Toyota Yaris Problems

It comes down to your peace of mind. As she only does a relatively few kilometers a year the car would only have around 30,000 km at the end of the new car warranty, and 60,000 km at the end of the additional three years, or 80,000 km at the end of the five-year extension. Not a lot really. On that basis I probably wouldn’t take the option, but you must keep up the service even though she’s not doing a lot of kays. Regular maintenance is the key to a long life of trouble free motoring.

You should have a service book with your owner's manual and that should tell you the frequency of servicing your car should have. On the mileage you have done since buying the Yaris I would think you should service it every 5000 km or one year, whichever comes up first.

You'd expect the fuel consumption to increase if you are doing only very short trips where the car would hardly warm up, but I still wouldn't expect it to climb to 11 litres/100 km or more. The city average claimed for the Yaris is 7.6 litres/100km, so I'd expect it to be no more than 9 litres/100km in a heavy stop-start, short-trip situation. Have your car checked by a dealer.

THE drumming is caused by changing air pressure in the cabin when the rear windows are open. It's not unusual and is not limited to the Yaris. Many cars do it.

BUYING used is not going to cost you as much as buying new, but you need to know about cars or have the help of someone who does. Otherwise, buy new and get the security of a warranty. The new car will also be safer. Generally they have more safety features built into them and will probably use less fuel than an older car. Look at the Mazda 2, Toyota Yaris, Nissan Tiida, Ford Fiesta, Hyundai Getz and VW Polo.

THE law allows for an error of plus/minus 10 per cent on speedo readings and yours falls within that tolerance. While it clearly annoys you I don't think it's much of a problem and you have suggested three ways of dealing with it. If you drove at the indicated speed you wouldn't break the law, which is probably the best solution. You could guess and that would probably mean a speeding ticket or two. Or you could calculate the error and allow for it. You only have to calculate the error for three speeds, 60, 80 and 100km/h and then either remember them or tape them on your dash.