Newb. New Yaris - on wait list.

[FunForDummies]

Hey! Just picked it up and drove it home. I videoed my wife driving it out of the dealers. 00000012km on the odometer.

Red. 5door. "YRS" badge with 7 airbags. 1.5 donk. Manual. USB 2.0

Build date 3/11

I ordered it on the 26th and it arrived in country on the RO-RO car carrier "Pacific Highway" on the 31st at Port Adelaide near 7pm. (Thx google). Here it is the 8th, so it took 8 days to get to me and get a set of plates on it.

I wonder if the RO-RO surfed the Tsunami for a bit?

On close inspection (in the daylight), seems to be a circle of bright LED brakelights but a bulb on the park lights.

[vst]

Originally Posted by FunForDummies

Hey! Just picked it up and drove it home. I videoed my wife driving it out of the dealers. 00000012km on the odometer.

Red. 5door. "YRS" badge with 7 airbags. 1.5 donk. Manual. USB 2.0

Build date 3/11

I ordered it on the 26th and it arrived in country on the RO-RO car carrier "Pacific Highway" on the 31st at Port Adelaide near 7pm. (Thx google). Here it is the 8th, so it took 8 days to get to me and get a set of plates on it.

I wonder if the RO-RO surfed the Tsunami for a bit?

On close inspection (in the daylight), seems to be a circle of bright LED brakelights but a bulb on the park lights.

checked for radiation?

[FunForDummies]

Originally Posted by vst

checked for radiation?

LOL. Yeah its got a radiator alright...

Ironic that they have to export 5000 brand new small cars per shipload just after the Tsunami footage clearly showed they lost hundreds and hundreds of small cars in the coastal zone. Still, they make 10,000 Yaris a month off the line so it won't take long to cover the lost cars; the roads & infrastructures will take years.. The line is near Nagoya "bay" (whatever) in the south, on the western side of the archiepeligo south of Tokyo.

As I remember, the nuke stations breached coolant a day or two or three after the Quake+Tsunami.

These are probably the last of the Gen 2 Yaris. I suspect Gen 3 is probably on the line now.

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Went for a night drive -first one. Tried the USB, the pretty dashlights, headlights etc. Hi-beam adjustment looks too high to me.

Grumble number 1: I noticed that there is no courtesy light around the ignition keyhole like my old 1992 car. This is 2011 fgs. I know its not a Lexus, but would it be too expensive to catch up and have a little light there?

43km now.

[NZ-FE Vios]

Originally Posted by FunForDummies

Grumble number 1: I noticed that there is no courtesy light around the ignition keyhole like my old 1992 car. This is 2011 fgs. I know its not a Lexus, but would it be too expensive to catch up and have a little light there?

Check the DIY forum, I'm sure they have a walkthrough. Here is the part you are looking for.. LED

http://shop.microimageonline.com/LED...kit-IL-LED.htm

enjoy!