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

MarkoS said:
What is it with birds and GRYs?! :mad::cry:
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Last 3 times I’ve had it out I’ve hit a bird and got away undamaged so it’s only a matter of time.

Seriously never had a car like it for this. I wonder if there’s something with the shape or colour contrast on the car that’s makes them not able to see it properly?
 
I've only crashed with a bird once in my near 30 year driving career. Guess with what car... Maybe needs a louder exhaust 🤣
 
Had a Polestar 2 out for a test drive today. Top of the range sports pack wanger. I reckon it would worry a GR from 0-50mph or so - silly acceleration from the electrics. Even over my local backroad I think I'd have to push a bit in the GR to get away from it. How on earth they get 2.2 tonnes to shift so well is mental!

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Onehp said:
I've only crashed with a bird once in my near 30 year driving career. Guess with what car... Maybe needs a louder exhaust 🤣
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I've hit 2 so far, both with GRY. One with stock exhaust, one with HKS. Guess they think its a Yaris GR so its safe to fly infront.
 
MarkoS said:
I've hit 2 so far, both with GRY. One with stock exhaust, one with HKS. Guess they think its a Yaris GR so its safe to fly infront.
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Kind of puts to bed the loud exhausts save lives myth
 
Funky said:
Had a Polestar 2 out for a test drive today. Top of the range sports pack wanger. I reckon it would worry a GR from 0-50mph or so - silly acceleration from the electrics. Even over my local backroad I think I'd have to push a bit in the GR to get away from it. How on earth they get 2.2 tonnes to shift so well is mental!

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The Rimac (2000bhp, sub 2 sec 0-60) review on the latest Top Gear showed that electric cars have pretty much got the acceleration game won, and fancy traction control can work wonders with the handling.

Those I know that have had electric cars for a while have said the acceleration is amazing but that's over with in a couple of seconds and after that it's all a bit soulless.

Capable, effective but in no way engaging.

The Yaris just feels special every time I drive it.

And in a strange way I think for most of the time I drive the Yaris more slowly than I do my other "slower" cars. Knowing that you can overtake pretty much at will and can take corners at fairly silly speeds means that there's no need to maintain momentum everywhere. I noticed the same when I had a Hayabusa - more than happy to trickle along on a whiff of throttle at about the speed limit because with the slightest movement of the wrist I could overtake anything with ease.
 
Gyp said:
The Rimac (2000bhp, sub 2 sec 0-60) review on the latest Top Gear showed that electric cars have pretty much got the acceleration game won, and fancy traction control can work wonders with the handling.

Those I know that have had electric cars for a while have said the acceleration is amazing but that's over with in a couple of seconds and after that it's all a bit soulless.

Capable, effective but in no way engaging.

The Yaris just feels special every time I drive it.

And in a strange way I think for most of the time I drive the Yaris more slowly than I do my other "slower" cars. Knowing that you can overtake pretty much at will and can take corners at fairly silly speeds means that there's no need to maintain momentum everywhere. I noticed the same when I had a Hayabusa - more than happy to trickle along on a whiff of throttle at about the speed limit because with the slightest movement of the wrist I could overtake anything with ease.
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Agree, a certain amount of acceleration potential is beneficial for safe driving:
- slow in fast out
- overtaking

I basically drive the GRY in two ways. Sedately with other traffic. And full attack when nobody is around (or there is a decent amount of space at least, that's a slippery slope though, need to back off a bit, but it's so much fun).
 
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And in a strange way I think for most of the time I drive the Yaris more slowly than I do my other "slower" cars.
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I've definitely found as my cars got faster I got more content to drive them slowly.
I'm sure a lot of that is down to me being able to afford faster cars as I got older and more sensible (at least a bit....) but it is also down to knowing the car can be fast so you don't feel the need to prove it (to yourself OR anyone else)

In my first hot hatches I was (if I'm brutally honest) a bit of a nob.
I'd drive as fast as possible anywhere there wasn't any pedestrians. Other road users were obstacles to be overtaken, not 'people'
I was in my late teens, early 20's so I suppose being an arse is sort of expected, but I do look back now and cringe (and am amazed I never crashed during that period)

These days I couldn't be further from that, can't remember the last time I overtook on the wrong side of the road or anything like that.
It's a far more enjoyable way to drive, when you're just waiting for a nice open road.
 
Drove it to work on rainy roads with winter tires. Great fun when the tires lose grip and lets the tail go :) First trip over 10km with winter setup and I got tire pressure warning. Thought it was strange that I had not gotten it before on the shorter trips, but who knows. Maybe it takes some time for the sensors to kick in.

Does this mean that the sensores on my new tires does not communicate with the Toyota, or do I just need to press some buttons?

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griff said:
Finally pushed the button and sold it - gets picked up on Saturday morning 😔

Going to miss it badly, but it needs an owner that’s going to put some miles on it.

Probably means I’m not going to be logging on here much, but just wanted to say it’s been nice to be a tiny part of a great car community. If the values don’t go too crazy over the coming years I may well be back at some point - it’s by far the best car I’ve ever owned.

Cheers all 👍
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Sad to see you go, one of the "originals".

Take care, and hopefully you'll be lured back to the GRY at some point in the future 👍
 
I bought it!

...i.e. I paid off the PCP with another loan. I had the 0% plan and worked out that I'd pay less interest by refinancing if rates rose by 0.7% or more. The very same day, I've been vindicated by the BOE. But it's nice to know that Toyota will fiddle some bits in some database and my car will actually be my car.
 
Great shout, I should have got a 2% loan out and done the same. Personal loan rates are now around 4.8%.
 
Arrived today!

Approx 18 months in and I’m the fully paid up owner of one boot mat for when the seats go down. Boring as hell, I know, but as time has slowed down and the wait for the car has dragged on I’ve decided some essential purchases are needed to keep me sane and my interest levels up.

Want to keep it pretty much as stock menchanically until I've got to grips with it but mirror riser, mudflaps, armrest on order and possibly winter wheels and tyres are next...

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Hah, my boot mat arrived today, not from the same place, but just stuck it in there. Still waiting on my tracker to dispatch, but popped out to get the wheel protector for the steering lock I bought the other day. I took did a similar thing and bought some toys for it before I got it... got a carbon knob from @p3.auto (which is amazing btw), got a mirror riser on back order from Tegiwa ... just ordered some rubber mats too so I don't totally destroy the carpet ones over winter.
 
corroded said:
Hah, my boot mat arrived today, not from the same place, but just stuck it in there. Still waiting on my tracker to dispatch, but popped out to get the wheel protector for the steering lock I bought the other day. I took did a similar thing and bought some toys for it before I got it... got a carbon knob from @p3.auto (which is amazing btw), got a mirror riser on back order from Tegiwa ... just ordered some rubber mats too so I don't totally destroy the carpet ones over winter.
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Any recs on the steering lock and rubber mats? Cheers
 
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