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hi pecker,

how did you go about getting your time ? was it on a track ? g-tech ? or the good old stop watch ;) ? but seriously let us know

Cheers

Bill

ohhhhh and possible a speed radar gun to get so accurate speeds :P :P

but seriously that is pretty interesting. How did u get the results ?

so do i guess you have lots of spares sitting at your place shaohaok from wheels of different sizes :P :P

100% with u brother :P :P

anyone else in chatswood????

it could be that or it could be due to the possible introduction of the new WORLD COROLLA ;) ;) ;)

ok as much as ur not supposed to compare s'tvio wif the type-r as it is 10-15K more BUT my mate has a type-r and yes it is noisier BUT IN A GOOD WAY....i.e. its not rattles or **** sounding like its falling apart or squeels its the sound of that VERY impressive engine going nuts. Besides that though i think if we had 10-15k extra spent on the s'tivo there probably wouldnt be these issues.

Either way NO ONE mistake what i have said I ENJOY MY CAR & LOVE EVERY MINUTE DRIVING IT...but it would be good to iron out these niggly things

Cheers

Bill

I know you havent had your car for to long now but im curious as to what was done for the rattles to not come back <_< <_< if you could monitor it for us and let us know that would be great

cheers

bill

wen i get it if it has nothing about the fact that there is a problem i will b ringing them back up and asking for something in writing. The one thing that they indicated is not many people have rung up about the problem. So PEOPLE please ring up and have your voices heard the number is (02) 9710 3955 & 1800 252 097 as the more pressure there is the higher priority this will get to be fixed

never see her again.....y did she have her's chipped, extractors, CAI and she simply ACCELERATE out of ur life Danthuyer :P :P :P ;) ;) ;)

Hi Guys,

saw a black s'tivo in chatswood yesterday @ lunch time, bout 1pm parked near the shopping centre. It had small square twin outlets from the muffler and it was dropped mayb bout 35mm on the stock mags. looked nice :D .....

I know there are others here who work in chatswood put ur hands up boys mayb we can catch up

cheers

bill

yep dats about rite. if ur a good enough barginer or if the guy needs the job u might be able to go a bit lower but 1200 is bout average

hey man, from what you have said that sounds very logical that yes it would fit BUT from previous experience from different model cars which share similar parts your best bet would be to call a mechanic or someone who would really know about this like the manufactors or something

just my 2 cents worth

cheers

Bill

They needed to address the problem of the weak 2ZZ valves that bent when too much time was spent above 7000rpm, so they invested much time and effort in developing a “near invincible valve kit.”

I am not to happy to know this :( :( :(

hmmmm good point..... <_< <_< She said she is sending me out a letter but i really didnt get the details of what it would contain. Well ill just wait and see.

Hi Guys,

Just to let you all know i got talking to toyota australia today and i have finally gotten from them that

1)The gear selector cable is a problem with the car and NOT a characteristic. It is a problem which doesnt warrent a recall as they still dont know how to fix it.

2)The problem is currently back with design team in Japan and they are trying to resolve the issue.

So for all those hard hours/days/months of trying to convince that this is a problem and not just us being pisy consumers has finally paid off. So to any1 who says we r simply being 2 picky well NO IT DOESNT LOOK LIKE WE ARE AS IT IS A PROBLEM :P :P :P :P AND TOYOTA NOW ACKNOWLEDGES THAT.

Cheers

Bill

Hi Exec,

I cant remember this but before they did all this work did you also have the rattles - gear selector cables problem ?

If you did has this now gone away after all the work they did ?

Cheers

Bill

Hi sport1vo,

I'll tell you this from my experience from having one of toyota's head guys in front of me and one of fair tradings mechanic's infront of me at the same time. All the bitching complaining and indicating all the rattles wont achieve anything in terms of a recall. A recall will only occur if it is determined that the problem hinders safety in some way otherwise these rattles are deemed "characteristics" trust me i know i had a word fight with these guys for like an hour. Your suggestion of ringing every two months is good and i actually ring them once a month just to show them that i am chasing a resolution and that i am ****ty that they cant fix it yet but at the end of the day and this came out of the mouth of the guy at fair trading because these are "characteristics" and in no way affect the safety and under normal driving conditions they are not present YES toyota can walk away and not fix it. Im glad they arent doing that but u never now when they will give up on fixing it.

Just my 2 cents worth for chasing toyota over the last few months since Sept last year

Cheers

Bill

Hey Matt

Its been a bit over 2 weeks ....u got an update 4 us ???? by the way what mods did u have on the car wen it kicked it and did the dealer say anything about them ?

Cheers

Bill

Hmmm .... maybe suggest this to Toyota that the sportivo has to come out with 17' wheels ;) ;) and they have to recall all the old mags on the sportivo's they have already sold to upgrade to 17's :D :P ;)

To be completly honest i think MINIMAL R&D (research and development :P ) went into the sportivo and it was purely a knee jurk reaction to try and enter the hot hatch market. I pretty much feel that they just slapped it all together did a few things on gut feel/from previous experience and WALLA theres the Sportivo.

After all those mods boys i would suggest buying a petrol station which imports fuel from japan so you can get 100+ RON petrol to run those highley tunned engines :P :P :P i think there should still be money left from the mil after u've done up ur rolla to buy that :D :P :D :P

LOL.....Yeah TJ is just trying to emulate a 4WD being jacked up so high before he puts the 4WD kit on :P :P isnt that right TJ ???? :P :P :D :D LOL

Nah but seriously saw some pics n it looks pretty good....we gotta hook up TJ so i can have a look ill give u a buzz.

Cheers

Bill

HIT A ROCK FACE

did he plough straight into it or did he lose it around a corner or something ?

i hated it until 1 day it was actually useful for something

i was at a set of light and fiddling with the stacker putting cd's in n stuff wen it went green so i dropped everythin on da passenger seat n went to shift to 1st as i had it in neutral when i pushed it to far to the left and i engaged reverse for a split second. If it hadnt been 4 da beeping noise coming on i think i might have gunned it n found i went in the wrong direction