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I have the 1.8 hybrid and torque wise it's not bad from a stand still. When you floor it you get full instant torque from the eletric motor, about 0,5 sec after you floor it the engine comes on to help with the acceleration. It hits 50 km/h pretty fast, after that however it doesnt accelerate that well. This however is with the 1.8 engine so the 2.0 would be much better since it has more torque from the electric motor and the engine is stronger. The revs get quite high but that's the nature of the cvt's in general and it doesn't really bother me, it actually makes it sound like you're going much much faster than what you are actually going, with the 2.0 the revs won't stay high for too long since you'll reach your desired speed much faster than the 1.8. When you're crusing however it's as silent as ever (especially if the road is newly paved).

Yeah, I mentioned in another post that my previous car - A Honda Jazz 1.3 CVT - could accelerate to over 90 mph climbing up from M40 J11 toward Middleton Cheney on the A422 and almost ran out of room to continue the silliness. My 1.8 Corolla seems to run out of puff around 80 mph.

This is going seriously off-topic, and you probably know this, but anyhow... An influence on this exhaust design, as I always understood it, is that there is an economy/efficiency benefit to having separate exhaust pipes for each cylinder (in an in-line 4 cylinder engine, at least), and then joining them together at a calculated length. Each positive exhaust pressure pulse has a negative pulse following it down the pipe, and this pulse can be used as a scavenging aid to another cylinder that is in a different part of its cycle - if the exhaust pipes are joined to be the correct 'tuned' length, anyway. I think there is a design conflict in 'losing' these separate lengths of pipe when having the catalyst close to the engine as possible, for rapid heating. With a turbo fitted, this pulse scavenging opportunity is lost, but then the exhaust energy is recycled mechanically through the turbine instead. On the Yaris they would seem to have fitted the cat. integral to the end part of the manifold (called a 'manicat'), perhaps there was more space available for the pipe length? On three cylinder engines (and so 6 cylinder also?) the exhaust pulses aren't phased correctly, so there are little/no benefits to be had through tuned lengths (new Yaris hybrid 1.5 triple?), so the exhaust manifolds can be short, keeping the cat. close to the head, and the warm-up cycle short. I think on some small modern engines the exhaust manifold is actually part of the head, to make this engine smaller, cheaper and 'cleaner'. The shorter manifolds allow the catalyst to be close to the head/block, and therefore much harder to steal. Happy to be corrected if any of this is wrong, obviously.

We have company owned car park with security guards by the gate, but few weeks ago a motorbike was wheeled off the car park at midday and the security did not do anything, just called the police after (they did not even show up, just gave the crime number over the phone). When the bike owner questioned why security did not intervene, they said that they will be in a lot of troubles if they do any harm to the thieves trying to stop them. Current legal systems unfortunately protects criminals more, then ordinary people trying to stop them. As for refusing insurance, two expensive claims in 12 months for the same thing will do it.

Thanks codge that link is very useful for parts. So the sound has completely gone since looking at the brakes so it must of been movement of the brake pads somehow although it all seems solid. Thanks.

It doesn't seem sluggish to me but it did behave oddly when I was testing out USB as an audio source so I went back to using my iPod. Other reply replied to say they had no problems :-/ I've also not tried using any other audio sources so perhaps the radio is poor. The satnav has a few foibles (it doesn't tell you about the next road you're going to take which is unhelpful if you want to look out for signs but it does the job). I don't really see any advantage to having Android Auto or Carplay unless you don't have the satnav feature. And even then I doubt that an app running on a phone will be able to project directions onto the dashboard like the built-in sat nav does which is quite neat.

Just to add my experience with gunk...well the holt tyreweld bottle. Had a slow tyre puncture due to a screw about 6-8 months ago, used some of the gunk bottle to sealed it enough for me to get to my local tyre guy, with the screw still in place. Tyre guy repaired the puncture. Changed all the tyres 2 months ago, TPMS is fine, tyre/alloy are fine as the sealant were water based. I do have a space spacer which came with the car.

Nipparts are a parts distributor and source from a variety of manufacturers. Brake parts are important and not very expensive. It is better to buy from well known manufacturers. TMD Group are good - their brands include Mintex, Textar, Don etc. Personally I have fitted hundred+ of sets of Mintex without a problem.

I had a Yaris auto which I traded for the Auris because I had it a long time and never had any trouble with it,I will post next week on how I find the new Yaris. Thank you.

Hi, I've been advised by my dealer that the update isn't available till May and will be £150 on its own or £50 with a service. If your dealer has offered it FOC, get it in writing.

Hi Kelly, now you have a 2018 Auris...... hope you not in the Ophthalmic dept at the NHS. lol

Thanks PaulinhoT The PHV is rather aggresive! looking, but a kitten inside...... I know you have had to clean up the Carina, but overall for its age it does look to be in good general nick I will follow your adventure with interest.....

Contributing to the reason why you having difficulty finding a 1.2 Auris is as Devon Aygo said, the 1.2 was hugely outsold by the hybrid. When the 1919 Corolla was launched it was available as 1.2 petrol, 1.8 hybrid and 2.0 hybrid. Towards end of 1919 Toyota announced the end of producing 1.2 models as they accounted for only 6% of sales, so only hybrids available. Reason why hybrids are up to 50% more then a 1.2 is obviously they cost more new, but they hold price pretty well due to low emissions/high mpg. Don’t forget therefore, when you come to sell a hybrid you will still get a good price, for example you see 2008/2009 gen 2 Prius selling for £4500-£5500.

I cannot tell you the location of the fuses of a T25 Avensis, as I have no info. For the T27, the fuse is marked OBD and rated at 7.5A. This is the best I can find - https://www.autogenius.info/toyota-avensis-t250-2003-2009-fuse-box-diagram/

Latest version is 850.

Pretty standard for a diesel. Don't worry, and enjoy the car.

In my experience it doesn't take long for new oil to look like that in a diesel engine.

Just finished doing one on a 2005 D4d rav 4 yes it’s a pig .got alternator disconnected from engine and there is not a gap available to remove it from behind engine too tight , looked at dropping sub frame and out same hole as driver side track rod but a lot o work involved . Ended up removing intercooler on top of engine ( 4 screws and 2 hose clips). Then take the bracket off that supports the back corner of intercooler 3 14mm bolts alternator comes up out next the turbo easily enough , new one went down in fine but getting them bolts for top alt bracket in again grrr

I'd seriously consider removing CAT myself and putting a straight pipe, refit for MOT.. If your government is too lazy to fix the problem, which does not exist in EU states. We have laws here which says mandatory ID check and they write down your info, cameras on places where they weigh the scrap metal, etc, due to this, cat stealing gangs are long gone. If country is too lazy to help it's citizens, why must one spend extra money for a catloc and fitting, only to have it stolen, so to pay more money for a new one and a higher premium if you involve insurance which likes to take money, but never to give. That's so absurd..

That's terrible, you have my sympathies. Just as a suggestion, the Yaris hybrid has a catalytic converter that is integral to the exhaust manifold, so it is much, much harder to steal. It would be a bonnet-up job and take ages by comparison to your Mk2. I have never heard of a cat. being stolen from a Yaris hybrid. Perhaps others know different? I wonder if the insurance quote is more competitive for that car?

There is a further knock-on to my having claimed on insurance for the two stolen Cats. I thought that moving to an EV would be a smart move so I asked my insurance broker for a quote for a 5 year old Nissan Leaf. The quote came back at over £3500. Wondering if a cheaper car would get a better response I then tried my household insurance company for a quote for a 10 year old Renault Clio. That came out at over £2000 Through no fault of my own I have been forced to give up driving.