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post Sep 18 2014, 12:00 AM

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QUOTE(johnrck99 @ Feb 27 2011, 01:31 PM)
Hello all,

I just bought a new Toyota Camry 2.0G about 2 months ago.
Can some of the Camry 2.0G owner share with me some of the things that I am doubtful about.
1.Fuel Consumption
My car mainly travel in small town for about 10-30km a day with trafic lights, start- stop, max speed goes to 70km/h.
MID shows 6.3km/l
I have clocked only 3000 km only so far.

Is the FC ok ?

Bad FC if it's true! The way you should measure is by first filling up until really full, reset the odometer and drive for several days until about 80% of the tank consumed. Then refill again until full, then divide the distance shown in the odo by the volume of fuel you've just pumped, then you'll get your actual avg. FC. Don;t just look at your econo meter reading because that is very inaccurate and only shows the FC at that specific time and condition, not the true avg. For this car in healthy condition should be able to reach at least 10km/ltr.

2. Auto unlock of car door when shifted in P.
Can we disable this function?

Don't know but why want to disable?

3. Lack of power... Hehe.. I think the car is a bit lack of power

Sigh...you bought that size of a car with puny 2.0 engine still complain about lack of power!  doh.gif  Car that size at least needs 2.5ltr NA engine, or needs turbo/supercharging or else it will be very underpowered. Only in Malaysia people buy such cars!  doh.gif 

4. Bumpy when go through yellow stripes.

Check your tire pressure, maybe too hard. Camry should be comfortable enough unless you're expecting Mercedes like comfort! Or have you changed rims with bigger diameter ones and hence thinner tires?

5.Body kit, I plan to install bodykit  now (not the toyota original one). What is the market price now? My car is black.

This depends on the shop, material and styling. It can range from 1.5k to 2.5k all inclusive.

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post Apr 27 2015, 02:38 PM

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QUOTE(putera7 @ Apr 27 2015, 01:18 PM)
do u still used your camry? I'm planned to get one 2nd hand model.

Is it true cornering not so good?

How about install ultra racing bar for stabilizer?

and install iridium spark plug?

so far i know early camry using normal spar
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Camry is a regular family sedan focused on comfort, so Camry and good cornering are never expected in the same thing. smile.gif
You may need to do many things to improve its cornering capability, UR bars is one of them (especially anti-roll bars). Others are change suspension (springs & dampers) to stiffer ones, change rims to slightly bigger (17') but lighter ones and certainly change tires to high performance ones (UHP class tires). By doing those you should improve the cornering quite much, however expect the comfort level to be reduced a bit after all these done.

Spark plugs is already using iridium type as std.
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post Apr 30 2015, 11:02 AM

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QUOTE(nm7 @ Apr 29 2015, 11:41 PM)
Fuh! And sacrifice the speed you can fly over the bumps with a stock camry?

I had to slow down to get over some bumps at around 20++kph and those camry don't even see the brake lights come on and flies over it at an much faster than i do.
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Naah stock Camry will still need to slow down quite a bit approaching speed bumps. If want to fly over speed bumps then get one of Kadajawi favorite cars, a Citroen. biggrin.gif
For me I have no issue slowing down a lot for speed bumps coz I don't encounter many of them anyway.
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post Apr 30 2015, 11:10 AM

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QUOTE(nm7 @ Apr 30 2015, 10:13 AM)
Family man and performance (especially cornering performance) has little to no relationship. You would hate to see your 3 kids slip and sliding from one side to the other on your rear view mirror when you are driving isn't it?

As for the folding seats. I am not sure what is the use of it. But, you have your valid reasons i believe. Unfortunately, if Toyota don't see a reason for it. You are going to get stuck with it.
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I'm a family man too but I must have a car with quite good cornering capability coz most of the time I'm driving alone anyway. My boys also are getting big already (>10yrs old) so they in fact can enjoy a bit of fast cornering too as long as it's not too wild. smile.gif

Folding seats are used to carry long objects. I found it very useful when I use my car to move to another house.

 

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