Re : Toyota GR Yaris - official!

[PhilPol]

Pappyjohn said:

"Just seen my first GR Yaris (white, circuit pack) in the flesh parked up at Tesco near Middlesbrough.

It looked great and noticeably purposeful even from a good distance away. Went in for a closer look and then realised there were 2 people sat in it. If anyone on here saw a wierd guy in a Monaro rubber necking at them then that was me."

That just goes to show that the GR Yaris is not the most discrete car to get a handy in.

Depends on the car park. Discretion, or lack thereof, could be a good thing, or a bad thing.

Edited by PhilPol on Thursday 4th March 14:30

[PhilPol]

ecsrobin said:

PhilPol said:

No, it doesn't accomplish the same thing. A LIM function allows you to bomb around town (or anywhere) without going over the set speed, irrespective of other traffic.

Adaptive cruise stops you crashing, LIM stops you getting speeding tickets.

That’s your brain and right foot. It’s really not that hard to do.

Did you ever get a speeding ticket?

[ecsrobin]

PhilPol said:

Did you ever get a speeding ticket?

Nope as my brain and right foot no when and when not to go fast

[Ron240]

MiseryStreak said:

Ron will be along shortly to tell me I shouldn’t be exceeding the speed limit anyway so it’s not an issue.

I clearly got to you didn't I.
The thing is I honestly wasn't having a go at you and I never once told you not to speed, but then when you kept it going...let's say you made a poor choice of words which did not reflect well on you - the part about not knowing what speed you are doing because you don't drive around looking at your speedometer.

[TramWrecker]

ecsrobin said:

At a guess lane assist being on must be for something like getting a good NCAP rating same with stop start.

So was filling up today and parked up behind a nice Renault alpine in blue. They really do look great. Next thing an older chap wanted to chat about my car and not the alpine which surprised me had seen my car parked by my house and was excited to know if it was as good as they said it was apparently he’s told his daughter all about the specs. If it wasn’t for covid I’d have let him in for a play to find out for himself.

You are quite a trusting person to let an older bloke in for a bit of a play you randomly met

[ecsrobin]

TramWrecker said:

You are quite a trusting person to let an older bloke in for a bit of a play you randomly met

Cars are to be enjoyed, their a tool whilst I like mine to look nice I get far more enjoyment from using it, abusing it and if it also means letting someone experience the enjoyment I get then why not?

[TramWrecker]

ecsrobin said:

Cars are to be enjoyed, their a tool whilst I like mine to look nice I get far more enjoyment from using it, abusing it and if it also means letting someone experience the enjoyment I get then why not?

Oh I agree, I'm just replaying that situation you described except I'm left standing at the service station like a dork while that other person with a big grin drives off into the sunset.

[ecsrobin]

TramWrecker said:

Oh I agree, I'm just replaying that situation you described except I'm left standing at the service station like a dork while that other person with a big grin drives off into the sunset.

I’d have been in the car hence the ‘if it wasn’t for covid”

[paul n]

Hi all

I had booked a test drive in one pre latest lockdown but that got canned with lockdown rules and I spoke to the dealer today and although i can't test drive one he has has a slot come up for one for a May deliver (assume a cancelation) he says other than that the next date for delivery is march 22 so maybe that answers some questions about availability?

Never bought a new car before mainly due to wanting to avoid massive depreciation and also not being able to take new cars on track and voiding warranty.

Toyota's track friendly warranty and potentially low deprecation appeal for sure.

Anybody had one of these on track yet? Be interested to see how it fairs and also i know it is guess work what are people guessing these will be worth in 3-4 years time with 24k on them?

many thanks

Paul

[ChrisW.]

ecsrobin said:

Nope as my brain and right foot no when and when not to go fast

I did a Zoom speed course last Tuesday.

I had been overtaking a Tesla on the southbound A1 which gradually accelerated as I was passing ... so I went a little faster. As I checked over my left shoulder to pull in and looked back I saw a Police camera van on the bridge of the Boroghbridge junction around half a mile away so I braked quite hard in front of the Tesla (who knew what he had done) and was doing 70mph at least a quarter of mile before passing under the camera van ... I got an 80mph in a 70mph on a very quiet motorway.

Maybe the Tesla driver got away with it, but if speeding is a road safety issue, this was certainly not unsafe.

So stay lucky ! Your turn next ?

[TramWrecker]

ecsrobin said:

I’d have been in the car hence the ‘if it wasn’t for covid”

Of course, he would have to come back for his A1.

[TramWrecker]

ChrisW. said:

I did a Zoom speed course last Tuesday.

I had been overtaking a Tesla on the southbound A1 which gradually accelerated as I was passing ... so I went a little faster. As I checked over my left shoulder to pull in and looked back I saw a Police camera van on the bridge of the Boroghbridge junction around half a mile away so I braked quite hard in front of the Tesla (who knew what he had done) and was doing 70mph at least a quarter of mile before passing under the camera van ... I got an 80mph in a 70mph on a very quiet motorway.

Maybe the Tesla driver got away with it, but if speeding is a road safety issue, this was certainly not unsafe.

So stay lucky ! Your turn next ?

I never understood why cars being overtaken need to speed up just to be annoying.

Your story reminds me, I was a young bloke traveling in a 60km zone, a car came speeding up from behind and started tail gating , I speed up like 5km over the limit and he continued to stick right behind me, I thought ok theres some really twisty bends coming up im going to floor it and see if he can keep up, after about three or four bends I created about 50meters gap between us. While coming around a very wide bend, from afar I noticed a speed camera van parked up to the side with a police officer standing next to it. I braked heavily to bring my speed down from 85km to 60km as hard as i could but i knew i was done for. Obviously the car chasing me had caught up but only slowed once he was directly up my back side. As we got closer to the copper standing there he started waving his hand and pointing to pull over, to my amazement he flagged me through and I saw the guy that was chasing me get pulled to the side. I could NOT believe my luck and could not stop laughing that the coppers got the chap behind me instead.

Just on a side note i was driving a 989cc 3pot Daihatsu and he was driving a Holden Commodore, V6 I'm assuming. No chance on straights but being very light and nimble,like a go cart on twisty turns.

Edited by TramWrecker on Thursday 4th March 21:45

Edited by TramWrecker on Thursday 4th March 21:46

[Ian_E]

paul n said:

Hi all

I had booked a test drive in one pre latest lockdown but that got canned with lockdown rules and I spoke to the dealer today and although i can't test drive one he has has a slot come up for one for a May deliver (assume a cancelation) he says other than that the next date for delivery is march 22 so maybe that answers some questions about availability?

Never bought a new car before mainly due to wanting to avoid massive depreciation and also not being able to take new cars on track and voiding warranty.

Toyota's track friendly warranty and potentially low deprecation appeal for sure.

Anybody had one of these on track yet? Be interested to see how it fairs and also i know it is guess work what are people guessing these will be worth in 3-4 years time with 24k on them?

many thanks

Paul

Plenty of track videos on YouTube, e.g.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpIVxV8hmks (watch from 8 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWW36BYQZi0

[paul n]

Cheers i hadn't seen that first video!

really makes me want one now!

Cheers Paul

Ian_E said:

Plenty of track videos on YouTube, e.g.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpIVxV8hmks (watch from 8 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWW36BYQZi0

[Baldchap]

PhilPol said:

Baldchap said:

damolong said:

Just to be clear, when I say speed limiter I am not meaning any limit Toyota may have put on top speed.

I am talking about an electronic function in the car that allows the driver to set a maximum speed, temporarily, above which the car will not go. Very handy for 50mph limits on the motorway and common on many cars these days.

Anyone know definitively?

It has adaptive cruise, which accomplishes the same thing.

No, it doesn't accomplish the same thing. A LIM function allows you to bomb around town (or anywhere) without going over the set speed, irrespective of other traffic.

Adaptive cruise stops you crashing, LIM stops you getting speeding tickets.

Adaptive cruise is perfect for the motorway temporary limits you seemingly struggle with. You hadn't mentioned you also struggle in town (or anywhere).

[MiseryStreak]

What the GR Yaris WRC car would have looked like:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=56&v...

I might have to get that PS5 after all...

[Captain Obvious]

paul n said:

Hi all

Anybody had one of these on track yet? Be interested to see how it fairs

I've done 3 trackdays so far.
Hotlap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPRkYnfrUxM
Hotlap on another track
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qghpq88TzkQ
Slide at over 100mph
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ4tIgITjsw
Cocking around on a skidpan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ7IgwCTBWQ

[TramWrecker]

MiseryStreak said:

What the GR Yaris WRC car would have looked like:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=56&v...

I might have to get that PS5 after all...

Id sell you mine if we lived in the same country, owned since release and no games worth buying, waiting for the new Gran Turismo but not sure how much longer to wait for that one.

[ecsrobin]

TramWrecker said:

Id sell you mine if we lived in the same country, owned since release and no games worth buying, waiting for the new Gran Turismo but not sure how much longer to wait for that one.

It’s pushed back to 2022 (no surprise there) but wouldn’t be surprised if they say 2023 they’ve yet to deliver a game ever on time.

[TramWrecker]

ecsrobin said:

It’s pushed back to 2022 (no surprise there) but wouldn’t be surprised if they say 2023 they’ve yet to deliver a game ever on time.

I got a bad feeling it will be 2023.