Ben's Aurion

Ben

So as my 240 is currently sitting in a shed in Melbourne waiting for me to start earning money again, I thought I'd add an interim thread on my 2010 Toyota Aurion ATX. It's a tweaked Camry inside and out with a 200kw V6 and a 6 speed auto. It's comfy, very safe and costs 2 tenths of fuck all to run. Mods planned are the Camry Touring 17" wheels I picked up for $50. This is what it looks like (PR shot shown with extras like foglights that didn't come on our model but the paint and wheels are correct):

Ex850R

Great colour and indeed the 200 killerwasps go pretty well as I can attest in my bro inlaws rav v6........And he is a noon at times.....They can run E85 too!

Vee_Que

Don't know about the e85 bit. What is the economy in it exactly as saying it doesn't cost much is way too vague. My mate says it about his v8 discovery doing 18l/100km :p

Ex850R

The rav v6 runs E85 , don't see why they would change it for this car.....
Your mate is talking about oil consumption not fuel , its a Land rover....
The rav v6 does better economy than my v70t.

Ben

Yep, does E10 and I usually do every tenth tank with 98. At the moment we're paying about $30 a week for petrol on average as we're using the car less - renting in Belconnen. They're rated at 9.9l/100km.

The colour is great Les, although it can meld into the road sometimes. It's not black, not silver and has a hint of brown through it in the light. I've never been a fan of chrome but it actually suits this car.

Engine is strong but the gearing is quite high though, you're over the ton in second when hoofing it!

Ex850R

If you want more poke try E85 , the bro does it on his hoon back road trips from Warrnambool and loves it. It uses more fuelbthough with that stuff but its cheaper to buy. I know the brown and the chrome suits it more than any other colour , which I hate it on !

Ben

Choice, I'll look into it!

Tigabu

How'd you find getting used to the foot 'hand' brake?

Spac

This must surely be the first ever Camry project/showroom thread in the history of the universe?
:D

Tigabu

:))

Ben

Tigabu;8343 wroteHow'd you find getting used to the foot 'hand' brake?

Yeeeeaahhhhh, that's a bit funky personally but my wife has tendonitis in the wrists so it's perfect for her.

Spac;8346 wroteThis must surely be the first ever Camry project/showroom thread in the history of the universe? :D

=; talk to the hand! - lol

Surprisingly, there's quite the community as well: http://au.toyotaownersclub.com/forums/

K3FSAR

Nice. Needs a supercharger :P Same engine block as the TRD version?

Ben

lol, that would be a great upgrade! Thanks. From what I've read it's expensive to do it, requiring a lot of parts that cost a lot of money - if you follow TRD's route. Some people are turbocharging them though. I also get the impression that there's something funky with the EMS and how that links in with the transmission as well so it could take some time to get it running with an external system.

But hey, the TRD's are getting cheaper - I reckon the wife would have another one!

egads (she/her)

The hybrid is apparently as fun as these to drive if not more, real early power/torque. Do like as far as non volvo goes.

Vee_Que

Ex850R;8315 wroteIf you want more poke try E85 , the bro does it on his hoon back road trips from Warrnambool and loves it. It uses more fuelbthough with that stuff but its cheaper to buy. I know the brown and the chrome suits it more than any other colour , which I hate it on !

From all the reviews I've read about these cars. They have never mentioned running e85. So I wouldn't run it without making sure the manual says you can.

There are threads on camrys being done up in mighty car mods forums. With people praising the visual etc mods more than a turbo volvo gets. Go figure.

Rated is different to what they actually get which is what I'm more interested in. If you do 300km a week than the economy is good, but 150km its not that flash. At about 1.60 a litre. :P

Ben

Vee_Que;8435 wroteRated is different to what they actually get which is what I'm more interested in. If you do 300km a week than the economy is good, but 150km its not that flash. At about 1.60 a litre. :P

Yeah I know, that's why I gave you a usage scenario - FWIW. Strangely enough, it doesn't track economy or display it anywhere and I can't be bothered with the whole notebook and pencil for calculations [-(

Vee_Que

Not many people really do I think. My parents did so I do. There are apps for it to. I have family members do it as well so I know if there is an issue with the car by fuel usage.

Raebird

Love our aurion, mines only a 2007 but I love it to death. I worked mine out to get about 9.5-9.9l/100km, so toyota was pretty bang on with their fuel economy specs.

Ben

I like the blue, that's nice :-bd

Raebird

Yeah, it is nice, I wasn't so sure at first but I'm in love with it now. Also scored reverse sensors and gps system even though it is only an at/x.