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Well, according to my wife, forever🥺😂. But it won't be less than 3 years, that's for sure.

how long will you be keeping the car?

I've sent a email to my dealer asking why they have not done this over 36 months like all my own previous plans and everyone else it's seems on the Forum and yes I'd also prefer told hold onto my hard earned cash for longer 👍

Hi, do you have part number this?

isnt 882 over 3 years = 24.50 pm? i stick mine in my interest account.. your money is better off in your own account, not someone elses.

@Mikesh I forgot this variation. In this case the audio from the phone is being played via the Bluetooth audio connection. In a similar was way to phone calls. The phone does all the processing and the head unit provides the "loudspeaker". Mind you, getting Bluetooth audio capabilities set up can be frustrating.

I have totally given up on our headunit. Dont use maps at all in fact i only use the headunit for sound or reverse camera. I use a tablet that fits on the air vents that covers the headunit when on a long journey. I can manage all my music, maps etc. using that. Much better, more responsive and easier to manage. Bluetooth takes 90 seconds to load, should be 10 max. Toyota need to pick up their game with their mulimedia tech, it's shocking how poor it is.

i work out the service costs and stick £50 a month away in a interest account and at end of year have covered enough to pay for the service and more. Any change leftover i use for the following year. Your money is better in your own account.

I looked into this with my 2023 RAV4 hybrid and when I sat down and worked it out it was basically the same as paying at the time. Yes it might hedge against inflation but the last few years have been an exception scam for all consumers in all industries. I decided to just pay it yearly whenever I get it serviced in the end...

Thanks for replies wish I had asked for my old wallet did not realise till got home not to worry

Bobby, Your Service Plan cost seems very wrong & the very latest Dongles from Carlink connect rapidly given I am an Apple Nut. Tel

If you’re using cruise control, it can feel like losing power/stuttering on road undulations - I’ve found it’s much more sensitive to road surface than other cars I’ve driven. That’s with the cornering assist option for the cruise control turned off. bur if you aren’t using cruise control, mine doesn’t do this. I’ve also turned off the proactive driving assistance which is supposed to work all the time as I found it wasn’t consistent.

Hi all, I'm looking for a brake booster/servo unit for my Hiace Commuter LH71 (2.4L diesel). Having trouble finding this part so I thought id ask the fine folks on this forum. Ive searched ebay and online part stores. Ive almost always found parts this way, its not usually much of a problem to get them, but this brake servo seems a little trickier. Can anyone recommend where I might look? Im in Australia btw.

Mine is the same. I play youtube app through my car via bluetooth. When I turn the ignition on, within a few seconds the car connects to my phone and the phone shows Toyota Touch connected, so able to use handsfree phone etc. But then I usually have to open the phone, and then press play on the youtube video to start the music playing. I usually have a playlist stored on my youtube account that I start playing music from and I have youtube premium so no ads get played, just plays through each song on the playlist as long as the phone has 4G signal. But when I turn the car off and the phone disconnects from bluetooth, even if I am only getting petrol, and then start the car back up again, more often than not, the app will require me to open the phone and press play on the video again to restart playback. However, sometimes, if I open the app in my house and select a song to start playing, and then lock the phone, then go out to the car, turn the engine on, within 10 seconds, the music will start playing without me having to open the phone and press play on the video. It is entirely random, sometimes it will start playing the video if the app is open and the phone is locked, but other times, it wont, and I have to unlock the phone and press play on the video. I have never understood why it sometimes plays automatically, but other times it doesnt. Phone is a Motorola G30 on Android 12, car is a late 2014 (64) with Touch 2 head unit.

I'm expecting to stop driving in the next few years and this MK3, while not perfect, is fine for now. Nothing I've read here about the MK4 makes me want it. Handling - don't care. MPG - at 2-3k miles a year, don't care. Looks - don't really care, but I'm not a fan. If I had to get another car, if this one was totaled for example, I really don't know what I'd get. I already use buses quite a bit (we are lucky that way) so quite possibly a taxi if the bus didn't work for a particular trip. (For holidays I already use bus and either NX to get to Heathrow or train to Gatwick, so no change there 🙂 )

Are you asking if it is a legal requirement to have it connected and working?

Hmm. But it connects on Bluetooth if he logs in to the phone. My MK3 seems to be less fussy. Audio from a music player or the (Google) navigation (and I've turned off the 'Android auto' on the phone) both just get passed to the car audio. It's friggin confusing with all these options and versions.

When I saw the box that mine came with, I asked if I could have the leather wallet back that I had passed to the dealer with my partex car. No problem and I will be hanging on to it from now on!

I am 75 years young and, having driven some exotic Rally Machinery and Race cars in another life long ago, I think that the standard Yaris is a great drive and handles better than most people might first think!

Taxes

Don't let it be your last car, the MK4 design without the sonar sensors doesn't do this, it's a huge upgrade from the MK3. Crikey, only read this thread now, that is dangerous Cyker 🫣

During 2022 i spent months working with Toyota Uk to get Multimedia / built-in Wifi unit working on the Prius with toyota uk website, so you could actually initialise a wifi virtual sim for your car. During this time I began to lose confidence with the built in systems , which became increasingly isolated over time if you wished to use alternatives like AA or Carplay as your main “internet” connection. More frustration this year as TM over radio was disabled (MY19 units does not use the new system) So that leads me to todays gripe… I am by nature a completionist, so even though i use Carplay i like to keep my Toyota Internal maps up to date …. So imagine my surprise when i went to run OTA map updates for UK / France when i get the message “OTA update subscription expired please login to MyT to update settings and register for updates” yes it did say MyT sorry that is cow poop, my account HAS registered, in fact i am mid PCP (2 out of 4) so no worries there then. The implementation on the MY20 Prius with an MY19 head unit has always been flaky and this is just another of many many examples. don't even get me started on MyT(oyota) being stuck in “trial” mode for 2 years so i cant even see my 12v status (yes seriously) Dear Mr/Ms Toyota please don't concentrate on this years model because its “shiny” and “new” for the 3 ppl that bought it. SORT OUT your loyal customer issues I guess i made the right decision to abandon internal mulimedia/sat nav and buy a wired/wireless converter (carlinkit v5) and use TomTomGo on my iphone with monthly updates to maps and have music streamed with zero delay … perhaps my nextmodel will be a base rather than a top of the range… or even not toyota (shock horror after 18 years ownership) at the end of the day if your supplier cant be bothered to support customers you will move elsewhere or buy a significantly detuned model oh and don't forget in 2025 “safety” featured become mandatory… so owning a 2020 / 2019 / 2016 Prius Gen4 would be desire-able so even more important to keep up to date

Home button-> cogwheel->sound (on my yaris)

Topic moved to the C-HR forum.

Hi all,new to the site.Had my new Chr design hybrid in metallic teal delivered today via Motorfinity. No ambient lighting fitted has the spec changed on this model, regards Lartel