car-specific-navigation/galaxy-mk-11-toyota-universal/ Thanks, Steve.

If you want to be even more accurate in your fuel economy calculations, you need to start with accurate distance readings. My odometer is about 2% out. (My speedometer is about 4% out.) Compare the odometer reading with the distance reported by a GPS or calculated with Google Maps or Whereis. Secondly, record your fuel purchases. Then run the lot through a spreadsheet. And note the type of fuel that you buy each time. There's a big difference in fuel usage between 91E10 and 95UL. Steve.

I've now done 5,100 Km. Average from the display is 7.01 L/100Km. Correcting for inaccuracy in the speedometer and odometer gives 6.86 L/100Km. Most of my driving is around Sydney suburbs, using 91 octane E10. I've just completed a trip from Sydney to Mudgee and return, using 95 octane. Display showed 5.6 L/100Km. Steve.

I don't think anyone said that we're only using the side mirrors. When changing lanes, I've always used the inside mirror, the outside mirror and looking over my shoulder. But, the 2011 Camry has much more restricted vision than the 1994 Camry that it replaced. The windows are smaller and higher (particularly the rear window and the rear passenger windows), the seats, headrests and pillars are larger, blocking vision and making the mirrors more important. The convex mirrors give a distorted and out-of-focus view. The flat mirrors were much safer. As for the convex mirrors having a broader field-of-view, I don't mind moving my head if I need to see more. Reversing is much safer with flat mirrors than the distorted view from convex mirrors. I found this place: Mirrors For Cars Does anyone have any experience with them? Thanks, Steve.

Toyota's Customer Experience Consultant replied. I won't quote the whole email but: "Toyota do not offer an alternative to aspheric mirrors." Looks like I need to find a glazier who can cut and glue some flat mirrors for me. I tried using my reading glasses and the image in the side mirrors is in focus but I can't use my reading glasses for driving. B) Thanks, Steve.

Hi All. I've recently bought a 2011 Hybrid Camry. It has convex side mirrors. These distort the image and make distance judgement difficult. Also, as I wear glasses the convex mirrors make the image out of focus. All together, these convex mirrors are difficult to use when reversing and dangerous for lane changing. I've asked the dealer but they were unhelpful, they just looked at another car in the showroom and said that it had "normal" mirrors. I've emailed Toyota but no reply yet. I emailed the NRMA and a technical advisor replied that the 2003 and 2006 mods to the ADRs allowed convex side mirrors but they are not mamdatory. They can quite legally be changed to flat mirrors. Are there flat side mirrors available for this Camry? The NRMA advisor said that it is legal to glue flat mirrors over the convex mirrors. Has anyone done this? Thanks, Steve.

I've done about 1,700 km since I bought my Hybrid Camry almost two months ago. Mostly driving around Sydney suburbs with one trip to the Blue Mountains and one down the coast. The dashboard display shows 6.4 L/100km but fuel purchases show it to be more like 6.7 L/100km. The refills have been around 750km but the light not yet on fulltime. Steve.