Taijee

sportivos r abit overrated by us yes, but is underated by others thats what u get from other car owners"pttttfffff corolla, SIF " :D pfft, corolla, sif! that was what every body thought when it first came out, esepcially the SSS, always wanna go for a drag... but... 9.5 out of 10 of them would be left behind by the stivo! nowadays, people dont look at the stivo as a 'corolla' :D the kws output has been under rated, but i think the stock chassis and suspension has been over rated, since it was originally designed as a corolla :)

beside the street part... i wont be good enough, as a driver to get the true power out of the evo :)

got my hands on an evo 8 earlier :) haha too fast, 130km/hr from one light to the 2nd light *not really that far*... something i can drive real fast, but i am sure i dont have the potential to reveal the true power of that car... if i am to pick a fast car... evo wont be on top of my list... always been a GTR fan, KING of street racing! YO! RB26! i think toyota holds the value better... especially sportivo! i used to be aiming for something that RUNs, but it has been a year or two ago... nowadays just got my mind hooked onto something that people would give the WOW effect and also able to run for a bit when you need it

gotta say a yes on that too :) toyota lasts forever!

yea... haha... man~ i miss my LIFT! 6000RPM ! YO! imagine if my cooper s got lift :D it will be one of the best hatch!

ok~ picked up the cooper s this morning, and just got home from work... cooper S has a much more balanced torque output, real power between 3500-6500 rpm, tho not as torquey, stock vs stock, cooper s will sure run a better time, but feels like its slower than a sportivo due to less torque and no LIFT boost... in a straight line, while both cars under 2krpm, both cars would equal, between 2-6k, the supercharger would get a fair bit infront... when the lift kicks in, the stivo might be a car length behind... handling... i gotta give it 5 stars to da Cooper S... i wouldnt have the balls to run 150km on a non-perfect road with the stivo *stock, with 17" rims, with sumitomo htrz2*, but i did it on the mini tonight and could be pushed further... runnning dunlop SP sports 9000 on all four corners... really amazed me how well it gripped and how fine the suspensions were tuned i've had some issue with the stivo gear box, redline on first and second gear, occasionally wont be able to upshift, seems like there is something blocking the gear from engaging... happened to my 04 stivo bfore, also to my friend's 05 stivo. and we both got our gear box adjusted from toyota recall

traded my 04 stivo in for a cooper S 2002~ how would you guys compare thess two cars anything in particular that i have to be reminded about, in regards to the mini?

hliarious~ hahaahha

my experience, as i m trying to lose body fat and building my muscles, currently sitting on 73kg significantly reduce the intake of carbohydrate *i havnt had rice or noodles for the past month or so, considering i am chinese...* plenty of protein, from soya milk, meat *not fatty ones* etc, and plenty of fibre keep a regular 3km run at least 3 times a week, along with muscle training... i lost 4kg in one month... keeping it for another 2 months:D and wen summer comes... hahaha~ gonna love it i miss my maccas and kfc... as well all the junk foods like the chip + coke... but again~ its all worth it

21, full licensed, wrote off one spyder, with a stivo now... getting either a mini, another spyder, or mx5 NC30F1... if i sell my sportivo and get accepted with my new job

i think it just like ~ comparing a lowered mrs to an nsx~ hehe~ doubt it will work ~

some cars are not allowed to be imported, and i think the JDM type R would be one of them too~ to proct the uk version.... #.3~ just like only semiauto mrs were sold, but u can bring in ur own manual one nor get it from da dealer... sux~... again, i am sure people can get around it by importing it as personal items... dont really know how it wrks tho~

101% wont be out in australia... those are JDM goodies... just like the JDM stivo in jap, those ones were TRD tuned... @.@~ so differ to our geneuine toyota african tuned version...

those goodies cost more than 50k~ and i think it will be more than 50k~ coz that amount doesnt include tax in aust etc... but agian... if you add up the maths, for someone who gets a type r and tune it themselve would prob cost more, and usually stock tuned cars are more refined...

launching ok yes thats true... but gear shifting? dam its gonna be the next olympic sport the way people on here go on about it!!! its really not that hard to change gears, i dont see why people go on and on like it is the b all and end all of racing. i see where they are comming from... it really makes a different how precise the gear was changed... a 6 speed auto with the same gear ratio as a 6 speed manual on the same car, the auto will win for 90%of the time... the 10% are the actual pros who can shift better... try giving abit of a wheel spin from 1st to 2nd gear, and shift tipping 8,200rpm, nothing earlier... it's not as easy as it seems... everyone know how to change gears, same as everyone knows how to drive... knowing is different from being good at it... for say, two drivers that can do the same time on the circuit, the one who launch better would have a way higher chance of winning~ it's not a matter of if it's all about shifting or not, but its just something that we could refine, along with cornering techniques to get a better time~