Re : Toyota GR Yaris - official!

Re : Toyota GR Yaris - official!

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RB Will

10,290 posts

255 months

Friday 5th March 2021
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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.
That’s what made me abandon the series. Had every GT game then it took so long for GT5 to come out I jumped ship to Xbox and Forza and haven’t found a reason to come back. GT 5 & 6 have been huge disappointments when I have borrowed them

ecsrobin

18,196 posts

180 months

Friday 5th March 2021
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RB Will said:
That’s what made me abandon the series. Had every GT game then it took so long for GT5 to come out I jumped ship to Xbox and Forza and haven’t found a reason to come back. GT 5 & 6 have been huge disappointments when I have borrowed them
It annoys me that they waste so much time with vision cars that don’t even exist. I’d much rather have a 205 of something included in the game than some fakery. I never got on with my xbox so sold it, will make do with GT sport and Asseto Corsa.

paul n

275 posts

184 months

Friday 5th March 2021
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Nice 👍 it does look a lot of fun! Was thinking it would be wicked for auto cross type stuff as so small and has a proper working handbrake etc

Does the seat hold you well enough for track work and how is tyre and brake wear?

Cheers Paul



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TramWrecker

195 posts

56 months

Friday 5th March 2021
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Since taking delivery at 10km on the clock, I had already made up my mind about the 'Running In' protocol, stick with the manufacturers guidelines etc, so the drive home did exactly that. Then I randomly came across this website (while searching for protective film wraps) that talked about running in a new engine e.g. 'Hard running In'.

And generally as these sources of information from the internet do, did an amazing argument to do the hard run in.

Long story short this video from Engineering Explained did an amazing explanation for running in new cars and gives examples from high performance cars. Which, has already been discussed from certain members on the forum but seems to me they were spot on all along, and i apologize for doubting them, because I did smile

https://youtu.be/oklqJnm7_TY

TramWrecker

195 posts

56 months

Friday 5th March 2021
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ecsrobin said:
It annoys me that they waste so much time with vision cars that don’t even exist. I’d much rather have a 205 of something included in the game than some fakery. I never got on with my xbox so sold it, will make do with GT sport and Asseto Corsa.
My last Gran Turismo was GT3 on PS2. That was a great game but I lost track of racing games and got carried away with COD.

One last note, saw a white GRY with the registration HOTGR4, anyone from these forums? I was quite pleasantly surprised it was an older guy maybe in his late 50's, glad to see its not someone on their Learner's plates for a change.

Edited by TramWrecker on Friday 5th March 12:20

TramWrecker

195 posts

56 months

Friday 5th March 2021
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ecsrobin said:
It annoys me that they waste so much time with vision cars that don’t even exist. I’d much rather have a 205 of something included in the game than some fakery. I never got on with my xbox so sold it, will make do with GT sport and Asseto Corsa.
Agreed.

Terminator X

17,667 posts

219 months

Friday 5th March 2021
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TramWrecker said:
Since taking delivery at 10km on the clock, I had already made up my mind about the 'Running In' protocol, stick with the manufacturers guidelines etc, so the drive home did exactly that. Then I randomly came across this website (while searching for protective film wraps) that talked about running in a new engine e.g. 'Hard running In'.

And generally as these sources of information from the internet do, did an amazing argument to do the hard run in.

Long story short this video from Engineering Explained did an amazing explanation for running in new cars and gives examples from high performance cars. Which, has already been discussed from certain members on the forum but seems to me they were spot on all along, and i apologize for doubting them, because I did smile

https://youtu.be/oklqJnm7_TY
I can appreciate "hard running" for the engine however what about all the components? Brakes, brake pads, gearbox etc will all surely need a bit of sympathy for the first 1000 miles ish?

I have always followed the guidelines when running in and every new car I've owned has always made at least the manufacturers power on a RR.

TX.

loudlashadjuster

5,702 posts

199 months

Friday 5th March 2021
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Terminator X said:
I can appreciate "hard running" for the engine however what about all the components? Brakes, brake pads, gearbox etc will all surely need a bit of sympathy for the first 1000 miles ish?

I have always followed the guidelines when running in and every new car I've owned has always made at least the manufacturers power on a RR.

TX.
Performance brakes usually require some specific bedding-in process which can be surprisingly aggressive. I'm known people who ruined pads & discs by being too gentle on them at the start and suffering from glazing, hotspots etc. until they were changed.

Tyres, maybe, but that's just the first hundred km or so until they're scrubbed-in.

Mechanical things? Use 'em like they were meant to be used.

anonymous-user

69 months

Friday 5th March 2021
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A 600 mile running in period isn't too long anyway plus I'd want to get to know the car slowly rather than dive in there revving its nuts off.

TramWrecker

195 posts

56 months

Friday 5th March 2021
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Well, just like open diffs im easily confused but yeah I'll just take in all the information and make the best of it, I think i over think things to much.

MiseryStreak

2,929 posts

222 months

Friday 5th March 2021
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There are many factors at play, and you have to consider that it’s in the manufacturer’s interests for the cars to be treated with mechanical sympathy for the first 1,000 km, it probably reduces the warranty claims.

The running in of a new engine used to be incredibly important for the future compression and peak power that it could produce. The first few minutes of piston ring to cylinder wall contact being the most important and here keeping the rpm low or constant would be detrimental to the seal formed. This procedure has become less important as factory built engine tolerances have reduced.

As the engines are tested in the factory, this ring seating procedure will have been done, the microscopic peaks on the cylinder liner walls honed off and the rings bedded in.

I think making sure you’re not ragging the engine from cold, so avoiding full throttle and high rpm, throughout the life of the engine, rather than following the exact running in procedure at the beginning, is more important to its longevity.

UK952

768 posts

274 months

Friday 5th March 2021
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I think there is a lot of focus on piston ring bed in - very little on other engine parts (on the internet - not by the manufacturers) bearings, camshaft lobes, oil pump, water pump etc.
If something goes wrong it is the manufacturers responsibility for the warranty period so they are unlikely to give poor advice - makes sense to follow their advice - they know their engine better than anyone else and would have done the initial start up and running before it gets to you.
Tony

UK952

768 posts

274 months

Friday 5th March 2021
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What happens between toyota and you is not so clear though - back in the 80s I remember being sat on a coach at the docks in Calais watching Citroen 2cvs being moved around with the maximum of lean - inside wheels skipping off the surface,cold engines hitting max rpm in groups of about 8 then a mini bus taking the drivers back to repeat with the next batch. Hoping its a bit more controlled now!
Tony


ecsrobin

18,196 posts

180 months

Friday 5th March 2021
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UK952 said:
What happens between toyota and you is not so clear though - back in the 80s I remember being sat on a coach at the docks in Calais watching Citroen 2cvs being moved around with the maximum of lean - inside wheels skipping off the surface,cold engines hitting max rpm in groups of about 8 then a mini bus taking the drivers back to repeat with the next batch. Hoping its a bit more controlled now!
Tony
I think it’s still quite close to what you witnessed in Calais. Time is money loading and unloading a ship.

foxsasha

1,433 posts

150 months

Friday 5th March 2021
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Terminator X said:
I can appreciate "hard running" for the engine however what about all the components? Brakes, brake pads, gearbox etc will all surely need a bit of sympathy for the first 1000 miles ish?

I have always followed the guidelines when running in and every new car I've owned has always made at least the manufacturers power on a RR.

TX.
Brakes can be run in in an extremely short period of time.

UK952

768 posts

274 months

Friday 5th March 2021
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ecsrobin said:
I think it’s still quite close to what you witnessed in Calais. Time is money loading and unloading a ship.
yikes that is the hard break in taken care of!

Northernboy

12,642 posts

272 months

Saturday 6th March 2021
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I bought my B7 RS4 from new, and the running in schedule was “avoid full throttle starts when cold.”

It had, I think, 4 miles on it when I pulled off the forecourt. It’d been ticking over for quite a while as we went over the delivery points,msk when I got in it was fully up to temperature.

I pulled away by pushing the throttle all the way into the carpet, then side-stepping the clutch.

Beedub

1,993 posts

241 months

Saturday 6th March 2021
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... anyone ordered, got the car and felt like underwhelmed with it?.....

Torqu3steer

162 posts

98 months

Saturday 6th March 2021
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Beedub said:
... anyone ordered, got the car and felt like underwhelmed with it?.....
Looks like everyone’s out there driving ‘em Beedub!

cowboyengineer

1,415 posts

129 months

Saturday 6th March 2021
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Beedub said:
... anyone ordered, got the car and felt like underwhelmed with it?.....
I really think the lack of visibility between the mirror and the dash spoils it. Both of those can now be sorted for a cost

It’s very safe, some people might find that boring and therefore underwhelming
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