Toyota Starlet as a first car

Advantages: good make of car, good handeling
Disadvantages: not much space in the back, lap belt over the middle seat

...I recently bought a Toyota Starlet as a 1st car for myself and it is in this that I have learnt to drive(ish). As a Toyota it is reliable by definition, mine is 10 years old and is running better than alot of cars my parents have had over the recent years. The front of the car is spacious enough, the only design fault really is how far back the seat belts are but I think that this is generalised to all 3-door cars, the back on the other hand is not brilliant. It is supposed to seat 3 people but personally i would only ever try to put 2 children in the back there are 2 reasons for this; 1) the lack of legroom and 2) the middle seat belt is only a lap belt. The car itself drives very well, mine has a 1.3 litre engine and the power behind it is very obvious. It is very quick and handles excellently. I would recommend this as a 1st...

lil-miss-critic 08.10.2009 · Read review
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The toyota auris a nice car to drive

Advantages: With the engine cut of in trafic should save on fuel
Disadvantages: Can't think of any at the moment

...The Toyota auris we bought on may 27th, at first I thought the idea of coming up to a set of traffic lights and the engine cutting out on you and taking half an hour to start back up again, but it can not be further from the truth, when you pull up to the traffic lights put the car in neutral and handbrake on the engine cuts immediately then when lights go green as soon as you take the handbrake of ad put in gear the engine is as though it was never off. The only thing I have found with the car is that the gears are very close together and I have got this habit of putting it in first rather than third, but gradually I am getting the hang of it. Pulling away speed seems to be a bit lacklustre but may be that will improve with age as it has only done 850 miles at the moment. I have found that changing with the green gear change indicator...

stephenh12 21.08.2009 · Read review
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Today, Tomorrow Toyota

Advantages: Excellent Customer Services, Excellent aftersales
Disadvantages: Earlier dealerships didnt live up to expectations

...I visited various Toyota dealerships for a good 18 months before taking the plunge in 2005 and buying my Avensis. I found the various dealerships varied quite a lot in terms of customer services prior to a sale. Once the sale had been completed, the aftersalesare second to none. --Dealerships -- I visited dealerships throughout the Midlands in order to find my dream car, my findings are as follows :- Listers Toyota - Coventry This was the first dealer I visited. I was allowed to view the cars on the forecourt with no pressure from the salesman. The cars however were not presented in tip-top condition in my opinion. For example, car seats were left dirty, trim had not been tidied up, etc. When I got talking to the salesman he didnt appear that helpful, basically laughing me down when I told him what car I was looking...

craggybuk 07.08.2007 · Read review
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Toyota cars are they worth it.

Advantages: SLEEK and stylish cars
Disadvantages: Bit pricey and pushy salesmen.

...I am going to review the toyota car and how they look and drive as i have test driven them. I have not as yet bought a new one as i would still like to think about it anyway here goes on my review of the new toyota corolla.. TOYOTA COROLLA: I must say this was a very smooth drive and one of the best cars i have ever driven. I HAD A TEST DRIVE OF THIS when i went to the dealers and : The new corolla is in four different bodystyles and five very efficent petrol and diesel engines. You can choose between 3 AND 5 -door hatchbacks including the very exciting T sport if you like sporty type of cars. I myself think this is a truly modern car ,and with its features which i will come to is well worth it if you can afford it , out of all the toyota cars this is my favourite at the moment . superbly equipped all T2 MODELS COME...

manchester12345 06.10.2004 · Read review
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Toyota Starlet GT

Advantages: Fuel Economy, Fast, Comfortable, reliable, head turning looks.
Disadvantages: Need an aftermarket fog light as these cars are imports.

...engine and has the capability to be tuned to well over 200bhp, power which is equal to much larger cars such as the vauxhall Astra VXR and a few Subaru Impreza wrx's. The key to the performance of the GT is its weight. When toyota created it, weight was a huge factor in the process. The starlet weighs 860kg so has a great power to weight ratio. The build quality of the engine is brilliant and if looked after correctly and regularly maintained it will last the life of the car. The turbo model in the GT is the Toyota CT9 (dual mode boost). This basically means you can choose the power output from the turbo, low being 0.45bar and high being 0.65bar. The cool air which the turbo requires is provided by a TMIC (top mounted intercooler) which sits directly on top of the engines rocker cover. The air is fed into the intercooler from the bonnet...

MarcMontgomery 12.09.2007 (13.09.2007) · Read review
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  The dealer in front is a Toyota!

Advantages: Friendly, professional, helpful
Disadvantages: A long way from home.

...was minimal, but had I been in my husbands MR2, I don?t think the car would have stood much chance of survival. On this basis, we decided to step up our search for a safer car. We found what we thought was our ideal car at Inchcape Toyota in Nottingham. We had to be sure that it was exactly what we wanted before driving there as it is quite a trek. <<<The telephone call>>> I phoned the company, and spoke to a salesperson, who told me they still had the vehicle I wanted, and gave me some information about it. The telephone was answered promptly, and courteously, which is obviously a good start. <<<Finding the place>>> Now, although I can get to Nottingham, I do have problems navigating my way around. No problem. When I got lost, the member of staff on the other end of the phone was very helpful, and directed us in. I should...

Testarossa 02.10.2004 · Read review
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Toyota Carina

Advantages: CONFORT
Disadvantages: NONE

...This is the most lovely car I have ever owned. It feels very solid when you are driving it. It had an executive feel about it. It had power steering. It handled the road very well. I found that people respect you on the road when you drive a bigger type car, than when you drive a smaller car. People really liked the look of my car as well. The Toyota Carina E is a very comfortable car to drive. It had electric windows, which had a control on all four sets of windows. Each window could also be controlled by the driver. The driver could also lock the control for opening / closing the windows, such that no one else can open or shut their windows with their respective window open / close buttons. I don't know what the manufacturers were thinking when they designed this into the windows. It can only be left to the imagination. The car had...

sasi1240 19.02.2009 · Read review
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toyota carina

Advantages: to many to mention
Disadvantages: none

...my toyota carina has just turned over 180000 miles and all i can say is it has been an amazing car over the last 7yrs..yes 7 yrs ago i bought this great car as a 1 previous owner(an elderly gentleman) when it had 47000 miles on the clock and to think i nearly didnt buy it because it looked so borring,how i have changed my mind.apart from two new exhust systems,brakes,tyres(front mostly)a couple of fuel injectors,air filters,oil changes(every year) all the usual things you would expect through wear and tear this car just keeps on going,i swear i could drive it for a whole year and not lift the bonnet.i drive 70miles a day 5 days a week to work and then weekends,its been all over the west country,norfolk,wales yorkshire and the lake district and still it drives superb and not a sign of rust.on a run it averages 35-40miles to the gallon...

hayzee1 06.02.2009 · Read review
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Toyota Corolla Verso

Advantages: great
Disadvantages: none

..., and the seats all come out to give greater space for transporting furniture and bikes etc. There's lots of space for a pram as well as shopping. The car itself is really easy to drive. I'm not tall, and yet I've never had visibility problems and it handles well on corners and so on. Sometimes when travelling uphill on motorways it seems to lack power, but acceleration can be boosted by pressing a button and taking overdrive off - effectively dropping a gear. It's just had its first service, which revealed no problems at all and although its not exactly economical mine is an automatic and I chose this feature for ease of driving rather than economy. There have been no maintenance costs at all and I've never needed to top up oil or water etc. Toyota do a service plan which roughly works out at £300 for 3 years servicing. I pay by DD so its barely...

pixels91 23.04.2009 · Read review
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Kings Toyota Ropley

Advantages: Generally good reliability
Disadvantages: Generally poor customer service

...I have had a similar experience to "celicakat" with the service team at Kings Toyota at Ropley although from experience gained from another Toyota dealership as well as their Customer Services (and their Personal Finance arm) I have little other than criticism of any of them. I have a Rav 4 which I bought new from them in 2003 - my first Toyota. 1. The Speedo story After about 3,000 miles, I was driving on the M3 and was spooked to see the speedo gracefully fall from the 70MPH I was doing to zero, despite the fact that I was still maintaining my speed! After that the speedo refused to function at all, so I called in for Ropley to look at the car. After hanging around for about 90 minutes the service manager came out to announce that the sender unit in the gearbox had completely come apart and destroyed itself and the only way to...

Rockeye 01.10.2006 · Read review
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