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#1 ·
Yeap! Just collected it few hours ago!
No pictures - it's just like in the marketing materials!
To the delight of the dealer, it came faster than expected and it's the first on in Ireland - for few days, there are couple more orders.

First impression: rims are spectacular! The car looks absolutely cool, but the rims are really great!
Finally the headlights are what every single car should have! It's very weird when they turn on the search for right position it goes up and down few times. But it's a great focused light, strong and I'm sure nobody will complain they are too bright!
Driving wheel feedback - oh yeah! I think they nailed it! It was fake on my previous C-HR, you could get used to it in no time. But this time it feels much more precise and feedback it's much more real.
Engine: out of curiosity I had a look. It looks messy, the 1.8 one looked so much tight up. But who cares? I'm opening it just to feed the it with washing fluid!
Noise: WOW! This is the big deal! No transmission, no engine noise! None whatsoever! Absolutely impressing! And it's not only compared to my previous C-HR! It's super quite! Some better tires would make it even better; just it's Ireland and it's a bit crazy to have summer tires. I may walk this path someday :)
Acceleration: not too much to say - it has 50% more power. It's fun and it will become even better after some km when I can push it a bit more! It is great!!!
Multimedia unit - 9 speakers, different configuration than my previous one, that also had JBL. Sounds really good! Nothing mind blowing, but good! Far better responsiveness - it just change the menus like it should be, no useless delays.
And it finally has Android Auto! From playing music to navigation - this just makes total sense! It's fast, it there and absolutely easy to use, Assistant is there willing to do the chores. Simply great!

What I don't get, because there are those too:
- why put electric controls for the seats only for driver?
- booths is smaller, not by a lot and there's good space underneath the "cover" - I had a good setup to go to the airport, now I have to rethink it.
- headlights are not turning on before you move the car. Nothing crazy, but why? I don't have a dark garage and I don't know if lights won't turn on when it's dark before moving the car.
- connecting the multimedia unit to internet is complicated. Not a deal breaker, you get what you need from Android Auto, but it's not intuitive to connect it to home WiFi or to phone hotspot.

Long post - some more observations as they'll come.
 
#2 ·
And pedal to the metal now totally makes sense!
There's a super short kick from downshifting and there it goes!
Normal driving is no different than the normal CVT. Smooth as usual, significantly less noisy.
 
#4 ·
You're hard to beat!
I've signed the deal early November and I was told mid February to early March. But it's Ireland and when they told me it will be late January I was happy!
What are your thoughts? You had 3 more weeks with it while I'm 3 days.
Funny fact: I went to buy food for my cats. When I got off the shop there was a guy and a lady like starring to my car. When I unlocked it he said "that's a spectacular car". Thanks and all.
The guy went to his huge Merc C series with a 192 license plate. That means ~6 months old car!
It's not like I bought the car for bragging, I can't care less about what people think about the car! I bought it for me! But it's fun to see people just staring at it...
 
#5 ·
I love it
Getting around 57 mpg regardless of how I drive it
I had a Verso and a Rav4 previously
Disappointing the doors don't auto lock and I was under the impression it would have heated mirrors also finding it always looks dirty especially the plastic areas on the doors
It certainly turns heads though :)
 
#8 ·
Great report there!! Roll on March 2nd!!

Do you still have to flick through the menus for the sport mode? I would not think it would be much needed with the 2 litre, but on the Corolla you get a separate button by the gear lever.
 
#11 ·
We went in to buy one of these this afternoon in place of our Limited Edition 1.8.

Came away after ordering a top spec RAV4 due to the fact the re-located battery has ruined the boot space :(

Shame as loved the looks, the additional performance & the upgraded infotainment.

Around 6 month wait for the RAV so still C-HRing until June.
 
#13 ·
Anyone prepared to reveal what discounts they got for ordering an Orange? I'm sorely tempted but so far they've only offered the protection plus pack.
 
#15 ·
Auto-e-bid £28,549, saving over £4k, good company I used them just over 12 months ago.
 
#16 ·
Thanks guys. The best I had from carwow was £29,700. Will look at Auto-e-bid
 
#18 ·
Yes, I have. I bought my CHR from then in November 2018. They normally ship orders out through lease companies and then to Toyota dealers, no problems at all my end. UK car with all paperwork and full warranty and you are first owner and in the case of the Orange £4k better off.
 
#19 ·
Thanks smartly I think I will proceed with the purchase!

I noticed during my test drive yesterday that the DAB aerial is no longer in the front windscreen. Hopefully they put it in the shark fin with an amplifier and it has better reception?? My wifes Yaris gets LBC where we live but my C-HR is dreadful as it cuts in and out and goes on reduced volume!
Can anyone say if reception is better in the 2020 C-HR?
 
#20 ·
Quick updates:
- car still draws all the attention possible! Best one was an old lady struggling to get out of her car to make sure it didn't touch it. And she kept looking at the car
- now that is warm'ish, read Irish "hot", fuel consumption is 5.5l/100km. With this light traffic and very few km...
- automatic parking is still something my wife doesn't want to hear about! Although it's much much better in this one. Engaging it it's still confusing and hard to remember.
- weak spot - tires! Not enough traction on dry for that engine!
- sound system is a step ahead! Acoustic is different and it asks for decent sound source (read highest quality when streaming from phone at the expense of more data)
- blind spot monitor should be mandatory on all cars!
 
#21 ·
fuel consumption is 5.5l/100km.
That's 51.4 mpg (uk)
 
#22 ·
I was saying somewhere menu to connect multimedia unit to wifi is useless.
Some people for some other models managed to "fix" that by upgrading the software.
Yesterday it seems that Toyota published an update for my unit.
It's at http://streamtechdoc.toyota-motor-europe.com/techdoc3/audio_navigation/17TDT1EU-DA31_Latest.zip
Release notes are as comprehensive as one can dream of: improve system stability and bug fixes. At least that it says when I install it. Nothing can be find on the web.
So right model 17TDT1EU-DA31, upgrade is from 1007 to 1075. It takes longer to unpack the zip file to an USB stick, upgrade it's a matter of 2 minutes. All needs to be done it's shown on the display.
And wifi still can't find any hotspot.
PS: I have no clue if this is suppose to be performed by end-user so you do it on your risk.

Let this be the only problem! Can't say I don't care, it's just annoying I have a menu that does nothing :)
Other than that? Car just works and I love it! Pushing the gas it's absolute fun! And after 1h of driving with loud music...oh boy!
 
#23 ·
drabisan said:
I was saying somewhere menu to connect multimedia unit to wifi is useless.
Some people for some other models managed to "fix" that by upgrading the software.
Yesterday it seems that Toyota published an update for my unit.
It's at http://streamtechdoc.toyota-motor-europe.com/techdoc3/audio_navigation/17TDT1EU-DA31_Latest.zip
Release notes are as comprehensive as one can dream of: improve system stability and bug fixes. At least that it says when I install it. Nothing can be find on the web.
So right model 17TDT1EU-DA31, upgrade is from 1007 to 1075. It takes longer to unpack the zip file to an USB stick, upgrade it's a matter of 2 minutes. All needs to be done it's shown on the display.
And wifi still can't find any hotspot.
PS: I have no clue if this is suppose to be performed by end-user so you do it on your risk.

Let this be the only problem! Can't say I don't care, it's just annoying I have a menu that does nothing :)
Other than that? Car just works and I love it! Pushing the gas it's absolute fun! And after 1h of driving with loud music...oh boy!
Does you car have factory navigation ( should have a MEU software version if so).

As the information I have says latest software enables wifi on T1 type headunit only if MEU is installed
 
#24 ·
I think I found the answer in MM17 diagnostic manual.

"With the MEU not connected only Wi-Fi Direct for MirrorLink and Miracast is available. With the MEU connected the DCU can also connect to an Wi-Fi
access point such as a mobile hotspot created by a smartphone. "

My reading is I can't connect multimedia unit to Wi-Fi because MEU is not present. So for cars with no navigation built in, there's no internet access.
 
#25 ·
One drawback for this car: it draws too much attention! Too often for my taste another driver on the road turns into an idiot. Funny are the ones that are seeing a Toyota and they have to proof their car is faster. Sometimes worth showing them it's actually a fast car 😉. And it is! When pushed this one delivers!
But the real idiots...being a definition of road bully. I had to buy a camera. My choice was front and rear Thinkware Q800 Pro. As Irish dealer is still on lockdown (whatever), I bought it from Amazon and asked Toyota to install it. Less than 2h job and price was lower than Thinkware has online. My main concern was not to get any cricket in the car. I got none so far. Installation is clean, all cables are just perfect.
I'm happy with the result. Camera is decent to good. Software can be better or at least documentation could be way better.

And today I managed the best fuel consumption: 120km with average 5.0. 5.2 way in and 4.8 on the way back. Light traffic and speed always 10km/h over the speed limit, but I don't know the average speed.
 
#26 ·
One quick update: when reversing and car "sees" something, it breaks automatically and and breaks hard!
It's great, can't say it saved me at any moment, but it's a big plus. Just it's breaking so hard! And it's not that smart. It can't tell if the vehicle or person is walking away from car or coming towards. Consequently, when getting out of parking lot, I have to wait an extra second to make sure car/person doesn't show at all in the reverse camera (reverse camera is not used by the system, it's just a reference I set for me). Otherwise it will break on me shortly after I release the break pedal.