Really interesting feedback, thank you.From what I saw from my direct experience (my former Mk1 compared to my current Mk2 manual), the first impression was that the Mk2 is more rigid (everyone already knows that, of course), giving also a first impression of driving a wider and more stable car.
By initially driving it like I drove my Mk1, it gave way to a more pronounced understeer, and it looked like being more "filtered" in its behavior, and with less feeling about what the tires are actually doing.
The Mk1 looked more "spirited" and direct in its feeling on steering and overall balance.
This is the first impressions I had, and I admit I was quite intimidated by the Mk2 initially, being a bit more afraid with pushing it into curves, since I couldn't get a clear feel about how the tires and chassis were reacting to my Mk1-like inputs.
After some more miles on the clock, I have to say that to me, Mk1 and Mk2 look like being much less different than it looked initially.
The "spirited" behavior of the Mk1 is still there, even if a bit hidden beneath a layer of overall rigidity of the chassis.
Hence, the more pronounced understeer I got initially, gradually went away, and by driving it with more confidence, and by throwing the car a bit more strongly into the curves, it finally reveals its "Mk1" nature.
Now I can tell that with the Mk2 I can keep a bit higher speeds in curves than it was with the Mk1, but it took quite a while to get there.
Of course. just my two cents, as usual...
GR Yaris (Gen 2) GR Yaris Mk2 (MY2024->)
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I have a slight, high pitch vibration noise coming from the passenger area as well, seems related to ambient temp though, when it's warmer it disappears. Well it's a Yaris after all, I'm not expecting Maybach level of fit and finishA new rattle has appeared! Most of the rattles comes from wiring of microphones above the front seats, I am planning to ask dealership whether they can fix that one. However, there is a brand new one which I cannot resolve at all. It is coming from passenger's seat area, at random speeds and rpm. Once it starts it hangs on for a while, its not loud but it is persistent, slightly higher pitch rattle. Sounds similar to like a resonating can or something small and light in cup holder (obviously there is nothing there) Also tried the seat's headrest but its not it. Could it be rear license plate? I haven't put extra foam tape on it yet, but the rattle is not coming from the rear. Double checked every storage space but could not find anything. Any ideas?
Yeah for sure, its just my ocd kicking inI have a slight, high pitch vibration noise coming from the passenger area as well, seems related to ambient temp though, when it's warmer it disappears. Well it's a Yaris after all, I'm not expecting Maybach level of fit and finish
You know what, I'm just gonna say it : The mat finish on the JDM RC and RZ bumper trims look better than the shiny ones on the high performance, which is the only one available outside of Japan.
I think he's talking about the black trim around the oil coolers
But Pearl is best.
I saw 2 videos of Corolla GR that in neutral after 4000 rpm the turbo loads up to about 1 bar... why do our Yaris stop at 0?
The matte finish looks way better - no contest. Toyota and other brands have it backwards. For some odd reason they think glossy piano black plastic on performance cars is sporty and trendy. It’s not - it’s a disaster. It clashes with the theme and ends up looking like crap fast, especially since those lower trim areas take a beating from road debris. You see it on the new M2/M3/M4, the latest Type R and even our rally-ready GR Yaris. Seriously, kill the piano black trend! it’s hideous and totally impractical!
Rant over lol
A new rattle has appeared! Most of the rattles comes from wiring of microphones above the front seats, I am planning to ask dealership whether they can fix that one. However, there is a brand new one which I cannot resolve at all. It is coming from passenger's seat area, at random speeds and rpm. Once it starts it hangs on for a while, its not loud but it is persistent, slightly higher pitch rattle. Sounds similar to like a resonating can or something small and light in cup holder (obviously there is nothing there
Well it looks I've found the culprit. Its one of the clips that is holding ports for seat heating below the passenger seat. There is no play in the clip and everything is holding fine, however it rattles under general car vibrations (on driver's side its not rattling). For now small piece of tape seems to fix it, so far no rattle from that area today.
why the manual ones? this is a strange thing… it's normal that in neutral it reaches 0, I wonder why the ones with manual transmission instead have a strategy to load the boost
My understanding is it’s a safety feature to protect the engine. The tech was obviously easier to install for Toyota on the auto vs the manual (cars like Mitsubishi Evo’s also do it ).
It seems strange to me, because without doing anything the turbo does not exceed 0 bar because if there is no load, the turbo cannot load... therefore to go beyond 0, the control unit must have an LC type strategy….
is yours automatic?
