grand livina was my prime candidate for new car several months ago

i extensively test drove all the variants including the 1.8 auto,1.6 auto and manual, and x-gear

the biggest surprise for me is the manual 1.6

after trying all the auto variants, when finally located a second hand 1.6 manual version to test drive,i was completely astounded by how a transmission can totally change a car character (actually i always know this,by having family and friends who own a kelisa,myvi,vios,wira and waja in both tranny grant me many opportunity to compare)

the DOHC 1.6 non variable cam timing lumps on the 1.6 was just sooo willing to rev,powerful, very responsive and great engine sounds!
it totally transform my impression of livina being a little of pork car(auto variant) into a classical example of a good N/A engine car, not to mentioned the few manual livina owners here reporting added benefit of much superior gas mileage

if u able go manual,try it!

*just realized it was your mom's car,kindly omit my post if its not relevant

This post has been edited by Valentino46: May 27 2013, 06:13 AM