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frank horton
V twins are great but 4"s rule.........
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nah....but get an older Toyota if u can.....
Just bought my daughter a 2004, 1 owner 30,000, 1.6 petrol Corolla (no advantage of a D in UK) it runs like a Swiss watch....
Plus she has a 1992, 2.6 petrol Hi-Ace camper, 400,000klms. In Perth (no rust)....
the old ones are best....
Just bought my daughter a 2004, 1 owner 30,000, 1.6 petrol Corolla (no advantage of a D in UK) it runs like a Swiss watch....
Plus she has a 1992, 2.6 petrol Hi-Ace camper, 400,000klms. In Perth (no rust)....
the old ones are best....
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Toyota has been doing it as long as anyone and theres plenty of 15 year old Prius running around in London still. If I was going to buy a hybrid it would be a Toyota. We looked at a C-HR but it was too small so bought a petrol Honda FRV.
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Just stick to warranty service schedules youll be fine, if it breaks its their problem. Im inclined to agree hybrid is normal everyday business forToyota nothing new, and makes complete sense to me
Im driving an old Corrola, 2003 1.4, Looked up the prices & good ones are going for the same money i paid for this one 8 years ago. It just keeps on going.
Cheapest motoring you will ever get.
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The wife has a 2 year old Yaris Cross (hybrid), she's had it 2 weeks and I've driven it 3 times. Very impressed with how the system works.
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I had a Yaris Cross hybrid as a hire car for 2 weeks in Cyprus last year, I really liked it, to the extent I booked it again for this year.
My mum's last car, over 10 years ago was a petrol Yaris, it was pretty good, still saw it running about recently, now over 20 years old.
bert
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Cany beat anything toyota build themselves.
Full Electric isn't ready yet for everyone. I'd be happy dailying a full EV but I tow a caravan. So far there isn't anywhere you can charge an ev with a caravan attached so you would have to disconnect the van, drive to the charger, charge, reconnect the caravan then carry iron your journey. Can't see many people wanting to do that 2 to 3 times on a trip.
Full Electric isn't ready yet for everyone. I'd be happy dailying a full EV but I tow a caravan. So far there isn't anywhere you can charge an ev with a caravan attached so you would have to disconnect the van, drive to the charger, charge, reconnect the caravan then carry iron your journey. Can't see many people wanting to do that 2 to 3 times on a trip.
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Pigeon_Droppings2
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I've been looking at the Yaris cross as a second car for when we get rid of our EV in a few months. I think hybrids are ideal for city driving, electric motor off the lights is great plus all the stop starts would kill the mpg in a non hybrid. We get around 55mpg in our current car so I can imagine the Yaris will easily do similar mpg.
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Family member has one and likes it very much. They are surprisingly roomy inside. Reliability has been excellent though it's less than 2 years old so you'd expect no problems from a Toyota of that age anyway.
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You should be ashamed of your self for owning such a useful vehicle
Long may it continue
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A good practical vehicle
.....but I don't think that's an ev vs i.c.e. argument, that's just a size/type of vehicle argument. I've had bags of sand /cement and all sorts of stuff in my boxster, it's just that you can fit more in 
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In general (so not Yaris specific) but i think the "full" hybrids are mostly similar...when the car is decelerating they recover energy and recycle it into a battery and then use it via electric motors to accelerate.
It's all completely automated...it's like driving any other auto petrol car except better mpg and better standing start performance.
From what I understand...a full hybrid has a bigger battery than a "mild" hybrid and is able to drive for short disrances on EV alone.
Usually the petrol engine is tuned for economy as the electric motor adds a good dollop of performance to the system.
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And this snippet of "Wisdom" helps the OP how ?
"Anti-social" ??? driving a vehicle to win a popularity contest ?
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Yes true but I don't think there's an EV vehicle available this size to buy even if I was rich and daft enough to buy one.A good practical vehicle
The back of my 1.2 Yeti on occasions is packed and looks just like that.
