DJKOR

I'm pretty sure 'collapasible steering wheel' refers to the steering column, because of the up/down adjustment the column has join in it a bit like a uni-joint on a two-piece tailshaft and it's designed to collapse under front impact rather than spear the wheel into to driver/cab, saftely thing I think. That's what I heard.

well thats what I had previously been told and thought, so in that case it didn't collapse it just fell to the floor. Made it harder to get out of the car.

I think given the circumstances, the way the steering wheel had moved would still be considered acceptable. It needs force in the appropriate direction to be able to collapse. Having it collapsible would just prevent it from moving further towards the driver or allow it to be pushed forward in the event the driver had continued their forward momentum towards it.

DJKOR: Yes I understand but I have called 2 places I know, Bob Jane T-Mart and Bridgestone Tyre Center. Both of them requested I drive in for a quote. They didnt tell me the price when I called. Other places I don't know much of, so I wanted to see if you guys could recommend any good places which you have purchased from before. I have never bought any Tyres from other outlets besides get them during my service with Toyota. I want to see how much I could save if I don't purchase tyres from Toyota dealerships. Sorry to sound retarded or stupid. I am completely in-experienced when it comes to Tyres and prices.

Well on two occasions that I have purchased the Potenza's, one was from a Bob Jane, the other from a Bridgestone Tyre Centre. If they refuse to quote over the phone, simply tell them no thanks and say you'll just another franchise that would prefer your business. Quotes are going to vary if it's not in a catalogue so the deals one person gets doesn't necessarily mean you are going to get the same.

Bit early but

Sorry but I have been rather busy lately and have no time to go into a tyre shop to ask for quotes about some tyres.

You don't have to go into a shop for quotes. There is this marvellous device called the telephone. You probably could have made a couple of calls in the time it took to make that post as well. Surely your time isn't that precious.

DJKOR:- Just wondering about the SuperPro SPF2904K offset bushing kit, some have said after 12 months they squeak a bit? What has been your experience with them??

Thanks

Never noticed any noise. Surely though if they were squeaking, that would simply be solved with grease. They aren't intended to stay greased for life.

Thanx DJ for ur reply so does that mean there is no explanation to what causes this:)

Just the way the engine is designed. Part of the noise comes from the top end of the engine, part from the EGR valve, part from the VVTi solenoids. It all adds up to a noisy engine.

You guys still meeting up thursday nights?

As always. Still keeping the tradition.

... but can some one tell me how to fix it.

You don't / you can't.

And one more question, should I live the Overdrive on or off? I have 3 speeds + overdrive tranny

No worries.

As for overdrive, may as well leave it on. It doesn't really matter unless you think you will rev out 3rd. Turning overdrive off is only going to limit you to the first 3 gears so if by the end of the 1/4 mile you are still in the rev range of 3rd, then having it on or off won't make any difference.

Another stupid question about something stupid to do.

If you go to the track to get your 1/4 mile times, how do you start, hummm, with an AUTOMATIC????

Really depends on the car. You can depending on how much power you are dealing with and what your tires are like, you may be able to get away with simply holding the brake with your left foot and having your right foot ready to floor the accelerator. Then when the third yellow light illuminates, you lift your left foot while stomping on the accelerator as quick as you can. That would be the simplest way, but it would not lead to the best times. To get those, you need to experiment.

For the Aurion, I had written u some pointers. To give you some idea of how you can experiment, have a read of the following:

For the Aurion, I will tell you that once you are ready to go, just take your foot off the brake and push that accelerator down as fast as you can. From a standstill like that, you don't need to worry about breaking traction because you will be quite surprised at just how sticky the track surface is. After that, you just keep your foot down and your car aimed in a straight line down the lane. Once you pass the lights at the end of the lane, you can then proceed to slowing down. Firm application of the brakes for pulses of a couple of seconds each would be the best way to do this in combination with down-shifting in 'S' mode. Once you have slowed down and have reached the end, you just follow the road around to return back to the start again and you can collect your time slip to see how you went.

And that's basically it. You have then completed one run down the drag strip and you can now give it another shot to try and get a better time.

You can either work on improving your reaction time or your ET... or both. Once hint with getting a better reaction time; aim to get your foot off the brake and foot down on the accelerator the moment that the third yellow light illuminates. Due to your own reaction time combined with the delay in getting the car to start rolling, your car would end up leaving the line rather close to when the light is green without leaving too early.

For improving your ET on the Aurion, it comes down to getting the perfect balance of stalling it up (applying throttle while your left foot is on the brake). Getting the right combination can vary depending on the track and weather conditions, so there is a lot of experimenting. A good starting point here is to stall it up to about 1400-1500RPM, and then the moment you are ready to leave, take your left foot off the brake while applying throttle gradual at first then as fast as you can. It's hard to explain this one, but it will click when you try it. It may or may not work for you, but it gives you the opportunity to learn how it reacts and from there on, you can work on refining your technique.

Holy forum return Batman! Haven't heard from you in ages.

Does it come with pussy magnet?

This is all I can think of now:

So we just get to breath in the crap that everyone else gets filtered out

Do you walk outside in the open with a dust mask on? Then I guess there isn't really anything to complain about.

Geez mate. You're probably going to have an interesting time finding the answer to that one. That beep certainly doesn't sound like anything that came in the car from factory.

I would start looking around the car for anything aftermarket fitted to it.

Would you happen to know what website I would get that information from?

I've looked on our WA police website and some other government sites but found nothing

Thanks for your input

They don't seem to have it on their website. You are probably better off making a phone call. Not everything can be found online.

I'm guessing you didn't read everything I wrote before going straight to the picture!

... The following is in reference to it when you are looking into the socket of the plug itself. Using the colours you can reference them.

You women and your grandma cars.

Why Toyota. Why must you do this to us and not bring this out to Australia.

Re-pack the batteries like you would with RC car battery packs maybe

I'd hate to imagine the price of that though. Seriously though, how much would Toyota charge to replace the batteries? Surely there would be some way they can offset it by sending the old ones off for recycling or something.

The CN chip means you won't be able to log on here anymore.

Wow... just wow.

Just saw that 2nd commercial on another site. Was about to post it here for LOL's but looks like you beat me to it.

C.E.S "Custom Exhuast Systems"

Just google CES exhaust systems :)

Don't have to go that extreme just for replacing the mufflers for straight pipes. Just go to Right Price in Slacks Creek.

Nah mate. No changes whatsoever