Possible one of the last non electrified hot hatches…I don’t own it….yet…..but considering the new GR Yaris Performance Aero Package. The motorsport development foundation is very obvious when driving this car.
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Even at low speeds, with PDK+ mode and no hard braking downshifts are very aggressive
It seems that Yaris GR Is due to a radical update with a new 2.0 four pot engine
What an incredible looking car. The wheels look beautiful. Enjoy it!! I miss my 718 GTS. Couldn’t live with it, and now can’t live without it!
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Do you have the RS3 now?
No, I did have an RS3, but recently sold it and bought a TT.
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I have changed my Lotus weekend car. Planned move back to the UK means a lhd car is no longer needed. This went on Friday
I have replaced it with this
She awaits me in storage until I get back. A winter project to keep me occupied.
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Bought a Moke a couple of weeks ago, and took it out today for it’s first decent run. Soon found out not to rely 100% on the fuel level shown on the speedo, but we had a great outing and I can report that the hazard lights work perfectly.
40 years old and in pretty good shape. Sadly that description does not apply to its new registered owner. On that basis I thought I would only show you the car this time.
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Should I sigh? ShouId I cry? Why? Would be grateful for a full story.
I had a one of those as a company car when I was working on a resort at Port Douglas (FNQ) in the late 80s. Lots of fun but the bugger wouldn’t start in wet weather which I always thought was funny as it a British car. 
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Thanks for sharing. I agree with the architects, the El Dorado is a beauty!
Cheers Pete. When it starts raining again over here, as it surely will, I’ll be keeping it garaged then.
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They were built at the BMC plant in Sydney from 1966 to 1981, almost certainly an Australian one i would have thought. A number of them were imported back to the U.K.
That doesn’t surprise me there was a BMC factory at Victoria Park (Zetland) just south of Sydney in the 60s-70s. It was obviously designed in the UK though.
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For all it’s brilliant design features I believe that the designers decided to put the electronics just behind the grill & in front of the transverse engine block.
Hence every time it rained the electrics got soaked, causing the starting problems you, & thousands of others, suffered from.
So it wasn’t just me. WD40 got it going, it was wise to carry in the car at all times. It must’ve been a simple design as I have no mechanical skills whatsoever but even could get going.
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Even 40 odd years later it must be nice to know you weren’t alone!
The British Leyland engineers didn’t appear to learn any lessons from the Mini. My first company car was an Austin Allergo & every time it rained my feet & the drivers footwell got soaked. Suspecting something was wrong I took it to the local main dealer who calmly advised “Don’t worry Sir, they all do that’“.
I can’t tell you how reassured I was…..
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You can still buy a new Moke, but they are electric now…….so hopefully wd40 not needed, but a nearby charging station would be handy as the range is pretty poor.
They did learn from the early minis and fitted either a rubberised or plastic sleeve over various ignition components on later cars. I seem to recall another mod was a plastic sheet in front of the distributor.
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