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Hi keith2785 Couldn't agree more I've been a Gen 7 GT Celica owner for the past five years, and as long as the Silver Sliver remains reliable and generally 'sound', it will not be sold/part exchanged for the foreseeable future

Many thanks to all those who advised me. Its cured now. Symptoms: Lumpy tickover when cold, it sort of hunts up and down and feels like its going to stall. When warm just slightly lumpy tickover. Cure: When looking at the engine from the front of the car, on the left there is a shiny bronze vaccuum advance/!Removed! thing at the front of the engine. This is connected to a casting that is held to the front of the engine by four 12mm bolts. This same casting also holds the dipstick securing plate and part of the wiring loom (with 10mm bolts). It has a 2 inch diamater short hose going to its top from the air cooler that sits on top of the engine. ONE Undo and remove the hose from the air cooler - may need to loosten the air cooler first (I did). TWO Undo the 10mm bolts that hold the dipstick and the wiring loom to the casting. THREE Undo all the 12mm bolts. You are dealing with aluminium, so undo all bolts a bit at a time to avoid distorting anything (same applies when re-fitting) FOUR Take off the casting. Look in the casting - mine was really full of carbon so that an internal air-way was virtually blocked. Clean all this crap out anyway you like. Also, clean out any carbon in the manifold - i.e. look into the engine block and clean out the crud you can reach with a rag. Re-build it all, then marvel at your tickover returning to its as-new sound. Nice. Splendid. Hopefully that'll last another 40,000 / 50,000 miles or so. It took about an hour and a half. Cheers all and good luck. Back to smooth motoring and 70 mpg. Bob

I own the TS Excel and I think the whole system is weak and difficult to dial in a comfortable temperature. I have issues with condensation of the rear window and the front windscreen at times. There are no feet vents to the rear either. Whilst it is not the end of the world but paying for a £25k car that does not cater for rear passengers is penny pinching in the extreme.

Personally i have a Auris Excel Hybrid, And i think the heating is crap, The prius is miles better, Only put Eskimos in the back.

Hmmm, maybe that explains their strategy toward their loyal customers - they actually want to put some of them off buying more of their products!!! For example: In mid 2003 (about six months before the Gen 2 Prius was launched), Toyota invited about 20 members of the Yahoo Prius-UK group to a preview of the new model in Wimbledon. I was mightily impressed that they were so interested in our opinions. Many of the group very forcefully said that we would be really unhappy with a space saver spare tyre (the left hand drive, pre production model they showed us had no spare at all, just a can of gunge). A couple of people virtually dismantled the boot to prove they could make space for a 'proper' spare. We also mentioned heated mirrors, and when one of the Toyota people mentioned they were considering fitting a reversing camera (just a camera - no self park at that time, although the Japanese model had park assist from day one) and many of us said we would kill for such a feature. I also pointed out that adaptive cruise control had been available on the luxury end of the market about 15 years and it was high time it permeated toward cars like the 2nd generation Prius - it didn't. So imagine our disappointment when the car was launched with: a toy spare wheel (but at least it had one!)no heated mirrors (by this time even humble Fiesta were getting electric folding mirrors as well!)no reversing camera, but an annoying beep instead!They got 5 brownie points for asking our opinion, then lost 30 for ignoring everything we told them!

If you register at www.my.toyota.eu you will be able to access a full owners manual.