GR Yaris What did you do to your GR Yaris today?

Killed a million flies with it, apparently

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Picked up some s/h 17" wheels for mine. I'll get one of the tyres taken off tomorrow, so I can test fit the wheel to the front, before buying correct sized tyres.
If they don't work, they'll be going back on ebay....
 
Araf said:
Picked up some s/h 17" wheels for mine. I'll get one of the tyres taken off tomorrow, so I can test fit the wheel to the front, before buying correct sized tyres.
If they don't work, they'll be going back on ebay....
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Good way to do it. What make/model?
 
Duke said:
Good way to do it. What make/model?
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6 spoke Alutecs - so cheap (I basically stole them at 6 seconds to 7am when the listing finished). 17 x 7.5 5 x 114.3 pcd and et47. The wheels are like new as they had been used on a 4wd (so very big tyre walls). I'm expecting to need wheel spacers but as long as I don't come out further than where the wheel face sits now, I'll be happy with that.
If it all fits, these will eventually have my winter tyres on as I want a slightly wider set for summer tyres.
 
Nice job.

Can you tell me what the device attached to the pressure washer in the first photo is please, and where I can get one.
 
Test fitted a 17" wheel. Surprised that it wasn't far off and a 10mm spacer would be sufficient for the wheel to clear the caliper.
Now ordered tapered wheel nuts, hubcentric spacers and spigot rings (which seems to have been as much as the wheels).
By my calculations, the wheel faces will sit 7mm outboard of the standard position with a 15mm spacer.

Hopefully everything will be here for another test fit next weekend, before deciding what tyres to throw on....
 
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Having gone away for the weekend, did the 140 miles home in a leisurely manner, mainly to see how well the Yaris works as a long distance cruiser. And to, err, get home.

The bit that impressed me most was that I nudged 40mpg.

The highlight though, was as I was leaving Lincoln, a young (compared to me) lad in a Ford got really excited at seeing the car. It made my day that the Yaris appeared to make his day.
 
Gyp said:
Having gone away for the weekend, did the 140 miles home in a leisurely manner, mainly to see how well the Yaris works as a long distance cruiser. And to, err, get home.

The bit that impressed me most was that I nudged 40mpg.

The highlight though, was as I was leaving Lincoln, a young (compared to me) lad in a Ford got really excited at seeing the car. It made my day that the Yaris appeared to make his day.
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How on earth did you manage 40mpg?

I drove 250 miles cruising is 6th and this was my results

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I’ve had a lot of people give me thumbs up when driving and randoms starting g conversation at the garage when filling up haha but every VAG car especially golfs want a race
 
A few bits from Amazon Japan arrived today, thought I’d give them a try:

Arm rest that rests in the cup holders. Never had an arm rest before so thought I’d try this out for a bit. I always lean on my right elbow while driving, sure it’s not doing my posture any good!

Not really expensive so if it’s crap, I can take out. Nice to have another out of sight place to store things too.

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They might look a bit naff, but these are genuine Toyota:
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Let’s see if they stop the seat belt ALWAYS getting stuck behind the seat for me 😆

And a little bit more HKS for my boot, handy little mesh thingies:

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Oil splash rules OK.
 
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