October 23, 2009

ติดยางกันกระแทกขอบประตู

ยางกันกระแทกขอบประตู ติดขอบประตูบริเวณที่เปิด เพราะเป็นจุดที่เว้านูนที่สุด เวลาเราเปิดประตูรถก็จะเป็นจุดที่ไปสัมผัสกับกำแพงหรือผนังหรือรถคันอื่น ๆ ก่อนบริเวณอื่น เราจึงควรติดยางกันกระแทกตามแนวที่เปิดประตู  ดูจากภาพและคำแนะนำในกล่องที่ซื้อมาก็ได้ แต่ถ้าเป็นของญี่ปุ่น ไต้หวันจะเป็นภาษาญี่ปุ่น จีน ใครอ่านได้ก็ดีครับ แต่ดูภาพแล้วก็จะเข้าใจได้

October 20, 2009

ABS ไฟ โชร์

วันศุกร์ ที่ผ่านมา ขับรถบนทางด่วน รถติดยาวเหยียด ฝนก็ตก ขยับไปได้ทีละน้อย ตามธรรมดาของรถติดบนทางด่วน แต่ พอขับไปได้พักใหญ่ เกือบ ชม. ไฟ ABS ก็ติดขึ้นมา ทดลองเบรคดู เบรคยังใช้ได้ปกติ แสดงว่า ABS มีปัญหา  จึงขับไปเรื่อย ๆ พอลงทางด่วนก็แวะปั๊ม ดับเครื่อง แล้วสตาร์ทใหม่ ไฟ ABS ติดแล้วดับตามปกติ   ก็ไม่ติด อีก   วันนี้ ไปตลาดรถติดอีก เหมือนเดิม ไฟ ABS ก็ติดอีก สงสัยต้องให้ศูนย์ ตรวจสอบแล้ว   แต่ที่ผ่านมา ขับมา ไฟ ABS ไม่เคยติด เวลาเหยียบเบรค ก็ไม่รู้สึก กึก ๆ ที่เท้า ปกติ ระบบ ABS  ทำงานต้องมี กึก ๆ ที่เท้าด้วย  ใครเป็นแบบนี้บ้าง ?

October 13, 2009

New Models - Toyota Yaris


Toyota adds ESC to its top-selling Yaris, but only on 1.5-litre versions

Toyota Yaris Get a grip: Toyota's Yaris light car gets electronic stability control, and a price rise. Get a grip: Toyota's Yaris light car gets electronic stability control, and a price ris
TOYOTA Australia has finally made the potentially life-saving electronic stability control (ESC) system available on its Yaris – but only for more expensive 1.5-litre models.

Widely recognised as one of the most effective active automotive safety technologies ever invented, ESC is now fitted as standard to most medium and large cars and SUVs, and will be mandated in Australia for all new-model passenger cars from November 2011.

Toyota’s Corolla was among the last small cars in Australia to become available with ESC, in January this year, and now selected versions of its Yaris – Australia’s second top-selling light-car – are also available with ESC, bringing Toyota’s smallest model into line with most of its competitors.

Fitted in tandem with traction control, Toyota’s vehicle stability control (VSC) system is now standard on all 1.5-litre versions of the Yaris, including YRS and YRX levels of the three and five-door hatch and four-door sedan.

For the privilege, buyers of the Yaris 1.5 YRS three-door pay an extra $650, with the manual price increasing to $17,990 and the automatic price rising to $19,590, while 1.5 YRX three-door prices increase by $500 to $20,390 (manual) and $21,990 (auto).

Similarly, 1.5-litre five-door prices increase by $450, to $18,990 (manual) and $20,590 (auto) for the YRS, and by $300 for the YRX – to $21,390 manual and $22,990 auto.

Finally, 1.5-litre YRS sedan prices are also up by $490, to $19,530 for the manual and $21,130 for the auto, while 1.5 YRX sedan prices rise by $340 – to $21,930 (manual) and $23,530 (auto).

An ‘enhanced safety pack’ – front-side airbags and side curtain airbags on the sedan, plus a driver’s knee airbag on both hatch models – continues to be a $750 option across the entire Yaris range, as does metallic paint ($300).

However, unlike many of its rivals, including the top-selling Hyundai Getz, ESC remains unavailable on the cheapest and most popular Yaris models, the 1.3-litre three and five-door hatchbacks.

The latest move follows the addition of Bluetooth and USB connectivity in the entry-level 1.3 YR last month, when base prices increased $200, and the addition of a new Edge model based on the base YR in July.

Pricing for the entry-level Yaris 1.3 models is unchanged, at least from a month ago, with the YR three-door costing $15,890 (manual) and $17,490 (auto) and the YR five-door priced at $17,090 (manual) and $18,690 (auto).

Toyota says ESC was specifically engineered for the 1.5-litre Yaris in the Australian market. “Toyota is committed to adding safety features to its vehicles as and when they become available for our market,” said Toyota Australia senior executive director of sales and marketing David Buttner.

“The addition of vehicle stability and traction control to the Yaris models fitted with the 1.5-litre engine can potentially reduce the number and severity of impacts.

“We will continue to add a variety of safety features to models across our range as the opportunity arises,” he said.
Toyota Yaris pricing:
1.3 YR 3-dr
$15,890
1.3 Edge 3-dr
$16,190
1.3 YR 3-dr (a)
$17,490
1.3 Edge 3-dr (a)
$17,790
1.5 YRS 3-dr
$17,990
1.5 YRS 3-dr (a)
$19,590
1.5 YRX 3-dr
$20,390
1.5 YRX 3-dr (a)
$21,990
1.3 YR 5-dr
$17,090
1.3 Edge 5-dr
$17,390
1.3 YR 5-dr (a)
$18,690
1.3 Edge 5-dr (a)
$18,990
1.5 YRS 5-dr
$18,990
1.5 YRS 5-dr (a)
$20,590
1.5 YRX 5-dr
$21,390
1.5 YRX 5-dr (a)
$22,990
1.5 YRS sedan
$19,530
1.5 YRS sedan (a)
$21,130
1.5 YRX sedan
$21,930
1.5 YRX sedan (a)
$23,530


Toyota Yaris Get a grip: Toyota's Yaris light car gets electronic stability control, and a price rise.

Thai take-away on the menu for Yaris

Appetising: Thai source a tasty Yaris alternative for Toyota.

Toyota is considering following the trend of sourcing light cars from Thailand


TOYOTA Australia has confirmed that it is investigating changing the sourcing of its next Yaris light car, with Thailand considered as the leading contender for the all-new third-generation model due in about 2010.

Toyota Australia chairman emeritus John Conomos told GoAuto at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show this week that Thailand is shaping up as the ideal Yaris production location.

“It’s been looked at. Thailand is a great source for reliable world-class product,” Mr Conomos revealed.

Currently the Yaris – Australia’s top-selling light car by a large margin, and in a segment that is the fastest growing this year – is built in Japan, which has provided our tiniest Toyotas since the Starlet arrived here in 1996, followed by the Echo in 1999 and today’s Yaris in 2005.

With the Thai government lately focussing on winning more light- and small-car production contracts – after its successful campaign in luring light-truck manufacturers over the last decade – Toyota Australia management understands that the pricing edge that comes with choosing a lower-cost production base can be extremely lucrative.

Left: Toyota Australia's John Conomos.

Since arch-rival Honda changed its Jazz light-car sourcing from Japan to Thailand in early 2006, sales have rocketed on the back of the lower entry price and higher standard features content the move brought with it.

This year Jazz is running at around 980 per month, against 786 last year and 660 in 2005. And this is in spite of the fact that the Honda – released in 2002 – is now narrowly the second-oldest in its class.

Ford Australia has already announced that its next Fiesta light car will follow the Honda by coming out of Thailand, as part of a 50:50 deal it has with its Japanese partner Mazda.

Mazda will also produce the closely related ‘2’ light car at the same Thai facility, although Mazda Australia has yet to confirm any plans to switch importing from its current Japan source.

Like the Jazz, both currently compete head-on with the Yaris, but will gain a decisive price advantage if Toyota does not act in time.

“With a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), it is inevitable that we will have to examine (Thailand) carefully,” Mr Conomos admitted.

HiLux commercial vehicle aside, Toyota Australia has not been able to exploit the FTA potential.

“For the moment, our passenger car products from Thailand are either built here, like Camry, or are not suitable for this market,” Mr Conomos said.

However, the Toyota Australia veteran did point out that Thailand’s inability in the past to provide vehicles with adequate levels of equipment and/or technological sophistication may yet rule it out from providing us with the next Yaris.

“We will require vehicles with high-specification requirements, as opposed to what Thailand builds, which is generally for emerging markets.”

Nevertheless, it is clear that high sourcing costs mean that the days of the Japanese-built Yaris are numbered as far as Australia is concerned.

“Toyota will have to naturally consider all options,” said Mr Conomos. “So for the next-generation products, we definitely will.”

Furthermore, the Yaris is not the only model Toyota might be considering from a lower production-cost country.

“We are looking carefully at what passenger-car products could be sourced from Thailand – and others,” said Mr Conomos.

October 9, 2009

Toyota Yaris TR

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Yaris TR is in a different class from the competition, offering air conditioning, electric door mirrors and alloy wheels as standard.
So it's exceptionally well-equipped and it looks great. Plus, its high safety specification means you can enjoy its superiority with complete confidence, wherever you go. With lower CO2 emissions than its contemporaries and great fuel economy, it's a car full of positives.

October 7, 2009

น้ำยาเคลือบกระจก

ใช้เคลือบกระจกให้ใส เวลาฝนตกเม็ดน้ำฝนจะไม่เกาะ ทำให้การมองเห็นได้ชัดเจน ทำให้การขับขี่ปลอดภัย เนื่องจากข้อจำกัดของใบปัดน้ำฝนจะทำให้มองเห็นในมุนแคบ แต่น้ำยาเคลือบกระจกทำให้มองเห็นได้รอบด้าน การขับขี่ในเส้นทางที่ไม่คุ้นเคยเวลาฝนตกก็จะควบคุมได้ดีกว่า