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  1. The extended warranty provides cover for mechanical and electrical components, rather than bodywork or paint. Toyota_Extended_Warranty_Booklet_tcm-3060-2097273.pdf 90951057_Toyota_Extended_Warranty_A5_T&CS_Booklet_tcm-3060-2097272.pdf
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  2. The car has to be serviced to Toyota standards using Toyota parts by a vat register company, you have to prove that it was - iirc company/fleet cars have different a warranty That is possibly why the dealer sent the car to auction, and it was being sold by a used car dealer and not a main stealer
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  3. Ok, so do a history check on the car service record. Others posters more knowledgeable than I will chime in and tell you how to do this. Toyota warranty may depend on servicing being carried out by any Toyota dealerships anywhere in Europe. The car should have been serviced every 12 months or every 10,000 miles whichever comes first. Frosty has great knowledge on this stuff, that’s why he was looking for more details.
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  4. Yes, I think that is entirely possible - from what you've just added, most probable! Is it safer (if there was a mechanical failure somewhere) that you force the transmission brake on, or off, with the cable operation in tension, from a designer's viewpoint? That is what I was trying to guess. The gear lever on the Corolla looks much more conventional than the older style, perhaps to make the hybrid drivetrain more 'mainstream' from a controls point of view. The older control, this one is from a late model Auris, is like this:- So the transmission brake is separate (marked with a 'P' - the right hand button). This 'P' brake, for those who find pressing the button a chore, comes on automatically when you turn the 'engine' off, and releases the moment you move the lever to D or R, which as you mention, you can't do with regards 'D'. A valid point. The control above, as you might imagine, is easily operated with one finger. Just as background, when you engage 'R', there isn't an engagement of gears happening, the car is driven backwards with one of the electric motors. With the Toyota HSD, the engine is always connected to the wheels, albeit through a planetary gear train. This takes a while to get your head around, but perhaps you already knew?
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  6. Are you sure the MWay road surface is not worn due to heavy goods vehicles. That would mean where their weight has been there are tyres groves, and because the distance of these grooves across the width of the vehicles is vastly wider then your Yaris you will get a bit of wandering. You live in London, what Mway are you talking about? Maybe M25. Whatever, it’s probably a well used Mway and potent ion ally grooved. Drop your tyre pressure to what Toyota say - see your manual, or look for sticker on vehicle door opening, and see what that does for you. As to you thinking the tyres/wheel combination is the wrong size for the car, Toyota is a massive world wide manufacturer, the biggest seller of cars in the world. I don’t think they going to put a car on the market that has got wrong size wheels/tyres. Sure they will be optional fit, but that does not imply incorrect fit. And it sounds like you only been on a Mway at those speeds just the once and you thinking of throwing £1000 at new wheels and tyres of a different size! In over 55 years of owning cars, I have never changed away from standard fit, that is what the manufacturer fitted. I have had car wander on MWays due to what I explained in my first paragraph. The only way to combat that is buy a hgv so you sit in the same grooves.😀
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  7. As long as you don't pry to0 hard i should just pop off - i suggest you use a plastic trim tool instructions for the 14-18 Aygo https://www.toyota-tech.eu/aimuploads/c783ab90-c307-4073-b868-39b1ff0bdfa6/Aygo_Mirror Covers_87945-0H040_xx_AIM_004_393_0.pdf
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  8. Was it windy? I find my Yaris very susceptible to side winds.
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  9. I had similar - turned out to be one of the O2 sensors.
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  10. The covers come ready painted - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-Toyota-Aygo-O-S-Wing-Mirror-Cover-Super-Red-53P0-14-Onward-879150H040D0-/222466369558?hash=item33cc076816&redirect=mobile
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  11. As flash mentions it is a manual gearbox with robotised clutch and shift actions: "1. Even the engine has good enough RPM, it takes a longer time than the usual automatic car to gear up and speed up." Like A manual transmission the car has to dip the clutch, shift the gear and re-engage the clutch when shifting for you, you can assist this by ( like a manual ) by lifting off the throttle when the car shifts and reapply as it engages the clutch this smooths the shift and eases wear on the clutch, as you get used to the car you can usually anticipate the car shifting, being a 2013 model you also have paddle shifts and using these can improve shift as the car will change when you command rather than when it thinks is best ( don't worry you can't mis-shift ) "2. On an uphill slope, the car is easily sliding backwards even it's in E gear. It seems dangerous." Again like a manual you should not do this as the car will be slipping the clutch and you will overheat and damage the clutch, the car is not designed to hold you on a hill, like a manual in these circumstances you apply the handbrake and shift to neutral whilst waiting DO NOT hold the car by applying throttle, when you are ready to pull away again like a manual select a gear ( E ) and gently apply throttle until you feel the car pull on the parking brake and release the parking brake to move off.
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  12. Book time vs mechanics times are very different, if you have done a job 100's of times, you know the quickest way to do something Disconnect the battery, pull the fuel pump, put the new one in, pull the airbag, swap it out - connect the battery 40-60 mins total, warranty work is all flat rate
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  13. Maybe the “air bag” mechanic was available at 8:30, and the “fuel plate” mechanic available at 11:00. Who knows. And at some point they wanted your car out of workshop space to do something else.
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  14. The MMT isn't an automatic, it's the same gearbox as a manual but with actuators fitted instead of the gear selector cables and clutch cable. So you use exactly the same gearbox oil - because it's exactly the same gearbox! BTW it's very important that you use GL-4 oil and NOT either a GL-5 or GL-4/5 oil as the higher sulphur content of these can damage the gearbox internals.
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  15. Hi, there are no halogen bulbs that particularly can be the brightest and to last long, actually the brightest has shorter life, I can recommend to you Philips Eco Vision long life, these are definitely the longest lasting halogen bulbs available that actually provide a nice lighting ahead , just a bit better than oem, don’t expect led performance 😉, I use them and only change once or max twice a year, I drive a lot and 90% through the night. Now for performance, Osram Night Breaker these are good for bright light ahead however does not last long, just a bit less than oem, but depends how you drive your car and when, day , night. These two are my favourite. 👍
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