You're referring to your K5 right?

No such issues with my car, it's constant 7th gear all the way. The rev counter rises when going uphill though, but that's to be expected. Consumption will also surely increase with higher speed but that's also expected.

Maybe Koreans have some odd programming logic with their gears.

Increase yes. But what im saying is that the FC at a particular speed e.g 150kmph while using cruise is higher than when ure not using cruise.

In the Optima, the 6th gear is a cruising gear meant to lower FC at a certain speed. But once u depress the accelerator a bit, the gear automatically drops to 5th momentarily to provide the additional acceleration. But if im in Eco mode, then the car maintains 6th gear but the acceleration is very gradual. I dont think this differs much from other cars.

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Added on September 11, 2012, 12:08 pmYes

This post has been edited by cybermaster98: Sep 11 2012, 12:08 PM

If your rev counter rises when going uphill isn't that a sign of gear downshifting?

Your car can only maintain 7th gear all the way if it has enough power to do so. If it doesn't have enough power to maintain going uphill on 7th then the gearbox will downshift.

Probably means your car cannot sustain 140kph on 6th gear all the way. When going uphill or incline it has to drop to 5th to maintain 140kph. This is quite normal behaviour.

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Added on September 11, 2012, 12:23 pm
Doesn't make sense. 150kph on cruise or on foot should be similar in FC.


Again seems to be normal behaviour.

This post has been edited by jchong: Sep 11 2012, 12:23 PM

I think he may be more adaptive, as in it is ok when the speed drops slightly below 140, or he may accelerate a bit when downhill, so when going uphill the car already has a surplus of speed and can thus climb easier.

Anyway, 140 in 6th shouldn't be much of a problem...? Unless you are going up Genting... How high are the revs at that speed? Could be an issue with the programming of the gearbox. Maybe next time when that happens you can do a manual override and force the engine to stay in 6th, then see if it can maintain the speed, if you have to use full throttle (think that also consumes more, so the gearbox is actually smart to downshift? Not sure...). Also compare the current fuel consumption between going up in 5th and going up in 6th, at the same speed.

This post has been edited by kadajawi: Sep 11 2012, 08:27 PM

just to keep you guys informed that the pedal lock for all new camry is already available

* not to mention door visor too of course

Not really. When ure in cruise, the car will try and maintain the set speed. But while the cruise is off, you may slow down on uphill climbs or go faster on downhill and use momentum to take you. Thus u get varied FC readings.

On a flat road of course both cruise and without cruise will give you almost identical readings. Im refering to uphill climbs.

But on hindsight, i think i face this more often when im at 160kmph and above. Not 140kmph.

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Added on September 12, 2012, 8:21 amSorry its actually 160kmph. I dont recall facing this at 140kmph. At 160kmph, my revs are at 3250 RPM. The car will easily stay in 6th gear even going slightly uphill if i engage manual or even the Eco mode. Only the acceleration is gradual.

In the K5, the moment the RPM redlines, it will upshift automatically. You dont have a choice really. Redline is around 6500 RPM i think.

This post has been edited by cybermaster98: Sep 12 2012, 08:21 AM

In that case it's not an apples to apples comparison. On cruise you're maintaining constant speed (even when going uphill), whereas on manual as you said you might slow when going uphill and go faster downhill. Different acceleration profile so definitely different FC reading.

Yes, but I haven't driven on that steep a hill at such high speeds to know whether it will downshift or not. It probably will but so far I've not seen my car downshift a gear while maintaining speeds of 130km/hr or higher.

I remember a magazine claimed its 0-100 is 8.xs.
Quite impressive

It's possible but I doubt it.

anyone here own the latest camry? how long is the service interval? 10k km? tq.

Its been 10,000km for fully synthetic oil since before 2003 i think.

1K, 5K, every 10K

The listed time for 0 to 100 is 8.7s to 9s. Not bad, I actually expected it to do it in 10.5s or so

10.5 secs for a 2.5L engine would be really bad i would think. Even the 2.0L K5 (which is considered underpowered) does the sprint in about 10.9 secs.

ok tq. need to know few info regarding new camry. my dad been looking for a new car to replace his old rusty leaking perdana.

Thread seems dead. Gotta jump start it again i guess.

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