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I might get my Black Beauty next week inshalla :confuse: u can have a closer look at it
there is a light green 1 parks oppiste Bahrain islamic bank tower next to traffic light in diplomatic area in the morrining
Yousif
a. steering column = connects the steering wheel to the mechanism that steers the front wheels
b. TSB = technical service bulletin (manufacturer advises dealers of a potential problem, a need for repair or an upgrade).
This is not called a "recall", there have been no reported accidents so far, but there is a clear safety concern. A weld may be missing in some of the first 4900 Avalons and if so, the steering system could suddenly snap apart without warning, and you would lose control of the car.
havalongavalon
Rock
Groza
I live in Midwest where bugs pretty much rule the night. The last couple nights that I drove back from work, the bugs were hitting my windshield in such enormous rate that I thought that it was raining. The front bumper had hundreds of splattered little flying insects, and it only took 15 minutes of driving. I washed my car at the gas station's touchless car wash. After $7, pretty much everything came off, but by the time I got home, I already had a big splat on my bumper and I drove less than a mile!
Anyway, I'm concerned of my Avalon's well being. I would appreciate any suggestions.
sure i would be glad to see it in person but ive already loved the white more but i may change my mind after i see urs tho
i'll send my phone number or msn messenger to ur yahoo mail .
ali
I am currently running 245/40/19 with Kyowa Design wheels on my black Touring. This combination looks great and rides very smoothly. If you would like to see this set up go to http://www.msnusers.com/ToyotaAvalon.Tell me what you think.I am curious to see the factory 18" wheels?
Cheers,
Soulmaster
zekeman1
If so, let me know how it looks.
Thanks
Zekemeister: Having been reared in a traditional Polish family, you don't have to justify clear plastic coverings as "not cheesy looking" to me. I grew up with clear plastic coverings over sofas, tabletops, arm chairs, whatever. To me it's haute couture. I was thinking, if it could be applied to the Av interior - what do you think - can the 3M Film can be wrapped over seats, steering wheel, console?
Groza
We installed Clear Shield 4ml thick clear urethane film at a reputable tint firm for $350 discounted for fire fighters. It is invisible but you can see the line rumning on top of the hood when viewing from close quarters. We had it installed over the entire front end, 2/3rds up the front hood, on both sides of the front side panels (1/2 of panel) and on both side view mirrors. It is invisible on all body parts except as noted above.
After suffering multiple front end and mirror dings on our pearl white 95 XLS and 95 SC400, we decided to invest in this protection. The touchup paint we were using was inadequate in our opinion. Our warranty is lifetime - a good bargain.
Have fun with your Avalon!
canefire
It's the steering wheel lock being turned off and then set upon start-up and shut-down. This is covered in the manual.
Rewop
If you have this problem, please E-Mail Toyota.
http://toyota.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/toyota.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php?p_prod_lvl1=53
Now the milage you gave me and the speeds you mention are more realistic
now then before especially down hill---was your air-cond on ?that makes a big difference.
be carefull about putting low octain then what is recommended which i think
is 91 because the computer is adjusted for that type of octain and timing.
It can damage your car due to out of syn and cause knocking
remeber you want a higher explosion in the gas not low for computer mixture
anyway when you have long trips bring the camera--i sure like to see that 34.2
hank3, Once you start driving and put on more miles you will see the miles begin to improve on the blue screen. The more miles you go the better MPG average. But if as you say you only go ten miles stop and go, then yes you won't be getting good MPG.
I'm sure you did get 36.1 mpg, but as you said it was just for a few kilometers at 50 mph on a flat hwy, and in the real world, you cant travel at that speed for long on modern roads or hwys without causing serious traffic problems.
I'm guessing the only way you could have determined that fuel usage was during the few miles immediately following a gas fill-up because the mpg calculator only displays the average mpg for the entire tank used, not a real-time at the moment reading of what your mpg is right now (Toyota should redo the system to let us do this - it's just common sense Toyota!). personally, my mpg meter reads 31-33 mpg for a few miles on local heavily trafficked raods after filling up at my favorite station as long as I catch all green lights, so it can obviously be done - just not for very long. I once averaged over 30 mpg for over 100 miles but my speed was much lower than I thought as my wife told me after the trip (she was monitoring my speed the whole way), and while there was traffic, it wasn't heavy enough to prevent me from slaloming around traffic and chosing lanes to effectively drive as if without traffic (I usually just watch my rpms, not vehicle speed).
Avalon is so smooth and quiet below 70 mph that I can no longer stand such low speeds on the hwy for long due to the boredom, and a lack of patience because it seems as if I'm not moving at all and it'll take forever to get where I'm going.
Regards,
Deanie
Regards,
Deanie
It seems that everybody had it done at dealers. I saw a do-it-yourself kit on E-bay dirt cheap. Bad idea, you think? :confuse:
WHAT IF I PREFER TO USE GASOLINE WITH HIGHER OCTANE RATINGS?
You can, but there are no real benefits, other than the gasoline manufacturers making more money off of you. When you use a fuel with a higher octane rating than your vehicle requires, you can send this unburned fuel into the emissions system. It can also collect in the catalytic converter. When you over stress any system, it can malfunction or not do what it was designed to do properly. In the early 90's, an early warning symptom was a rotten egg smell from the tailpipe. Easy fix, go back to using regular 87 octane gasoline. The rude odor usually disappears after several tanks of gasoline.
Groza
any help or backup would be appreciated
thanks
ali
just me: Good question. The guvment (EPA) dictates rules for Fuel Economy Test Driving Schedules. In West Virginny, we used to call them people revenoo-ers.
Manufacturers perform the EPA tests on chassis dynamometers, not on the road; i.e., the cars are not "moving" in traffic - they're strapped down with the driven wheels turning a drum to load the engine. Here' what the EPA test schedules are:
City
Distance 11 miles
Time 31 minutes
Avg speed 20 mph
Top speed 56 mph
Stops 23
Idling time 18%
Engine temp @ start Cold
Ambient temp 68 to 86 F
A/C off
Highway
Distance 10 miles
Time 12.5 minutes
Avg speed 48 mph
Top speed 60 mph
Stops None
Idling time None
Engine temp @ start Warm
Ambient temp 68 to 86 F
A/C off
Canadian test rules are more complicated, as they involve actual highway use, with Moose avoidance included. Groza doesn't have enough time to get into these.
Groza
Max
Thanks for your tips last week on removing any residue accumulated at the ends of the wiper blade travel. There was indeed a thin film there and I removed it, but the squeaky noises continued. Next time it rained I had a close look at the wiping motion from outside the car and saw that the bottom end of the driver's side wiper was chattering markedly during much of the motion, in addition to squeaking. The dealer has since replaced both blades, so far they are working OK.
Regards,
Havalongavalon
Exactly as you guessed, I got my best-ever fuel economy reading during a period of several minutes of uninterrupted level highway driving at about 50-60 mph, immediately following a gas fill-up.
I agree that it would be nice to have the option to switch between average mpg since the tank was filled, and instantaneous mpg. It is only a matter of software upgrade and one more switch.
But I also share your feeling that constantly monitoring and trying to optimize fuel economy by keeping it under 2000 RPM or so gets boring. It sure takes away from full enjoyment of the car's potential. And as we all know, it's good for the engine to rev it up once in a while!
A steep uphill is coming up ahead, so move over Dr. Jeckyll, let Mr. Hyde drive for a while...
Regards,
havalongavalon
I highly recommend the Terk mini antenna instead of the original one. The installation is easy, and it would be even easier if I didn't have have to remove the old antenna.
Wiktor
Can you let me know which brand and model you have installed? My dealer was trying to install an after market remote start on my Avalon, but they gave up after 4 months, and gave me my money back.
Wiktor
I used US gallons when I converted from liters/100 km to mpg.
As you say, Canadian ("Imperial") gallons are 20% larger (about 4.5 liters, compared to 3.8 liters per US gallon). So, 36 mpUSg = 43 mpCIg ... which in fact exceeded the estimated 39 Canadian highway mpg.
Now, since Canada went metric decades ago, I really don't understand why Transport Canada still asks car manufacturers to report fuel economy in both liters per 100 km AND miles per Imperial gallon. Wouldn't you agree that in Canada the Imperial gallon is an obsolete measure by now? Wouldn't it be more useful to rate fuel economy in liters per 100 km and in miles per US gallon, to allow consumers a more direct comparison with US performance figures?
Regards,
havalongavalon
"stainless" means just that: stains LESS...!
LOL,
havalongavalon