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Hi. I am getting regularly 66+ mpg on my urban commute. Sometimes over 70mpg. My best so far was over 80mpg on an urban commute of just under 10 miles. See photo below. I’ve got a 2016 Auris Excel hybrid hatchback with just 11000 miles on the clock. I bought it a month ago, coming from a 2010 1.6 diesel Focus hatchback which I’d run for nearly 7 years. I’ve been delighted with my Auris hybrid so far. It’s the right tool for the job for an urban commute, and it suits me down to the ground.

I found pedal to the metal today in Eco mode still gave me quite enough poke. Goodness knows what Sport would have done.

Just taken delivery of a pre registered Yaris this week looking forward to driving it so came here tips and idea have also joined to help contribute to the upkeep thanks Steve

What trim version do you have? What media unit do you have? I have the Toyota Touch 2 with Go system on a 2016 Auris Excel hybrid hatchback. In the setting menu, you can change camera brightness and contrast. (My cars previous owner had changed those settings). Putting them back to defaults improved the screen video and reverse camera view considerably for me. Give it a go.

The APP uses you phones data, the car uses a SIM* the IMEI comes back as Continental who are known partners with Vodafone the system uses 2 protocols C-2V (C-2VX) and N2V it does get somewhat complex https://www.gsma.com/iot/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Connecting-Vehicles-Today-and-in-the-5G-Era-with-C-V2X.pdf https://www.gsma.com/iot/news/connected-vehicles-are-safest-when-they-are-cellular/ ps. what phone do you have

I opted for the 'protection plus' extra which included the boot liner and rubber mats all around. The carpet type mats were fitted as standard and I swapped them out for the rubber one when I collected the car. Much easier to clean and I've also stopped shouting at people with muddy shoes who insist on dragging it into the car😉

I leave mine in normal mode. I don’t bother with engine braking B mode or fiddle with anything. I just drive it sensibly, light right foot, and read the road well ahead. I drive it differently to my old diesel Focus, but within a month of owning it, I’ve got the hang of how to drive a hybrid. It changes my style of driving and my choices of roads too.

I cant answer your query, BUT if they not standard, talk the salesman to include them. 👍 Actually I don’t like carpets, I prefer the rubber ones, one of the first things I did when I got the Prius was buy a set rubber ones off eBay. The Prius has a pretty flat floor in the rear, so the rear rubber carpet is one piece. Easier to clean then proper carpet, but I can see why people prefer the carpet, just not me.

Actually it’s very simple transmission and best in the business to date. Eliminating all possible points of failure is what made it the most reliable and the best. Driving experience is also unrivalled, only full electric car can gives you the same experience. Toyota were running an add few years back how buying and driving a hybrid made people to return to their cars since Toyota hybrids are so easy and pleasant to drive. , and they are right. The reason why Prius is number one choice in taxis around the globe, drivability, reliability and efficiency. No other car manufacturer come close to the first two! 👍

From an insurance viewpoint, if the car is left unlocked, regardless of whether it is in a locked/alarmed garage, it won't be covered by insurance. For example, with LV they state in the policy document that if the car is left unlocked, they won't pay out.

Also, the ID3 (and surely the 4 too?) is RWD, so when ever it is regenerating (through brake pedal operation), I imagine that that is even less work to be done by the back brakes. I notice plenty of large-ish, new, pickup trucks are using drum back brakes, albeit quite large diameter ones. And the latest Twingos and Smart ForFours (predictably), have been using some 'exotic-looking' finned rear drums for a while. I must get out more....

Interestingly VW have gone back to drum brakes on the rear of the iD3/4 to avoid friction loss and keep them in better condition and avoid the rusting that discs get when not used a lot.

Thanks ! It's the first car I ever bought. The old Yaris is from my mum, so my experience is limited. I have an appointment with a Toyota dealer in The Hague (where I live) and he will look at it to possibly buy it from me. I bought it at a decent price, maybe I can even get what I spent or more. I hope so.

Maybe get the car serviced at Toyota dealership and then record oil use per mileage. If AFTER the service and as a result of your oil recording you do find it is using oil take it back to the dealership and get them to investigate it under the RELAX warranty that you'll get as part of the service. Just to flag up that the warranty won't cover pre existing issues prior to the service so may not be possible to pursue this route if there is definitely a problem at the moment.........

Toyota have a nasty habit of making what I think of as facepalm choices. The folding mirrors are a perfect example: They include electric folding mirrors, but require you to press a button (far right of the lower dash, to the right of the L/R switch for mirror adjustment) to make the mirrors fold in. On VCDS you just do the coding to enable it on cars with electric mirrors, on Toyota… no. Thankfully an almost plug and play solution exists, it’s a 3 wire install and the rest plugs in to the OEM connectors. After that you hit lock and the mirrors fold, hit unlock and they open. No to android auto, it was only introduced on the next generation (4.5) and then only actually made available within the last year or so as a software upgrade from Toyota to the earlier cars of the 4.5 generation. Car wise I come from an IT background and like motorbikes…. you can fit a 22U half rack in the back of a RAV4… along with a full set of motorbike fairings with the seats down 😉

Start with the ignition switch if its badly worn it may not turn off and it will only get worse over time

As flash22 says, probably oxidized contacts or crud due to lack of use. Before you take it apart, try operating the switch a few dozen times with the ignition off. Then give it a go with the ignition on. If no joy, then take apart like flash22 mentions.

https://www.parkers.co.uk/toyota/c-hr/review/long-term/ Very interesting long term test of the 1.8 C-HR

Could it be to give the person sitting in the seat control over how hot or cold they want it to be?

It has a single ‘data transferable’ USB located on the lower part of the centre console. A second USB is found under the centre armrest in the storage area but this is only for charging devices. Pretty poor for a so called modern car to be honest and if you use Apple CarPlay or Android Auto, having the phone permanently plugged into the only usable USB limits a lot of options.

My father and I had VAG cars for years before I bought a Toyota. Each was progressively less reliable than the last, with less equipment provided as standard for a higher price. My 2004 Skoda Octavia that I bought new was particularly bad with a catalogue of faults during my four years of ownership (the airbag warning light was on when it was delivered!). The several Skoda dealers I used and Skoda Customer Services were also amazingly bad (such as informing me the wiring loom on the driver's door can be damaged when having a timing belt changed!). Perhaps, when it comes to reliability, other makers can one day catch up with Toyota. 🙂

Thanks for replying and your insight. I was hoping it might have been a simple setting that could be changed. Perhaps one day Toyota will catch up with other makers.

I thought fog lights were for when it’s foggy, what do you mean “come on when turning”?

My Toyota chr hybrid is 7 months old and had RAC out 2 twice. It is the keyless car security system that drains the 12v battery and once the battery is flat, it will not hold any charge again so it will drain over and over, no matter how much you charge it. A new 12v battery is needed but it will happen all over again until Toyota come up with a solution. Plus Toyota KNOW full well that this IS a fault with the keyless system design but they won't admit it!!

Well ... yes sadly ... its eating oil 🙂 BMW said its normal 0,8l/1000 km 😌😌😌 Creazy ...