Yaris Diesel Automatic

[skinner05]

Had this as a courtesy car and what a piece of junk it is. One question i have though, can it accelerate by itself - sort of like a cruise control? The reason i ask is because on two occassions i floored it and the accelerator stayed pressed to the floor even though i had lifted off it and it didnt stop until i pressed hard on the brake. However, i couldnt get it to do it again so im a bit curious as to what might have happened?

Slow diesels and an automatic gearbox should be kept as far apart as possible

 

[ChrisUK]

Had this as a courtesy car and what a piece of junk it is. One question i have though, can it accelerate by itself - sort of like a cruise control? The reason i ask is because on two occassions i floored it and the accelerator stayed pressed to the floor even though i had lifted off it and it didnt stop until i pressed hard on the brake. However, i couldnt get it to do it again so im a bit curious as to what might have happened?

Slow diesels and an automatic gearbox should be kept as far apart as possible

Sticky throttle cable?. Electronic throttle with a crappy ECU or dodgy actuator?.

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

I test drove an Auto Petrol Yaris (57 Plate) and had no such problems. The car it's self was the T-Spirt. An amazing bit of kit. I loved the keyless entry and start, and it didn't once complain about being thrashed dispite only having 200 miles on the clock.

What was your overall view skinner05?

 

[skinner05]

felt it had a strange driving position, too many tacky plastics and big knobs that look out of place. Felt it had enough punch when floored but if you dont use the turbo there is very little power there. Wouldnt ever buy one but i guess it wasnt too bad as a courtesy car.Still think its unnecessary to have an automatic in small cars with small engines

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

felt it had a strange driving position, too many tacky plastics and big knobs that look out of place. Felt it had enough punch when floored but if you dont use the turbo there is very little power there. Wouldnt ever buy one but i guess it wasnt too bad as a courtesy car.Still think its unnecessary to have an automatic in small cars with small engines

What spec was it? And out of interest why do you think small auto's are un-necessary?

Jon.

 

[JFL]

small autos are okay if you want to go somewhere a bit slower then small manuals

i have never driven a small auto myself, but have a few larger autos (520d, 2.4 auto etc) , its nice and they are easy to manouvre with the creap they create (especially when you have never driven them before) :devil:

sometimes when im in town in really heavy traffic i wish that the stilo was an auto (or silly-speed), but out on the open road im thankful for manual

 

[bludvl_x19]

For an auto to work effectivly IMO it needs a large-ish (2+L) slow revving engine to be any good. An auto car that revs at ~4k RPM at ~100kph will annoy the **** out of you, whereas one that revs at 1300rpm (no I'm not kidding) at the same speed is both economical and less invasive.

Michael

 

[faster4_tec]

yeah cvt's are much nicer! where you don't get any gears but a load of imaginary gears, so you bury the throttlw at any speed and revs shoot up to peak torque/power, and stay there till you back off, then the revs go back down to whatever is nesacery.



I borrowed a friends car in canada over summer, a 1.5vvti yaris saloon auto, think it was a 4speed normal auto :bang:
it wasn't quick, but it moved enough when you demanded it to. and the speed limits there are so slow there was never a problem really, esp when I was getting a car to use for free, where normally a hire car = £40 a day LOL.

it had cruise control, and when activiated it SUCKED UP the throttle pedal to wherever it wanted.
it also did in on hills, WHEN NOT IN CRUISE CONTROL you'd be using say 50% throttle in 4th @ 50mph, then instead just slowing down it would either drop a gear, or MOST OF THE TIME it would suck up the throttle pedal from under your foot and then be at 100% throttle to get up th hill!


really unnerving when you come to a junction at th top of a hill and find it still accelerating like a biatch (way past 70, when i was originally doing 50).
this was OFF the cruise control.

we also had a ford taurus, was brand new, but had a nasty 70's v6 in it, and a 4speed auto from teh stone ages. it also had a prehistoric cruise control system, and that thing would drop to 2nd @ 60mph on the flat to pick back upto th 65mph it was originally at! freaking crazy! had loads of torque, but any throttle imput by the cruise control would immediatly = drop two cogs :bang:

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

whereas one that revs at 1300rpm (no I'm not kidding) at the same speed is both economical and less invasive.

But on nessecarily economical around town.

really unnerving when you come to a junction at th top of a hill and find it still accelerating like a biatch (way past 70, when i was originally doing 50).
this was OFF the cruise control.

Did it do this even when you took your foot off over the accelerator or applied the brakes?

 

[bludvl_x19]

But on nessecarily economical around town.

6 speed V8. 'Nuff said.

Michael