richard_smith237 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 (edited) 46 minutes ago, fullcave said: Whoever thought up this convoluted asinine feature should be shot by firing squad! Agreed - The 'auto-stop-start' feature has been an extremely annoying feature on my last two cars. There are possibilities to 'code' your car so that this setting is over-ridden to automatically be off. I'm not sure how the 'coding' would effect the warranty. I've not done this on my past two cars, but looked into the possibility. Edited September 22, 2017 by richard_smith237 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace of Pop Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Im told the top sevice foks overide the feature, so its possible to leave it in that mode.They dont like it also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredob43 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 17 hours ago, JaiLai said: do you know if the manual is available to download online? ( in English ). Thanks. No there's not you have to ask Toyota for one/two. And more than likely pay. N/B there are two books one some 400+ pages 200+ in English, for the comp: S/N part and one owners manual for general driving with 632 pages. For Servicing and the likes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredob43 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, Ace of Pop said: Im told the top sevice foks overide the feature, so its possible to leave it in that mode.They dont like it also. Why would you want to bugger about overriding the thing? just press a button and it's off. Might be a bit to complicated for some though. EG Those that cant turn the Radio/DVD volume down. When Driving in BKK for example where it's stop go all the time might come in handy fuel wise. N/B it only goes off if you stop at lights or in traffic jams, when you leave it in drive with the foot brake on. Just knock it out of D into N. Or you could even just press a button. Pretty simple even for idiots. At least it's better than my Daughters BMW that has the same set up but there's no way of turning it off. Edited September 22, 2017 by fredob43 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace of Pop Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Wifes Benz was turned off in Showroom, dont even know or want to know how to turn it on either.But then i hate gadgets n gizmoes but love sport mode that rattles yer fillings out and hands free phone ting.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredob43 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 (edited) 27 minutes ago, Ace of Pop said: Wifes Benz was turned off in Showroom, dont even know or want to know how to turn it on either.But then i hate gadgets n gizmoes but love sport mode that rattles yer fillings out and hands free phone ting.. Bit of an Oxymoron. You don't like gadgets but like the hands free phone and sports mode. Some peeps worry me. Edited September 22, 2017 by fredob43 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace of Pop Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Spots Mode clears pimples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 29 minutes ago, fredob43 said: Bit of an Oxymoron. You don't like gadgets but like the hands free phone and sports mode. Some peeps worry me. There is easy stuff and difficult stuff to understand on modern rides..I for one do not like all the touch screen gizmo's etc, but a simple button on or near the shifter to alter suspension or trans use is no problem for most... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace of Pop Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 58 minutes ago, transam said: There is easy stuff and difficult stuff to understand on modern rides..I for one do not like all the touch screen gizmo's etc, but a simple button on or near the shifter to alter suspension or trans use is no problem for most... Freddyodbod has just resigned,upset by aThai Visa notification prob.!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredob43 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 55 minutes ago, transam said: There is easy stuff and difficult stuff to understand on modern rides..I for one do not like all the touch screen gizmo's etc, but a simple button on or near the shifter to alter suspension or trans use is no problem for most... There is nothing on the touch screen that alters anything whilst driving only used to enter once the Blue tooth phone set up & when you require the S/Nav. Everything else is done with 'Simple' Buttons. If you enlarge you will see that the speaker volume is on the far left of the S/Wheel marked with a picture of a speaker and a + or - button. Very simple if you ask me. Sorry it doesn't show the Stop start button as that's on the dash level with the drivers arm rest. ECO & Sports mode is in front of gear stick. Also simple. For your info AOP I am putting in this last one. Before I get off this site for good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 4 minutes ago, fredob43 said: There is nothing on the touch screen that alters anything whilst driving only used to enter once the Blue tooth phone set up & when you require the S/Nav. Everything else is done with 'Simple' Buttons. If you enlarge you will see that the speaker volume is on the far left of the S/Wheel marked with a picture of a speaker and a + or - button. Very simple if you ask me. Sorry it doesn't show the Stop start button as that's on the dash level with the drivers arm rest. ECO & Sports mode is in front of gear stick. Also simple. For your info AOP I am putting in this last one. Before I get off this site for good. Is that a 747 dash....? Wossa AOP....is that a handbook thingy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullcave Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 5 minutes ago, fredob43 said: There is nothing on the touch screen that alters anything whilst driving only used to enter once the Blue tooth phone set up & when you require the S/Nav. Everything else is done with 'Simple' Buttons. If you enlarge you will see that the speaker volume is on the far left of the S/Wheel marked with a picture of a speaker and a + or - button. Very simple if you ask me. Sorry it doesn't show the Stop start button as that's on the dash level with the drivers arm rest. ECO & Sports mode is in front of gear stick. Also simple. For your info AOP I am putting in this last one. Before I get off this site for good. Damn those are some ugly seats. Did you pay extra for those? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpatOilWorker Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 18 minutes ago, fredob43 said: There is nothing on the touch screen that alters anything whilst driving only used to enter once the Blue tooth phone set up & when you require the S/Nav. Everything else is done with 'Simple' Buttons. If you enlarge you will see that the speaker volume is on the far left of the S/Wheel marked with a picture of a speaker and a + or - button. Very simple if you ask me. Sorry it doesn't show the Stop start button as that's on the dash level with the drivers arm rest. ECO & Sports mode is in front of gear stick. Also simple. For your info AOP I am putting in this last one. Before I get off this site for good. The seats are nasty, but what gets me it the leather (or plastic) on each side of the SatNav and radio. Totally out of place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 17 minutes ago, ExpatOilWorker said: The seats are nasty, but what gets me it the leather (or plastic) on each side of the SatNav and radio. Totally out of place. Agree that those 2 plastics don't look very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace of Pop Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 2 hours ago, fredob43 said: There is nothing on the touch screen that alters anything whilst driving only used to enter once the Blue tooth phone set up & when you require the S/Nav. Everything else is done with 'Simple' Buttons. If you enlarge you will see that the speaker volume is on the far left of the S/Wheel marked with a picture of a speaker and a + or - button. Very simple if you ask me. Sorry it doesn't show the Stop start button as that's on the dash level with the drivers arm rest. ECO & Sports mode is in front of gear stick. Also simple. For your info AOP I am putting in this last one. Before I get off this site for good. Dont let the Door....................!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert24 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 1 hour ago, stevenl said: Agree that those 2 plastics don't look very nice. actually I quite like the interior of the TRD sportivo. The black leather with red in between looks quite good. But I don't like the other colour interiors of the normal new Fortuners. The beige is really too brown/yellowish. It's much nicer on the old Fortuner I have. I hope they will make some improvements to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaiLai Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Being a Toyota and a very popular vehicle in Thailand there will be all sorts of seat covers available from Somchai to suit most tastes one would think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jitar Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Car makers invented auto start-stop systems as a way of improving emission test results. As far as I can determine in normal driving in LOS, it does nothing for real life fuel consumption. Depending on the car, start-stop can be particularly annoying for the driver though, so like Fred, I turn it off on each start. Apparently the emission test standards require cars to default to start-stop active on restart, making it just that little bit more annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullcave Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 7 hours ago, Jitar said: Car makers invented auto start-stop systems as a way of improving emission test results. As far as I can determine in normal driving in LOS, it does nothing for real life fuel consumption. Depending on the car, start-stop can be particularly annoying for the driver though, so like Fred, I turn it off on each start. Apparently the emission test standards require cars to default to start-stop active on restart, making it just that little bit more annoying. Okay, that explains it! I guess we should be thankful we have the option to "turn it off" at all. Too bad they don't allow the option to turn off the running lights as I don't think they are necessary when the vehicle is parked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaseTheBass Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 On 10/06/2017 at 2:49 PM, thehelmsman said: Jealousy perhaps....... Of a Toyota?!? 5555! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaiLai Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Does anyone know if toyota Pattaya have a sportivo for test drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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