The Toyota Hilux is perhaps the de-facto pick-up truck in Malaysia.
UMW Toyota Motor introduced the new Vios earlier this year, refreshing its popular B-segment sedan with
Being based on the exisiting Toyota Raize, an aftermarket TRD body kit is already available for those
Back in 2006, two years after the first generation Daihatsu Boon/Toyota Passo twins were introduced in
Say hello to the car you wish youll have during the apocalypse: this is the SVI Max 3 Troopy.
few days ago.The problem arises since some dealers have charged a “premium” on those who wish
It uses double wish-bones in the front and rear.The Sony VISION-S is a result of the collaboration between
fellow media friend Tom Goh from zerotohundred.com will once again be participating in Season 4 of the Toyota
UMW Toyota Motor announced today that the All-New Toyota Corolla will be launched in Malaysia soon.
against that the Daihatsu Copen is one of the cutest roadsters out there.Everything was made better when Toyota
I initially had few options and they were Nissan X-Trail 4WD, Toyota Hilux and Nissan Navara.
A source told them that Toyota is hoping that the new full electric crossover would spur the company&
components of the cooling system are: Coolant Water Pump Radiator Radiator fan (includes relay and thermostat
Those that wish to travel interstate are required to use the services of travel agencies that are registered
Unitedstar Corporation Sdn Bhd, an authorised Toyota dealership located in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, has
Mitsubishi model has an interactive button that shows more information on its key features.Customers who wish
Toyota is on a roll with introducing new models lately (the Yaris Cross and Harrier are just two examples
@alexmwanzo Mkuu, my Toyota Wish iko na hard start. Hawa mechanics wa Nakuru wameninunulisha kila kitu banaa na still it persists. Thermostat, fuel pump, battery, plugs, fuel valve. Vumbi tu
Get an infra red thermometer. You can check your temperature any time you wish to then. You can also check the temperature of your cars coolant by pointing it at the top radiator hose/thermostat/or top of the radiator.
I don't do price quotes for jobs I'm not able to diagnose. That's what you want to know, what caused it and what all needs to be done, what needs replacing along with this gasket, did you cook it? Then it's going to be more. Did you really cook it? Then is going to need much more. Why did you cook it? You need to know, what got overcooked? And so on. You'll need to pay attention to other parts and subsystems and parts sealed with o rings and such. Fan motors and switches or sensors, thermostat, what have you. Possibly clean or replace parts as you find it. Sometimes castings crack. Sometimes they are deliberately fused in their casting to crack in a certain spot. That's why you shut em off at first sign of trouble. If you keep driving, the hundreds start adding up quick. Then you wish you had had the smarts in the first place. Replacement engines aren't that bad for some Asian and japanese.
The BMW 7 series is a high end luxury car. Its parts cost a high end luxury car price. BMW is known for its short-lived cooling system, so you will be replacing those parts eventually if you drive it every day. Electrical switches will fail. One switch for my older BMW was quoted at $70, for example. Your suspension will cost you an arm and a leg. You will pay very high labor prices if you are not mechanically inclined. Oops... price went up! ,Genuine BMW Convertible Top Switch 61318363696, - $88 as of this writing. I took mine apart, cleaned it, and it worked ever since. My car cost $50000 when it was new according to the sticker with which it came. Your parts will cost even more. An '09 shouldn't be too bad. It's only 7 years old now and rubber parts should still be OK. But, given your request for 10 years of operation, that 7-series will need multiple repairs and they will be expensive. I don't know if you will rack up $15000 in service charges but you will likely rack up thousands of dollars in charges. If the vehicle was maintained before you purchased it, its cost of maintenance should be much lower than $15000. A 7-series has excessive integration which results in obscure problems as the system ages. Here is an example ,Multiple error messages and no power steering - solved,. You will notice that the part that failed had absolutely nothing to do with power steering. The 750-series, in particular, is affected by the N63 engine recall and whatever else afflicted F01 chassis. You will want to verify that the N63 engine recall was completed. If not, they might replace many parts for free when you bring it in if your vehicle still qualifies for the recall. 2009 was the first year for the F01 chassis, by the way. The market price for a 2009 750 seems to be closer to $23000. I only saw one with a salvage title for $17000, so your wish for a $15000 7-series of that vintage in 2016 is probably just a dream. Luxury cars have become more reliable, but the same rule applies. Whenever any part fails that requires replacement from the dealer as opposed to secondary market, you will be paying a very high price for those parts. A single BMW bolt costs $6, for example. Here is one important thing you need to know about servicing older luxury cars. They expect to be maintained and their engines are tuned for high performance. Some of their parts fail after a relatively short amount of time. A cooling system failure will cost you an obscene amount of money. I will be paying that price when I get to completing the head gasket repair on my lovely M3. So, pre-emptively replace the entire visible cooling system (heater core is likely to be very difficult to access) after you buy the car. That is, replace waterpump, thermostat, hoses, expansion tank with an expansion tank cap, and get an aftermarket radiator. Flush the radiator periodically after that and repeat this every 60 thousand miles. Replace various rubber parts like motor mounts, transmission mounts, and so on. Rubber deteriorates with age and there is nothing you can do about it. Read the technical forums for whatever car you want to buy and set aside sufficient budget to complete all mandatory maintenance. You should read forums that reference cars by chassis code. Your 7-series would be an F01, for example. BMW, Porsche, and Mercedes have excellent technical forums. BMW forums are split by content. Some have more information on newer models and others for older models. A Toyota generally just runs and assumes its owners are ignorant of maintenance. My '00 RAV4 got rear-ended and totaled at 160000 miles with no service problems. I think it was 8 years old at the time. Last but not least, your fuel cost will be significantly higher. Premium cars have engines tuned for higher performance and so you pay for premium fuel. In summary, get a Lexus aka a luxury Toyota and have fun. :)
As a repair shop owner for over fifty years I can tell you that many of the aftermarket service contracts have little value. Some, of course, are good but even then you may find it takes days or sometimes more than a week for the adjuster to look at the car then approve or disapprove the claim. After that the adjuster may often deny many of the smaller items needed to make the repair totally proper. We often find this in cooling system repairs where the warranty might pay for a new radiator but not new hose clamps, coolant or an overheated and then unreliable thermostat. Additionally they often want us to install used parts in situations where used makes no sense. Not long ago we did a heater core job on a vehicle that required 11 hours labor (the entire dash had to be removed to access the heater) and the warranty company wanted us to install a used part. In this case the used part cost $45.00 and a new part cost $69.00. The used part had a 30 day warranty and the new part had a 5 year warranty. But you might say they have the service contract that would cover the job which is true but there was a $500.00 deductible on each separate repair which, had the used part failed outside the salvage yard’s 30 day warranty, the customer would have been out another $500.00. We have had engine replacements where the adjusters wanted used engines installed. In these cases the adjuster often locates the used engine and the criteria they use is lowest price possible. On one Toyota job (some Toyota engines have huge oil sludge problems) we had nine different engines, ordered by the adjuster, before we found one that was worth installing and in each case he had to come out and look at the rejected engine before he would order another one. In each of the bad engines he argued strongly for installing the bad engine. In this case the customer was without their car for over 2 months on a job that shouldn’t have taken more than a week. So then you might think this would not be a problem because the service contract covered a rental but you would be wrong there. The service contract covered 14 days of rental and although the extra time was caused by the adjuster, the customer was denied rental coverage for the remainder of the time. These are examples of the things that we have experienced with the schlock companies that use the phone and sometimes catchy advertising. We have other companies that are golden on their coverage. The good companies quickly approve, use quality parts and take care of their customers. Wish I could tell you which companies to look for but there are far too many and I’m not into endorsements.