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Hi guys, just to clarify a few things, it is a 2010 Prius T Spirit (MkIII) registered end of December 2010. I have owned it since May 2012. It has full main dealer service history including Hybrid Health Check. Now for the good news. Toyota Customer care said is covered under warranty and is being repaired free of charge. They have already informed the dealer who said it should be back on the road by tomorrow night. The guy at in customer care at Head Office couldn't confirm why as he is not in the warranty department but we both think the whole Hybrid system cover is extended for another year each time it has its annual Hybrid Health check. Miss one of these and you are sunk. I don't mind main dealer srevice prices for that peace of mind. It is possibly to align the UK with the USA system where the warranty covers the whole Hybrid system for 15 years (or maximum 100K miles) providing you have your annual health check. Either way it has totally restored my faith in Toyota. Thanks Pete B for your suggestion to approach Toyota although I think the dealers should be more proactive in this area as it is them that will want to convince you to by another later model Toyota.

Back to the original post about the price difference I am sure many of the original buyers are company car drivers only interested in the tax break. This is shown by the only 2 variants available, business edition and excel. Ours (a 12 month 10000 mile Excel) was clearly never charged by the company car driver. In addition many are leased so the purchasing power of the leasing company will be significant. Realistically a company driver, with all car expenses paid by the company, can save between £1000 and £2000 a year. The company offset costs in a tax efficient way and a car that does 80+ mpg will always be attractive. So look for 1 to 3 year medium mileage models appearing soon, with 3 years or so warranty left, for trade prices. Almost certainly second hand prices will be close to the standard hybrid. Cheers toshtosh

It is here (was waiting at the dealer for a month) Design 2wd in white, was orderred beginning of April

On my mk1 pip when the battery gets down to about 1kW it exits EV mode into HV mode. The last 1kW is still usable. Maybe the mk2 is similar which would make the 7kW figure the EV range rather than the usable energy.

I posted this reply in another post in the Corolla forum. Rip Off Britain featured car parts theft yesterday. And what car was shown? Toyota Prius mk2. They also had a fiesta where all the front was removed. One thing of note was both victims had cctv and captured what was happening! In the case of the Prius, the wife tried to go out and challenge the thieves, but the thieves backed the Passat upto the outward opening front door, blocking it. Areas that seem popular for the cat thefts seem to be east London, with other surrounding area also noted, and Midlands. Recently the police caught up with a Passat and it had stolen cats, trolley jacks, and cutting equipment. Not sure if it was the same Passat, involved in a lot of reported and social media videos.

The petrol engine line up for the UK market Auris was as follows: First generation: 2007- Nov 2008: 1.4vvti and 1.6vvti Dec 2008 - 1.33 dual vvti replaces the 1.4 vvti April 2009 - 1.6 Valvematic replaces the 1.6 vvti 2010 facelift - 1.33 dual vvti and 1.6 Valvematic are joined by the 1.8 hybrid Second generation: Dec 2012 - 1.33 dual vvti, 1.6 Valvematic and 1.8 hybrid continue. March 2015 facelift - 1.33 dual vvti and 1.8 hybrid continue. 1.6 Valvematic replaced by 1.2T Dec 2017 - 1.33 dual vvti dropped together with diesels. 1.2T and 1.8 hybrid continue March 2019 - Auris replaced by the Corolla.

I think it depends on where you live and where you park. I always think being proactive than reactive is better and, I personally don't like the idea of waiting 3 months for the car to be fixed. I think when one is available I'll probably get it for a bit of comfort.

Hi Mark. Welcome to the best Toyota owners web site I know of. Any questions you ever have just ask away, always friendly people on here. Regards, Mike.

As the owner of a gen 4 PHV for about 5 months here is my two-pennorth. We always top up when possible, irrespective of remaining miles indicated and no issues observed. I believe the same 8.8 kWh HV battery is used for both EV and HV driving, controlled by the on-board computer. In EV mode there is about 7KwH available (from full) which gives a theoretical EV range of between 35 and 38 miles (Actual range depends on driving style, terrain and temperature). I usually achieve about 30-32 miles before the HV kicks in. I have now got into the habit on long journeys (about 90 miles) of manually choosing HV for steep hills and city driving - The former uses battery power at a frightening rate and hybrid mode is good in towns. I then use the stored battery power for steady speed and wherever possible use the adaptive cruise control - it seems to be more economical than me (and it is so easy on A roads) In EV mode the regenerative energy, from coasting and braking, is added back to the EV mileage. In HV mode the computer feeds electric support from the battery as available and recharges on the fly. Note it maintains the EV part of the battery if you change over manually to HV, but allocates all regenerative energy to HV driving. Finally the Charge Mode will keep the ICE running at all times and recharge the EV battery up to about 25 miles EV range. This tends to add 1 mile per 1 mile travelled in HV mode but drops fuel consumption to under 50mpg. I have trialled it and it I have concluded it is a cost neutral gimmick unless you are going into a low carbon zone. Since getting the car we have done about 6000 miles of mixed motoring and, by using EV wherever possible, are achieving an average of about 120 mpg. I hope this helps Tony B

Hi Mark welcome to the club which is brilliant.Have a problem ? some body will know about it.

Hello Mark - welcome to Toyota Owners Club. The Avensis club would be the best place to post - https://www.toyotaownersclub.com/forums/forum/51-avensis-club/

Asked my insurer (LV) about this and they said "Your car is covered for vandalism so in the unfortunate event that you do need to claim, you will be covered." So that's good to know... not that I relish the idea of having to claim for it. I think my excess is the same as the cost of the Catloc, so I suppose the gamble is to pay nothing now and only have to stump up the excess if the worst happens, or to shell out £250 proactively on the basis that (with any luck) a one-off payment should protect the car for however many years I have it, and avoid having to claim on insurance for that particular reason. Now, where did I put my crystal ball? 🤔

Chargemaster data has always been iffy. YMMV

eBay https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F282804208870 I'm adding an inline switch so when I'm driving I can disable it.

The 4.3 kWh was on the MFD. The range (34.5) was arrived at from adding the distance covered since full re-charge (from memory about 24) to the indicated range left.

1993 Corolla GXi AE102 :)