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Old Jul 30, 2005 | 03:25 PM
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That thing looks huge. Maybe it's the angle of the photo, kind of like those fish-eye lens dog pictures.

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Old Jul 30, 2005 | 11:21 PM
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LOL, thanks guys. That thing IS HUGE. When I parked it next to the Harrier, my harrier looks almost puny. Never mind the Honda Fit. I think we can fit the Fit in the backseats with all the seats folded down.

By the way, we got this van in preparation for our coming baby. My wife is 2 mths pregnant.
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Old Jul 30, 2005 | 11:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Matters
Cool! I want to take it for a spin! It looks like a Lexus van. Much better than a Kijang
It's definitely 1000000x better than the Kijang heheheh.
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Old Jul 30, 2005 | 11:29 PM
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The engine leaves a lot to be desired though. We get the 1MZ-FE 3000cc engine, which is found in the Camry I believe?? We almost got the lower end 2.4L one but it's barely got any power to move the behemoth!
Geeze a 1MZ-FE At least put the 3MZ-FE for that size fo a vehicle. What HP output do they have for that 1MZ-FE V6. Yes 1MZ-FE is found in our Camry, and previously the Sienna, RX300 and Avalon.
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Old Jul 30, 2005 | 11:37 PM
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Jon....

Pimp that van....go VIP style dude....LOL!!!

Nice and tall as heck....almost a cross between a mini-van and an Econoline van.

Looks like alot of headroom....enuff to walk within the van without ducking or bending.

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Old Jul 30, 2005 | 11:40 PM
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Originally Posted by flipside909
Geeze a 1MZ-FE At least put the 3MZ-FE for that size fo a vehicle. What HP output do they have for that 1MZ-FE V6. Yes 1MZ-FE is found in our Camry, and previously the Sienna, RX300 and Avalon.
Yea, we get the newest generation of 1MZ-FE engine rated at 220ps. I think this is done mostly so the price (and tax) becomes affordable for most people that cater to this market...



This van still costs me around $80k though....yikes.
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Old Jul 31, 2005 | 12:10 AM
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very nice van jon, congrats on the new family ride

one question though.... if the nav doesn't work there anyway, plus you fully custom ordered your car, why did you still get it?
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Old Jul 31, 2005 | 12:28 AM
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Originally Posted by jtanoyo1
LOL, thanks guys. That thing IS HUGE. When I parked it next to the Harrier, my harrier looks almost puny. Never mind the Honda Fit. I think we can fit the Fit in the backseats with all the seats folded down.

By the way, we got this van in preparation for our coming baby. My wife is 2 mths pregnant.
Hey man, congratulations that is great news (I'm talking about the baby this time). Your baby is going to be one lucky little dude.....but I'm sure your baby will not want to turn up to day-care unless you put 24s on it
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Old Jul 31, 2005 | 02:38 AM
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Originally Posted by jtanoyo1
By the way, we got this van in preparation for our coming baby. My wife is 2 mths pregnant.
Congats Jon!!!!
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Old Jul 31, 2005 | 05:10 AM
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Originally Posted by rominl
very nice van jon, congrats on the new family ride

one question though.... if the nav doesn't work there anyway, plus you fully custom ordered your car, why did you still get it?
Well we wanted the DVD system and the theater 5.1 speakers as well as the front, sides and rear cameras and the only way we can get this is if we "add the little button that says nav" on the system. No way around it.

It's actually kinda funny coz the little arrow that represents the van is just sitting in the middle of nowhere (for all the nav is concerned, the van is probably in the middle of the sea thousands of miles away from Japan) but everytime i turn the car around, the arrow also turns. For all I know, the tip of the arrow probably points to its original factory location back in Japan hehehe....

Everyone else, thanks a lot for the wishes for the baby. We went for ultrasound yesterday and we heard our baby's first heartbeats. What a miracle....
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Old Jul 31, 2005 | 05:26 AM
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i dont know ...single dude had the hottest GS

married less than a year and he s rocking a VAN

Lord Let me stay single for the rest of my life ..and in this life may i always have hot girlfriends

Just kidding J

looks great ..perfect for the KIDS
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Old Jul 31, 2005 | 05:58 AM
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Congrats on the behemoth and of course the baby.

What kind of baby is your wife having by the way??? You need that behemoth for the baby???

I have two boys and I will never be seen "dead" in a van, much less buy one, but that's just me.
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Old Jul 31, 2005 | 07:02 AM
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Originally Posted by GTFM
i dont know ...single dude had the hottest GS

married less than a year and he s rocking a VAN

Lord Let me stay single for the rest of my life ..and in this life may i always have hot girlfriends

Just kidding J

looks great ..perfect for the KIDS
Hahahaha....but this is still the pimpvan, J. I know it will never be able to live up to the old Aristo, but oh well... hopefully this van project will turn out real nice in the near future.
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Old Jul 31, 2005 | 07:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Hameed
Congrats on the behemoth and of course the baby.

What kind of baby is your wife having by the way??? You need that behemoth for the baby???

I have two boys and I will never be seen "dead" in a van, much less buy one, but that's just me.
LOL, I was finding an excuse to buy this van. I've really liked this van long before I got married.
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Old Jul 31, 2005 | 09:52 AM
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Congrats on you and your wife becoming parents soon!

That van looks great except for the shopping cart wheels!

And $80K, that's U.S. right? How much of that is tax/tariffs, do you know?

Too bad you can't use the nav with that awesome looking screen - can't get a disk there? Is nav data available on any Lexus or Toyota in your country?
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