I have my Almera more than 1 year, and my mileage 46k++ currently, I just wanted to share out some experiences to u all to improve your almera condition:

1. TYRE ~ Normally i like to speed drive, 120 - 180km/h, that is no problem with unstable,lighter because i changed the original rubbish Continental CC1 outdated tyre to Bridgestone 185/60/15(made in Japan @ RM180/nos.). alignment and balancing goes very well.more accurate.

2. FUEL ~ I tried my car with some different petrol, i prefer BHP 2xinfinity is very suit to Almera, the sound from engine running very smooth & silent, Power of acceleration increase, top speed easy speed up from 100 to 160km/h ( but i din't border on the Fuel Consumption lol).
Petronas, Shell - less power than bhp and noisy.
Caltex - less power + noisy... ( not recommended on Almera)
Petron - So so....

3. Window Visor ~ I removed the window visor due to the sound when speeding.

4. Hand phone Charger ~ not recommend to use vehicle charger, it will slow down your speed (almera only, my gf's vios no problem with this).

This only my opinion....

Thanks

Yea, normally i will request the TCEAS to do tuning every time i services my car, after the tuning, my car obviously powerful, but once i plug in the vehicle charger, seem the ECU reboot and the power back to normal, and have to back to service centre to tune again. the tuning is free while your car still under warranty.