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I thought Toyota paint quality was lacking when I noticed the plastici rear bumper panel was a slightly different black to the matching side panel, it's also missing the sparkle sand effect, this is more noticeable in sunlight. The car is only 4yr old and has not had any damage

Cheapest I've seen is 142.9 in Rossendale ... Just did a quick online check to see if my memory was complete wonky ... But no! I do remember 50p per gallon - so just over 11p per litre!!!! Happy days ...

£27 a month plus AA cover and MOT 36 months

I was going to activate MyToyota app until I saw the pages and pages of conditions that I had no idea what I was agreeing to. What am I missing out without the app

Answers in order: @Mooly: All of the work has been chasing the same set of issues but I do occasionally wonder if it's actually been a series of different things. The intake manifold was done, together with a new exhaust, as a result of issues that got thrown up after the Terraclean and was all in the name of getting through the MOT - which she failed first time on emissions but sailed through on the re-test after the work. Was working brilliantly for a couple of weeks - and then it all started again! @Flash22: Given most of my journeys are quite long, I tend to run the tank low. Average fill-up is between 35-38 litres so I have wondered about dirt in the system and whether it's possible to clean out the various fuel pipes, or even 'spring clean' the tank itself. After all these years and miles there must be sludge at the bottom .... @Gerg: No-one has mentioned cleaning the earth connection ... I'll check that out 😀 Right at the start of this thread @Cyker said that most of the people on this forum were potty 🤣 But I do feel like I've found 'soulmates' - ever if I am an imposter (no proper car tech knowledge ...). Yes she is lovely and yes it is partly the colour, but also because we've been together for so long and there's a lot of history. And now there are potential solutions AND perhaps the big spare part that's needed ... @Gerg: Are you nearby or in the South of France? Having just pretty much decided I needed to replace the car, I'm now back to replacing the parts and keeping her going ... AAARRRGGGHHH!!!!!!!!!!! 😉 @Cyker: A while ago I did actually toy with the idea of just replacing the entire engine 🤣 Just as a wild matter of interest ... if she was yours, would you fix or ditch? On a scale of 1-10 (one being ditch ...) and given the polarised issues of me loving my car to bits (stupidlyromantic) AND needing a car that works (the practical project manager that I am in 'real' life ...) - oh - and not actually being a millionaire ...

Thanks very much. just now realised that this forum is more for/with UK owners. My apologies, I live in NL. So perhaps it's better that I follow up with my question on other forums here. Re-maintenance, I was referring to the fact that I went to the dealer for the annual regular maintenance (changing the oil, filters, standard checks etc.). On this occasion, I also mentioned that the wiper engine plays "tricky" games and asked them to check it. They called me and said that it has to be replaced, that it's quite expensive and that it's not covered by the warranty (so the discussion took place under the impression that warranty still exists). I found a bit weird their answer regarding the non-coverage for this electrical part, so I asked them not to replace it (also because I didn't have that amount in the moment). Paid the invoice, got the extended warranty card for one more year and took the car from the dealer. Coming home and checking the T&C of the Toyota 10 yers warranty extension, I noticed that that wiper engine is... surprise... covered by the warranty. I called and wrote them and asked for the replacement. That was the moment they replied to me that I no longer have the car covered by the warranty due to being 12 days late with the maintenance. So this is the part that annoys me mostly, that they really play dirty games and are very cheap.

I did tell the mechanic to check for the fluid level and make sure to drain and put recommend amount in but at this point I don’t think he’s done anything

That would make sense given the proximity Factory tour:

Presumably this is the Relax service generated extended warranty. As far as I'm aware, there is no tolerance on Relax. When you say you did the maintenance (replacement of the wiper motor), one of the exclusions of Relax according to the UK terms and conditions, is where 'damage or defects have not been reported immediately to an Authorised Toyota Repairer or the Authorised Toyota Repairer has not been given the opportunity to repair.' 'Reported Immediately' doesn't mean just booking the service.

Prices have dropped down to 139.9 at the Gulf station in the local area. Luckily was passing today and needed to fill the car up.

It annoys me this is still so complicated! They really need to pull their socks up and make these systems work well enough that normal people can use them successfully if they want EV adoption to go anywhere...!

If the delay is because you couldn't get a service booking, you can try and argue that as an extenuating circumstance that was out of your control, but I don't know what your Toyota office is like. In the UK, the official line from the Toyota head office to me is there is no grace period at all, but a lot of people here have said the dealers give up to a months' grace period so it's a bit ambiguous.

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The OP was asking specifically about a "2020 Excel hybrid - 18 inch tyre size opinions" as per the thread title ... 😉 Yes, a PHEV / Prime is different.

I hope the gearbox oil level was checked when the seal was replaced. If it's still leaking you'll need to keep a check on the oil level.

First job when I swap R4Ps in September will be replacing the tyres with CC2s and selling the almost new Goodyears or whatever is on the R4P GR Sport. Just need much better wet, snow and ice performance which the CCs seem to privide. And ideally lower road noise but I'm not so hard over about that. I don't care less about tyre wear. I'll only have the car 3 years and do about 24k miles. So a set should last for that. I did think that on my current R4P 2021 the Yokohamas were 235s on a 19 inch rim? I better check! Tempted also to get a spare wheel, space saver as the gunk approach doesn't inspire me with confidence. But I did also buy a picture repair kit where you push in an insert. Watched a few videos on how to use it but think I need to watch more.

Im at a loss at what’s going on. It’s been working fine for weeks, but after a weekend away, the gremlins are now back. When I plug in now, octopus gives me a charging schedule, but, the myenergi kicks in immediately and takes power from my solar battery and the grid, so I’m being charged full whack (This is with eco+ mode set). If I set the mode to stop on the myenergi then octopus app doesn’t think my cars connected and tells me that a schedule will be created after I plug my ev in and it won’t charge overnight. I wish there was a definitive setting as to how to set this all up. I’m positive that each smart app is interfering with the other apps and in this case not doing what I’m asking it to.

Good evening! Does anyone know what is the warranty tolerance applied by Toyota (if there is any)? They say it's now discontinued because I did it 12 days after the completion of one year. And this because they are very busy and when you go on the online appointment system, you can't get a slot faster than 1 month after. And actually what frustrates me more is that they didn't mention anything when I did the maintenance, they even issued the extra 1-year warranty card, but when I claimed the replacement/repair of the front windshield wiper engine, they said that warranty no longer applies. Oh... It's a Toyota Aygo x-Cite 2017, 1.0 and the !Removed! price of that little engine is 900 Euros :( Thank you very much.

Yes, 'Harsh but fair'! 😁... ripped up the A1 and it felt goooooood. 😜

Hello, ive got a Toyota Rav4 2.0d D4d. 2003 model. Im about to craft nails out of this car as its doing my head in. Ive got the P1250 fault code. Ive searched far and wide but every other topic is about everyone having loss of power. Im struggling with too much. I can feel the car runs way to good, turbo spools up quickly. Good acceleration and everything. But once i hit 2.5/3k rpm it stutters as it seems like its not getting enough fuel to keep up. My current boost pressure is 321 Kpa/3.2bar @ 3000rpm going uphill in 3rd gear. So thats waaay more than it should have. But i cant find anything anywhere about what the normal turbo pressure should be. Ive Swapped out all the vacum hoses. New vsv, new Map sensor, new Maf sensor, new diesel filter, new air filter, checked actuator is opening/closing properly. What on earth could be forcing my poor turbo to run at such high pressure? Any advice would be appreciated.

I kept a set of Michelin composite snow chains in my RAV 4.3 for continental trips on routes that require snow chains to be carried. These are as easy to fit as socks and do the job, if you have ever fitted chains on a frozen snow covered road you would appreciate the difference. My own preference is to stay off the road if conditions are bad enough to need chains, probably the only advantage of retirement!

So I think this is where the weather extremes and large snow falls in already treacherous mountain roads in the North Lakes comes in. Not that I'd go out in treacherous conditions deliberately but when you're up there you can get caught out given rapid changes. I've not seen the Tue wrap chains but that sounds intriguing. Looking now at the options. As I say it's just a get me out of here insurance policy atop of the good all season snow rated tyres I'll be putting on, which should get me out of here but I'd just like the next level up policy. I've seen land rovers struggle on occasion.

my 2023 Corolla TS I think the finish and quality is not as good as previous Toyota's I had. I hand wash my car, I can sometimes notice very light scratches on the paintwork. I had a proace city before, and the paintwork, quality and finish, was better than the corolla.

I must confess that even though it still works fine (@ 22-23 OAT) I'm tempted to get it regassed as it must have lost a bit over 6 years. But I'm going on holiday next month with at least 12 hours of m'way driving and should the regas be wrong in some way (eg. valve not quite sealed tight after) that could get interesting. On a trip like that I'd rather have a system that works reliably at less than 100% than nothing at all. So a job for later in the year I think.

But that's the nub of it. If it's a toy/hobby like a Harley then it's providing a different service from a motorised shopping cart. I do agree with that it's the owners' choice ... but I also choose to consider some of them barking 🙂 That. Given that the original was obviously toast the cost of chucking in a new/better battery to see if it fixed things, before nuking the car at great expense, seems like a no-brainer to me. (But I consider batteries consumables - many people spend a lot of time and money eking out just a few months more life. Refer again to my barking point above 🙂 )