philco

Hi saintly. According to Toyota dealer were I bought my car from there is no Service as such at 1000KM. Up until about 5000Km or 3 months all they will do is a complimentary inspection and address an issues you may have. 1st oil change is at 7500km or 6 months. Philco

Hi u54. Guess it will come down to whether they use a specific control, in which case yeh may be costly or whether the harness is already there... less the swictches of course ( which can easily be added ) and control is by way of the existing ECU. Sometimes manufacturers will standardize and just leave out the user interface to disable certain options/features. If I could get my hands on an electrical wiring diagram I would know....but its early days yet and such a diagram would be as rare as a hens tooth. Philco

Hi saintly. At 1000km service, they will probably offer you a cup of coffe and tell you to come back at 7500KM or 6 months...whichever comes first. Seq shift wont do any harm if you dont consistantly over rev in gears till its run in. Philco

Hi Nakamichi. Whats the "IS250"???

Hi Adrian. Ive got the SX6, have done about 2000Km so far. I hav'nt noticed any flaring between gears when cold and exessive flaring certainly would be annoying rather than a "feature". I have noticed gear changes are more predictable after the first km or so. I believe 6th gear is purposly disabled until the trans warms up which is quite normal in many auto transmissions. Picking the difference between 5th and 6th gear can be hard as torque converter lockup comes into the equation. It would be great if the dash display indicated the gear it was in. Does it still flare when in sequencial shift with 6 range selected? Philco

Hi all. Purchased an Aurion SX6 Sportivo , having moved up from a 1995 Celica. Nice having 4 doors. Looked at the Aurion and Mitsubishi 380 series after having read some great reviews about both models. Didnt bother with the VE commodore due to alleged previous model quality issues from owners I know. Only little niggels, but ongoing. Mitsubishi 380 series with the Platinum option pack was great value for money, and it drove nicely...but the Aurion drove better in my opinion, the auto trans and engine just seeming to compliment each other. Very pleased so far with all aspects of the vehicle. I need to see how involved adding the seat memory position option would be. It took me about a week to get the seating position just to my liking, then the Mrs jumped in the drivers seat and moved every thing around. Now I'm back to square one. Seating position memory control may be integrated on the existing ECU or it may require an additional control. Re 6 speed auto. The owners manual refers to AI ( Artifitial Intelligence ), but its not clear if this relates to the shift pattern adapting to different driving styles or just a normal pattern depending upon road speed, engine load etc. I would also be interested to find out what the difference in shift pattern is between operating in the D mode and S mode with the 6 ranges selected. The manual says AI control is cancelled in the S position, but I cant tell the differnce in shift patern at this stage. It would be nice if the dash display actually indicated what gear the trans was in at any time.