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Update. They only 🙄😂 charged £37.50 as it was on the visual safety check sheet and same on the invoice I have looked through the service checklist and it says check brake pedal free play & parking brake travel. Its a black box for intermediate (which is what my car was in for) meaning not applicable to this service interval. It's a white box for full which according to the legend says check combined with white box means check and adjust, top up or report (extra charge for fluids) Not sure where that leaves me as on one hand it wasn't even meant to be checked but on the other it needed doing and so they charged me for out of service work?

So signed up for Toyota 5+ club this year and now found out from dealership that it's been withdrawn as Toyota relax programme has replaced it In a nutshell Toyota no longer give 20% discount to 5yr+ cars and now include 12month extended warranty (up to 10yrs/100000miles whichever comes first) with every service carried out Seems great but on top of service and mot, I need aircon re-gassing £79 and handbrake needs adjusting which is another £79. Did challenge the latter as I have never been charged before in all my years of owning cars but they say neither interim or full service include adjustment. Could have done with 20% off the total bill rather than 12m warranty lol

Insurance is so variable. For my 2015 gt-86 I pay under £300 business class 1 which is less than we pay for our other car a 2018 Yaris icon tech lol. On my gen7 celica going from NA to supercharged with 275bhp cost £25 extra. I thought at first they had just quoted me the admin charge but nope that was all in.

Thanks and have confirmation email. Found similar link via a few dealer websites but it's strange that any direct link on Toyota UK site has been removed. Even the blog about it that still up links to the service page that doesn't mention it any more lol I suspect Toyota UK are quietly pulling it 🙄

Anyone got the link to the Toyota 5+ club registration? I thought it was under servicing on the Toyota UK site but I can't find it anywhere?

Seems high For reference back in Aug 2017 I got a quote for a preface lift front bumper, Left front wheehouse cover (arch liner to you and me) plus clips etc and parts total came to £245.77+vat at local Toyota dealer Fitting and painting was something else though as total bill was £1252 which thankfully I wasn't paying as I was just trying to get an estimate for someone else lol

Is there a list somewhere of what the alarm light is trying to tell us. Unlocked the car today and it beeped three times which suggests it went off. Pressing down the clutch without pressing the start button flashes the alarm light red a number of times equally spaced flashes which I presume is a lookup as to what triggered the alarm? I did check the bonnet switch and bracket which seem fine. Thanks

They have a battery that lasts a few weeks as it goes into a deep sleep mode after detecting it's not being charged and no movement. It charges when the ignition is on so isn't a drain on the battery. It wakes up and sends out location via sms at your predetermined intervals once movement is detected or ignition is turned on. The version I have is the size of a matchbox and has a magnetic base which has held it exactly in place. Doesn't need line of sight either so easy to covertly install.

Does the 6yr body service apply to the gt86 too as I've never heard of it before and nothing mentioned at my 6th service?

Depends on what you mean. My supercharged celica running PowerFC ECU displays knock sensor output and flashes the CEL rapidly if it goes above a threshold. Anyway, It's tuned to use vpower. I got caught out once and had to use regular unleaded. The knock sensor increased significantly when I gave it beans with the unleaded so there was no placebo effect just cold hard fact and a busted engine if i didn't heed the warning lol Why didn't it retard ignition? Well, It's not as sophisticated as stock ECU (or syvecs alternative) so cannot retard ignition in the event of knock. Its not usually an issue but glad I had it showing that day

I suspect they (Toyota) would argue coilovers voids the warranty on the suspension and possible the steering as it allows geometry changes outside of spec that could affect both of those?

The parking brake wire on the hu can't be left unattached as it's used to ensure your car is stationary before allowing video to play. It does this by the wire getting grounded when you apply the handbrake

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You don't have too relearn fuel trims. Get a 12v jump pack or spare battery (it can be small as you are Not going to start the car with it) and connect it to the battery leads before disconnecting main battery

Went with with the Yuasa YBX3031, 3000, 72Ah, 630A , 18.4 Kg, dimensions 26.0 *17.4* 22.5 (£74.49 delivered) With it being 260mm wide rather than 230mm of our stock battery it fits the battery tray perfectly as there is just a few mm all around the base but still contained within the tray itself. The HSB072 at 26.9mm would have been resting on the raised edges of the tray. So given the better fit and higher rating I would definitely recommend it. Oh and used the Varta D47 disconnected on the Celica to keep power to the gt86 during change over so at least that battery has now been used this year 😂