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Preparing your car for life after Lockdown
With the combination of further lockdowns and the colder winter months creeping in, the chances are that your car might be feeling a bit under the weather right now Rather than get caught out, here are some straightforward checks and simple DIY fixes brought to you by Halfords that you can do to make sure that your vehicle starts when you need it to (and is mechanically safe and sound when it does). Check your battery Car batteries can fail for several reasons, but two of the most commo
TOYOTA ANNOUNCES PRICES FOR ALL-NEW CAMRY SELF-ChARGING HYBRID SALOON
The Toyota Camry self-charging hybrid saloon is set to return to the UK this summer, delivering a winning combination of style, refinement and dynamic poise, founded on its use of Toyota’s New Global Architecture (TNGA) platform. In anticipation of the car’s arrival, Toyota has this week announced prices and outline equipment specifications for the new line-up The eighth generation of the world’s best-selling upper medium saloon will be exclusively a hybrid model in the UK, giving ult
RARE TOYOTA SELLS FOR MORE THAN $900,000
Few cars can claim to be genuinely iconic, but Toyota’s beautiful 1960s 2000GT sports car certainly is. Now a rare example has gone under the hammer for more than $900,000 Very few 2000GT come up for sale, never mind one originally bought and owned by legendary American racing driver Otto Linton (1917-2018), so this 1967 model attracted fierce bidding when it arrived on the auction platform at RM Sotheby’s in the US. Bidding exceeded the car’s upper estimate, closing at $912,500, or ap
TOYOTA GAZOO RACING TAKE LE MANS HAT-TRICK
Toyota Gazoo Racing earned a third consecutive overall Le Mans 24 Hours win with the TS050 Hybrid after a turbulent and ultimately successful race at the Circuit de la Sarthe Sébastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima and Brendon Hartley completed over 5,000km (over 3,100 miles) of a gruelling race, held for only the second time in September, and won by five laps in the No8 TS050 Hybrid, to take the lead in the drivers’ World Championship. For Sébastien and Kazuki, this was their third consecuti
GR SUPER SPORT MAKES DYNAMIC PUBLIC APPEARANCE AT LE MANS
The GR Super Sport hypercar returned to its spiritual home today to drive in public for the first time, as part of its ongoing development process, shortly before the start of the 88th Le Mans 24 Hours at the Circuit de la Sarthe Fittingly for a vehicle based on the twice Le Mans-winning TS050 Hybrid race car, a GR Super Sport development model, customized as a convertible and in GR camouflage livery, completed a demonstration lap, before participating in the ceremony to return the Le Mans
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Purchasing a higher than average mileage Yaris
Hi Guys on the Yaris forums, I must admit that I've never been to this side of the forums before, usually on the Avensis & Aygo ends. However, my son is looking to buy his first car. He's come across a beautiful white 2015 Yaris sport, looks in good nick, from an independent garage, but has close to 84k on the clock with a full Toyota dealership service history. It'll cost him 5500 pounds. Is it a wise move? I could do with some advice please. Are there any pointer
2010 Avensis 2.0 D4d aircon bypass
Hi I dont know if this has been brought up before, but basically my aircon compressor is making noise at idle and when driving it gets quite loud. No gas in system as the condensor has a leak, so Im guessing bearings are bad from running dry. Is it possible to remove the aircon unit and bypass that pulley by using a shorter drive belt? If so does anybody know what size belt is required. The engine code is 1AF Cheers
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