1.78% promo is onli till end of April. So, starting frm May interest has increased.

yeah i know. My point is that you will still find SA that will give cash discount despite the low interest rate. i can even get 1.5K cash discount when interest rate was 1.78%. Lower interest (1.78%) get cash discount BUT higher interest(2.38%) don't get cash discount??

this is becoz recently BNM announced int rate increase for non-national car segment. that's y lo...

i think 2008 ver still can get around 4k disc.

I saw in toyota website, promotion till end of june.

2.38% plus they give first year insurance fee.

This post has been edited by JC999: May 7 2009, 03:45 PM

Before announcement on rate increase, Interest rate was 2.++% , toyota offer 1.78%, can get cash discount

After announcement on rate increase, interest rate is 3.++%, toyota offer 2.38%, But can't get cash discount????

What's the difference between the two cases? With the low interest of 1.78%, toyota SA still manage to give out 1.5K cash discount to customers, i don't see any reason of them not giving cash discount again for this month's offer. Anyway, no harm of hunting around for the best offer. Saving of 1.5K can be used to change car rims or add bodykit.

Same here. My '09 bought Vios E-Spec was for the wife and I am driving the '05 Vios G-Spec. My wife initially liked the super light steering, then complained when driving along highways too much. Now, she'd rather swap her '09 Vios for my '05 Vios. And it is now my turn to feel uncomfortable with the steering. I'm still contemplating between changing to bigger rims and wider tyres because I do not know whether will it give a drastic effect to the steering weight. Anybody has experience with this??

well changing to a wider tires yes... it will met you feel heavier steering...
i can feel if my '05 Vios and SEG fitted with PP2 195 or 185 tires...
195 a bit more roll coz our RIM is 5.5J only... but you get a bit more grip...
and also the steering feel a bit heavier....
why not try to change to 16" rim with 205 tire and see... tat will give you 20mm more contact each tire and it is 40mm for the front 2 tires...
it certainly will give you heavier steering but don expect it to be very heavy...
Honda have lighter steering... quite scary if you are not use to it...

promotion is onli for certain months.. if every month oso give promo, then toyota can pokai ady lo...

16" tyres too pricey for me I guess. That's why I'm looking at 15" rims only. The current stock E spec tyres are only 175 but damn high profile of 65 la. I don't expect a very very drastic change of steering weight, Just hope it'll be slightly heavier compared to the current feel. Lurking in Penang to find 15" Lenso rims but it's so rare. Almost every tyre shop I visited told me they don't carry Lenso rims. Thanks for the info man.

aiyo...
you got it wrong bro... 65 not that high... 65 is the percentage of your width...
175 X 113.75 (Height) for the 175/65 tires...
185 X 111 (Height) for the 185/60 tires... a bit only... 3mm can you feel it???
haha... don mistakenly though it is a big different...

hmm... you need to if you change to 195/55 R15 with wider rim better...
the '05 Vios fitted with 185 and 195 tire i can feel the different of body roll during corner...

Now that is brand new info to me. Haha. Thanks for educating me on the profile percentage. My '05 Vios is fitted with 185 tyres only but it's super solid coz the steering wheel is the conventional hydraulic type which is way heavier compared to this '09 Vios.

I assumed these are under the fixed rate, right?
Can someone share what is the rate for the "flexi-plan", i.e BLR-based?

TQ.

@phat_newbie

sorry just now in hurry to go out for meeting...
look at the attached file for more info...

it seems that 195/55 R15 is a good fit... if not i think you have to look for 16" already...

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Wow,this is seriously a damn good reference. Thanks for this man. 195/55/R15 is definitely my way to go.

mine E spec bought on 07 n change to 195/55/R15 michelin PP2 after 1 month... b4 tat 14' rims feels floating n understeer when cornering but with 15', good handling n steering feels heavy a bit... my wife luv it coz conering feels better with more grips.. if u check with VIOS trd sportivo version they also use 195/55/R15

Thanks for sharing mate. At least now i know that changing my rims to 15" and wider tyres really improves the handling.

thinking to add a fog lamp for my Vios J.
Would like to check with you guys with Vios E/G/S, what's the brand of the original fog lamp ? there's a accessories here told me some "DEPO" brand is the original fog lamp for RM380. is it worth?

the cash discount is not black and white stated in the promotion package. Whatever advertised is the Standard package. But some SA will give extra cash discount on top of that to secure sales.

haha. If giving more discount will make toyota gone bankrupt, Toyota would have been bankrupt by now.

But I think Toyota SA would want more customers like you.

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Added on May 10, 2009, 2:55 pm never heard of any flexi-plan for hire-purchase financing. As far as i know, only fixed available.

This post has been edited by exhausted: May 10 2009, 02:55 PM

after 7 years of driving, i rarely use fog light and i don't understand why i need fog light other than cosmetic purpose.

It does not meant for the driver, but, for other drivers.