Autophile: Grande Facelift

[autophile]

Thank you indeed @fawadakbarkhan. Yes I am so happy to get facelift which cost me a little extra but it's money well spent and I got so many new goodies to enjoy. Alhamdolillah.

I was also going for X but fortunately got Grande Facelift in December else I had to wait till April for it and X as well.

I hope you will be enjoying your X. In a couple of years many new car makers will be producing cars in Pakistan and we will have options other than Corolla and Civic and competition will benefit consumers with better quality and more features.

[pwuser151438268980]

I bought Corolla Altis 1.6 2012 a few months ago. My previous car was Altis 1.8 2010. I didnot like the transmission as it was jerky. I have changed ATF (Toyota WS). The transmission feels better. Somehow I feel its not as good as the 1.8. Can you please shed some light as you have owned 1.6 which has the same powertrain?
Regards.

[autophile]

Both 1.6 and 1.8 have different types of transmissions. 1.6 has four speed super ECT or conventional auto gear, while 1.8 has CVTi which has no gears. So experience is different. I liked 1.6 transmission because it was quick and very smooth.

[pwuser151438268980]

I was talking about previous gen. which were both conventional 4 speed.
If as you said you like the transmission in 1.6 better then I will have to go for atf flush as atf change did not satisfy me.
Thanks for your prompt reply Sir.

[autophile]

I don't have experience with previous generation 1.8. But the current generation 1.6 which I drove for 14 months, it's transmission was excellent.

[mtalpur75]

Ect transmission is better than cvti ?

[autophile]

To me both are good, because I enjoyed ECT and now enjoying CVT

[autophile]

Got my Grande registered today in Islamabad. Cost 59,154 rupees, filer.

[autophile]

Gunned it all the way from Jinnah to Bahria and still this avg. Was 14+ most of the stretch but came down due to dilapidated road and around dozen speed bumps.

[arslanabbasi]

Yar meri grande to itni avg nhi kr rahi. 6300 odo meter still in city 8-9 and highway 14. Maine Shell Vpower High octane ka bi tank full krwaya koi fark nhi hua avg mein. Main Shell ka petrol use krta hon. Maine oil bi Tin pack toyota 5w-30 use kia ha after 5000km.

[nifiii]

Depends on route as well. Mere office k route pe 16.5 tak ati, market jaon to 6.5 ati. On average 11.5 ati.

[taimurshafai1]

210KM clocked in total and giving this average.

[big_show]

Masha ALLAH! Congratulations on your ride @autophile sir. May it serves u well. Always a big fan of your threads.

[autophile]

Thank you so much. Stay blessed.

[autophile]

Some new pix

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[khuram2703]

I am afraid it creates lot of swirl marks. For Black it is a poison. Your Karcher wash at home i feel is far superior.

Yes once in a while the under chasis should be made clean through service station

[autophile]

Swirls are integral part of the paint Sooner or later they are there no matter how hard you follow the drill. I have stopped worrying about them.

However I will continue to use quality products and towels. Will use Karcher in summers and mostly use Carpro waterless wash at home.

My porch is like a wind tunnel with a high windchill factor, so washing is terrible in winters. But still it's once a while when I take my car to service stations and its well protected by detergent proif Collinite wax.