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After a relaxing trip by the beach we noticed that the sand had swallowed our keys and had to borrow a friend's car to go home and fetch the spare keys. Does anyone know of an inexpensive way of getting a replacement keyless start remote entry and key as I have surfed the net and read horror stories of dealers demanding upwards of $500. Why is there no option to start the car with a key for this type of sistuation.

I did similar analysis last year for RWD Grande but did not end up going skiing and hence did not purchase. Looking forward to owners comments

I have traditionally been a lead foot being the first to take off from the lights and the first to get there. Then I bought the Kluger and having the active fuel consumption readout has certainly changed my driving habits. My driving habits are as follows: - Combined driving (250 country / 360 city kms) per tank (63lt) comes in at ie. 63lt/610km*100 = 10.3 (Readout says 10.1). - When there is no country driving involved I average about 550kms per tank (63lt) 63/550*100 = 11.45 (Readout says 11.8) - When I am away and my wife drives the car average is about 500 kms 63/480*100 = 13.1 (Readout says 14.2) My conclusion is that my wife is a leadfoot, although the she does do a lot of stop/start runs to school and secondly the Readout is not exact. I have tried different fuels ie. standard/premium (hi octane) unleaded and to my surprise they have no effect on the Kluger with the exception being E10 where economy diminishes by about 20%. i

This seat is fine for my 9 year old (small butt). Have only used it on occassions though when rear seats not in use (being used to carry cargo). Our typical configuration though is as a six seater. I debated this middle seat long and hard with the mazda CX9 and found that the Kluger was much better and more comfortable. In the end we decided that this seat would be used very sparingly.

You must be a small guy. I thought the CX-9 was a much sexier car however I chose the Kluger Grande over the top range CX-9 because: It is bloody thirsty No Sat Nav No Bluetooth No DVD No remote start No electric tailgate And the driver is coccooned in a very crammed cabin whilst the passenger keeps knocking their shins against the low dash door. It is also very expensive and Mazda dealers try to upsell this car against the European SUV's but I found that there was only 1 car they hated enough to drop their pants on price and that was the Kluger. Don't be too disheartened, it took me a very long time to decide between these 2 and I am certain that the Kluger was a great decision

Wow, AAMI is screwing me 1,100pa (Grande) with 500 excess, Rating 1, over 30 with multiple policies. Toyota quote 1,150. Who is your insurance company?

In order for voice dial you have to press the telephone send button on the screen, then press the voice dial and say the name, the stored name is repeated and then you either touch the call button on the display or the call button on the steering wheel. If you are already doing this make sure that you wait for the beep sound before you speak the name. I have found that voice recognition is quite good.

Are you saying that the V14 includes redlight, speed camera warnings because that is what the pdf in your link implies. I think that the Kluger SatNav is a load of crap especially since it costs upwards of 2K. You cannot change anything while it is moving, there are no speed camera or light warnings nor are there any speeding warnings. My wife has a Tom Tom, it is a little slower when calculating the route but she knows when she is exceeding the speed limit as well as where red light camera's or speed camera's are located has bluetooth ability and can play mp3. However both units suffer from false advertising as their spoken instruction should be accurately called whispered instruction. Another major drawback is that the screen is fixed and is unreadable whenever there is direct sunlight on it. If you do not have SatNav inbuilt don't waste your money on the Denso unit.

In auto mode headlights come on and SatNav turns to night mode (lack background) when light sensor at back of rear view mirror senses a drop in light and the opposite when an increase in light Under night sensing mode lights will turn off if ignition is turned off and driver door is opened.

On the Grande Model, Day mode paints the non-trip computer display with a white background while night mode is a black background reducing cabin illimination and glare. This is also controlled automatically by the light sensor behind the mirror :)

Hi We live in the Melbourne area...which dealership did you go for that deal? Cheers LC & MS Chadstone Toyota, wish you luck

Has anyone tried to pair a Nokia N80 to the bluetooth, mine pairs but does not allow downloading of phonebook. Is there an easy way to do this as I don't want to enter everything in!

I paid 57,180 On-road for a 2x4 Grande with Graphite metalic paint, Sidesteps, towpack, front sensors and mats on 30 May

Is there any way to modify Sat Nav to include Speed/Red light Camera warning