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Perhaps 400 miles(ish) maybe a little more. I topped up once I saw the light come on but I understand theres quite a few miles left once the light shows. I'm not sure if I may have done some kind of harm by letting the light stay on for 15 miles or so though because now it seems like my automatic choke is staying on. I am still running at around 1500 revs even after 30 or so miles of driving at all times of the day. I'm hoping I havent done her any harm...

Hmm, not the result I was expecting, or hoping for... I don't speed, I dont even drive hard and this is the mileage from a full tank. The fuel warning light came on about 3 miles ago Not too impressive at all is it? I'm not sure whether its because I enjoy driving the old thing as much as I do, or for some other reason, but it just doesnt feel thirsty to me on a day to day basis. But, theres the numbers. It took me a while to finish as I was away for a while.

Here we are after 2x15 mile motorway stints and lots of up and down 3 or 4 mile journeys to my local village...

I Was looking at this car over the weekend, being new to Toyota ownership I just wanted to see what was out there and Jeremy Clarkson made a pretty positive video about driving it. In the video he said the tyres were exactly the same as fitted to a Prius - heres what he said... http://www.topgear.com/videos/jeremy-clarkson/jeremy-drives-toyota-gt86-series-19-episode-3

Here we go after 200(ish) miles. 4X15 motorway runs, 3 or 4 runs up to my local village and half an hour of my grandaughter feeling her feet around my bottom paddock (about 20 miles on dryish grass) - thats not the pre-cursor to an excuse because she was pleasingly gentle on the pedal.

Couple of days later (100 miles ish), four 15 mile motorway journeys and about a dozen or so 2, 3 or 4 mile journeys up to and around about the village, through traffic, for coffee or shopping...

Thanks for your advice Old Red Celica. It was much more of an issue than I would have thought it would be but at least I have power to that socket now. Its a little big though and to be honest I preferred the unobtrusive look of my little original lighter. But, when I plug that in - its brand new still, having never been used, When it heats up it doesnt just pop out, it shoots out and bounces around the interior. Also, when I remove the sat nav the whole unit comes with the lead as it will not seat securely AND I had to cut two of the plugs to make it compatible with my existing wiring set up. so, I think I am going to contact ams on the forum and ask him to supply me a genuine OLD Toyota part. This is my original part and its obvious its never been used so I am assuming its original... You were right about the white flash going through the cable to identify it as earth. The same goes for green with a white flash so I am assuming its throughout the whole electrical system - without taking that for granted. Thank you again friend, Mark

Yes, I will keep my eye on happenings here. Its not often that I am busy these days.

I absolutely love that colour. I sat down with a guy toninght whio is going to take my wheels next week and refurb them with a finish not dissimilar to your car color. I'll say it again, I think its the loveliest colour Toyota have done

Yes, after reading up much about Ams on the forum here, I realise now that I should have gotten in contact with him first. I'll know if its sorted tomorrow or Sunday, I havent had the time to fit it yet but I will let you know. As is the case with myself more often than not Love the color of your car, probably the best Toyota color ever - in my own opinion

Ha Ha, those hands me deeeeeer have done it all. Even to the extent of giving Toyota 53 £ today to replace a cigarette lighter that could be bought on ebay for 12 £...

Thats what I'll do. My kids - and grandkids - used to talk about LEDs. But, theyve all settled down to what they drive off the forecourt these days. I dont for 1 minute want to be like them. But, if I buy the bulb that rectifies the fault on the left side of my speedo, the display will still look pretty dim - as does the whole dash display now. I'd like it brighter, quite a bit brighter. But not sure I'd want to go the super bright LED route. Need to read more and enlist the help of some celica-club users if I can...?

It will work fine. The only reason I found out that she had put some fuel in was because I happened to mention that I had started to count the miles covered so that I could take part in JOHNTAYLOR32s post - she then pointed out that I should add the amount she had put in. Apparently she was going up to the village to get me some supplies and as the car was here and the weather was hot, she left hers here and took the opportunity to do a little roof down driving. Only i will be driving the car for the duration of the test...

Ha Ha, it wasn't - well not an intentional one! But hey, we don't know yet. Lets let the needle run down and we will see, I'm not a young racer and will give you an honest full to empty result - and not a wind up, ha ha!