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...But the premium fuels contain far more cleaning additives and anti friction additives. Like I said, I don't care much for the performance aspect and not really noticed any difference to be honest. I'll put what I think is best for the vehicles I run, I do the same with engine oil, whilst semi synthetic is recommended by the manufacturer I will use top end synthetic oils and change them more frequently than recommended as I don't like to see 'dirty' oil in my engines. Yes I am different to most folk, no I don't care for the extra expense and yes I gain a great deal of satisfaction doing what I do, Oh, I also keep the bodywork in pristine condition too!

Nice few updates, and again a nice car 😄

Maybe it’s not all about mpg. My Prius Gen4 is averaging over 73mpg and that’s over 25300 miles since new (but I only done the last 4700). BUT I get a big satisfaction that I can be driving through a smallish village which has a junior school next to the road and I can be going through that village with zero emissions., and there is a few of them round where I live. That to me is as important as 73mpg. on the point of mpg, when I picked the car up from a Toyota dealer 100 miles away, on the way home the car averaged out at 91.x mpg, I posted a photo of my dashboard on here to show it. Another point about hybrids, the battery respond to the weather. The mpg is lower in cold weather (but mine is still doing over 73mpg average). Now it’s getting warmer the mpg will get better. Another point, the right foot makes a big difference, as with any car. No disrespect to anyone doing low mpg, but there is a way to drive a hybrid and YouTube is full of videos giving tips that work.

You must have bought something for your car from them at some point that required you to enter compatibility data? You won't regret it. I've noticed it's a far more reasonable £66.40 now also... PS. Note that to download firmware updates to the adaptor, you need to be using the OBDLink app just for that purpose and your device needs to have an internet connection at the time of course.

Which "ordinary" unleaded contains anyway. These "go faster" fuels are just a con and an enormous marketing success. Yes,some engines are built for and need higher octane fuel. Not the Yaris though.

Firstly, thanks for posting this as I wasn't even aware of the app! Works great on my Yaris! You mentioned the OBDII adaptor. Well, since starting to use Torque a couple of years ago, I grew dissatisfied with the cheap eBay adaptors I was using at the time because they were so unreliable, even with Torque. The first "more expensive" one I tried was Carista and this improved things a lot. Still had the odd glitch but I could live with it. When Hybrid Assistant came out, I was still using the Carista and it worked well initially but as the app got more and more advanced, the shortcomings of the Carista started to become apparent in terms of its scan speed. Eventually and since I was using and relying on HA a lot, I bit the bullet and purchased an OBDLink LX from Amazon for £79.50 (got a -£6 promotional offer on the full £85.50 at the time) and I might add that this wasn't because of HA's recommendation, it was more to do with user reviews across a range of OBDII adaptors and I wanted the best available at the time. I am glad now that I did as the OBDLink LX has proved to be worth every penny in use and 100% reliable for what it does. One of the major advantages of the more expensive OBDLink LX is the 3-year warranty and the fact that it can get firmware/software updates from the supplier and because of these factors, I would highly recommend it for serious/continuous use (it also has a sleep mode when the car is off).

After much deliberating I decided to purchase a set of gasket valve seals and a set of new spark plugs. I carefully removed the top head gasket cover along with the spark plugs and coil. After the cover had been removed I cleaned up the head with petrol and carefully cleaned the edges and removed any excess gasket that was embedded. Cleaned out the top cover and removed as much of the oil stuck on the inside of the cover. Once I was satisfied that everything was clean I placed the gasket into the slots and put back the top cover. Remembering where everything went and bolts to hold down the cover. Tightened the bolts with light pressure to ensure no compression was leaking from the gasket. Noticed that the No.3 ignition coil was faukty so replaced the faulty one with a new one. Once put back to normal I allowed the gasket to settle/embed for 24 hours before driving the car. Since then, the car has been running very well and no problems thereafter. Fuel consumption is good although not much has changed since it is an old car. I suspect that this job may have costed on average £180 including parts + labour.

It seems to be a growing problem as manufacturers strive for better aerodynamics and lower air resistance. A neighbour had a 2012 Auris, and wanted to replace with it another last year but found that the current model was lower to the ground and made it hard for him and his wife to get in and out. So, they replaced it with something else. I've found with my 4th generation Prius the roof line starts getting lower above the driver's head, and I now find it harder to get in the back and impossible to sit comfortably (head has to lean to miss the roof), which wasn't a problem in the previous three generations. What's made it worse is that it now has a lower floor and seats are lower and while I didn't notice a problem at first, by the time I'd had it a year my hips started playing up and I'm now dosed up to my eyes on pain killers. My physio team support my suspicion the low car has possibly accelerated, or maybe even caused the problem, and it's now reached the point where getting in and out is very painful (and noisy!). I hadn't planned to change again as heart problems will almost certainly end my driving within 5-10 years, but have now ordered a new RAV4. The 2012 onward Yaris body is even worse - the rear roof is so low I find it hard to get in at all (have to enter in bowed stance then reverse into the seat - and would need about 3 inches extra headroom to be able to sit upright. The first 2 generations (which had sliding rear seats) could accommodate four large adults in great comfort if the seats were slid at least half way back. Toyota aren't alone in this, I've noticed the Kia Hybrids have the same issue and so did the last generation Honda Insight (current gen looks no better). I'm reminded of a joke going round the IBM lecture circuit in the 1980s which went that if the motor industry had advanced over the last 20 years like the IT industry, a Rolls Royce would now cost under £10, do mach 10 and several thousand miles per gallon. And it would be 3 mm long! The audience would quickly realise it might be a fantastic spec, but would be absolutely no use.

Good little linkkie, here..... https://www.carz2.co.uk/toyota-carina-ii-at171st171-87-492-16548-c.asp For some body parts & wheelarch repair sections. I have not found any of these in other GoogeFu 🤔 2sav

Here’s Mine its just had its very first service, all okay.