Newbie, be gentle!

[yarisexpat]

Hi,

I'm sat here at home waiting for my Yaris to be delivered from Bangkok. I live 260km North East and the lovely sounding lady said she'd be here by 2pm. Funny. Back in England I used to drive Mercs and BMWs as an everyday car. Now I've given up all the pretence I'm eagerly awaiting the smallest car I've had in about ten years!

Exciting!

Will post pics and what not when I get settled in.

Just wondered if you all had any points to watch out for when taking delivery or in the first few months, like teething troubles, etc...

Look forward to ejoying the forum.

Cheers,

:thumbup:

[Kaotic Lazagna]

welcome. mine was the showroom car, so no wait for me.

[BailOut]

If you ordered a manual transmission it will take some time to get use to the throttle lag and the clutch dead zone. Most of us experienced some stalling problems due to this early on.

[yarisexpat]

Its an auto...

Young lady keeps ringing to say she's late... I think she's enjoying my car a bit too much:wub:

[eTiMaGo]

Welcome fellow farang, and congratulations on your choice of a great little car! There's a few of us lurking around this forum, so feel free to get in touch if you have any Thailand-specific questions about the car :smile:

[kurokoma-kun]

Welcome! We are waiting for pics, but understand if you want to drive around a bit first :laugh:

[kimona]

Congrats... Finally, you're going to drive a quality automobile!

I found that the motor and transmission just got smoother and smoother (and more quiet) as I chalked up the miles.

[pp.sweet]

We all know you'll enjoy it as much as we do..congrats :burnrubber::wub:

[SeansGirl0604]

Welcome to Yaris World and congratulations on the car!

[yarisexpat]

Thanks Folks!
Thats a real warm welcome.
Just for the record. Of the 100Plus cars I've had the one I kept the longest was my Lexus GS300 I was going to buy a Jag but after driving the Lexus it was so quiet I was seduced to the dark side.

Now the Yaris is at the other end of the brand spectrum but nonetheless, that silent running is still present and it is sooooooo nice to be back in a car that at tickover is only audiable due to the AC being on.

Loving it and driving around in it to various camera shops... my old one is a bit shonky!

[yarisexpat]

:thumbup: 500km this weekend and only one trip out of the city:burnrubber:

Love the Yaris. All I expected and a little more. Its pokier that I expected. feels very nippy with the auto box. the kick down somestimes feels like its winding up an elastic band.

Anyway, here she is....
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/2/web/2918000-2918999/2918042_5_full.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/2/web/2918000-2918999/2918042_6_full.jpg
THE HAPPY COUPLE...:w00t:
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/2/web/2918000-2918999/2918042_1_full.jpg

[Kioshi]

nice color, lovin it. Hope you spend quality time w/ it.
And welcome to the forums ^^

[la panique]

That's it, i'm moving to Thailand after my term of service is up!
How is the cost of living there compared to England? lol.

[yarisexpat]

hmmm... cost of living...?

Well, Lets just say I spend monthly less than I have paid in tax monthly for the last 5 years I lived in blighty.

only expensive things are cars really.

Real world comparison:

Big Mac Meal in England about 3 quid

Big Mac meal in Thailand about 1 quid and a 2nd class stamp.

Petrol 40p a litre vs 90p in blighty

Heres the kicker!

3 bedroom, 2 bathroom detached house with v small garden on privately guarded village ( rent-a-cops on look out 24/7) costs less than a New Ford Focus in England. And thats a brand new house!

yeah, you could say I'm an economic migrant:biggrin:

[pp.sweet]

hahaha..but living well!

[mickmouse]

hi,my yaris is only 5yrs old and since i have had it there is a problem stalling when pulling off and also in reverse,when the choke is on it is fine but when it is up to normal running temp i get this problem.
so is this a normal thing with a yaris,i have had the car a year and frankly it gets on my tits,is there anything i can do about it..
any advice would be greatly appreciated...

[TheRealEnth]

That is a beautiful color, like wow... Haha nice buy and hope you have so much fun and admiration like everyone here does to their own cars =D... and Mickmouse it would be better if you posted a thread yourself if you want people to see your question.