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  1. I came from a Renault Zoe and I dont regret leaving the EV behind at all. The Prius gives me all the things I liked about the Zoe i.e. smooth quiet commute without out any of the down sides i.e. approx 40% reduction in range in the winter and having to plan for a longer trip. In fact its just great not having to even think about plugging it in. I will have 'Percy' for many years to come. Another great thing about Toyota's hybrid system is its reliability, I have not worries when my warranty is up which is not something I could say about the Zoe. I had numerous issues with it, but non connected to the battery. Electric cars may have fewer moving parts, but when they go wrong, boy does it cost.
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  2. Hybrid is the best compromise at the moment. Just spent a week on holiday in and around Gloucester, didnt see one charging point. Good job I wasnt 100% electric, I was happy using little fuel yet going lots of miles on hybrid.
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  3. I personally think in a few years time electric cars will be obsolete as the amount of electricity we need to generate will be impossible to keep up with demand. I can see us ending up with a fuel such as hydrogen or some other type of fuel. It seems to be the trend in this country to sway people towards a certain type of fuel,then when the multitude opt for that method opinions suddenly change leaving people not knowing what type of fuel to go for and spending thousands of pounds in the process. It seems to be about generating lots of money from the population and using the car emissions as an excuse to get it.
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  4. Found a YouTube site that uses roller plates to test AWD vehicles in different combinations of wheel slipping and modes. They’ve just uploaded videos for the new RAV4 including both hybrid and petrol models (which are available across parts of Europe and other countries) This link is to the hybrid vs petrol comparison. https://youtu.be/cJeFOLc_0Sw
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  5. Dragon shut down the best part of a decade ago, pretty sure I have the original manual somewhere, give me a few days and i’ll dig it out. From memory you could set it to only come on after 5 mins etc. and some other stuff via DIP/jumpers depending on the model you had, they both did the same thing. I ran one for a few years before moving to the Vannarken kit (Toyota re-branded it TTE for an obscene price in much the way Lindop does only with less extreme markup now) that plugged into the main loom. VA also went bust around the same time. I kind of regret selling that in hindsight as it was quite a unique bit of kit - i’ve not seen another one and it was in effect TTE approved. The XTR had a later Dragon on for many, many years up to 95k when I removed it to pinpoint another issue and never refitted it (was a 3rd car at the time). I know the CEL can be mapped out now as the Denso ECU was cracked a few years back, I suppose I should enquire as to the cost/process, but the person I used to know doesn’t do maps anymore, either way it’s not a problem, but i’d obviously prefer to know if anything else was amiss and if the light is permanently lit, that isn’t ideal.
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  6. Welcome to the T.O.C Christian D enjoy the car 😄
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  7. Thanks no quality pic. but shows our "new" Prius PHEV 2015 and right behind you can se ours Prius+ 2016/17 Silverado 🙂
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  8. Hi Christian. Welcome aboard....great choice...brilliant driver's car. Had a Celica for over 2 years and loved every minute of it...being the 190 yours has the "hooligan" factor..lol
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  9. Hi Christian. Welcome to the club good your enjoying your new car.
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  10. Hello Christian - welcome to Toyota Owners Club.
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  11. I think hydrogen is the only way forward. Whilst a battery vehicle may be great for shortish journey, a lot of vehicles regularly do 1000s of miles per month. Let’s look at delivery drivers, taxi drivers, HGVs etc. How much would it cost in time to recharge or swap the battery many times a day. Even if they could be recharged the amount of electricity which would need to be produced would be huge. The amount needed would be far greater than the levels currently produced. Furthermore there would need to be a huge increase in charging stations for both the commercial and the general public. The power cables would need to be upgraded too, just imagine the amount of power an entire street (assuming they had off street parking) would consume charging cars and lets don’t forget some households use more than one vehicle too. I think hybrids are a useful ‘stop-gap’ for the current levels of technology but ultimately hydrogen suits our current way of life.
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  12. Well I used some GunGum when I was putting it together, so I'm going to clean all that rubbish off anyway. I might weld it, although I've never done it before so who knows. I have an inch to take off the back pipe leading to the back box as it's slightly too long (causing it to be lower than it should) so I'd have to weld that when I cut it anyway. I was thinking that after writing what I said. It's just the way the engine responds to me at the moment is identical to how the 107 behaved. But like you said I'd be better off fixing the blow before looking at the cat.
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  13. This is the trouble. 3p per mile isn't much less than a petrol car doing 60mpg. Round figures: 4.5L per Imp Gallon for 60miles x (4.5 x £1.28) = 9.6p per mile. Considering the price of EVs and the lack of range and infrastructure (and the Renault system of battery rental) EVs aren't attractive at all. Renault Zoe battery rental cheapest is £40 per month for (I think) 5,000miles per year. That's another 9p per mile on top of the 3p per mile to charge it. Mick.
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  14. That's good you've found a car that suits your needs. As you have proved the infrastructure isn't there to support the move to all electric cars, I don't believe it will be in the future either.
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  15. Hello Niko - welcome to Toyota Owners Club
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  16. I'm tempted to suggest fixing the blowing exhaust first, before thinking of changing the catalytic converter. I know in the past of a vehicle, decades ago, which was well down on power until the blowing exhaust was fixed. Something to do with back-pressures.
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  17. Ooff! ..... And there's me ..... with a tube of 'flexible vinyl cement' to resolve my ills... lol 2sav
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  18. The charging 'infrastructure' is a disgraceful mess. I'd nationalise it, but then I'd nationalise all our major infrastructure because I'm a bit of an old lefty on that particular issue. That said, it won't be a significant barrier to increased uptake now that the latest EV ranges are 250+ miles. Combined with home charging, that will negate the need for public charging in all but the most exceptional of circumstances for most people. Although we then hit the next problem - battery shortages - which currently makes it pretty impossible to actually buy one of those latest EVs unless you're prepared to wait months or years for delivery. Or it will finally drive the investment we should have made in renewable generation over the last two decades, but in typical British short-termist fashion have failed to do so. Wishful thinking, I know - regular rolling blackouts are probably more our style! Hydrogen doesn't look like the answer either, as that currently needs a whole ton of electricity to obtain and requires yet more investment in distribution infrastructure. All of which leads to Joe's sensible conclusion that hybrids are the best compromise at the moment, and will continue to be for many years to come.
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  19. If the boot is not correctly shut it will prevent the car from powering down, after you lock the car the car starts to power down various systems over time to reduce the current draw on the 12v battery. The drain will not initially affect a new battery but eventually over time it will draw the capacity of the battery down to a point where no amount of charging will overcome the issue
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  20. The 1.8vvti could develop oil burning problems until 2006, when the Avensis was mildly facelifted. I'm not sure if car prices are hugely different in your country, but personally, I'd say a 15 years old Avensis with 200k miles on it is only worth a few hundred quid, and if it breaks down requiring an expensive fix I'd scrap it. I owned two 2005 models of these a while ago, a manual and an auto. The auto gearbox is really reliable but they zap quite a bit of power from the engine. The fuel consumption was about 36mpg in the auto, against about 50mpg in the manual.
    1 point
  21. A small nick/puncture into the foamy vinyl doorcard, just under the r/n/s window, has been bugging me since I got the car... However... I haven't done anything really about it. A child passenger succeeded in making it a tear.... Bu99erations! 😞 ..... we will see what Poundlands Finest can do to resolve my predicament .... 2sav
    1 point
  22. Thanks for the welcomes guys. I'm looking for a used car. I'll make a topic about my options and why I want a change in a new topic/thread.
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  23. My new (to me) Avensis Icon D-4d 2014 in Grey
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  24. My previous Avensis Executive 2.0. A sudden Lexus infection made me sell it for a RX300 which was a bad decision.
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  25. Managed to sort it, I read up online most people were saying about downloading a new loading file and replacing the existing loading file. Then burning a new dvd on a dual layer disc.. I tried looking for the new loading file to download but didn't have any luck so while is was still searching I thought I would remove the unit and just clean it out. I don't know if the cleaning had any impact or if it was the fact that I disconnected the unit but when i put the unit back in the car it started up just fine. Now I have radio/CD player/sat nav and cameras working again. On reflection when I was having the problem after the car started I couldn't hear the unit try to load anything it was coming up with the blue screen and error message straight away so I'm guessing disconnecting it forced the unit to restart. Anyway if anyone is having this problem it only took me 15 minutes to do so definitely worth trying
    1 point
  26. You can get 5L genuine Toyota 0W-20 from Snowsgroup for £38.99. I supplied the dealer oil,oil filter and paid labour (£50 inc) for oil service including vac, wash and stamp.
    1 point
  27. 0W-20 and if that isn't available 5W-30 may be used but revert back to 0W-20 when possible. Adhere to the manual. I have entered my reg. into various sites where oil is sold and they have resulted in totally incorrect figures.
    1 point
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