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Wales could have taken a leaf out of Khan's book and allowed drivers to exceed the 20 MPH speed limit whenever they liked as long as they paid £12.50 😉

However, legislation effective from July will discount this. Cars bought new recently will probably no longer have this facility.

After a phone call to the dealers it appears the two “blue screens” have to be accepted each time the ignition is switched on 🤷‍♂️ unless anyone knows differently 🤔

it's version 18.00 iirc it is last version, they have now moved over to GTS Plus and boy is that resource hungry just another thing I remembered, I used a Mini VCI (this only does CAN) so other systems may not be showing - I will have to dig out the Autel or VXdiag and have another try it did not detect my VIN at first either so had to manually select MXPH10, I may try a few other model codes/regions when time allows Techstream is all windows x86 based

I bought a 2022 Aygo X Exclusive earlier this week and it was set to visual only. I wanted the audio and visual alert so went to the settings menu and it gave me the option to turn it off, have visual only or visual and audio. There is also the option to change when the alert kicks in.

Mine comes as a copy from my passport - also displaying an arrestible visage, so there are two sources that can result in “getting my collar felt”!

ICE cars have come a long way in terms of emissions cleanliness, the only real issue being particles in the atmosphere. DPF is supposed to cure this, but the DPF is cleaned and vented into the atmosphere during long drives at speeds in excess of 40 mph. It has puzzled me why the DPF hasn’t been further developed to capture the particles in a storage vessel, for controlled disposal during the annual servicing. With the government axing the sale of new ICE vehicles by 2030, and a requirement for a minimum percentage of new cars to be EVs (failure subject to punitive action), has the possible technological improvement of the internal combustion engine been thwarted by this strategy?

Then it's obvious, isn't it? Toyota are going to discontinue production of their globally best-selling model - the RAV4 - in favour of the bZ4X (which needs a bit of a boost). Not. As Adrian says, worry about it only if/when it happens ... 😉

Absolutely 100pc. Said that Toyota could not guarantee the 'model'. Talked about some changes being made in the second convo I had yesterday afternoon. I've spoke two different folks there now. Same answer. Can't guarantee the model. They are in essence saying the opposite to your 2nd to last paragraph. They can't guarantee it and have put it in writing to our company car folks. I've asked if they can give sight of this from Toyota. As mentioned to Flatcoat the first person I spoke with also used the word 'unusual' at one point. I'm leaning towards either a significant spec change to the R4P GR Sport (possibly for the worse if supply chain issues are predicted?) or a discontinuation of the GR Sport trim. Being on the cusp of new registration (September) no doubt being more than a coincidence.

True but this is the first time it was explicitly stated and 'unusual' was how the company car folks described it.

Your guess is at least as good if not better than mine ... But words are important here. Are you absolutely certain that they used the word model? Because that strongly implies the RAV4.5 PHEV (as it appears in the price list). If it were the end of the RAV altogether or the emergence of the RAV4.6 we'd expect to have heard reliable rumours by now, sneak-peak details emerging through the summer, formal announcement around September ready for order in October and, exactly as you say, deliveries 1st or 2nd QTR next year. And we don't believe that ... So, you may have mis-remembered the wording used or the guy you spoke with may have been very careless (or just an idiot). Toyota is known to mess with grades almost on a whim. Not so long ago the GR Sport was named Dynamic, and every so often we get a Black Edition or Adventure grade. And, of course, they do 'mess' with specification details - normally to add stuff to encourage sales when models start to approach the run-out stage, but also, more recently, to trim the cost and/or to deal with supply chain issues. And that is perfectly possible. But, we could go onto the Toyota website and order the GR Sport that you have specified today and have a reasonable expectation that, once Toyota have accepted the order, that is the car they would deliver. There could be parts supply issues over which Toyota have no control but that isn't generally the Toyota way. So, this all makes me suspect that your leasing company haven't yet actually ordered your car?

It could happen with any car you order. I learned a long time ago we always worry about the wrong thing. If it happens deal with it at the time, in the meantime get on with your life. Worse things happen at sea as they say.

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Hi @flash22 , any ideas on what could be wrong?

💯 Spot on. And that filtered through into drive train subsystems.

Holy **** mate. Best of wishes to you. 🤞🙏 Going through serious health issues but not in the same league as your good self. Luckily still in the same job though but if that goes so does the car (company car).

It's ordered. Ordered a couple months ago. The issue isn't with me per se but rather Toyota saying we can't guarantee it will be the same as what I've ordered. I'm sure you would have the same doubts if you ordered something big and several months in you were told the thing you thought you were buying may not be it. 😅

Robbery

To be fair, Mike, Tony did suggest WD40 Silicone spray. Not the originalWD40 lubricant/water dispersant (WD). I use WD40 Silicone aerosol spray, and other similar, for many applications involving plastic, rubber etc..

Not directly related, but the detected limit is always based on the last sign it has "seen". So if you come out of a 20mph zone, it will often stick on that and warn, even though that is no longer the limit. The detected speed limit and the satnav map-based speed limit often disagree. I even seen it where both are different and both are wrong. This seem to be quite a fundamental thing to be able to get right if cars are going to be driving themselves!

Following a disastrous 2023 with redundancy, 4 months unemployment and double cancer diagnosis all at the same time, and now I am working again but with a third drop in income, my saving plan to do similar was totally kyboshed. Will have no choice but to refinance, just hope loan rates come down between now and next summer!

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Like they did in Wales when the speed limit was reduced, and as you say, when EU mandates it, it will happen anyway no matter what we mere mortals have to say

****, make your mind up and order something! I can prevaricate when it comes to car choices however you leave me in the shade! The lease company won’t care, they simply want you to make a decision, Toyota dealer sales staff won’t know - their job is to sell cars. None of the car media make any reference to a new or updated RAV although purely in life cycle terms I would expect a new RAV in the next 2 years or so. I personally very much doubt it will be this year.

It’s quite probable, David, you’ve come across the RSA ‘bug’ whereby it suddenly sees everything in Km/Hr so your 30(mph) is seen as 18(km/hr) so at 20 you’re ‘exceeding’ what it thinks is the limit. Mine has recently started to do the same thing after previously worked fine for some time. Many posts on the same problem, Toyota don’t seem to have a fix !