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Thanks Scott. The sales guy in SuperCheap yesterday only managed to say "You've obviously got a new car" :D

Just got this fluffy lambswool mit is at any good? Thanks

Thanks. Off to SuperCheapAuto :D

Whhel cleaner - also from Meguiars? Always wondering why people black tires - e.g. this is just for good looking, right? Thanks

Thanks Scott, I'd like to leave the issue of waxing for now - apologies if it sounds rood; what I mean I'd like to complete the washing discussion 1st. So I need: - Meguiars NXT car wash - Meguiars Quick Detailer - bucket, sponge (for the wash) and chamois for wiping the water - microfibre towels to use with Quick Detailer. Would you mind if I ask you - what's the best way to clean the glass - from inside especially (fingers!!!!!!) Thanks Alex

Could anybody please siggest the car care kit - e.g. car wash, glass cleaner, interior, etc? Suggesting the brand as well? What do I need apart from the hose, busket and sponge? I used to wash my car in car wash cafes... But with rupours water restrictions will be softened I might end up washing my Kluger muyself. Thanks

My 1st thought on it was "why the hell didn't they allow the voice dial button to activate the phone screen instantly?". After all this is the only thing (e.g. phone) yoiu can controll with voice. Then I realised, perhaps in US models you can control more than a phone with the voice; in that case 2 buttons might make sense...

What I have noticed is - if I press the voice dial button on the steering wheel when GPS screen is on (and its on all the time ) - I get "Voice control is not avaliable on this screen" message (or similar). If I press the "handset up" button, or bring the phone screen forward by any other way, and then press voice dial, everything works fine. Is that normal?

True, but I don't deal with that kind of dealers anymore My preferred trick is when I'm looking at a car with the missus I ask about colours and what interior would match, etc, while she asks about towing capacity and bluetooth connection... works magic on them.

I'd even say "Don't want to get a new car till I get rid of thsi demo, that we haven't been able to flog off, but we are paying for". And as soon is the buyer mentiones the possibility of buying the demo model the little greed indicator inside turns amber and here comes the story "can't discount much, got to ask boss"

100% agree. Same story here - 6-7 weeks promise, 3 delivery. Yes, it as Grande AWS as well, but 3 month seems excessive for any model. I suggest you go for a 2008 car, indicate you are NOT taking a "demo" model (that's how would I call that car) and ask to put a reasonable delivery time (say 8 weeks max) on a contract. I'd guess how long would it take for a dealr to back away from 12 weeks. And if he insists... go for another dealer. Inless the car is alreafdy dscounted heavily - but 3k is not good enough IMHO... and the dealer should offer the discount 1st. I had the same story... didnlt realise 1st why the dealer is pressing hard for a demo when he can sell a new car; then he admitted that they pay interest on demo cars. Needless to say got my 08 car from a different one, no dramas.

Thanks Taka, That's a very useful info. I have 36 psi now. Alex

Thanks Taka so you had abour 1900 kg behid in 35C and you did how many km's no drama?

Airbags?

I assume this works when driving? Thanks In order to add a voice tag you must; 1. Select the number you want to add from the Phonebook, 2. Select Edit. 3. Press the double arrows point down the edit screen to get to the second screen. 4. Select the voice tag option 5. Select the Rec button. 6. Wait for the Voice asking you to say the voice label you want added 7. Wait for acknowledgement acceptance.

Yep. I can't tow for another 700 km's but I hooked by boat in the garage - the car looks as solid as a rock. 200kg's of dowinforce is great. But I won't be surprised if Toyota releases some cooling accessory here sooner or later. BTW 5000 lb is about 2267 kg's? So with this kit (in US) towing capacity goes up by 267 kg?

Thanks guys. So, against 32 recommended psi's I have 36 and 38. Guess I'll be doing that instead of 32. Now need to inflate them back Taka, what about the defense driving course - e.g. how is related to tire pressure if you don't mind? Thanks

Manual specifies 210-220 kPa (for all models). WHen mine cam from the dealer all 4 had about 250 kpA. So what's the right pressure? Thanks

Still some extra cooling is a nice when towing a boat a lot. I guess... Would not like to pay for this its oviously a yanky over kill! For carring a big V8 mussle car not a nibble RX8 .....LOL Bigger isnt always better

Would love to get this!

Well, dash mat is not on Toyota accessory list and Toyota's fllor mats are made of kind of velour or something - easy to spoil. DOes anybody know where to buy dashmat and rubber floor mats (similar to the cargo mat)? Thanks Alex

My experience is that professionalism of the dealer does not depend on age. And I've purchased my Kluger from the most preofessional and helpful dealer, not the biggest caryard or most talk. Happy to recommend him (PM or something, he is in Sydney). And I believe that is how it should be. Some notes: 1) Greeted my wife - othe rdealers were not even noticing her 2) Organised a long test drive of exactly the model I wanted. Other dealers were like "the model you want is so popular/unpopular (depending on the dealer story) you can't have it for a drive. Drive the one we have). What they didn't realise that with that approach I'll never get OK from the missus! 3) Answer all technical questions (except one). For ones he didn't know the answer he didn't lie and got back to me with the answers the same day 4) Gave me an honest trade in price. (I got less from the dealer who was selling and servicing all my cars for the last 8 years and was claiming "this is special for you only"). 5) Managed well a non-Toyota extra (iPod interface). Isolated me from all the hassles (when I took the car iPod adapter was there along with all manuals for the adpater and working straight away, done exactly how I wanted it), yet providing me details of the car sound guy should I have any need to talk to him myself. 6) Car arrived one week earlier than he predicted initially; he gave me enough notice about it though. 7) He notified me about the pick up time 2 weeks upfront (e.g. "Friday in 2 weeks 4 pm). 2 weeks later on Friday 4 pm the car was waiting for me with all the paperwork as ordered. So rare these days...

Unresolved "rolled by Wheels magazine" story... :D

In all fairness, I don't think it is realistic to expect car satnav to have the same flexibility/functionality as portable units. After all, TomTom is a minicomputer running linux with the power that exeeds some desktop PC's 10-15 years ago. So you can have ant functionality you want on top of just GPS traking. Car satnav, AFAIK is firmware based, integrated with the rest of car electronics, has to be simple.

Lost you here. Are we talking about satnav interacting with the car (e.g. speed, direction) etc - so it estimates the position based on that when the satellite signal is lost? If yes - GO920 has a EPT thing (gyroscope, etc) that does the same thing - as far as I hear - nicely. The same as receiver; they get better each day even in portable units. I have all cameras in my TomTom (actually 2 sets - one from natove maps and one that I have uploaded). It even shows the speed limit on the camera (not variable - e.g. 40 school zone). And all sorts of stuff including speed warnings, estimated ToA, etc. Bottomine - its nice to have 2 satnaves just in case but if I'm limited to only one I'd vote for the protable!