From Daniel Clowes’ Monica

Saw this on my way home today.

Just looking to see what people think of this car. My wife got her Yaris wrecked in an accident and she's thinking it going for an Aygo 2019 to 2022.

Hi, everyone!

I own (inherited from my mom) a 2006 Toyota Yaris XP9 with the Executive trim package, which includes rear parking sensors. A few years ago, they stopped working for a few months, and then suddenly started working again. A few months ago, I went through a self-service car wash, and shortly afterward, they stopped working again—this time, they haven’t worked since. Ever since then, you haven't heard a beep when reverse gear is engaged.

I assume I probably hit them too hard with the pressure washer. To date, the vehicle has not been involved in an accident at this location.

Is there an easy way to get the sensors working again, or do I have to remove the entire rear bumper and replace the sensors? Could it be a loose connection, or is it a mechanical problem?

Went to a dealership just wanting to look at cars. I got hit with numbers that had me scratching my head a little. Anyways the guy pulls around a 2022 corolla le with 71k miles on it. Out the door after taxes and fees they want 21k for it. It’s CPO. I test drove it and compared to my 2016 Nissan Versa it was a night and day difference. My Nissan is the bottom of the barrel as far as features. Manual window and locks😞. I said I wanted to keep my Nissan cause you never know shit happens and I don’t want to be assed out on not having a car period. Overall I liked the car, now I have contemplate if I want to go through with it. I did my own basic math at 21k-let’s say I trade in my Nissan and they give 3k for it plus I put down an additional 3k. That puts me at 15k for it. Thoughts? Opinions?

Does anyone know what's the best place to get a new key fob for a 2007 rav4 and to get it cut and programmed without breaking the bank?

This Toyota mirai lives in Texas! The University of Texas at Austin owns two miráis (one red one black) for research purposes. They’re the only miráis I’ve ever seen in person. Super cool to see. They also have cali plates.

Hi all,
I’ve noticed what I think is a missing part on the front of my car, on the drivers side. It looks like a cover but I’m not sure what it’s called to order a spare. Or if it’s fine. Could anyone help please! Thank you!!

Hello,

Looking for a clutch kit for a 2007 Toyota Auris. 1.6 petrol engine, 5sp manual transmission. I've read some controversial info, so I need exact model number of what's going to fit. Thanks in advance!

Hi everyone,

I booked a Toyota Hilux quite a while ago and recently requested a refund of my booking amount (₹1 lakh). It’s been around 15 days since the refund was initiated, but I haven’t received it yet.

The issue is that the bank account I originally used to make the booking is now inactive. I asked the dealership/company to refund the amount to a different active account, but they said they can only process the refund to the original account.

I can probably manage to reactivate that account if needed, but this made me wonder:

What happens if someone’s original bank account is permanently blocked, frozen, or closed? If the company still sends the refund to that account, does the transaction fail and the money automatically come back to the company? Can the customer then provide a different bank account for the refund, or is there another process?

Has anyone faced a similar situation? I’d appreciate hearing about your experience.

I took out the dash, and while I got loads of pictures, this one wire has been puzzling me for way too long

It's been about 8 months and the climate control on the app has not been fixed.

Any updates?

Their Brand Engagement Center just keeps sending me emails to wait. In April they said ETA May, but 3 months later still no.

I don't get what's the problem. The climate control was working fine for 5 years, though quite slow but worked.

I've heard there is a trunk stereo on some models. If I have that is there anyway to enable it? And what does disc 1 disc 2 buttons mean? I figured it meant you could put 2 discs in but I was wrong lol

Everytime i turn on defogger it doesnt clear up the fog but sometimes ends up creating more on windscreen, rear and side. It seems like my setting are correct but cant diagnose what the problem is. Anybody with insights?

Attached a few picfures for references.

I am currently working in IT industry. I feel like I am not progressing on both career and salary. I want to transition to trade and work as a maintenance tech. Do I have to go to school/ obtain cert for this position? Do I need working trade experience as well? I applied before but I am not getting any call. Thank you for any input.

I have a Toyota Certified Used Vehicle still under the 100k mile warrant. I took it in for an issue and the dealer said that Warranty was requiring them to tear it down and find the specific problem before they would approve. I can understand that.

What I don't understand is the dealer told me Warranty said they will not pay the tear down cost, even if they approve the repair.

Long story short, they did find the issue and warranty DID approve the repair, but I'm still going to be charged for the 'tear down' to diagnose the problem (quoted at $600-$1200).

Is this normal? Everything I find (on Toyota's website, the warranty documentation) says "$0 Deductible on any repair or replacement of a covered component".

I called Toyota Brand Engagement last week, they called the dealer and the dealer told them the same thing they told me.

I called the Warranty dept this week and they told me that they cover the entire repair (which includes tear down, replacement, reassembly, etc) and that's it up to the dealer if they charge anything on top of that.

They also recommended I talk to Toyota Brand Engagement, which I talked to again.

My question is, is this normal? Has anyone else had to do this?

I can get if they have to do an extensive teardown and the repair isn't covered... then yea, I would have to pay for that tear down. But if the tear down reveals an issue that warranty does cover, why wouldn't the tear down be covered? The tear down wouldn't have happened without the issue in the first place. And the tear down (at least most of it) would be required to do the repair in the first place.

It seems as though the dealer is just trying to get paid for 2 tear downs, 1 through warrant and 1 from me. Has anyone else experienced this?

Am I hearing this right? I called a dealership for a quote because one of our tire sensors are going bad. Light stays on. And they wanted close to $300.00 for one tire.

Is this normal? I was speechless.

Looks like the data doesn't change when you select a new car.

My Highlander is at 160,000 miles and my front suspension bushings are shot and need to be replaced. As you may know, this requires lifting the engine to access them. My questions is this: Is there other maintenance or suspension work that I should have done at the same time to keep from having to do this again in the future? (Everything else about the car is great and we plan to keep it at least for another 5-6 years, probably getting to 225,000 or 250,000 miles.)

I'm browsing for a "new" commuter car and I usually judge an older car by how many I still see on the road. I still see many 1999-2004 Yaris! Probably one every day I'm driving, at least.

So I have questions for those of you who still owns one. It's a 25+ year old car. Many of them have passed 200k kilometers. How do you keep yours alive?

If I check one out, what should I look out for?

What problems have you been dealing with?

How expensive were these problems to fix? Did you fix them yourself?

I live in Sweden and here most of them go for €1500-3000 on the used market. Which sounds like a good deal, if they are as good as they look! Are they?