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Hi Valeriya, welcome to TOC ☺️ Yes, you should be fine - only a very small % developed problems & as you say the problem was supposedly fixed in manufacturing by the end of February 09. I had a 2007 & a 2012 2.2 with no issues. Obviously you do need to check that the car has been well maintained for the last 8 years ...

There are code numbers on tyres which state when they were made. I wonder if your Goodyears could be older?

You can get 12v batteries of the 35a size and, importantly, the same physical size as the original Yuasa battery. The difference is the low priced batteries are "wet" batteries ie acid batteries. The battery being positioned where they it is in the boot on the drivers side, all you need is a bad smash into the car at that point and battery acid could be flying through the cabin and occupants getting splashed - not recommended! There may well be technical reasons as well why a "wet" battery is not suitable for the hybrid Auris/Prius (yes its the same Yuasa battery in the Auris). Few weeks ago our Auris (wifes car) was battery drained after 2 days lack of use. I looked all over internet/ebay and was half tempted by the lower priced batteries, but in the end went for the recommended AGM battery. AGM stands for Absorbent Glass Mat, see this link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VRLA_battery , very interesting. They are safer then "wet" batteries, can be positioned in whatever direction, and the plates can be flat or circular. I chose to but an Optima AGM battery, which I got from Tayna in Abergele, and the cells are circular - I posted a photo of this only a few weeks ago in the Auris section on this forum - check it out. It cost me £130 and as I live less then 40 miles from Abergele, North Wales, I went and collected. They do next day delivery for about £8. Order before mid afternoon (cant remember the cut off) and you will have it next day already charged up and ready to fit. And when I say ready to fit, that is what I mean. The original battery has a vent pipe for the fumes. This is important as the battery sits within the passenger compartment and a build of of fumes would be very bad (could cause explosion). I have heard of people fitting some AGM batteries and having to adapt the vent tube form Yasa to the "new" battery. Not with the Optima, the original vent tube just pushes in the fixture as did the Yuasa. So I paid £130 for a Optima AGM battery, and I understand Toyota will do the Yuasa for the same price or not much more, so dont spend your £190 yet !!!!!

Hi! Just a few remarks... The Aygo is a light car, with a light sound insulation. Many normal mechanical sounds are audible. If you are used to driving bigger cars with better insulation, this can be striking or frightening. I have no radio so my car is very silent. In some cases (by night, in my underground parking...), I can clearly hear what is happening under the bonnet, when I press the brakes for instance. The MMT is a basic gearbox. If you have ever driven more sophisticated automatic gearboxes (eCVT, dual-clutch DSG...), MMT can feel jerky. On lowest gears, there is more torque, so gear changes are more shaky: 1st to 2nd for example. The higher the gear, the softer the gear change. It is same thing on the manual version, when I shift from 4th to 5th, it is extremely smooth, whereas it is not from 1st to 2nd.

Mt ex-partner bought a Mk1 Aygo in 2008 with the MMT and we sold it 4 years later with 38k on the clock. Unlike later models it didn't have the paddles for shifting, but neither I nor my ex used the override much anyway (except in snow and ice to start of in 2nd). With one exception, it never gave a moment's trouble, and was still working like new when er sold it. The exception was just once as I went to move off from a cold start, it made a clunk sound and the cog and STOP warning lights came on. After that, then engine wouldn't start. However, after about 25 minutes it reset itself and it never happened again. There were 17k miles on the clock at the time. My guess was something caused the overheat alert to trigger, and the software entered a safety mode for a preset period. I drove it quite a bit and really liked the transmission (manual fuel economy with automatic convenience). I don't recall noticing any sound from the gear changes much, except a slight click when stationary (using the transmission to park it in gear on a slope, for example). I found it surprisingly relaxing on a longer journey - on one occasion I drove it north for about five hours, and later same day back home again, and felt surprisingly relaxed. Although not especially quiet, I found the lowish tone of the engine noise made it quite bearable (probably the lower frequency of the engine note was due to fewer bits and pieces flying about with only three cylinders?). She then got a 2011 Yaris 1.33 with MMT (6-speed) which she still has (and loves). It's now on 35k and has never put a cog wrong (touch wood). Now that I never steal it, it does much less mileage with only her driving it!