Toyota Aygo is there something wrong with my car?

[Riknos]

hora said:

My C1s gearbox is precise and clicky.

Probably because you don't red line it in 1st all the time? Or bang it into 1st when you're moving?

[Speed 3]

I've had an Aygo for a year now to use in the week between fun weekends in the Tuscan. Its done 54k and is in the final year of the Toyota warranty (the last two years being Toyota aftermarket add-on rather than OEM as I understand it). In the summer it started to be reluctant to engage reverse. I booked it into an independent and it was OK for a while but then started baulking again. Given the mileage I concluded it was a worn clutch which I had changed at a different independent (full OEM 190mm kit inc thrust bearing). It was fine for a while but now I'm back to baulking in reverse. The bite is set quite high so I'm sure I've eliminated clutch as a root cause. I don't want to send it into Toyota if its a non-warranty cause as I have a particular hatred of main dealers attitudes and their charges. How likely is it to be a synchromesh issue or other internal problem ?

[thatdude]

I have been told to not shift into first gear until crawling along very lsowly (unable to engage clutch in 2nd / slipping clutch in second) or coming to a standstill. The synchros on first gear get a hard time otherwise and readily fail - first gear is usually quite short on a lot of cars, so you can get moving and build some momentum to carry you along nicely in second gear. As a result, if you are in second gear at say 1500 rpm and shift into first, the synchros take the brunt of having to speed up the shaft to match that shaft speed to the road speed and engine speed

Maybe a useful technique to learn is rev matching with double-declutching i.e. shift out of second into neutral, foot off clutch, match revs, clutch down, shift into first. Done speedily this will match the gearbox shaft speeds with the engine and road speeds

[LordGrover]

All due respect to OP and others that own them, but I was given one of these hateful little stboxes for a day while my car was being serviced. I was quite looking forward to it - I'd thought about getting one for 'commuting'.
It had a ridiculous flappy paddle auto box which didn't help, but was the worst car I've ever had the misfortune to drive. I seriously thought it was broken. It has the vaguest idea of steering, no cornering ability at any speed above walking pace (just as well as you may grow a beard getting to even a brisk jogging pace) and no redeeming features at all.
Horrible.