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

GRunt said:
seriously, i don't get the assist crap. i mean sure emergency breaking and blind spot monitoring do a good job in avoiding fatal errors, especially with getting smaller windoows and bad view because of safty regulations. but lane keep assist and road sign reading? what the hek? i prefer to look at the road and drive conscious and not in a semi comatose condition. Isn't it better to drive envolved and concentrated? most assist do make the driver loose concentration to some degree, so they need to use assist to not crash, so... and so on. i don't think thats a good direction, is it?
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Road sign assist is handy. It seems to read the signs as you drive past them.

Lane keep is nice if used with cruise and lets you take the hands off the wheel to eat crisps and drink beer.
 
Remove the downpipe. Tricky at first, but possible without removing the driving shaft.

Tomorrow morning the HJS goes in
 
Fitted private plate.

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Cleaned it for the first time since my NC500 trip. So many bugs! Kinda had to though, it was beginning to be difficult to see through the windscreen 😂

Surprised at the front-end aero though, lots of bigger carcasses lodged in the crevices around the fog lights/brake cooling intakes, and that silly recess under the headlights. Took a lot of elbow grease and fiddling about to get even semi clean.
 
Maks said:
Remove the downpipe. Tricky at first, but possible without removing the driving shaft.

Tomorrow morning the HJS goes in
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It took me longer than wanted. I wouldn't want to do it again. Whoever wants to do it, needs a special nut for the lambda sensor, as it sits deep inside heat shield.
 
Duke said:
What did you/he think of the swap?
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He was very impressed, commented what a capable and fun car it was and that not much would touch it on a B road.

We weren't going mad (Honest officer) as it was the public road but point and squirt out of corners there wasn't much in it until the M2's long legs get going then of course it would be no contest for straight line pace.

I will say the M2 felt heavy and the brakes weren't as confidence inspiring on the initial bite but the engine was a joy to work.

I had an an M140i before the Yaris and the M2 felt like a more powerful, 'sorted' and special version of that, the traction was superb all be it a dry warm day. The BM feels like more of a GT car and is definitely more polished at being a 'daily' normal road speed car yet still very capable when the pace increases.

I only spent a short time in the M2 but if my life depended on it to set a time down a typical British B road I think I'd take the Yaris, however, if I was on long sweeping mountain roads or a 'power circuit' like the Ring then the M2 would be the machine of choice.

In summary very different cars but both uber capable and enjoyable to peddle, frankly I'd like to have both on my drive :)
 
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Found some more fake carbon bits on Amazon Japan, that is a roughish match for the digitally printed TRD parts on the upper dash.

I actually think it looks quite nice, maybe not quite as good as stock, but I like how it’ll protect from scratches in daily use.

I’ll be going back to a leather gear knob though, as it’s a little bit too much. Something special on the way…

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GR86 sun shade isn’t a bad fit. Not perfect, but good enough.

I don’t recommend if you struggle to put away pop-up tents 🙂

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