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The manufacturers are choosing their tyres make and models not for performance but for financial and supplying reasons, probably everyone know that. Falken tyres are well known Japanese brand, but they do specialised in Ultra high performance tyres UHP and those tyres are not of the most comfortable or quietest. The wheel protector rim looks cool but that think gets you a lot of noise and bad ride quality, comfortable touring tyres has very little lip and soft walls, example are Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance. Anyone looking for a summer tyres that are quite , comfortable and excellent performance in wet look no further, especially in these larger sizes, please note that different tyre sizes within the same make and model have different characteristics. These tyres are also good even worn down to 3-4 mm, they remain quiet plus impressive road holding in dry and wet, only you need to lower your speeds when driving through deep surface waters which is obvious.

Moved to the Verso club. As far as I'm aware the 5 year/100,000 mile new car warranty is only for UK customers - the warranty extension beyond the standard 3 year/100,000km new car warranty is provided by Toyota GB. As the vehicle has been exported to Ireland, I imagine the new car warranty would revert to the 3 year/100,000km new car warranty. It would be Toyota Ireland who need to be approached re a possible goodwill contribution, as that is where the vehicle is now based. The outcome of this would probably depend on whether the car has a full Toyota service history. Bear in mind that if a goodwill contribution were to be agreed by Toyota Ireland, it may be a contribution rather than the full cost of repair.

Hi, Mine was added in by the dealership (or Toyota themselves). I know it took a good few months after I had initially placed the order that they did it. Maybe contact your dealer to see if they can add it.

I'm hoping to film a comparison video soon, which will be released around episode 61'ish. At the moment the car is handling really well, and hopefully once the interior work begins, I won't have to continue with my personal "taxi" duties lol. As you say, the car handles surprisingly well from factory, but the hardrace rear bars are thicker and stronger, so offer less flex, I'll be fitting the rear braces this weekend, which will hopefully stiffen up the back end a lot more, and I'll report back 😄

oops, meant to say scrap, spell checker recognised "crap" as a word.

Hello John - welcome to Toyota Owners Club.

Same as on 1.6. You can try using heavier oil, for example 5W30, or try some flush to free up piston rings. I saw on youtube people getting good results with seafoam, but can't really trust that website that much, and i don't know if they even sell that outside of USA.

Nononoo, then there is the annoying lamp constantly telling me that the passenger airbag is deactivated!

As above, it was this that had failed when I endured the same symptoms as you describe. You can see the original seal in the pic below. Here is what I purchased: https://picclick.co.uk/Genuine-Toyota-Yaris-Rear-Combination-Lamp-Body-Gasket-323236106859.html It is actually rather more substantial than the original and prevented any further damp.

Try the light cluster seal. Easiest way to test, seats down, get inside, and have someone pour bottle of water on the car.

A PHV option would have a lot of extra weight from the batteries (IIRC 150kg). Add the extra 60kg for the AWD, it becomes a two seater😁. In that case, you have a nice large boot😂🤣.

Do you have 18" or 17"? I have 18" tyres and I completely agree with your comment. I would go even further than you and I would replace them completely for 17" which should be more than sufficient, cause I don't think there will be much improvement if you just swap them for different brand. I've got myself nice 16" Continental Wintercontact TS 860 for winter and I'm expecting noise reduction in order to prove the point. Sent from my motorola one vision using Tapatalk

Certainly find the 18" 225/40's on my Excel HB are pretty noisy, even compared the the 17" I test drove on the Design, although hopefully they'll scrub in a bit. Falken are I think part of Sumitomo Rubber, so a Japanese brand. Like you' I'll probably switch, either to Michelin Cross-Climate as an all season offering (I do very low mileages now) or just stick on some soft sticky low-noise premium brand summer tyre, as they'll still last me ages!

Might be a better indicator of mpg if you rely on petrol into the tank, though the actual miles covered will be a bit distorted; plus you will need to use that bit more power/gas to drive the larger wheels ..? Worth checking your actual speed with a mobile app or similar and your odo against a ' measured mile' which you can find on public roads. Also be aware that you have fitted non standard tyres , so that could negate your insurance if they were really tight during a claim. As detailed in the week before last Auto Express magazine, it gave a surprising long list of what simple / basic mods you can make that could invalidate your insurance , unless you tell them , which may involve a small extra premium. Also its not just your insurer who could spot the change, the other party could seize on things like that, which could make you personally liable, a thing many folk do not appreciate or seem to care about, judging by the modded cars you see about. https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/107964/car-modification-impact-on-insurance-cover-revealed

How might you quantify 'improvement over factory'? I assume half a million taxi drivers just had to settle for 'dealer spec'.... I will concede (given our poor relation status to the Celica.. lol) the handling is pretty sharp on a Carina 🙂 2sav

Exactly. I has an Austin A30 when a student. In 1967 got from Stonehaven to Turriff as last car through - narrow tyres. The Rover 2000 behind me got stuck in the snow and blocked the road.. Any car with wide low profile tyres is stuffed in snow..traction control or not..