BanHien

Over 800, what are those ones?

Will drop to Tint-A-Car at Dandenong to check this one day - I think "Bolé" film or something from a sunglass company.

BH

I've just booked in with Solartint - the dealer was going to charge me in excess of $400.. :-p

As mentioned in one of my note: I went to Tint-A-Car, they showed me many types from $250 to over $800 - Tintprofessor gave me one-quote-fit-all $265 ..... well it turned out very hard decision.

BH

....The back needs to be slightly darker because they use a carbon film to stop the interference. .....

That means very dark with the blind up

BH

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I've always had tinted windows and am now thinking about getting my Presara's windows tinted. However, I was reading somewhere (the owners manual I think) that some window tints are incompatible (metal based tints)? Specifically the rear window, something about blocking the GPS and or sat/phone system.

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Me too, after talking with 2 shops namely Tint-A-Car & TintProfessor and few calls, I decided to leave my car un-tinted. By the way, a shop gave me around 20 differrent types of many brands (including one famous sunglass brand) varying from $300 to $800.

I'm living in a SE suburb of Melbourne.

BH

I bought my Lexus RX350 last year (october) and it comes with ver 13, I burn the DVD and I'm using the copy right now. The reason i copy it is due to the fact that the disk is too expensive and if u accidently scratch it then goodbye to ur $395.

Well, it works for you but not others (bad luck). A friend of mine has 2 Lexuses, one has old version and he did make a copy of the new one; but the copy does not work on the old Lexus. I may get his copy and try one day (We do not live in same state).

BH

.... Anything lower than that in city driving has got to be a mistake...

Sorry, I'd like to make a bit clearer: not 60km/h in the city, 60km/h on the open road highway/freeway - all AS tests use a set of special rules and on pen road driving from 60km/h to 90km/h (depending on millions of other factors) can imrpove fuel consumption a lot.

BH

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I've had various people tell me either there is something wrong with my car, to I'm foolish to expect fuel consumption anywhere near 9.9 as quoted on the sticker for a 6 cylinder car. ....

The sticker uses AS something to calculate that number. Toyota must meet that standard to be able to stick that sictker. If you could run on a flat road, not windy, ...plus at around 60km/h you make be able get better than 9.9l. I believe all of us will never get close to that number.

BH

Hi...

Do you think Aurion has a side beam/steel protection for the front doors of the car? ....

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Don't know, I thought AS something indicates cars must have beams on side doors - A friend of mine imported a Lexus (well Soarer). He must pay $$$ to have beams to get RWC.

BH

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3) Design Issue? The passenger side belt buckle bangs against the pillar plastic. I like my cars to be rattle/noise free (so I usually drive myself nuts trying to fix them). This one should have been a no-brainer for the Toyota engineers to prevent. Anyone have any clever ideas for fixing it? At the moment I drive with the passenger seat belt fastened to prevent it clunking away into the pillar post. I'm tempted to put a small piece of velcro on it and the pillar to stay put - one bang away from fastening itself fixed. :)

Yes, I did tell the dealer but two of their staff drove the car and could not find it (they used both belts)- I've found this by chance and just move the buckle away. I also have a rattle noise recently when the air-cond ON, could be something inside the air flow.

BH

I am giving thought into buying a OEM look unit. This one seems to be a good price too:

http://www.cool-sale.com/1069_Roadrover-Ca...-(A2270CM).html

Thanks for the link. But can we trust them? They even spell the CAMRY like this: This products use for TOYOTA CAMERY only

BH

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Toyota have now given me the upgraded disk As above 20 secs to load will try it out today..pity still no cameras

alan

That's good; the map should be treated like a piece of software, they should allow us to update/upgrade within one year - Given the cost of producing the DVD and ... they can charge users $20 for each piece - They should also just build in the price of the vehicle and allow users update/upgrade free within one year.

Well - just my thought anyway. I still can not work out why we can pay around $300 for a portable NAV but must pay nearly $400 for a DVD after paying few thousand $ for the system.

BH

I am still annoyed that as I only bought the car two weeks ago they did not giv eme the new software

alan

A friend of mine has ordered a RAV4 which is scheduled to arrive late Feb2008 and they will put new map onto that one - written price.

BH

Am wondering if Toyota have lost the plot on their method of fuel consumption calculation. Every other major (and some minor) car manufacturers allow you to reset (or zero) the fuel consumption readout at any given time to be able to calculate the actual figure between any two points. ......

I always play 80-20 rule and I think Toyota is playing with this rule too.

BH

Looking for a nice aftermarket spoiler for my black Aurion Prodigy....anyone know any businesses that sell/fit these apart from the toyota genuine?

Cheers.

FYI: I paid around $800, dealer fitted, for my Presara from day 1.

BH

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Can't see any differences yet but will give it a test drive in some country towns in the next few weeks. ....

The map itself is more km, more roads ..... like any Melways, Sydways, BrisWays (do they have one ...) ... updates - The software to run it is another story that why Toyota has 2 vendors for one DVD map - The map is not big (not xxGb thing - Garmin users can download V14 very quick and they have 1 year upgrade plan too). The software is where they make money, and you can not copy software (the DVD), it simply won't run.

BH

Hi guys I'm new here and a new Aurion driver. The speedo has been my biggest gripe (very small gripe tho!) because it kinda reads faster than I actually am, making me another "slow" Aurion driver (or has everyone suddenly decided to start driving 5k faster than usual?). But on the upside I'm less likely to get booked for speeding though! Haha.

Yep, my trips to Sydney early Sep07 and last week to Brisbane I set to around 115 to 120 (the needle stayed in between). The overhead speedreader told me I was running at 111 - should be ok then

BH

No doubt you can buy it from Spare Parts.

The part number on the manual you will need to quote them is as follows: 01999-06009

Thanks - Just get back after a trip to Brisbane, a bit rough but everything was ok including the map given it guided me to a short cut (using a route from Uralla to Gloucester then to the Pacific Hwy - M1 rather than followinng National route 15). I did contact Toyota Service Rep before my trip and she sent my request to Brighton Toyota (Vic). Toyota Brigton sent me an email today saying the manual will be ready to be picked up anytime from this Wednesday.

BH

Version 14 was released in late October I bought a new Presara last week and it still has the old mapping software I think it shoudl be a free upgrade 400 dollars on top on a new car is a bit rich!

alan

I still can not understand why the system and the upgrade map are so expensive. I bought a Xmas gift for my wife with all bells and whistles for only $435 (a Mio C520) with 1 free membership which allows me to upgrade any new frimware & software including map - I've just upgraded it from V3 to V3.3 (not Sensis I believe).

As mentioned in my previous reply, I'm willing to pay a cost of 2 or 3 Melways (say $100) for every two year upgrade but $400 is a bit rich.

BH

Well, not bad at all - On the way back I used the GPS and selected route #2 (using National road 15). The system guided me to Uralla and then using a short cut thru Walcha to Gloucester. My calculation indicated I should have enough petrol to go to Gloucester but my wife was a bit worry. I filled up petrol at a very small town called Nowendoc, more than enough to go to Sydney from there.

As mentioned above, during my stay in Brisbane, only a shower for around 15 mins on Monday morning when we were at the Australia Zoo to watch "Crocs Hunters" show.

BH

how's this related to the "aurion/avalon" section? <_<

Well, probably must be somewhere in Club Lounge - but I must use my Aurion Presara for ths trip that is the relationship. Anyway - Moderator may move this message to elsewhere or even delte it.

BH

I plan to make a trip to Brisbane by car, depart from Melbourne early 5/1, stay overnight somewhere around Sydney and then go to Brisbane the next day. But looking at this (source: Yahoo7 weather):

Hope BOM will show good weather after Monday .

BH

Happy New Year all,

I normally keep the manuals in the glove box. Now I can not find manual for the NAVSAT system, probably the service guys took it out with the service book and did not put it back. Very hard to have them admit that now. Do you know where I can find a replacement, I can't find it in Toyota support (only sale sale sale .....).

Regards,

BH

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As i have said previously, if Toyota Australia or Jarvis Toyota did the right thing and exchanged the car when rightfully requested i wouldnt be here bagging out the halfwits.

This is something to do with the laws/rules here in Australia - Some other countries we can have a new car after few problems during warranty period. Hope the rules here change.

BH

Another good thing about white is that it is a non-metallic, matte colour so it is actually cheaper to manufacture so if you are indeed after a white coloured Aurion, then this fact gives up a little extra ammo to bargin.

-m_luke

I believe there are few colors which you can not have metalic option (not just Toyota, any brand), white is one of them - they may say mica but definitely not metalic

BH

Sorry. I don't have a digital camera. I can tell you that it is a very large dashmat as it covers quite a lot of the dash. It has small holes for the speakers, a cut out for the front air vents and a cut out for the light sensor.

Michael

Hi - Does it cover the air bag ?

BH