Nakamichi

A bit off topic though, just wondering what's the drive away price you guys paid for the Presara ? Can it be under $50K ?

Of-course Toyota can turn the Aurion engine into a much powerful engine than HSV/FPV. But too much power for a FWD will cause the car to rock if you step it to the floor when start off, and there's also some issue in cornering. Anyone had driven an ES300 would realize that. Toyota always consider quality first follow by reliability.

17" or 18" wheels do not look any difference. 19" or 20" wheel will definitely looks better. But wheel larger than 17" will cause the car to be less comfortable and worse handling. You will notice a lot of difference when the car run over uneven surface or potholes. In fact 16" wheels will achieve the best result.

used it once, and there a good reason I never went back. Car just doesn't perform with it in there. very sluggish take-offs and burns up faster. I got a full tank (72 litres) and barely got 550km out of my tank. no change in driving style and the aircon on most of the time. I can normally get an average of 600km per tank on normal unleaded and about 660km on 98

Did you use Ethanol on Aurion or some other car ?

Are all police vehicle the current models or could it be 4 or more years old ?

If you're a gentle driver the extended warranty is really a waste of money as you are unlikely to experience any major problem within the first 6 years. If you're a heavy foot driver the major problems usually play up from the third to the fourth years. You will need to balance it as you might end up paying more than $2000 before the end of the 6 years.

I got mine with extended warranty too, even with roadside assistance to 6yrs.

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As far as I know Extended warranty does not cover roadside assistance even if the original factory warranty does.

Sorry off topic..

Hey Nakamichi, we're practically twin brothers in this forum, born on the same day here. Member 3755 & 3756 ;)

Yep, what a coincident, probably we joined at the same time too :D Hope we can find some fun here.

slightly off-topic... what do they do at the 1000km service?

have been running my aurion on seq shift these few days, hope it doesn't kill the car? :/

It won't affect much if the speed is below 80 before the first service run-in.

That comment has got to have come from someone who has never driven a HSV or an FPV. No offence intended.

Seriously guys and girls, a front driver will NEVER EVER compete with large engined, rear drive cars in this country, they have a completely different target audience. AWD has proven itself a contender, FWD never will. I honestly thought Toyota would remove the cardigan this time, obviously I was mistaken.

RWD is better in most occasion but not on the snow ground. Take the Falcondores & Aurion to the Snowy mountain this year to see the difference.

Some of the luxury features are deliberately left out in Toyota brand otherwise people would go for Aurion rather Lexus as Aurion has more features than any Lexus below $70,000. Besides Aurion has a much powerful engine than half of the Lexus, an engine that's used in RX350. Anyway, most of the design and features in Aurion are heritaged from/by Lexus except that it's built with cheaper materials.

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.

This is implemented in the IS250