hey you guys ever notice the automatic effect of the engine downshift when going downhill and you stop pressing the gas pedal?
is that normal?
by the way, i am a new avanza owner! gotta say i love it! better in all respects than the Vios it replaces except maybe for ride quality. but i am sure you guys can help me tame the bounciness.

i drove to Ipoh and back yesterday, fuel consumption was was ok, about 380km for 33L with mixed urban and highway driving. smooth and relatively quiet at about 300 rpm. cruised at about 100 to 110. a little bit wobbly when passing buses. it was raining heavily also but it was not skittish. thumbs all round. just a little bouncy at low speed but i think the suspension still needs a bit of stiffening.

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Added on May 26, 2008, 2:55 pm
Were about RM64 for 380km... consider ok..for such big car.. you are driving? auto/manual, 1.3 or 1.5?

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mine is a golden 1.5 auto. no mods so far except V-kool tinting.

mine is gold, originally red was on the shortlist and so was green, but we settled for gold!

fuel price hike!
i dont know why we are being made to pay real world prices for fuel when we are forced to pay unreal world prices (read lower) for our cars! the pm should walk and the talk, get out of his merc and stop jetting off to here, there and where the sun doesnt shine on that airbus a319 and fly airasia or firefly just like he expects us to do! he also must UBAH GAYA HIDUP! UBAH!

i think those of us who bought avanza pre fuel price hike will thank the gods coz my wife wanted to trade in her vios for an Innova 2.0 (she didnt like the legroom of the Livina at the back)! luckily we couldnt agree until a friend suggested looking at the avanza and then we decided it was a good fit, so we got it. more space and same engine displacement made it a good idea.
eh, so you guys inflate the tyres by how much? do you follow the recommended tyre pressures?

i go over and see aocm also nobody! dead also.

after driving Goldie for almost a year now, can tahan la. no other car is this nice to drive that is FR and at this price! i dont think i want to change much save that springs which i would like to stiffen. aerodynamically, add a flat underbody and rear diffuser to reduce lift and drag. swap out the OEM rims for some that look the Civic hybrid rims that will help cut drag also.