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Saw this post and its not just the corolla. I have a 2020 RAV4 and my wife the latest Yaris Hybrid. Both cars had to have the clocks altered manually. Yes both cars bluetooth with our phones and I thought they would even recognise the time difference and alter. Nope. Seems like a software issue. All settings were correct. Even my central heating changed over, and my wrist watch.

No, it doesn't. You have to go into \Settings\Clock\ and disable DST. Yes it's rubbish. My old Jazz was even worse. That infotainment unit ran on Android (albeit an out of date one even when new) and allowed you to specify the time zone. Yet it still required that DST be enabled/disabled manually. Nearly all my timepieces are radio controlled. The only ones I had to manually change were some power socket timers and my £30k car. Classy.

With such a low daily mileage a Diesel could be a poor choice as Diesel particulate/EGR issues are highly likely

Hi again. Yes It just doesn't seem to recognise my speech, I would not say I have any accent. Thanks for your help though,

Mick, if you are giving the Command exactly as the procedure and the Handbook requires, then try giving it in a regional dialect eg Souse, Cockney, tyneside etc. Have you checked that the Command is listed ?

From TonyHSD - "The only issue in England with the saloon is that they are not as well equipped as eu or Irish variety, but I can always buy from Ireland. Irish top ranger are as good as Mercedes or Audi inside. " I bought my top of the range Toyota 1.8 saloon in March of this year and have to agree with TonyHSD in that the equipment on my car, ('Sol' in Ireland), has just about every aid I could require - apart from heated steering wheel! I have driven Opel Astra's for the last 14 years or so and in nearly 50 years of driving, this is the first Toyota I have owned. It is extremely comfortable and is a pleasure to drive. I do a 20 mile journey twice a day five days a week, (on what are not much better than 'B' roads in the UK), but not much more because of the restrictions, and have done about 7K miles since purchase. Using my own figures, I am getting just over 60 mpg. My last Astra, a 1.8 Diesel, was nice, but was not as nice as the Corolla, with a slightly worse MPG figure. I would encourage any one to go for the Irish version if possible, although I have no experience of the UK or EU versions, apart from what I have read.

Can you buy from Norway or Denmark?

HB looks good to me...:)

Test drive both if you can but drive the 1.8 litre first. Why? Because I tried the 2.0 litre first and was totally blown away with it's effortless power and very quiet engine. The 1.8 litre just felt flat on accelaration and a very revvy engine on hill climbs. It just didn't rock my boat. My 2.0 litre was returning good mid 60's mpg in the warm summer weather. Cooler weather is still returning 52 to 55 mpg. The worst has beeni 46 mpg in a very cold spell of weather. It seems mpg is very ambient temperature dependant with hybrids Even more so with a full electric vehicle I would suggest. (batteries love heat to work well). I have done 3500 miles so far and don't stretch the engine at all. A light right foot is all you need to get the 2.0 litre moving briskly..

I really dislike black lining. Few years ago I was looking to purchase a BMW 320d. First one I looked at was an estate car with black lining. I really did feel I was sat in a coffin (how I knew that I don’t know, I never sat in a coffin!). Put me right off.

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/britains-best-hybrid-car-2020-toyota-corolla-20-hybrid

I'd be very suspicious of those readings, particularly for the rear. As Andrue stated, there's no way to adjust the rear (other than perhaps with a damn, great big hammer), so why is there such a difference between before and after, particularly camber?

Well done for reporting back, wish more posters were like you!

WD stands for Water Dispersal (formula No 40).

Ok I’m happy to let you know that after cleaning the EGR valve and the MAF sensor (I used WD-40 for the EGR valve because the shop near my town didn’t have anything else and alcohol for the MAF) my car has significantly improved in power and it seems it doesn’t have huge problems anymore. I think there is still something that I could do but i will have to check again with the OBD as the light is still ON but it could just be because I still haven’t reset it after the cleaning. I can now clearly hear the turbo spooling at 2k and once i reach near 3k it starts pulling like a beast compared to what it was doing before. I think the WD-40 that I sprayed in the valve and all over the hoses that connect it to the engine melted (don’t know if this is the right word but bear with me) the soot away and I am happy with the results. Thank you so much for the help guys.

I bought the 1.8 because I have a relaxed driving style and felt I’d get more satisfaction from maximising economy. I even went for the Icon Tech specifically because I wanted the 16” alloys as they are more efficient than the larger options. This is my preference. I think that if you sometimes wish your Prius had more power then you should test drive the Corolla 2.0 and try out a full throttle slip road merge and a fast overtake on a motorway. That’s where you’re going to see the benefit of the 2.0 over the 1.8.

My wife has a 2020 Hybrid. Average mpg indicated 72 mpg. Checked on a brim to brim and 1 mpg high. As for comments on fuel tank size. With a full tank 7.9 gall and her mpg a range of 500+ miles is realistic. My craving for coffee and a toilet will never see me doing that in one hit. She is delighted with her car and does not regret trading in her Audi TT.

Workshop manual that is available online here, so I was not surprised when the price I was initially quoted, for a gearbox oil change, went up ☹️. Note hybrid gearboxes don't really need oil changes until very high mileages - I thought £60 was cheap so booked it in only for them to phone me, nearer the date, to cancel the work for £60.

This is fair - the Yaris hybrid (and all the other hybrids?) has an electric brake booster which fills up a special pressurised reservoir. All this extra stuff has to be taken into account. Similar to changing the 'gearbox' oil - standard Yaris was around £60, hybrid around £250 - the oil has to be topped up multiple times between 'drives' before the oil level is deemed correct, which is time consuming.

I'm getting rid of my Peugeot 3008, and they said it doesn't need changing until 150,000 miles. Not that I care, hateful car glad to be rid of it.