Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

Having just come back from a trip to HK and Malaysia, I saw these things (and the El Grand) everywhere. I have to admit they look nice for a van/MPV

Funny thing happened in Malaysia - we were waiting for a friend to pick us up in his van. A totally decked out Vellfire pulled up to the curb next to us so I went to open the rear door. The driver shouted at me in Malay and I was like "WTF - wrong car oops!". Bloody nice car though!

Too bad we spent the rest of our trip in my friend's crappy lil Toyota Uncer/Kijang...damn that 1.8L engine was struggling with the 6 of us in the car!!

  • 2 weeks later...
  • Replies 46
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

I own a first gen Alphard V MS 3.0L 4WD (yes they do come in 4WD). Used it in Japan while I lived there and decided to bring it back because I couldnt find a similar people mover here. A lot of nice features like auto doors and flipdown screen for back passengers.

They certainly are great family cars that actually look decent for a mini-van. I modified mine a bit with coilover suspension, second gen 18inch rims, and exhaust system. Probably does 0-100 in just under 10secs, but never going to win any drag races.

Here is a picture of it when I was in Japan. Havent taken any since I got here yet.

The second gen Alphard and Vellfire look great and has some great kits out. The 3.5L engine is a beast and really moves the car. Pity they wont catch on in Oz but I certainly have had some good comments about it (as well a weird looks).

post-77833-1287664865_thumb.jpg

I'm currently in Hong Kong and never a Van / MPV type of person but after seeing heaps of modded Vellfires here, I want one!

Hope you guys can get them into Oz, as I'll definately be interested!

Got it in one Will, just waiting on the article to be run and we'll get things moving. The fact that I want one for a family bus has nothing to do with it of course. Might add the Vellfire while I'm at it - sexiest people mover on the planet...

vellfire_05.jpg

  • 1 month later...

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now



  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • I've seen similar actually in my situation. You never know what tables are attempted to be used when the car thinks it's -99C or +200C. The fail state is not usually that extreme but you know what I mean - it was in my case though! This is where being able to read all the sensors is useful cause you see this stuff really quickly.
    • The above is very important. However as long as you keep timing relatively low, it's plausible to make your own knock ears and plausible to learn to tune with a modern ECU that can do wideband O2 correction like a boost controller. I mean if you only have one viable road to even drive the car on, learning to tinker to this level may be worth doing given you can't do much else with the car...?
    • I find the fact that the rear plate has to be bent inwards at the rear not so bad: but the front is just awful: It's like come on. (these are my very old, now retired/turned in plates) TBH it is a lot of money to fix a minor issue, the fact I said "I'll never really spend the money on doing this" is why people ended up buying them as a gift for a 'car guy' who can be hard to shop for.. for car guy things.
    • I just bent the ends of my premo plates. It even went through Regency like that after the engine conversion and the inspector (a great bloke!) just squinted his eyes and said "I didn't see that". Plates, and how they look, are just something that have zero importance to me.
    • Yeah, I would have said the same. It makes me suggest that there are other things wrong, such that the ECU is totally unhappy with the broken sensor. The only other thought here is that maybe it is shorted, which might cause a different issue to the typical "disconnected" sensor.
×
×
  • Create New...