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Just to try to get a few of you "defending" your little IQ's ! : Is a "Old Volvo" a better option ? Probably not, as it is much bigger, uses much more petrol, costs more to run: (Excluding the purchase price) However I have had about 6 of these (see attached example pic) and they all ran to over 250,000 miles and then some,,, and not one ever let me down once ! Built like a tank but almost lasts forever, perhaps I was just lucky ? Comments ? Positive Regards, Bob.

Thanks for your response; the way i feel is that the RAV has that something special about it that makes you forgive its g/box. problems.........If you treat it for what it is a recreation vehicle, a distraction and a pleasure to drive, it does what it's supposed to do. If you expect it to tow a 1.5 tonne caravan in fifth at low R.P.M. then you'll be calling recovery. During my working life toyota was the best volume manufacturer for the everyday motorist by a good margin........" the car in front is/was a toyota". However it seems that quality on rav trasmissions and their similar format cars is a bit of a lottery......some last some don't. Keeping mine as a second car, prepared to wait until a proven good low mileage transmission comes along, then change the lot including a new D.M.F. For lugging my Caravan i've bought a diesel auto landrover, all the suspension links are typically clunky, but at least it doesn't vibrate and i don't need a damper on the rear view mirror.Thanks again for all your sound advice. Starting to enjoy retirement and being a grumpy old man, you can pretty much say what you like, what youv'e always thought,but they can't sack you for doing it .................Ray'

Aye but they look like part of the vehicle an not just added. I would fit them flush in the bumper.

Yes - thought it would do icely

Hello Seamus - welcome to TOC.

Rear pads only a dawdle, Charlie....to do discs therefore handbrake shoes is a right wee fiddle......me and you do not have that patience any more.....trust me....... So is it not possible to slacken off the handbrake and slip the discs off and new ones on ? Or do the handbrake shoes come apart when doing this ?

Ok here is the answer. The Tns 510 and Tns 350 only require a new SD card. Mine was £136 inc. the SD card holds the operating system under the file name of loading.kiwi and map data. The loading . Kiwi file is not encrypted and can be copied. Useful if your SD card becomes corrupt. I have mailed this file to others to allow their tns to turn on. Without the Sd card if you disconnect the battery your tns is dead in the water. You cannot copy the whole SD card as the encryption on it is linked to the SD cards manufacture's serial number. There is no extra license required. On the tns 350 there was meant to be a way of updating the map data via the internet but doesnt look like it was ever implemented. Word of warning if you buy a iQ with a tns 510 or a 350 and it hasnt got a SD map card with it then DONT! Disconnect the battery or you will not be able to use the tns for anything other than holding the door back

Not sure to be honest, if you go to the map update site www.toyota-mapupdates.eu it will tell you when the last one was and what is new on the new card, if the last update was say June 12, you would think the next one would be 12 months on Kingo