what the heck? have you ever seen this before?

by **cgs0409** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:48 am

Let me put my .10 cents worth in here. The gauge cluster is just like the one I have in my 04. Wonder why some thought this was a Canadian or British cluster???? Both of those would have been in kilometers. Strange.......

by **harp00n** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 11:41 am

If I have such a cluster, how many gears do I have in my '04 Solara SE?

by **Biggi_e** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 1:18 pm

harp00n wrote:If I have such a cluster, how many gears do I have in my '04 Solara SE?

how do you buy a car and not know how many gears it has?? you can tell when you drive... :drinking:

by **Gangis** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 2:51 pm

CosmicGrooves wrote:
Sebas007 wrote:
MCOjerry wrote:Might be from a non-us Toyota car that uses a gauge cluster similar to the Solara and does not have manual mode.

Maybe British, they use MPH.

What...British use MPH ??????????????????????

Seem like you are right

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_unit

Except British miles are not the same distance as American miles.

"A British mile is the same distance as an American mile but a British pint is an imperial pint, 20% larger than an American pint."
Source: http://www.enjoy-europe.com/hte/chap27/metric.htm

by **kingkakyle** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 2:54 pm

harp00n wrote:If I have such a cluster, how many gears do I have in my '04 Solara SE?

its a 4 speed
only the 06 4cyl came with 5 gears

by **MCOjerry** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 6:33 pm

cgs0409 wrote:Let me put my .10 cents worth in here. The gauge cluster is just like the one I have in my 04. Wonder why some thought this was a Canadian or British cluster???? Both of those would have been in kilometers. Strange.......

Canadian yes, British, not so sure. They use MPH, but I can't remember what the car I drove looked like when I was there.

I can tell you for sure though, when you go to the UK, the distances and mileage are in MILES.

by **cgs0409** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 4:25 am

[quote="MCOjerry"][quote="cgs0409"]Let me put my .10 cents worth in here. The gauge cluster is just like the one I have in my 04. Wonder why some thought this was a Canadian or British cluster???? Both of those would have been in kilometers. Strange.......[/quote]

Canadian yes, British, not so sure. They use MPH, but I can't remember what the car I drove looked like when I was there.

I can tell you for sure though, when you go to the UK, the distances and mileage are in MILES.[/quote]

I stand corrected...the British are still on the Imperial measurement system...whick is the same as the US system. Britain voted down going metric as the remainer of the EU is on. There are only a handful of countries in the world that are not on the metric system.

by **harp00n** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:27 am

Biggi_e wrote:
harp00n wrote:If I have such a cluster, how many gears do I have in my '04 Solara SE?

how do you buy a car and not know how many gears it has?? you can tell when you drive...

Well, I just loved the common view of the car and I loved the engine (yes, I know, 4cyl, but it ROCKS). I didn't really care about number of gears when I bought it, but now in everyday use it's interesting to me

Currently there's about 10-12 Solaras in Kharkov, a city I live (1.8 million people here) and mine is the only one Cosmic Blue, so I love it very much!

by **harp00n** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:28 am

kingkakyle wrote:
harp00n wrote:If I have such a cluster, how many gears do I have in my '04 Solara SE?

its a 4 speed
only the 06 4cyl came with 5 gears

Has it given any improved perfomance (0-60mph)?

by **MCOjerry** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 6:15 pm

harp00n wrote:
Biggi_e wrote:
harp00n wrote:If I have such a cluster, how many gears do I have in my '04 Solara SE?

how do you buy a car and not know how many gears it has?? you can tell when you drive...

Well, I just loved the common view of the car and I loved the engine (yes, I know, 4cyl, but it ROCKS). I didn't really care about number of gears when I bought it, but now in everyday use it's interesting to me

Currently there's about 10-12 Solaras in Kharkov, a city I live (1.8 million people here) and mine is the only one Cosmic Blue, so I love it very much!

There are 10 or 12 people that imported a Solara over there? Strange.

by **harp00n** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 12:50 pm

MCOjerry wrote:There are 10 or 12 people that imported a Solara over there? Strange.

Why?

People love here good cars, but it's rather hard to import a Solara here, so their number is limited.

by **MCOjerry** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 3:41 pm

harp00n wrote:
MCOjerry wrote:There are 10 or 12 people that imported a Solara over there? Strange.

Why?

People love here good cars, but it's rather hard to import a Solara here, so their number is limited.

That's why, you just said it.

I just find it strange that so many people would choose a Solara to import.

by **Ruski** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 4:48 pm

The dealer that bought my last two cars. imports cars to Russia and Ukraine .. but he usually imports Suvs like the lexus Rx and Toyota Highlander... last time i visited my country was summer of 06 , i saw about 6 solara Gen 2 and 1 gen 1.. and thats in City of Dnepropetrovsk in Ukraine..

by **harp00n** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:42 am

Ruskimafia wrote:The dealer that bought my last two cars. imports cars to Russia and Ukraine .. but he usually imports Suvs like the lexus Rx and Toyota Highlander... last time i visited my country was summer of 06 , i saw about 6 solara Gen 2 and 1 gen 1.. and thats in City of Dnepropetrovsk in Ukraine..

Can you please contact me to m_shlyah(sobak]ukr.net?

by **chuchurocket** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 10:14 pm

harp00n wrote:
kingkakyle wrote:
harp00n wrote:If I have such a cluster, how many gears do I have in my '04 Solara SE?

its a 4 speed
only the 06 4cyl came with 5 gears

Has it given any improved perfomance (0-60mph)?

it should save u some gas, and by that i mean a very very teeny amount.

it should also help u on the 0-60 number, but it will be too small of a fraction of a second, in other word, nothing that anybody will ever notice if u swap ur 4 speed for the newer 5 speed

what the heck? have you ever seen this before?

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