new Yaris user

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Last week a bought a 4yr old, yet just 10.000km, Yaris model 1.3 VVT-1 twin with S&S. Pratically as a brand new car.

These my impressions and experiences

Positive point:
- nice body and perfect varnishing;
- very comfortable seats;
- very still while cruising;
- precise steering
- powerful brakes;
- very elastic motor.

Now the negative ones:

- only one lock over four doors;
- the door lock opens in clockwise direction (opposite way compared to usual) while the back door opens counterclockwise;
- ECO S&S cannot be disabled and when stopped in the traffic or in front of my home gate, while opening the garage door, the car stops in 0sec (it stopped 5 times in 50m during parking);
- when S&S stops, sometime it gets in conflict with driver operations thus lighting "engine fault" and impeding restarting for 20-30sec (it happened frequently while waiting in front line of a crosslight - a disaster!!!);
- the first gear won't enter (idling it or trying the retro or the second gear doesn't always help);
- the cockpit central display is very difficult to read (to far from eyes on the right; directly illuminated by the sun).
- the gas "reserve" indication is very "reserved" (it doesn't want to bother ...yet waiting to see you stuck with empty tank!!!)
- the little trays on the central column sides have slots where coins and keys fall in with no chances to retrieve them.

Well, I good car with little yet BOTHERING flaws!!!