Toyota bz4X

I must drive like an aul granny I've never experienced any grip issues in my Born, first time I've heard of continental tyres being described as budget tyres😏

Amen.

Off with the flimsy EV tyres and on with proper rubber suitable for the Irish climate, like Michelin CrossClimate SUV which would suit most large EVs down to the ground.

Very happy to eat a small range penalty for the sake of wearing a far better tyre.

Well overdue. It's a great car, very comfortable and build quality is good.

But cold weather kills the range. It's the heater. It's very thirsty.

21-23kw/100km atm.

Is that mostly motorway driving?

Except of course in Norway, where they account for 70%+ of new car sales, and half the country is in the Arctic Circle.. where a drive from Kristiansand in the south to Batsfjord in the north is just the 2,242km according to Google Maps.

Not really comparable to any other country are they?

Is there seat cover that Toyota make for the bz4X? Parent have the bz4X (they love it) and were wondering?

How much was the 2nd service?

It was free. Nothing charged. Wheel alignment still has no issue.

If you're at the point where locals are worried about your speed, it sounds like you need to listen to them and cop on.

Apologies if I've taken this out of context and misunderstood the situation.

New pricing seems like a decent reduction, to €42,950 excluding delivery & metallic, and the one sole variant showing now, has the bigger 12” screen previously only available on the higher priced trims.

I'm one of the buyers taking the 8k hit on the purchase value.

Im not sorry for this, but more for the resale value when my PCP is up.

I'll cross that bridge when I get to it.

just got in touch with my local dealer and I will change my MY'23 with a brand new one (starting a new PCP). The interest is now down to 3.9% so I got a decent deal for a 4 years PCP on 25k km/year. I have my current car since April'23 with 33k km on the clock already. No delivery jobs or anything, just Galway-Dublin commute.

I'm not sure about the trade I value yet, as I only corresponded with the sales guy in principle, and agreed a monthly figure.

I will see when it comes to it. The GMFV is 15k after 4 years on 25k km per year.

Using their finance calculator and looking at my current PCP, my guess is that I have a small positive equity of about 10k, used as a deposit on the new one.

Overall, I'm happy with the monthly payment and the GMFV so I take it as a good deal for me.

The car itself..... excellent.

I've seen one in the wild, in red. How would I describe it? It's not cherry red,and it's not wine.

I guess it's just... Red.

I'm sure of you did a ceramic coat, or waxed it regularly it would be brighter. But I think all Toyota colours are at the darker and Matt side of the colour. Just my observation.

Lexus seem to have more metallic flake and brighter base.

If this is your second bz, would you go navy? There's not many around, if it's clean it looks classy. I really like the white tbh. It reminds me of a stormtrooper!