Toyota GR Yaris father & son review. The ups & downs of running a GR Yaris as a daily driver

Our Toyota GR Yaris first arrived 3 months ago and from the start, the plan was I would share this car with my son, Charlie. In this first report, I show some of the mods we've done to the car and we discuss the good & bad points of running a GR Yaris longterm.
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[youremostwelcome]

Jesus, this makes me miss my Dad. He died of a brain tumour last year, and this makes me miss the chats we'd have as I grew up. Of course, he wasn't as wealthy as Harry, but I remember him umming and ahhing over whether he'd buy an E46 M3 after I bought my E92. So glad that he did in the end, as it gave him some good times for a while.

[markfetherston]

Quite literally he must be the best dad in the world ever. What an inspiration as a father and bloody good chap to let his son play with such a collection of mans toys. Charlie, it’s not normal. I hope you know My dad had a Volvo 343 and a Nissan Sunny. And he never let me drive them. Probably for the best actually. But still, it’s the principle.

[wildmandesign]

A really nice piece to air on Father’s Day. Makes me miss my dad.

[TheAslakVind]

I love that every time Mr Harry talks about his son, he has a big smile on!

[Formulaz]

Harry is the best car and motorcycle reviewer in the world.

[maxmartin-merrells]

A palpable warmth in this video. A pleasure as always.

[jamesallison]

Father’s Day special! Thanks Harry and Charlie.

[mikeormond]

“I’ll put the stop start back on because it annoys the hell out of Charlie” 😂 😂 😂

[drchunkybiscuit]

Happy Father's Day Harry, I wish you'd been my dad. My dad died in 1996 & was never that nice to me. He never once told me that he loved me, but I live my two girls more than anything & tell them I love them every day!!! Mind you, one is 19 & the other is 25, but I still tell them. 😂

[smilepermile]

Really enjoyed the discussion both of you had in this video. Toyota were recently testing the GR Yaris's 3 cylinder 1.6 engine for their Corolla Hatchback hydrogen-powered internal combustion engined racecar, intended for the 24hr race in Fuji Speedway. They admit that there's a lot of issues they need to solve (packaging of the tank), but this is one of Akio Toyoda's way of prolonging the internal combustion engine. He mentioned that if Japan goes too hasty in banning internal combustion engined cars, the current business model of the car industry will collapse, thus causing a lot of job losses. We really should give him credit where its due.

[archiegoodwinjr]

Finally. I learn that Harry's son is Charlie and not Henry Catchpole.

[JonTruelove]

Absolute home run with the wheel color. Not at all showy/ostentatious and like you said just adds some sophistication. Very cool.

[Boric]

LOL - Harry turned his hi performance hatch into the farms van. Brilliant.

[Martin]

When the GR Yaris was released in Australia they had an "introductory" price of $39, 950 drive away (which includes all fees and taxes) for the first 1, 000 units and they were all sold within a week. Then it was increased to $44, 950 drive away for another 200. Now the Toyota Australian web site lists them at $53, 927 for the GR and $59, 177 for the Rallye, both drive away. It seems the market is accepting the pricing as there is hardly any stock available, so your situation suggests that it is a global demand.

[blueinred]

Sport mode will save you a button press, because it disables stop-start as well.

[P.Galore]

I like that Harry doesn't let price interfere with his judgment of what a great car is. So many people by expensive cars just to pose for strangers -

[WashburnD]

A wonderful episode between the two gentlemen. There is so much more usable information in Harry's reviews as opposed to people just rattling off car data and statistic. Bloody ace there sir!

[trailmagnus]

The colour of those wheels combined with the red is just stellar! Good call!

[eddienoel]

Harry, your son is a natural presenter, loving this Father’s Day YouTube upload, thank you

[timhouston]

I'm not gonna say this is the best Harry's Garage video yet, but it's up there. Perfect fathers day watch. Thank you!