BLKRLA

Save up & buy a Remus. :D

The "NASHO" road between Engaine & Stanwell is a shocking road for potholes, it's a shame cause its got some great corners. 15 years ago it was a lot smoother & a hell of a drive. If you got some decent shocks or Coilovers you will notice a big improvment. Another thing that makes the road feel bumpier are low profile tyres. If the Porshe is running standard wheels then it probably has reasonable tyre profile to absorb the bumps. If you are runnning 17" than your tyre profile will be very low. A Sportivo unforunatley will never handle like a true sports car for many reasons, Some of those reasons are it doesnt have IRS & its front wheel drive. If you live in Sydney you should come along to one of our meets.

I have the Toyota Short Antenna & for me the receiption isn't quite as good as the standard aerial.

No Turbo. Just a quality run about that I can put the baby in & not worry about it. I've even been looking at 2000-2002 Camry's, I know they are a Grandpa car but there a good size for carrying baby stuff around. I'm putting my 04 up for sale this week. It's now back to stock as I've put all my parts on to my 05. I will be asking $22500 Neg for the 04 if you know anyone who's interested. I will also be putting a post up on the Forum in the Buy/Sell section.

The Sportivo Muffler probably has better flow than the Muffler on the 1Z, but it is still more restrictive than an after market model. Although if noise is an issue for you than the Sportivo muffler may be just what you are looking for. The piping on a Sportivo is 2.25", which is very large for standard piping but this size might be a bit to big for the 1Z. I'm sure there a plenty of people with more knowledge than me on the 1Z but in my opinion I would suggest 2" piping with a dual tip muffler. In the long run I'm sure you would be much happier. I would talk to CORRZA, the system on his Levin looks & sounds great & is not overly loud.

Here's my Boy

Thanks for everyone's advise. Rolla-Boy, I really like what you have done with your ride, looks great. I appreciate your comments, with all your experience with this model you must have quite a bit of knowledge. It's good to know that there are no substantial manufacturing issues that i should be on the look out for. :)

I think you would be better of with an after market system. The Sportivo Muffler is very restrictive as are most standard Mufflers.

Anyone like to buy a 2004 Sportivo?

Hey Guys, is there anyone out there who can let me know if there is anything I should look out for when buying a AE112R model of Corolla. I have found a 99' with about 120k on the clock. Appears to be in good condition but I don't know anything about this model. Any advise would be appreciated.

My recommendation is NOT to use any special wheel cleaner. Just use the left over water from washing your car with either a sponge or mitt dedicated for cleaning the wheels only. If you clean your wheels regularly you shouldn't need anything else. If you have a build up then Meguiars Hot wheels will help remove some of the excess but there really shouldn't been much need for this as Corolla's dont typically put out too much brake dust. I guess it depends on how often you wash you car. I've used a lot of car cleaning products & I find the "NXT Generation" range form Meguiars to be very good. The Tech Wax Liquid is excellent for wet looking shine on your paintwork & is quite easy to apply & remove.

congrats to you & your wife Craig & to Sunny & his Girl as well. :D :D :D My boy is 3 weeks old today & so far its been great. Very tiring but very rewarding. I love it when they grab hold of your finger & hold it as tight as they can, it certainly makes you feel on top of the world. :D :D :D

Everytime I try to post a picture I keep getting the message below. does anyone know what I'm doing wrong "The requested file upload failed because suitable permissions have not been enabled on the 'uploads' directory. Please contact the board administrator and inform them of this error."

He was only a little fella at 5.5 pounds but he's very healthy. I would post some pic's but for some reason it's not working

To all the Sydney boys who I haven't seen for while I would like to let you all know that my wife gave birth to a baby boy of the 24th April who we have named William. :D :D :D

He also donated 20 Million to the Salvation Army not long ago

Out of curiosity did you see if the grille fitted before you had it painted? The reason why I ask is that because its plastic it can warp in the baking process as what happened to my eyelids. When I first got my eyelids the painter forgot to put any metallic flake through the paint so they had to be re-painted & as a result they had to be baked twice which caused one of them to warp. Unforunately this does not help your problem but the lesson is, for me anyway to show the painter the fit of the product before they paint it so if any warping does occur I can blame them. Also as far as colour matching goes, unless you car is faded by the sun then the colour match should be almost spot on. If it isn't it is because the painter didn't mix the paint correctly. Spray painting is an art, some people are very good at it some people aren't.

Why??? Firslty to BLKRLA May I start by saying that I do a 60km round trip to work each day as I live in the outer suburbs of Brisbane and drive to Herston (CBD) each day. I feel this is average for this city and indicative of an average road commute. I earn a GROSS (Pre-Tax) take home pay of approx $1600.00 per fortnight. This equates to a little over $40K per year. I too feel that this is more an average. Do I have children? No. Do I have a mortgage? No Do we live with parents/In-Laws/Family/Friends? No Are we trying to save for a home while paying rent? YES Are we also trying to save to buy a business? YES My point is that I have a range of other commitments in my life, and fuel costs is one of them. As has been pointed out on many occasions in this thread, we can not do anything about the price going down. This will never happen. Also, we are one of the lowest fuel pricing nations in the world. So when you mention that you have a mortgage, children and a long distance to drive to work each day and a fuel bill is a major impact on your weekly budget, I have one word - CHOICE! YOU chose to have children, YOU chose to have a mortgage, YOU chose to either take a job that involved a fair commute to work or move further away from it and YOU are the one that will choose to buy a bigger vehicle when the Corolla is not small enough. Let's not turn this into a bitching session or a pi*ss*ing comp to see who is the most hardest done by, because no one will ever win. I will say though however, again, the only method I believe in keeping petrol pricing down is to not submit to the scaremongering and tactics by the fuel companies. I follow one method, I buy fuel when I need to. Not when the newspaper tells me that pricing is going up, or when the fuel companies feel like discounting it, but when my fuel tank gets low. In my belief if everybody bought fuel like this, then the fuel companies will eventually realise that there is no specific demand for petrol on pay/pension days. Eventually you should see changes. It may not change the world, but at least I can say that I have tried to do something about it. You are always wise one my fellow round bellied friend :P Zee, I work in a hospital and see what Nurses put up with and do so I take my hat off to you. I removed my post beacuse as you say I didn't want to get into Bitching Session. Everyone is entitled to a point of view & I'm aloud to winge & complain about petrol prices if I like especially when the people in charge don't even pay for there own fuel, probably the same people you see driving 4WD's & other large luxury vehciles. Believe me though I do have an understanding of how fuel pricing is dertermined & I do believe it is unfair. Too many greedy people with their fingers in the pot.

well you better beleive it unless i had 3 different sales men from 3 different shops tell me the same lie as for your comment negatron get a life we dont need bling to pull woman in, but you obviously do AHAHAHAHAHA LOL (just playing with you) thats why performance is way more important to me than bling LOL Hey MRGEN3 I'd have to agree with Superdave, 5kg for 19" seems at bit strange, what brand are these rims you speak of.

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32PSI gives a softer ride as the side wall can compress more 36PSI doesn't allow as much compression so the ride will be slightly harder but your turn in response will improve dramtacially as well as other improvements. Give it a go & see for yourself

I run my tyres normally at 38PSI for exactly the reason you have stated, HEAPS BETTER TYRE WEAR. Funny thing is everytime I take my car somewhere for Mechaincal work of any kind whoever works on the car reduces them to 32PSI & then they dont tell me they have made a change. One time I asked why they do this & the answer was "YOU WILL GET BETTER TYRE WEAR" The funny things is that My Brother has a Sportivo that he runs the same tyres on but he leaves them at 32PSI. His tyres are showing considerable wear on the outside edges at the 10k mark where mine are 30k old & show far less wear & I drive a lot harder than what my brother does. Im my opinon its better to have higher pressure.

32PSI for Comfort 36PSI for Control

Do not go any bigger than 2" Do not worry about Mandrel bending, this is for premium systems You only need Mild Steel Not Stainless Go to any budget exhaust shop, E.G Carline, Midas Shouldn't cost anymore than $300 dollars & the shop should be able to custom fabricate in 2 - 3 hours.

This seems to happen alot lately