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The 2008 COROLLA uses the same platform, chassis and engines with 2001 series. So essentially just a FACELIFTED model.

Its OUTDATED even before reaching the market.

I wouldn't spend almost a million bucks for this thing.

Shame on you, TOYOTA.

HOW TO MAKE SYNTHETIC OIL THE EASY AND CHEAP WAY (According to Shell, Castrol, Havoline, TopOne, Pennzoil, BP and many others)

1. Get hold of ordinary Mineral Oil.

2. Subject this fluid to high pressure in the presence of steam (ample supply of Hydrgen atoms).

3. TADA! Put the resulting oil with extra Hydrogen bonds in new synthetic oil packaging and TRIPLE the price. Allow a big ad budget to FOOL the masses.

Now I ask you, would you subject your car to 10,000 kms per oil change?

HWAG KAYO MAGPAPALOKO.

The 2008 model is a LACKLUSTER execution of the iconic COROLLA MODEL.

The SPEC SHEET will show that VERY LITTLE has mechanically changed from the 2001-on model.

-ANDRE PALMA, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Feb. 13, 2008

A lot of people dont know that MOST Synthetic oils are just modified mineral oils. These are classified as Group III Synthetics.

Brands such as Castrol, Shell, Valvoline, Top1, Pennzoil, BP, and many others fall under this bracket. They are CHEAP to make.

The better oils such as fall under Group IV and V Synthetics. (PAO and Esters). These are the real synthetics as they are built up molecule by molecule.

Mobil 1 used to be Group IV. But lately naging HYBRID na siya. (actually a mix of Group III and IV). Nagtipid na rin sila kasi nobody knows the real story anyway. Mas malaki pa ang kita. Just spend more for advertising na lang.

Many of the posts here reveal that many don't realize that they are being fooled by the oil companies.

KAYA HWAG KAYO MAGPAPALOKO!!!!

just maintain a regular oil change every 5000kms. Mineral Oil are good enough

That is TRUE. Its better to change oil religiously every 5000kms using mineral oil than extending oil changes to 10,000kms using synthetics. Mas mura pa.

Although the oil companies don't want you to know this.

As the engine designer of Honda says: "OIL IS NOT WHISKY, YOU DON"T HAVE TO BUY THE MOST EXPENSIVE ONE. JUST FOLLOW REGULAR MAINTENANCE AS WHAT IS WRITTEN IN YOUR MANUAL"

I went to the soft launch of the new Corolla. It was a big YAWN. P1.03M for the top-line 1.8 model. Jeez

If you are an oil PURIST, The TRUE synthetic oils are those PAO (polyalphaolefin) + esther based lubricants. These are expensive to manufacture kaya mahal ang MOTUL, AMSOIL, ROYAL PURPLE.

Some oil companies have "FAKE" synthetic oils because they use a PETROLEUM-based (therefore not man-made) hydroisomerized stock lubicant. Unfortunately, CASTROL, PENZOIL, and most other CHEAPER synthetic oils fall under this category.

There was a big lawsuit in the US because of this. In the end, naka-lusot mga fake synthetics as the courts allowed a less stringent "synthetic" standard.

I took BIOCHEMISTRY kaya alam ko maraming pwedeng idaya sa Hydrocarbon molecules. Konting tweak lang sa isang molecule, iba na ang result.

Basta the general rule is:

NOT ALL SYNTHETICS ARE CREATED EQUAL.

its not a fair comparison because civic was just recently updated while the altis has been around since 2002. so lets wait for the new altis before deciding!!!

I saw the new Corolla in Australia. Its BLAND and BORING. Looked like an enlarged Vios.

TOYOTA PUSHES BACK INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW COROLLA

"Toyota chiefs ordered a last-minute redesign of the next-generation Corolla after seeing Honda's avant-garde Civic at the Geneva show earlier this year. Insiders say senior execs were worried the new Corolla, said to resemble a scaled-up Yaris, would be seen as far too conservative.

The redesign reportedly has pushed back the launch of the tenth-generation Corolla by at least six months. But it underscores Toyota's resolve to shake off its reputation for building BLAND cars.

Toyota executive vice president Kazuo Okamoto concedes some of Toyota's products, haven't had the desired impact on consumers because of the way these cars look. "I think our design could've been WEAK," he said in Tokyo recently. "We didn't have enough aggression in our design.", MOTOR TREND Magazine.

AYAN, No. 2 officer na ng TOYOTA ang umamin na the Corolla was BLAND, WEAK and LACKS AGGRESSION in design.

pano kung ganito ang altis na pang sundo mo sa date mo? taxi pa din ba ang dating?

http://www.topgear.com.ph/feature/images/peace_makers/img01.jpg

Hinde, minsan PULIS car ang dating, kung ganun lang ang kapareho mo, never mind na lang. :upside:

new Altis looks great

It will soon be the best looking TAXI in the country.

The trouble with a COROLLA is when you pick up your date in one, you will see other Altis's in TAXI form. HAHAHAHA!

btw, when will the new corolla be introduced here in the Philippines? and how about its looks?

New Corolla looks like a bigger Vios. Nuthin great.

2.4M ang CX-9. Overpriced for a MAZDA. Sayang, nice car pa naman.

With all the POTHOLES sa roads natin, hindi pwede ang FWD. Naglabasan ang mga LAGATOK.

Go watch PRETTY WOMAN.