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No, no problems at all ... They are fine on a hot day - the CC is basically summer rubber adapted for year round use (as opposed to the 'original' all season tyres that were cold weather rubber adapted for summer use).

I'm asking was there a paricular issue with your car because our Cross can sit for several days without issue. The lady a few doors up bought a new Yaris Hybrid and that thing can sit a week without moving from her drive. All I've ever heard her say is she loves her little car. As for the comment re: autolights are rubbish. I don't get that at all, I think the exact opposite. The lights come on when the sensor in the windscreen is triggered by insufficient light, so if you're going thru trees that are shading the road? If your sensor deems it necessary the light is insufficient then other road users aren't going to see you too well either, especially if they are in bright sunlight. We all know what it's like when we're driving in bright sun and then say enter a tunnel... for the first few secs we can't see a thing until our eyes adjust. So isn't it a good thing the lights come on? I'd have said that was a bonus. As for a 2nd car that's hardly used. I get that, totally disagree with the 'get a bus' comment - why shouldn't someone have a car for occassional use? Plenty of people own cars that are rarely used. The thing is, using an ICE will also cause problems. Anything mechanical needs to be used otherwise you have to accept it will become unreliable. An engine that isn't being turned over is not good for that engine, as for the rest of the components? That's why airlines store their unused aeroplanes in places like the Mojave desert rather than Manchester airport. 🤣 Look at car collectors who obviously have cars that are rarely used. They're always undercover, they're regulalry serviced and their batteries are always on trickle charge - regarless of what type of engine is powering them. Good luck with the Mazda.

I run on Michelin Cross Climates. All season tyres are good for "all seasons" and the car rides and handles well on them so I am happy. I've no particular reason to believe other tyres that I haven't tried are necessarily better or worse but the CCs are noticeable better than the stock tyres supplied from new.

Seems that there are no window controls with 2024 connected services in the brochure. Can you actually change the temperature of your climate control remotely or does it just stay at what was set when you exited the car? My dealer seems to think this is the case and it is why you have defrosts and I don't - can't say I'm convinced.

Thanks for the info Graham

I've started getting emails from members again, which is pretty annoying. Surely under GDPR it's a requirement to be able to delete an account?

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Fab, thanks for the replies. The service is due next month, I will give the 0w20 a try and see how it goes.

I don’t know the answer but I recently had this done and the GL rating is important for mine it was gl-4 , think if wrong it can attack oil seals

That sounds normal to me, it is all electricalmk3 has a pump and accumulator, newer cars (P210, E210) are directly driven with no vacuum system at all if you haven't already your car may be due a 12v battery

I need help with buying the correct gearbox oil for my car it needs to be the correct type as it something i gonna be replacing once and i don't want to mess it up as i seen their many different varients on the market and the most common one i have across is the COMMA MVMTF PLUS 75W - 5L

I have these in my shopping cart on the Halfords website - how do they perform on hot days? Say a hot Spanish motorway? Any major problems of running these all year?

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I sold my Aygo nearly 2 years ago, how do I delete my account please?

Pump the brake pedal and if it comes up and there is little movement, they need bleeding. Its recommended that brake fluid is changed every two years as its hydroscopic and can absorb water and cause spongy brakes.

I wonder if the standard Yaris is also made in France I wouldn’t normally buy a French car but as it’s got Toyota/Japan behind it that’s ok

I'm not a fan of side steps, I keep bashing my songs on them. The Premier Edition comes with 360 cameras 🙂

My wife has always had new cars and usually changed at 5 years old. Was never a problem with petrol or diesel cars. The diesel Auris was fine and we never had any issues at all with it.

Yeah 35Ah is quite low I’m guessing using the car every few days is enough to keep the battery topped up ok I am just thinking what if I left my car at an airport for 3 weeks would I come back to a dead car? I will now get my coat 🤣

2nd diy oil change inspired by members on here and watching you tubers , It took an hour which included getting equipment out of shed and cleaning up after .

Michelin CrossClimate 2, brilliant tyre.

According to Goodyear the difference in fuel economy between each class in the European tyre labelling (e.g. class A to class B) is approx 0.1 litre per 100km. So at current prices around £14-15 over 10,000km (around 6,200 miles). https://www.goodyear.eu/en_gb/consumer/learn/eu-tire-label-explained.html

@ninanina The 12V battery is 35Ah (20Ah less than a battery in a conventional car). The battery’s job when starting the car is to activate some high voltage relays so the lithium battery can then supply power to electric motor MG2 (which starts the petrol engine when required).

Good to hear. My corolla is late 2023 w/new multimedia, so it would be nice to hear from you if you succeded or failed with carlinkit. Let us know and good luck

Maybe it is indeed a tech issue they will resolve in time. There were certainly problems initially with being able to register the car and entering the mileage in the app.