Toyota GR Yaris - Official! (Vol 2)

[Unreal]

Well that is interesting.

[Phil.]

I’d like to see a before/after review before shelling out what is the equivalent of the Litchfied power upgrade. Not sure the additional controls appeal too much to me. Quite happy with how the standard GR1 is set up already.

[Unreal]

Phil. said:

I’d like to see a before/after review before shelling out what is the equivalent of the Litchfied power upgrade. Not sure the additional controls appeal too much to me. Quite happy with how the standard GR1 is set up already.

Agree about the before and after. I guess the warranty would be a big advantage.

[JustGREENI]

I think I will go for it, I literally drove past Collins Performance today, after convincing myself I should go and see about a map....but jibbed at the last minute, thinking about my warranty... mine has only just hit 3,500 miles.
Then I see this pop up! That'll do, Pig, that'll do.

[loudlashadjuster]

I'd be tempted to wait until someone has assessed it. The headline 20 Nm bump won't be all I'm assuming, I'd hope for a bit of a lift throughout the rev range and a bit more top end even if it's not promoted, same as most remaps.

If so, for a grand with warranty intact it's probably not a bad deal. If it's just a mild bump in the torque curve then maybe not.

[ecsrobin]

There will be Japanese and German reviews of this out there.

[ecsrobin]

There will be Japanese and German reviews of this out there.

[5 In a Row]

Any idea of how these adjustable bits will be controlled - I assume through some sort of additional pages on the touchscreen?

[ecsrobin]

5 In a Row said:

Any idea of how these adjustable bits will be controlled - I assume through some sort of additional pages on the touchscreen?

If it’s anything like Japan and Germany you tell the dealer what you want and that’s it no changing. Germany allows 5 changes before additional charges.

[5 In a Row]

Thanks

[Phil.]

ecsrobin said:

5 In a Row said:

Any idea of how these adjustable bits will be controlled - I assume through some sort of additional pages on the touchscreen?

If it’s anything like Japan and Germany you tell the dealer what you want and that’s it no changing. Germany allows 5 changes before additional charges.

That’s even less attractive compared to alternative upgrades.

[tumble dryer]

I was considering a Litchfield remap (65k miles) but was a bit scared of the bork potential. This offering from Toyota puts my mind at rest re the torque increase, as obviously the engine is still within safe, warrantable, parameters, no mention of power increase though...

I might like a sharper throttle pedal, especially on immediate clutch take-up - if that's what it does?? The other stuff sounds like a faff-on what with having to take it back to the dealers to make changes. I mean, how do you know what you prefer until you drive the thing??

Toyota are SO good at making things, but frigging awful at the public-facing implementation of ideas, customer service, information etc. It's a bloody icon, driven by loons that care about their car. FFS at least put some effort into selling the remap which would go a long way to justifying the price.

Rant over.

PS Anyone got a link to a review of the map?

[732NM]

Phil. said:

ecsrobin said:

5 In a Row said:

Any idea of how these adjustable bits will be controlled - I assume through some sort of additional pages on the touchscreen?

If it’s anything like Japan and Germany you tell the dealer what you want and that’s it no changing. Germany allows 5 changes before additional charges.

That’s even less attractive compared to alternative upgrades.

Is that certain or a translation issue? The standard car has selectable modes.

[Stevil]

732NM said:

Is that certain or a translation issue? The standard car has selectable modes.

I'm imagining that the new choices simply overwrite the existing ones, so you could stick with track and sport, but change the default mode to something else, but if you wanted to change back you'd need to visit the dealer again to reconfigure it.

[Save Ferris]

Just had my last customer car for this year arrive.

Still have no idea if we’ll get any more!

[ecsrobin]

Save Ferris said:

Just had my last customer car for this year arrive.

Still have no idea if we’ll get any more!

The best colour!

[rodericb]

Save Ferris said:

Just had my last customer car for this year arrive.

Still have no idea if we’ll get any more!

It might be the plastic covers playing tricks with the light but that colour body would look great with fairly bright silver wheels instead of black.

[Aroldyte]

So last month I bought an immaculate low mileage 22 plate GR Yaris (approx 3,000 miles - stock standard CP car). The drive home from the dealership was 250 miles and I did this only on A and B roads to really get to know the car performance and handling. I absolutely loved it.

Since getting home though I've kind of gone off the boil with it. Even though we live on the Mid Wales borders (so we have some excellent roads), I'm now not so sure about it and I'm worried I've just spent the best part of £30k + on a car that is not quite the practical but still fun alternative to the Elise this was supposed to replace.

Driving the Elise yesterday didn't help as the Elise feels like a special event even whilst sat in stationary traffic. Whereas the Yaris feels like it needs to be driven at at least 9/10 ths before it starts feeling special. And when pressing on, the Yaris can often feel quite unsettled and feel a bit wayward and vague with camber changes, etc, when I thought it was supposed to be one of the most planted cars around. Weird, I don't remember this so much from my original trip home from the dealership. Generally I have been driving it in Track mode, so 50/50 torque split.

The other thing that I feel is making me loose the love for it is the seemingly over-complicated central infotainment unit, dashboard control etc, and the fact it took me nearly an hour the other day with the manual simply to sort out the tyre pressures without the TPS throwing up warning signs.

To be honest I'm very tempted to now keep the Elise (which I was planning on selling), and perhaps even sell the Yaris instead. But before I do, please tell me I am wrong and that perhaps it just takes a little bit of time to get to know this car. Or maybe I was expecting too much?

Edited by Aroldyte on Wednesday 14th May 16:48

[Stevil]

Sounds like it's perhaps just not for you. I love mine, but do tend to drive it flat out everywhere, which is where it comes alive. It's probably all in my mind, but it feels so much cleaner when you've got it in Track/Sport and you put it in Expert mode (TC button once), even at less committed speeds it feels like there's so much less intervention and you can feel so much more being communicated through the steering.

[throt]

Aroldyte said:

So last month I bought an immaculate low mileage 22 plate GR Yaris (approx 3,000 miles - stock standard CP car). The drive home from the dealership was 250 miles and I did this only on A and B roads to really get to know the car performance and handling. I absolutely loved it.

Since getting home though I've kind of gone off the boil with it. Even though we live on the Mid Wales borders (so we have some excellent roads), I'm now not so sure about it and I'm worried I've just spent the best part of £30k + on a car that is not quite the practical but still fun alternative to the Elise this was supposed to replace.

Driving the Elise yesterday didn't help as the Elise feels like a special event even whilst sat in stationary traffic. Whereas the Yaris feels like it needs to be driven at at least 9/10 ths before it starts feeling special. And when pressing on, the Yaris can often feel quite unsettled and feel a bit wayward and vague with camber changes, etc, when I thought it was supposed to be one of the most planted cars around. Weird, I don't remember this so much from my original trip home from the dealership. Generally I have been driving it in Track mode, so 50/50 torque split.

The other thing that I feel is making me loose the love for it is the seemingly over-complicated central infotainment unit, dashboard control etc, and the fact it took me nearly an hour the other day with the manual simply to sort out the tyre pressures without the TPS throwing up warning signs.

To be honest I'm very tempted to now keep the Elise (which I was planning on selling), and perhaps even sell the Yaris instead. But before I do, please tell me I am wrong and that perhaps it just takes a little bit of time to get to know this car. Or maybe I was expecting too much?

Edited by Aroldyte on Wednesday 14th May 16:48

I can relate to your post totally.

Had mine, from new for 18 months, I just did not use it

Sold it with 1250 on the clock, fully PPF'd, it was absolutely pristine but, no interest on PH classifieds so I sold it via a CarWow auction for 32k.

Did i regret it, nope, which disappointed me