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I’ve got the 2.0 Touring Sports, the boot is fantastic for families - lots of cubby holes, hooks, compartments and flexibility with the boot floor. It’s great for carrying our 3yr old Son’s trike, and would easily carry our egg pram, with all the usual baby luggage too. The extra leg room in the rear means it’s easier to fit a bulky car seat. I’d 100% recommend the estate over the hatch, which is a bit pokey in the back.

Collected mine today, had a nice drive home, so smooth compared to my diesel Focus. Need to go through the menus and see what’s what..

Well if we are showing our GR sports, here's mine. Had it from end of March, just over 1000 miles so far.

I phoned Toyota to book the Auris in for a service and they said the 5+ club is being replaced with Toyota relax. This gives the car a 1 year warranty after the service to to 10 years old.

First trip out today as the sun was shining

I’ve charged the car a couple of times now and have completed a number of local trips all using the EV, in fact, the ICE has not been used. I’ll be doing some longer trips in a couple of days which will eat up the traction battery and ensure the ICE gets used and then I can “run it in”. So far I’ve been using the ECO mode and I’m surprised just how good the car performs even in this mode, I guess it’s a combination of the huge amount of instant torque that the electric motors have this available at any speed. I’ve been achieving 3.5miles/KWh so a range of 48 miles per charge (I’ve not run the battery out so just added my actual range to the cars estimate of range left) which I’m very happy with as I’ve had the AC and heating set on. Interestingly the maths dose not work out if I calculate the performance against the installed battery size, 18.1KW. The fully electric range is only allowed to use 80% of the battery with 20% (3.5KW ish) being reserved for the car to use in its hybrid mode. In addition I’ve found out that the car may say it’s 100% charged but actually stops when it’s around 95%. This depends on temperature but also to allow for battery drop off with time to maintain the driven range. Hope this is of interest to somebody?

Is this with regards to 'Toyota Relax' ? https://www.toyota-europe.com/service-and-accessories/service-and-maintenance/toyota-relax

The hatchback has a shorter wheelbase than the Touring Sports (estate) and saloon, hence less space in the rear. Toyota market the hatch as being suitable for couples, the Touring Sport for families and the saloon for execs. As mentioned, take the pram and seat with you to try in the hatchback to see whether it suits. The following also provides measurements for the interior - http://ridc.org.uk.testing.effusion2.dh.bytemark.co.uk/features-reviews/out-and-about/choosing-car/car/corolla-20-hybrid-5dr-hatch-2019 http://ridc.org.uk.testing.effusion2.dh.bytemark.co.uk/features-reviews/out-and-about/choosing-car/car/corolla-18-hybrid-5dr-hatch-2019

Just reporting back on my findings (say if anyone searches for this thread and would like an answer) If you have any rough running issues, then yeah, you should definitely try the aforementioned bottle of Wynn's catalytic and o2 sensor cleaner. That stuff really does the trick. Engine feels calmer and runs well.

As regards the tyre labelling: Wet grip - the difference between each rating for wet grip is approx 2.5 metres when braking from 50mph. Fuel economy - the difference between an A rated tyre and an E rated tyre may be only 7.5%. So the difference between each rating may be 1.5%.

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Picked up the new car today, over the moon just trying to come to grips with the Toyota app and settings. Controls very similar to the Subaru, not surprising really as Toyota part own Subaru.

The service charges are getting silly, the standard charge seems to be £190 inter, £340 full, Johnson’s Toyota have trumped this, 225 &. 375. The only thing you actually get extra in the full is a air filter and more checks, brake fluid change is marked as extra, mot full price even done with service, that’s £425 for mot and service + brake fluid whatever that costs. Bit much. They have also done away with essential care and 5+ Services. Think after all these years I will be looking for alternatives.

I agree, once the manufacturer warranty expires after the 5th year it might be a better option to service the car at local trusted independent or by yourself as diy. It will all depend of personal circumstances of course and ability to do so. Toyota cars in general are well made and easy to maintain, plus they last for longer than any other cars. In my case I use my old Auris for work and travel sometimes excess of 1000 miles per week, do my own service with genuine parts as per the manual. The savings from not going to the dealer garages are huge, savings from fuel bill are good too, so far happy days. Hybrid battery health check it’s not really necessary if no future claim is available since it’s only check, I carry this myself, plus cleaning the battery cooling fan myself too. Covered 110000 miles since the summer of 2018, got its 170k service yesterday, to date the car only needed regular service and few times brakes all around due to a rust when the car wasn’t much in use previously. , and wheel bearings because of the same reason and that’s all, anything else is original including the two batteries 12v and the 200v.

I think, once the manufacturer's warranty has run out on a vehicle, then dealer servicing becomes slightly less appealing. Probably why Toyota introduced the 5+ Club. It certainly kept me sticking with the dealer network, so I don't really understand Toyota's logic behind scrapping it.

I did contact Toyota's head office, to ask if they might be replacing the 5+ Club in the near future, but they gave nothing away that they may or may not. I suspect not. Shame, coz I was gonna get mine major serviced next week at the dealers. Will be an independent now. I will miss the good customer service though 😔

Even using their 5+ Club the prices were still extortionate (the card is stuffed in some random drawer). Therefore I had a main dealer service at 5 years, to be fair, they did reduce to the 5+ price in spite of it being a couple of weeks to the first registration date. However, some items were not included which were if paying full price. If I were rushy45, with a 2013 car, it should be more cost effective to use a local, recommended establishment for servicing and repairs. I do, it's half the price and they do a good job without "forgetting" some items that the main dealer did! Plus they are real mechanics, not parts changing "technicians" who blindly follow a computer for diagnoses. Main drawback, no sit and wait in a glass palace, no wifi and no "free" coffee and biscuits.

Just my sixth pence worth, IMO the touring sport (Estate) is much nicer looking then the hatch. The wheel base of the TS is the same as a Prius, so the length will be somewhat the same.

Hi Mike, we got 2 Toyota hybrids, both due service at the same time (just by chance), this year both need intermediate, so that £380. What’s hurting this year is the wife’s car has only done 1200 miles, it’s a hybrid so the engine has probably only turned for 800 miles, and the oil and filter are due to be change, and I insist on 0w-20 which is expensive. My Prius has done 2200 miles in the last 12 months, so again engine only worked say 1400 miles. I do wonder will the oil/filter get changed. My Prius is 5 year old end of September so it needs a Toyota service to keep any chance of “goodwill” in case of big problem in the future. However the wife’s 2010 Auris Hybrid is costing £530 for 2 years service for an 11 year old car, still running well with 78k miles. Most likely I can forget about Toyota goodwill because it’s former owner missed an annual service presumably because the car only did 6,000 miles in the two years. So I in a dilemma, do I take the service to an independent service centre (vat registered) and stipulate Toyota approved parts be used and then pay Toyota £45 for the hybrid battery health check………. Probably not save a lot. The Auris is due it’s mot next Friday and I got it booked into a garage I have insight for doing the service couple weeks later, it’s a tester.

Hi, if you are coming from a polo you will be fine with Corolla, the rear leg room is limited however if the driver it’s not very tall then it’s ok and the boot will be enough fir most prams, I have seen 3 electric scooters xiaomi fitted into a Corolla hatchback without folding rear seats . But best to try prior to purchase as been advised. Corolla hybrid it’s definitely an upgrade over any vw 👌✅👍

Best to take the pram and car seat along with you and try them for size. Rear space in the hatch does often get highlighted as not being great. Have you considered the touring sports? It has a longer wheelbase so more room in the back seats and obviously a much bigger boot.

By the way the injector doesn't need any reprogramming its just plug and play

Agreed. But I’m getting great fuel economy anyhoo. And not feeling like I’m going to nerf the car in heavy rain on a busy M25 is more valuable than 2-3 extra mpg the Enasave is rated C wet weather BlueResponse is an A

Hi, these are old recalls, few years back I had them done on my mk1. Air bag, fuel filler, and ecu update if your one is a hybrid, I think these are the most recent recalls. Regards

Hi Roger, welcome to Toyota Owners Club. The actual screen display can be moved up and down (but not sideways), maybe the screen is at one of its extremes and you not seeing it. It’s a possibility, so check. Some don’t like HUD (I think it’s great) so dim it out. Have you got the car manual (paper version) or as FBalls has asked, downloaded the full manual.? I have Gen4 Prius Excel and managed HUD with just the paper manual. There is more then the HUD button, other bits are available in long display accessible through steering wheel buttons, that’s why you need a manual. You could tear your hair out without some help (or even with help).

Why would you want to fit a rear spoiler? The additional drag will result in increased fuel consumption and the downforce could be easily achieved by a few bags of sugar in the back.

For sure, a sat nav on the screen looks neat. However what matters is the quality of the information shown/spoken. Toyota sat nav does not have a brilliant reputation in that respect for different reasons. You only have to trawl through user contributions on this forum to see the problems. Do as already suggested. A good Garmin or TomTom, and these days you get free updates for the life of the hardware in the device. Alternatively, and it popular, just use a smartphone. You can use Waze for free, and lots of other free maps, and for a small monthly fee you can have TomTom on the smartphone. Of course a smartphone can be used within the car system to receive and make phone calls (subject to legal use). Another plus point of smart phones, when you leave the car the phone/sat nav goes with you - not going to get nicked from the car (beware pick pockets though).

My considered advice for what it’s worth Davinder, is buy yourself a Garmin or TomTom sat nav. It will probably cost you less than a quarter of what it would cost to install a Toyota system, and I’m not sure if you can. They have free lifetime updates and are generally trouble free.

No to free installation The sat nav function is provided by a separate module (the 'Go' module) that is an add-on to the Toyota Touch 2 multimedia unit. You may be able to purchase a used module off the likes of eBay or from breakers. Not just software.