Toyota Yaris 1.3 CDX (2002).

Post by **Envoy CDX** » Wed Jul 27, 2016 5:02 pm

Well, train tickets booked and early Saturday morning, I set off to go and pick up the new member of the "fleet" - I use the word fleet in its loosest possible terms you understand.

Cav - in bits
Corsa - dead or trying to be dead
SAAB - MOT list as long as my arm of bits that need sorting.

So, I am relieving Mr Robsey of his Yaris - here's hoping it's as fun as I think it's going to be eh?

Whats everyone else up to this weekend then?

Post by **Robsey** » Wed Jul 27, 2016 6:37 pm

This weekend ?

Amazingly, I am going to let my Yaris go to a new home in Newcastle Upon Tyne.

It is a good little car, that is quite specced up for a little runabout.

And there are quite a few coincidences involved.

The trim level is a CDX, so quite high up the list with remote central locking, air-conditioning and alloy wheels.

The original radio does not work, so I have fitted a cheap Sony CDX radio so that there is music to help those miles pass.
See where we are going with this?

Envoy "CDX" is buying a Yaris "CDX" and the radio is a Sony "CDX".

What Gary doesn't know, is that the link between the previous two owners is the name Gary...
The previous owner for about ten days was my eldest sister.
The owner before her was her mother-in-law Claire. Claire had the car between 2005 and just after new year this year.

Claire's son and my sister's husband was a special man called Gary (not Envoy CDX).
So somehow it all fit's happily into place.

A cheap runabout / potential fixer-upper with 10 months MOT.
Something to help keep Envoy mobile.

Sadly not a Vauxhall, but quite a capable stand-in.

Post by **Envoy CDX** » Wed Jul 27, 2016 6:58 pm

Aye, it'll be safe

Think a break from Vauxhall's is what is required - been driving a Carina E round for the past week and it's just been "fun".

Allows me to concentrate on things too moving forward.

Post by **Robsey** » Wed Jul 27, 2016 7:06 pm

Sounds like a plan...

If the Cavalier wasn't due to return in a few weeks, it is more than likely that I would have kept the Yaris.

But the Cav is due back soon, and Gary was suddenly finding his long ailing Corsa throwing in the towel.

Somehow - I feel a lot of Karma coming in to play.

The Yaris does need a few bits of TLC, but nothing that demands financial ruin.

Post by **humbucker** » Sat Jul 30, 2016 8:24 am

CDXtastic!

Post by **Envoy CDX** » Sat Jul 30, 2016 11:18 am

Aye its a bit of a looker

fits in well with me. Not perfect, but lots of potential.

Post by **humbucker** » Sat Jul 30, 2016 11:47 am

Supercharger, twin turbos etc.

Hopefully, driving it will make you miss Cavalier enough to see your project thread(s) resurrected, hehe!

Post by **James McGrath** » Sat Jul 30, 2016 3:59 pm

Looks like a fun little runaround. One of my friends has had a basic 1.0 since he first started driving in 2010.
It's been very cheep and reliable for him, far more so than my LS Cav I must say.

Post by **Robsey** » Sat Jul 30, 2016 6:35 pm

Apart from some panel damage on the passenger side, a few other body work issues and scabby alloys, the Yaris is a good little car...

As I write this, the pocket rocket is on it's way up the M6 to it''s new home with it's new owner.

Bye bye little friend

Post by **Envoy CDX** » Sun Jul 31, 2016 9:55 pm

humbucker wrote:Supercharger, twin turbos etc.

Hopefully, driving it will make you miss Cavalier enough to see your project thread(s) resurrected, hehe!

Thats mainly down to cash flow currently

that said, now I don't have the corsa sucking my financial soul out of me, maybe, just maybe I'll be able to start getting some cash back into the Cav pot.

James McGrath wrote:Looks like a fun little runaround. One of my friends has had a basic 1.0 since he first started driving in 2010.
It's been very cheep and reliable for him, far more so than my LS Cav I must say.

Aye, it's an interesting little beast.

Robsey wrote:Apart from some panel damage on the passenger side, a few other body work issues and scabby alloys, the Yaris is a good little car...

As I write this, the pocket rocket is on it's way up the M6 to it''s new home with it's new owner.

Bye bye little friend

She's being looked after - don't worry

Post by **Envoy CDX** » Sun Oct 02, 2016 9:34 pm

Still no further forward getting the cav back on the road.
Corsa is off to the great car park in the sky soon too. along with a SAAB 9-3.

Post by **Robsey** » Sun Oct 02, 2016 9:38 pm

As you always used to say to me Gary.

Regarding the Cav - all in good time.

Post by **Envoy CDX** » Tue Mar 09, 2021 8:50 pm

Well, the Yaris is now my only vehicle (sadly). So I should probably focus some attention on it and fix her up, as she's been a little neglected

Post by **Robsey** » Tue Mar 09, 2021 9:03 pm

It is a great car. I loved owning it for two months.

It has the same bhp as the C18NZ, despite only being a 1300cc 16 valve engine.

Did you ever get the radio to work.?
I could never get the Avensis radio to light up...

Post by **Envoy CDX** » Thu Mar 11, 2021 8:05 pm

Nah, tried a couple of times then went DAB. interior needs straightening back up, it munches miles and I've nursed the clutch for 3 years just less than 7k a year so.. it got more and more neglected. Now the clutch is done, I need to look at what's causing the rumbling and weird rotational thump

Post by **Robsey** » Thu Mar 11, 2021 9:30 pm

I had a rumble and shudder from the Vectra recently.
Turned out to be tyres that were so worn, that one tyre deflated itself.
They must have been like jelly - hence the noisy shuddering.

At my age, I just don't get down to floor level anymore, so didn't realise how bad things got.

Very embarrassing for a club admin - oops.

I take it, that you did get round to doing that near side rear bearing... it was droning a little when you picked up the car in 2017.

Post by **vexorg** » Fri Mar 12, 2021 10:58 am

Didn't they pick uyp the tyres on the MOT? You normally get a warning is they are getting low.

Post by **Robsey** » Fri Mar 12, 2021 1:14 pm

MOT was 50 weeks ago, so a lot of miles covered since then, but not enough to cause that much wear.

I thought that they would have spotted any problems...
But they were not my usual garage.
So I cannot say definitively who is more at fault...
Well I can, me!! As the driver, I am responsible for driving a defective vehicle.

Post by **vexorg** » Fri Mar 12, 2021 2:48 pm

We're in lockdown, where have you been???

Post by **Robsey** » Fri Mar 12, 2021 3:06 pm

I work for the NHS.
Clinical Rehabilitation Engineer..
I travel all over Manchester and Trafford, visiting wheelchair users throughout the local area.
Apart from April and May 2020, I have been attending to our vulnerable service users the whole time.

Even during April and May, we were giving office based emergency support.

I also spent some time assisting on one of the non-covid wards.

Apologies for the thread diversion Gary.

Post by **Envoy CDX** » Fri Mar 12, 2021 8:52 pm

Robsey wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 9:30 pm I had a rumble and shudder from the Vectra recently.
Turned out to be tyres that were so worn, that one tyre deflated itself.
They must have been like jelly - hence the noisy shuddering.

At my age, I just don't get down to floor level anymore, so didn't realise how bad things got.

Very embarrassing for a club admin - oops.

I take it, that you did get round to doing that near side rear bearing... it was droning a little when you picked up the car in 2017.

Aye both have been done now (woo). Front's are on the way out now, and I think a CV joint.

Post by **Envoy CDX** » Fri Mar 12, 2021 8:53 pm

Robsey wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 1:14 pm MOT was 50 weeks ago, so a lot of miles covered since then, but not enough to cause that much wear.

I thought that they would have spotted any problems...
But they were not my usual garage.
So I cannot say definitively who is more at fault...
Well I can, me!! As the driver, I am responsible for driving a defective vehicle.

State of the roads, anything could be at fault currently.

Post by **Envoy CDX** » Thu Oct 28, 2021 7:01 pm

So, now the Yaris has a replacement door.
and wing (to be fitted)
Some tinkering to be had.

Post by **Robsey** » Thu Oct 28, 2021 10:00 pm

This is a random time of year to start tinkering.
My usual excuse of too wet, or too windy starts to kick in at this time of year.

Looking forwards to loads of pictures of your progress / antics

Post by **Envoy CDX** » Fri Oct 29, 2021 10:59 pm

Robsey wrote: ↑Thu Oct 28, 2021 10:00 pm This is a random time of year to start tinkering.
My usual excuse of too wet, or too windy starts to kick in at this time of year.

Looking forwards to loads of pictures of your progress / antics

Opportunity knocks, if I don't do it now, i likely never will. So..

Off to Upullit again tomorrow to get some more bits