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Hi Guys Some good news for a change courtesy of Lincs Police “5 men arrested & 2 cars have been seized in the early hours of this morning in Holbeach. This is in relation to our on-going inquiries into the thefts of catalytic convertors in the Holbeach and Spalding areas. Any info, please give us a call on 101. “ ow.ly/ekd650D57J6

OOps had not noticed how old this post was.

There are many small traders that buy from an auction that the public does not have access to and offer cars priced between main dealer and private sales. I have bought a couple of cars from small dealers working from home without any problems and both seemed decent guys. Why not ask the guy, be upfront and voice your concerns. How he deals with that will either allay your concerns or re -enforce them. Just a guy trying to make a living! The main thing is to check the car to your satisfaction.

I think your fuel consumption figures are fine given, the current climatic conditions, your driving characteristics and the new vehicle. They are 8mpg better than my wife`s 2.0 Mazda 3 Auto which has 7500 on the clock. Do not worry too much and just enjoy what is a very fine vehicle.

I looked into upgrading to a PHEV last year but the boot space on the Prius was just wholly inadequate. I hope manufacturers can work out how to overcome that problem because I can't get my golf gear in a PHEV Prius unless I stuff it into the rear of the car which I object to (to say nothing of the mess it would make of the rear seats).

Hello Paul - welcome to Toyota Owners Club.

Good, hope they catch more. This business seems like it’s blooming right now since so many cars are parked on the streets and no one is even going near them for days/weeks .

That's a USA based company, for Europe use https://www.toyota-tech.eu/Menu/Owner in the UK it's done via My Toyota

Still relevant today, in case the subject comes up.

All ICE cars like long motorway runs, longer the trip better the efficiency becomes. I had done a Euro trip with Auris hybrid gen 1 in heatwave 37-39C°, fully loaded car with passengers and luggage, speeds let say 70mph average as some road works but there were some fast drives too over 80mph, ac ON all the time obviously and efficiently was brilliant around 60mpg and more. Hybrid cars usually are very good for town and country lanes driving at quiet times where you can accelerate smoothly and let the car float in ev for long distances, I was doing that many years ago in London as ph driver and I was always getting same or more than the official figures even in negative temperatures., I only wished the car has a bigger battery and can keep floating for longer, perhaps the plug in Prius would have been a real deal for me at that time.

You have a radiator cap which means you fill up from there and needs to be full, only check before drive away on cold car. And if this is the case and there is no dedicated engine coolant reservoir it’s very likely to have shared same reservoir with the inverter coolant. To confirm that, try to follow if there are any small rubber tube coming out from radiator towards the reservoir you have. Regards

What does your Handbook say Michael ?

I’m still at 48.0mpg after 1 month, 2 tanks of petrol and ~800 miles of ownership. Since getting this car, I would say I have driven 98% ‘sensibly’ and pretty much always drive smoothly, including acceleration, cruising and deceleration using the hybrid technique. I stick to 60mph on the motorway; occasionally 65mph. 90% of my mileage is motorway. Just found data from a 2500 mile drive I did to Europe last summer (hottest week of the decade; dash display frequently showed the temp to be 40 degrees Celsius!) in a small 2 door 1.6 petrol car, and giving absolutely no mind to economy; accelerating as I wanted and overtaking etc, and I got 45.5mpg; that was all motorway and never less than 70mph; much much faster in Germany where I think I did 80-85mph for hour after hour. A/C was on full blast ice cold the entire way, and due the heat continually overpowering it, I had to have the window party open; so all really bad for economy. I can only explain the relatively poor economy of my 2.0L Corolla TS by the fact that it’s winter and every drive I do now, I have the heater on (and often A/C as the car keeps steaming up). I didn’t choose the Corolla TS Hybrid for economy, but now I have it, I have become quite fixated on it! I hope to do the same European road trip hopefully this year Summer or next year, and will be very interested to see what mpg I get.

Toyota offer a "winter wheel" as an accessory, part number PW457-02009-SB for Corolla

Tried your suggestion and it worked. The temp controls moves from Lo all the way to High. Thanks Nick!

You probably shouldn't paste your VIN on a public forum 🙂

test it yourself get some heavy bags of shopping or a toolbox and put them on the back seat and drive off see if the buzzer sounds and then stops once the belt is in the buckle the dealers dont always know best

The update is available in Greece and it's free of charge. Next week I going for the first service and also update the infotainment.

It might be worth trying my trick first. Switch the ignition off, then spin the temp control knob repeatedly back and forth really fast with your finger a few times. I had the problem with the temperature control behaving oddly last year, and simply spinning the temp knob seems to have cleared whatever dirt was on the contacts. It has worked fine ever since.

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