Oh wait. That's nothing special, especially when the Kembara's engine was going to explode after nearly reaching 6k rpm .. Surprisingly, if you drag it right, it'll be able to reach riiiiight before the red zone.
But today's another wonderful day! Drove to Simpang Ampat, but not with the Kembara (duh..), but with something that's bigger. Something that has more space. One of those reasons why I'm here in Penang at the moment.. It's nothing much, but goodbye PFN 2612 and hello to the new born..!
Another Toyota. Another brand new useless Toyota.
Rear view
Front view
Under the bonnet
Covered valves, the VVT-i .. and a V16 to give it a smoother ride.
The radiator..
A nipple!
17-inch nonsense.
The small booth space.
Finally, a nice looking gear lever; after so long. Reminds me like the old school Merc/Volvos
The pretty lights when it's at night..Now, for what I feel for this car. Firstly, it's a new car, and unlike the previous Camry, I'm not growing up with it, but I'm actually driving this thing. Some things are just about the same, like how it automatically switches to the 1st gear during corners revving the engine unwantedly, then it goes back into 2nd.
And this is the 2.0g, the middle range compared to its entry level and higher-specs range. There're a total of 3 Camrys in the Malaysian market, and they're 2.0e, 2.0g and the 2.4v .. All costing about RM139,000.00, RM149,000.00 and RM169,000.00 respectively. The differences would be that the 2.0e is the example model, the 2.0g gets everything you get in the 2.4v - making it the model with full accessories, and the 2.4v is everything summed up, with an extra final gear and extra power because it comes with a 2400 cc engine.
All of the models comes with a V16 engine .. Undoubtedly, it gives a very very smooth ride but there are some flaws, obviously.
But the newer things are:
During corners, wrong braking pressures will upset the weight of the car due to the suspension, so on and so forth.
But on this Camry, due to the EBD, which works like how the Mitsubishi Evolution VIII, where the AWD system constantly reads the road and programmes the car to use how many percentage of the overall power to every one of the wheels. Sometimes at extremely tight corners, it turns the car from AWD to a single-wheel drive .. The EBD works in an opposite manner, where the braking force is distributed amongst the wheels properly on the right percentage, depending on the weight being heavy on which side of the car, then the braking force is distributed properly among the wheels.
That's what it's written on a piece of paper. To be applied, I haven't really tested it yet. This EBD system is best tested during corners (duh).
Besides that, the thing that turns me on regarding the new Camry since I first saw it out, would be the lowered suspension. And with that, bodyroll's reduced. More gravity pull is there, and .. well, it's a normal car, instead of being one weird .. high-heel nonsense.
If a Kembara is like a Kancil on heels, the previous camry is just about the same, just that it goes a little bit more faster.
Performance, besides the brakes, it's still the same. Dumbly, the ECU hasn't tweeked it to stop over-revving the engine during corners by getting into 1st, achieving an accelleration of none, then switching into 2nd. So it's still pretty much dumb.
Another reason why I prefer a manual..
And the same old ECT power button is still there, therefore, when it's pressed down, say hello to extra fuel consumption, a 5% of extra torque per gear, and 105% of getting into an accident.
At least the 2.0 models can be tamed, but the 2.4 models are insane to control in traffic jams with that damned button on.
Overall, the Japanese have done it again. It's a good car, I must admit. It's affordable, at least cheaper than the Honda Accord that just recently came out, but it's not my sort of car to live with. It's the sort of car to drive from point A to B, enjoy the silent ride like a cheap Mercedes Maybach, and not the sort of car to take onto the tracks..
Plus if you are talking about cheap cars, there're cars available for less than RM10k which are still in extremely good condition. Besides that, buying a full 1st hand car is an achievement, but it's still a machine that takes you from point A to B.. I'd rather settle down with something more simpler.
More raw.
Less computers, and more spirit. An Alfa Romeo perhaps? XD
And if road tax is a problem, get an RX8 .. 1.3 cc, rotary engine .. giving it 2.6cc in total .. And it's a 4 door car.. so.. yummy.. XD
Then again, the speed beats the Kembara anytime, so....
... Jom KL .. XD
And this is the 2.0g, the middle range compared to its entry level and higher-specs range. There're a total of 3 Camrys in the Malaysian market, and they're 2.0e, 2.0g and the 2.4v .. All costing about RM139,000.00, RM149,000.00 and RM169,000.00 respectively. The differences would be that the 2.0e is the example model, the 2.0g gets everything you get in the 2.4v - making it the model with full accessories, and the 2.4v is everything summed up, with an extra final gear and extra power because it comes with a 2400 cc engine.
All of the models comes with a V16 engine .. Undoubtedly, it gives a very very smooth ride but there are some flaws, obviously.
But the newer things are:
- The new look. Both exterior and interior.
- Lower suspension. The previous models were way too high. It's easy to manipulate and upset its weight distribution through excessive braking.
- Shape's rounder - therefore it's smaller in size, actually.
- Front sensors. So you know that you're going to knock into something when you're blinded.
- Stock HID headlamps (only for the 2.0g and the 2.4v)
- Dual-temperature air conditioning control (only for the 2.0g and the 2.4v)
- Tip-tronic gear shift (only for the 2.4v)
- EBD (Electronic Braking Distribution)
- Space. Including the booth.
- Harder materials. It's actually lighter - meaning to say, it's weaker. It's all about this safety policy where you're not supposed to kill pedestrians when you knock into them or something. In fact, if you knock into a bush with this car, your 139k, 149k or 169k will most probably go down the drain. It's a GOA body thing.
- Cruise Control. In Penang, what's the point of having one of those?
- Those crappy brakes where it feels like a tremor when you gently tap on the brakes.
- Overdrive button (But then again, the gear lever has individual gear placings, so it doesn't really matter..)
- The bloody P mode unlocks the doors. Not many people put their cars in Neutral gear, but in P whenever they're not moving. This is kind of dangerous because thieves might just come in and rob you or something.. lol
During corners, wrong braking pressures will upset the weight of the car due to the suspension, so on and so forth.
But on this Camry, due to the EBD, which works like how the Mitsubishi Evolution VIII, where the AWD system constantly reads the road and programmes the car to use how many percentage of the overall power to every one of the wheels. Sometimes at extremely tight corners, it turns the car from AWD to a single-wheel drive .. The EBD works in an opposite manner, where the braking force is distributed amongst the wheels properly on the right percentage, depending on the weight being heavy on which side of the car, then the braking force is distributed properly among the wheels.
That's what it's written on a piece of paper. To be applied, I haven't really tested it yet. This EBD system is best tested during corners (duh).
Besides that, the thing that turns me on regarding the new Camry since I first saw it out, would be the lowered suspension. And with that, bodyroll's reduced. More gravity pull is there, and .. well, it's a normal car, instead of being one weird .. high-heel nonsense.
If a Kembara is like a Kancil on heels, the previous camry is just about the same, just that it goes a little bit more faster.
Performance, besides the brakes, it's still the same. Dumbly, the ECU hasn't tweeked it to stop over-revving the engine during corners by getting into 1st, achieving an accelleration of none, then switching into 2nd. So it's still pretty much dumb.
Another reason why I prefer a manual..
And the same old ECT power button is still there, therefore, when it's pressed down, say hello to extra fuel consumption, a 5% of extra torque per gear, and 105% of getting into an accident.
At least the 2.0 models can be tamed, but the 2.4 models are insane to control in traffic jams with that damned button on.
Overall, the Japanese have done it again. It's a good car, I must admit. It's affordable, at least cheaper than the Honda Accord that just recently came out, but it's not my sort of car to live with. It's the sort of car to drive from point A to B, enjoy the silent ride like a cheap Mercedes Maybach, and not the sort of car to take onto the tracks..
Plus if you are talking about cheap cars, there're cars available for less than RM10k which are still in extremely good condition. Besides that, buying a full 1st hand car is an achievement, but it's still a machine that takes you from point A to B.. I'd rather settle down with something more simpler.
More raw.
Less computers, and more spirit. An Alfa Romeo perhaps? XD
And if road tax is a problem, get an RX8 .. 1.3 cc, rotary engine .. giving it 2.6cc in total .. And it's a 4 door car.. so.. yummy.. XD
Then again, the speed beats the Kembara anytime, so....
... Jom KL .. XD
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