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UPDATE The gearbox was taken apart by a specialist, and repaired in a day for around €200. The 6th gear cog (33337-20060) had to be replaced. The inside grooves were nearly flat. See image. In the meantime a brand new clutch kit was installed; the old one was pretty worn out.

Most parts are unique to the Iq as it has a very short front end which demanded a special gearbox, suspension and air conditioning unit. Whether parts are interchangeable is a matter of conjecture. Even the sparkplugs are different on the iq3 ?? But I expect they will be the same for the Iq2 as there is less of a difference in the inlet manifolding as on the 1.33 application. Cheers Colin

Well I've had my brand new Yaris hybrid for 10 days now, time for my thoughts. The car is a bog standard Excel with 16" wheels and no extras. When I took out the Yaris HSD on demo for the day (4782 miles on the clock), I reset the AVG to zero and when I finished for the day my MPG readout was 69.1. After driving my new one for 243 miles the AVG fuel readout on the dash is 58.8, that's from when I drove it away from the dealers to now. I live 6 miles from a city and 4 of them are on a dual carraigeway so all in all I find that reasonable for the miles I have done so far, as the engine is still tight, although I don't think you will ever get the makers claimed MPG. The sad thing is I'M GETTING TO LIKE TRAFFIC !. The first thing I did when I got it home was to give the whole car a coat of Collinite 845, coating paintwork, wheels and glass, mainly because where I live I get a lot of tree sap in the air. Whilst doing this I found the car to be more tinny than I expected with a few rattles when taping around the rear valance which I think is due to the type of plastic fixings used and again the front fog surrounds. The doors don't sound solid when you close them, but apart from the use of a lot of plastics the build quality and under floor protection is good, as you would expect on a NCAP 5 rated vehicle. The screen on the TOUCH 2 is nice to view with a decent sound quality, and after reading other posts, I checked the software version to see if was up to date. http://www.toyotaownersclub.com/forums/topic/166399-dab-radioproblem/?p=1381785 It looks like the software on new cars has been done. The bluetooth sync with my HTC One was not a problem, but using my USB stick loaded with MP3's resulted in me having to set out the folders differently. The parking camera is very good once you get to know just how far the lines actually are, (RED = 50cm/19.5") (FIRST BLUE = 1m/40") (FAR BLUE 3.95m/13') ( WIDTH 2.55m/8' 4"). The cruise control makes driving easier and aids in keeping the MPG high, but the position of the stalk needs more thought as it rotates with the steering wheel. As for the position of the tyre pressure sensor reset button, you need a torch to find it. The dashboard has a nice feel to it, but there is nowhere to mount a SatNav or camera except on the windscreen because of the soft finish, not everyone want's to pay the extra for a TOUCH 2 & GO when they already have a TomTom. The feel of the brake pedal seemed inadequate to start with until you realise the first section of foot pressure is regenerative braking, but you soon get used to it by braking lighter and earlier. I tested the tyre pressure pump in the repair kit against a calibrated guage, when the pump registered 30 PSi (following the user guide instructions) there was actually 33.4 PSi in the tyre. A note to anyone who has not used the repair kit, once you re-inflate a tyre using the repair solution, many tyre fitting shops refuse to repair them, and opt for new replacements. Another point, Why Toyota has used "F" rated, noisy, ECO tyres I don't know, cost I suppose, I certainly won't replace with like for like when the time comes for new ones, and I do wish dealers wouldn't use tyre dressing on new tyres, it flings off onto the wheels, rotors and bodywork. When I first read up on the Yaris HSD, I decided to order one, then I saw on Fuelly how little MPG others were getting and it started "Buyer's regret". But now I have one, and am getting a good MPG, it makes me wonder how others are driving them or even if they should have bought a HSD to start with.

I wouldn't have thought that that was good driving practice? Especially not in a Hybrid? I can understand the use of left foot braking when you have more of a direct connection with the brakes via the pedal (I come from a Rallying background in the past...) but you don't have that in a Hybrid Yaris... On the narrow and overgrown country lanes on my drive home, we have a local idiot that treats them like a rally stage. I don't fancy meeting his Discovery and stock box as he comes tearing down the hill and round the blind bend because he thinks he's the only one using the road! I don't push on on these lanes but find left foot braking does reduce the risk of being a victim as the distance travelled from lifting off the throttle and braking is shorter.

Our local garage (who do my tyres) have sent some of their staff on hybrid courses so they can do more work on hybrids. My Prius was the first one they had had and they made the classic mistake of leaving the car in ready thinking it was off. Sure enough, after a while, the engine fired up. Luckily they were only changing the tyres. But instead of introducing a blanket hybrid ban, they decided they should learn about these new fangled cars.

A degree of component sharing between model ranges is common, but there will be some components which are model specific. For example: the1.0 litre engine is used in the the IQ, Aygo/Citroen C1/Peugeot 107/108, Yaris, Daihatsu Sirion (part of the Toyota Group), etc; the 1.33 is used in the IQ, Auris, Yaris, Urban Cruiser, Verso S, etc; the 1.4 D4D is used in the IQ, Auris, Yaris, Urban Cruiser, and Verso S; the 1.6 D4D that Toyota are using courtesy of BMW will be used in the Verso, Auris and Avensis; the 1.8 litre hybrid engine is used in the Prius, Prius+ and the Auris hybrid; etc. Gearboxes will have a similar degree of sharing. Using components across more than one model range saves on development costs, reduces prices for the consumer and simplifies the supply of parts. The degree of sharing varies between manufacturers - for example back in the 1960's/70's British Leyland, to reduce development costs, used the same front and rear doors on the 1800/2200, the Maxi, the 3 litre, the Austin Tasmanian/Kimberley (BL Australia), and were also used by Panther on the De Ville.

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