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The 2.0D4D Corolla is a great car but will totally mess your left knee up if you drive it in start-stop traffic a lot (The clutch on that thing is haaaaaaard). Has ridiculous amounts of torque, could probably tow a house with it. Really comfy, great motorway cruiser, but really needs a 6th gear as the engine could easily run at a lower rev at 70. The Mk1 Yaris D4D is the best car Toyota have ever made - It's light, has bullet-proof reliability, is basically indestructible, is incredibly economical even when hooning about and gives even the HSDs a run for their money (Pretty good for a >10 year old car!), maintenance is cheap (14" rims; Tyres are half the cost of the 15" rims of later models and waaay cheaper than the 16" and 17" rims!), the torque of the 1.4 D4D in a sub-tonne car makes it a joy to drive and it will demolish any incline. It has excellent face destroying straight-line braking. Mid-range acceleration is lovely; The variable turbo is on at 1800rpm and gives max torque right up to 3000rpm so it will launch from 60mph to 70mph quickly enough to get into gaps. Even at 70mph, you can floor it and it'll keep accelerating :D It'll get up to 90 on a flat runway pretty easily but then struggles to get north of that unless you're feeding it V-Power diesel. I may be slightly biased as I really love mine :D It does have some downsides: It is horribly understeery, but the understeer is very progressive and doesn't just suddenly fling you off the side of the road. The car also has quite comedic amounts of body roll. It's also very sensitive to tyres; I had some Conti PC2E's on before and the car had much better grip and stopping power. Have some Cooper CS2's on right now and it's much more understeery and the ABS will kick in under hard braking. The steering is also IMHO over-assisted. Ones south of 70,000 miles are rare and hard to find and tend to be relatively expensive. If looking at small cars, the Aygo is also quite fun; Handling is fantastic and it's very agile, plus the steering feel is muuuuch nicer than the Yaris Mk1. The engine has good launch, but if you're used to a diesel it will probably be too weedy as you have to run it at over 3000rpm+ to get even close to the same pull as the D4D at 1800rpm...

if he's travelling from up north down to London I suggest the 2.0 d4d corolla, I believe there are two versions 89bhp and 115bhp- this 1cd-ftv engine is belt driven. avensis is a good motorway mile muncher(check insurance beforehand) the 1.4 d4d in the yaris/corolla wont cut the mustard on the motorway in my opinion. or the 2.0 auris after 2009 why 2009? to avoid the ad headgasket issues.

They seem to be pretty rare on the used car market what are the diesel's in them like? The pre-DPF are good and people tend to hang on to them. More recent with the DPF do seem to throw a few problems with that system. However, fuel economy on the petrol cars isn't bad, diesel fuel is more expensive and a diesel Yaris will likely be more expensive to buy, so do the math about costs - including servicing, etc.

Thanks. I've always been impressed with Toyota for their build quality and reliability but this car has surpassed my expectations already. It is really in another league from my previous model but I suppose that's what a decade of innovation and development will produce.

Congrats on the new car

When the Prius was selling high volume, we did not have other Hybrid models. People who bought the original Prius models and who wanted the new technology may not have bought a Prius if there had been a smaller model available such as Auris I do not subscribe to the theory of making cars expensive so they don't sell, sorry

Hey Les, Thanks for the info. My engine is a 1AD FTV (2008 2.0 Avensis) Am I right in thinking the only steps to get this working is: 1. Buy cruise control steering wheel and replace old one 2. Run a new wire from Pin 2 on the steering wheel CC plug to Pin 21 on E9 Is that all? This is scarily simple if that's the case!!! My old Pug 307 needed to be plugged in to a computer etc to have the CC turned on in the ECU etc... Was a nightmare lol... I've got everything sitting here and will be going straight outside to fit this and my front fog lights shortly lol

well, it costs FIAT £30,000 per car to make (although undoubtedly if they made more the cost would drop) but it has saved them millions even if nobody buys one. The LEAF is £16500> retail, so half the price..

I couldn't say if those pins would fit as I don't know what pins are in the connectors! My method is working just fine so I am going to stick with it! Just drove down to Northampton, motorways were very quiet, used cruise for almost the whole journey once I got on dual carriageway east of Port Glasgow A8, M8, M74, M6, A14 etc etc..... Set it at 80mph indicated which is 75 on the Satnag, didn't have to knock it off too often, but as you can use it to bump the speed up or down in 1mph (or thereabouts) increments, or decrements, or just tap for resume, then it worked very well. Up some very steep hills and down as well of course, but speed hold was very good. Fuel computer indicates I have averaged about 54mpg, which is going to be anything from 49mpg upwards, I would say it has all been entirely worth the £50 for the steering wheel and the few hours work. Although the steering wheel will have to come off and go one spline right.... Again, hope this helps, sorry I can't advise on the pins..... Biggest advantage apart from not getting a stiff right leg and ankle, is I can set a speed under the ACPO/ACPOS guidelines and actually not mind sticking to it.... 75 might not sound very fast but I did the journey in 6 hours 10 minutes including a ferry trip and a stop for a Subway! Not bad for about 380 miles.

LOL Nah, English rip off one.

Excel is the root of all evil Don't bother with it Be aware that renaming PIDs may cause the log analyzer to not recognize them any more.

The only flaw in that observation is that this is a brand new vehicle! ;) So? Of course, a Toyota dealer would never stoop that low................................................................................................