Re : Toyota GR Yaris - official!

[ferrisbueller]

ChrisW. said:

bcr5784 said:

Do 6k a year and servicing costs look pretty reasonable. Do 12 or more and you are getting up to Porsche prices.

I think Toyota are anticipating that it will be driven quite hard. To be fair ... I change the oil on my GT4 (which gets a lot of track use) every 3000 miles. This Toyota check is £50 if not concurrent with an annual or 6000 mile service when it's free ?

McLaren insist that for track work cars should be checked before and after each outing ...

I would be interested to see actual overall running costs for a 6-cyl Cayman and a 991 doing 12-15k miles a year for 3-5 years.

[speed_buster]

speed_buster said:

Are there any guidelines or a general consensus when it comes to break-in interval?

Anyone?

As for the running costs I definitely prefer for a high performance car a more frequent oil change. My M2 gets serviced every 30k or 2 years which is really long if you track the car. So I have to do in between intervals. Also engine oil and filters costs almost the same even for a Porsche....

[ecsrobin]

speed_buster said:

speed_buster said:

Are there any guidelines or a general consensus when it comes to break-in interval?

Anyone?

As for the running costs I definitely prefer for a high performance car a more frequent oil change. My M2 gets serviced every 30k or 2 years which is really long if you track the car. So I have to do in between intervals. Also engine oil and filters costs almost the same even for a Porsche....

620mipes it’s in the manual. Basically easy on the brakes and easy on the accelerating or words to that affect.

[jjr1]

ferrisbueller said:

ChrisW. said:

bcr5784 said:

Do 6k a year and servicing costs look pretty reasonable. Do 12 or more and you are getting up to Porsche prices.

I think Toyota are anticipating that it will be driven quite hard. To be fair ... I change the oil on my GT4 (which gets a lot of track use) every 3000 miles. This Toyota check is £50 if not concurrent with an annual or 6000 mile service when it's free ?

McLaren insist that for track work cars should be checked before and after each outing ...

I would be interested to see actual overall running costs for a 6-cyl Cayman and a 991 doing 12-15k miles a year for 3-5 years.

No comparison the Porsche will be leagues ahead in terms of bills. My 981S only does minimal miles per year but will still cost lots more than a Yaris. Warranty alone is over a grand for the 2 years that it would need to be a fair comparison to the Yaris.

[MiseryStreak]

ecsrobin said:

speed_buster said:

speed_buster said:

Are there any guidelines or a general consensus when it comes to break-in interval?

Anyone?

As for the running costs I definitely prefer for a high performance car a more frequent oil change. My M2 gets serviced every 30k or 2 years which is really long if you track the car. So I have to do in between intervals. Also engine oil and filters costs almost the same even for a Porsche....

620mipes it’s in the manual. Basically easy on the brakes and easy on the accelerating or words to that affect.

Owners manual here:
https://gr-yaris.co.uk/forum/attachments/gr-yaris-...

The full 584 page manual here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mEEPpS6Azv5Ine6no...

If you want to 3D print your own!

Here’s the relevant page from the owner’s manual:

[Baldchap]

Ron240 said:

Baldchap said:

I've had something keyless parked outside since 2007.

Which car was this please?
I know the Mercedes S Class was one of the first mass produced fully keyless cars around the turn of the century, but I'm just curious to know what else was available with this technology in 2007.

My 2007 IS250.

[Ron240]

Baldchap said:

My 2007 IS250.

And by coincidence, a Toyota.

[Baldchap]

Ron240 said:

Baldchap said:

My 2007 IS250.

And by coincidence, a Toyota.

Oh, it disappeared years ago. Always had something parked on the drive with keyless ever since though. Did like that IS.

[Lordbenny]

Ob 1 said:

Has this one been posted yet? Looks fun.

https://youtu.be/jtXoZ6_YNTs

You beat me to it.....he certainly has swallowed some brave pills....those trees don’t take prisoners!

[Stunters]

Regarding the Cayman GTS 4.0 and the GR Yaris, I'm in the intersecting bit in the Venn diagram.
This arrived in November:


It's my third Cayman, and I've owned them continuously since March 2006 apart from a few months last year between selling the previous one and getting the new one.

Regarding the Yaris, I've been keen for a good few years on the idea of adding a hot hatch and the Yaris is right up my alley as a B-road blaster and wet trackday car. I had a black Citroen AX GT back in the mid 1990s as my first fast car, aged 25 - so my incoming Yaris will be black in homage!

Roll on August, September or whenever it turns up

[Jay-44]

Blissy0 said:

Blissy0 said:

Had the message today to say that mine has started build. Originally the dealer said end feb/early March for delivery, I’m in no rush, not even got hold of a test drive yet.

How long have others taken to arrive after build start?

Ooh now it has finished build, the dot is now on ‘left the factory’ just a tick away from getting on the boat.

I think I’m in the minority of I’d prefer it to be later in the year, when hopefully it’ll be possible to use it! Still a few weeks to decide I guess.

Edited by Blissy0 on Tuesday 12th January 16:54

SNAP. I've just had an email saying mine has left the factory. I ordered mine November. From this point does anyone remember or know roughly how long it took to arrive for collection??.

I too was told March and was happy about that for various reasons but now thinking it could be Feb? or am I wrong.

I shall give the dealer a call. I too haven't had a chance to even have a drive! KENT has been locked down for ages so dealers haven't been able to get me a drive (well Canterbury) I had to cancel a drive then few days later full lockdown again!!.

[bcr5784]

jjr1 said:

No comparison the Porsche will be leagues ahead in terms of bills. My 981S only does minimal miles per year but will still cost lots more than a Yaris. Warranty alone is over a grand for the 2 years that it would need to be a fair comparison to the Yaris.

Not my experience - the official service interval on a 981 is 2 years and 20k miles. Personally not keen to run 20k miles on an oil change - but if you are then the Porsche would be cheaper to service for a high mileage driver. Even if you aren't and doing (say) 6k a year - but still happy to run 12k and 2 years between services (as I was) the Porsche will work out about as cheap (or expensive...).

[ecsrobin]

Jay-44 said:

SNAP. I've just had an email saying mine has left the factory. I ordered mine November. From this point does anyone remember or know roughly how long it took to arrive for collection??.

I too was told March and was happy about that for various reasons but now thinking it could be Feb? or am I wrong.

I shall give the dealer a call. I too haven't had a chance to even have a drive! KENT has been locked down for ages so dealers haven't been able to get me a drive (well Canterbury) I had to cancel a drive then few days later full lockdown again!!.

4-6 weeks to ship over then 2 weeks port to dealer. March seems right.

[Jay-44]

Thank you

[ferrisbueller]

bcr5784 said:

jjr1 said:

No comparison the Porsche will be leagues ahead in terms of bills. My 981S only does minimal miles per year but will still cost lots more than a Yaris. Warranty alone is over a grand for the 2 years that it would need to be a fair comparison to the Yaris.

Not my experience - the official service interval on a 981 is 2 years and 20k miles. Personally not keen to run 20k miles on an oil change - but if you are then the Porsche would be cheaper to service for a high mileage driver. Even if you aren't and doing (say) 6k a year - but still happy to run 12k and 2 years between services (as I was) the Porsche will work out about as cheap (or expensive...).

So what was the breakdown of the total cost of ownership over 5 years 60k miles?

[Blissy0]

Jay-44 said:

I shall give the dealer a call. I too haven't had a chance to even have a drive! KENT has been locked down for ages so dealers haven't been able to get me a drive (well Canterbury) I had to cancel a drive then few days later full lockdown again!!.

SNAP ish

I was booked in for a drive but someone totalled the demonstrator with a deer beforehand. Then more lockdown

My dealer reckoned 3rd March.

If we’re under the same restrictions, seems it won’t be legal to test drive by then. I’m leaning 60/40 towards cancelling at the moment.

[RSVP911]

Blissy0 said:

SNAP ish

I was booked in for a drive but someone totalled the demonstrator with a deer beforehand. Then more lockdown

My dealer reckoned 3rd March.

If we’re under the same restrictions, seems it won’t be legal to test drive by then. I’m leaning 60/40 towards cancelling at the moment.

Please can you pm me - I can’t contact you, thanks

[11jhw]

bcr5784 said:

11jhw said:

This is the one fly in the ointment for me as using it as my work car/daily driver it'll do 12-15000mls a year so that works out to be quite expecive servicing costs compared to my current work horse which asks for a service every 16000mls.

Do 6k a year and servicing costs look pretty reasonable. Do 12 or more and you are getting up to Porsche prices.

Mmm that's my thinking its getting into higher brackets and slightly takes the shine off as a flat-out fun daily driver. I'm confident my excitement for owning one will see my order through and I hope to keep it long term (first time ever) if its all it's cracked up to be.

[n4aat]

What App are people using to track their order?

[ecsrobin]

n4aat said:

What App are people using to track their order?

My Toyota.