2000 Toyota Avensis Vermont review from UK and Ireland

One of the tyres ran out of tread, £40 for a new one.

Nephew was sick on back seat on the way home from cinema and now daughter won't sit in "boke corner", even though I cleaned it up pretty well.

Had to buy a new bulb for the number plate light to get it through the MOT.

Need to add oil every 1000 miles, but this seems to be normal with this type of engine. There's no blue smoke from the exhaust and there's no leaks - don't know where the oil goes. Anyhow £2 for a litre of oil every month isn't going to break the bank.

Didn't bother taking it to Toyota dealer for service. Changed oil and filter myself in 10 minutes. Don't see much point in paying dealer loads of money to do the same thing.

So only about sixty quid in running expenses for a years driving.

At 106,000 miles the car is still as good as new. I drive it 50+ miles per day, including country lanes without tarmac, huge potholes and really deep puddles (deep enough to stop lesser cars in their tracks).

Engine is still nice and quiet, not like Fords and Vauxhalls I have owned in the past which tend to growl as the bearings have worn away.

Still goes fast enough to overtake a couple of cars at a time and returns 40 MPG average over the last six months motoring.

Have towed some pretty big trailers and caravans, without too much trouble.

Runs great on supermarket petrol.