Making an error was easy, putting it on the internet for all to see was not so but you do have to own your mistakes. Inspection of the top end of the engine showed no defects and was within spec to the Toyota workshop manual. The car has had a fair bit of use after this and engine performance is as per normal with no strange sounds. Thank you all for being reasonably gentle, if there is future engine issues i will post a video on my channel. It doesn't really make sense that I got away with it (so far) and Robert didn't.

Props to the guy for sending it in, everyone makes mistakes and now he knows not to do that

Im not kidding. I read the caption too fast and thought you had money shifted your Yaris again. Dropped my sandwich and now there´s peanut butter all over the floor of my kitchen. Thanks Robert

"Slow is smooth... Smooth is fast!!" That's how the saying goes

That clip was stressful. Car was in pain the entire time. Have to drive smoothly. Slow in, fast out.

Your relaxed attitude towards mishaps like this should be an example for everybody 🙌🏼 love your videos! Grüße vom Niederrhein

thank you for sharing your views again Robert! always appreciate your down to earth approach to things. I agree that in the video he wasn't "listening" to what the car was telling him with the tyres and chassis and trying too hard! My GR Yaris arrives in the next couple of weeks and looking forward to enjoying it. hope you make something of the bits that we can get a hold of!

Thanks Robert for the video, it has been crazy here in US with the ongoing trial and this is a great break from the news and school

LOL videos like this kill me. Some people just push it so hard when its actually slower. We do 20mph parade laps at my local track during laps and lattes and people still spin out and go off track all the time 😂

Takumi vibes, final stage and the end of the legendary engine

Total respect, Takes a brave man to admit a mistake and share it, well done.

Thanks for putting your ego aside and submitting the video, to make yourself better and sharing knowledge to help us all get a little better.

I appreciate how much work you put into maintaining a good discussion and a good community

at 11k rpm i expected those those 3 pistons to be turned into low orbit satellites. nice video and props to the guy for sending the clip

Should be called the ‘Tier 1 Studio’ 😉

Doing a trackday with (or a few) with an instructor, is the absolute best investment you can do as a driver. Better than ANY car mods money can buy. 🏁

Robert is secretly a famous techno DJ that plays Berghain every weekend. This is his secret recording studio that he records all his vinyl releases.

The guy was working so hard, he was getting breathless. Controlled fury should be a better approach. Nice to know he got away without any major mechanical issues.

From personal experience, driving that tense not only makes you drive slower and stresses your car more, but it can cause physical strain to your neck, jaw, shoulders, and back. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast!

Another great one Robert! But ya that seems odd that we have such a difference in damage

Thanks for another great educational vid. We all occasionally make mistakes, no matter how experienced. Sharing our mistakes is grand 🏆

I really enjoy your content! Its just interesting.

Loving the engine scraps display on your table 💯 looks expensive

Hey Robert! Last summer my parents bought me my first car, a 2009 Toyota Auris 1.33, a neat compact car I'm absolutely grateful to have. Switching to a hatchback after having driven an SUV ever since I got my license really changed my opinion about my dream car. And that's when it happened. In January 2021, the GR Yaris was released. I absolutely fell in love with it!!! I watched every single video about this car on KZfaq and soon stumbled upon Micha and you. As soon as I got insight into the Ring life and track experience, I got obsessed with it and put it to my bucket list!!! My godfather, whose dad sold the Auris to us, moved to Germany last year, after having finished his university. As soon as I realized how close he was to the Ring (about 3h drive from Wurzburg, where he lives), I asked him if he would like us to go to the Ring once. Sadly, I doubt it's going to happen this summer because of the damn virus... :/ Anyway, long story short, I love the Ring and hopefully will experience it one day since I already started putting some cash aside for the whole trip. I love the GR Yaris and seeing it being driven the way this dude has, made me really sad because I would truly appretiate every moment of the driving experience in that car. However, I'm really happy she didn't get damaged again! :D Cheers from Croatia :)

Robert : Hi Robert, I Love the videos you and Misha make. I'm a driving instructor here in the UK, today during a lesson, I had yet another pupil mis-shift in my tuition car, and yet again, explained why we don't need to hurry shifts on the road, I ended up mentioning to the pupil the potential cost of a miss shift to her, obviously along with the dangers of excessive engine braking on the roads, she was a little taken aback when I explained your miss-shift had cost 5K Euros ... I've been lucky with over revs so far in this career, the worst I've had was a pupil forcing a 116D into first gear at about 35mph, it survived but probably not by much, I think redline was around 27-28mph in 1st. Thankfully I have reasonably quick reactions, and usually hit my dual control clutch pretty quickly. Hopefully I'll get over to the ring on my motorbike soon. Keep up the great work, and try a nice Speyside Whisky, I'm a huge fan of a Glenlivet

Good advice on keeping a calm approach in track driving. 👌

These videos just make me want a GR Yaris even more.

Again thanks Robert for an illuminating view of somebody else's miss shift, that was really heavy, I drive hard sometimes but that wasn't nice, I'm glad he let us see the video though, I've had my GR Yaris for a few months now, I haven't had any problems so far, it's become my go to car with almost 8,000kms on it, Rj in Oz

Another cool vid Robert 🙌🙌🙌🙌😎👍great content as ever🙌wise words and very well measured 👌

Robert seems like the track godfather with his negroni. Cheers from Brazil!

Good thing I skipped to the main part before I commented because I was gonna yell at you for money shifting again

Great analysis, I have personally done something similar downshifting into Ex-Mühle in my Miata - I hit around 9 krpm, I noticed very quickly and never fully lifted off the clutch ... It can happen to anyone, and it is much more likely to happen when you are tense and pushing hard, as you said. Another great video!

The guy was driving like if he had a "Speed (1994)" style bomb in his car.

Enjoying a negroni right now. thanks for the suggestion ;)

Great video again Robert. It will be interesting too see how these engine wear over time.

Appreciate the time stamps brah 🤙

This yaris gives the "DEJAVU! I've just been in this place before. HIGHER ON THE STREET" vibes

Hey, I came for the Negroni. Can’t overrev those👍

For a second I thought oh no not again. It was interesting to see that no damage was caused to the engine in this instance. Maybe luck was a factor. I hope the driver learns from your advice and drives the car with a level of respect. That way he will get much more out of the car and will probably enjoy the car a lot more. Btw love the area you are sat in. It's pretty lit.

I have miss shifted three times in my life,two of them were in a 2010 Yaris.It happened twice in a 500m spam.Miss shifted from high rev 2nd into 1st while I was obviously looking for 3rd.Happened once, and said “ok I got away with it”,actually called a friend a joked about it.At the next red light 1st into 2nd into 1st (while I was still on the phone joking about the previous miss shift),afterwards the car was miraculously turned into a 3 cylinder like your GR!It was luckily passed through warranty.Maybe it is a Yaris curse thing! Really enjoying your content,have a good one!

Great insights and well advice.

Just home from a long working day, know where to be careful of when my wife's GR Yaris arrives, let's make a negroni. Perfect video 😉

You found a future factory recall...agree with your misshift input.

Oh no. Oh no. Oh no no no no no. Thanks for your effort and sharing! Appreciate time stamps and saving our time! Watched whole vid though

Have nice time in new studio ✌️

Hello Robert, nice seeing a new video with you, especially in my favorite "setup", in what looks to be a very comfy armchair, with a nice drink on the side table :). As per the issue at hand, you did put the good disclaimer before presenting us with the video of the miss shift but I wouldn't have jumped on the guy's driving style anyways. I think it is brave for him to share it and admit his mistake and I truly believe that I will make for a good driving lesson so ... that should be enough. If on the way, this also helps others to learn ... this is literally a public service :).

Kudos for owning up to the mistake, I've misshifted, and being a bit paranoid about it since.

Thanks for sharing with us, indeed sometimes we should be careful

Totally agree with you on Smooth & Fast❤️‍🔥Maybe using double clutching could avoid missing shifts🙌

Good to see the cocktails back - I was wondering...

Kudos for the driver to put himself out there, and giving us a perfect example video. Not just what not to do, but just showing people, who think we're all doing it right, that no, maybe look into it, and maybe see something you do that looks wrong and fix it. If everyone looked at this video to learn at least 1 thing from it, the road would be a much better place.

And..... cocktails are back !! I started to get a bit tired of the Chelsea Sidecar and was wondering when a new one to try over the week end would come ;) Here it is, thanks Robert !

Cool video 👍🏻

Actually, back. Into the studio this week..(?band rehearsals)...so cool..I never knew you guys had that.

Time whould tell if those cars fall apart easy. Very nice video Robert!

Your video's are so easy to watch + soo much good info , thanks man ! Stupid question maybe but where was this guy driving. The video was to bright but that looked like a crazy track.

I think at some point in our lives a lot of us have got excited behind the wheel. As you get older you understand about setting the car up for Benz get in the way where you need it for the grip. I think there is maybe the short shift of the gearlever that is causing an issue with the Yaris. Great video, keep doing what you’re doing.

Happy to see a proper drink in a proper glass again! My resume: Better miss the missed shift! - Great Video! Perfect to come down after work. - Have a great evening! Cheers!

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It's like one of those reenactments in the news, alot of screenshake and heavy breathing

What a clean explanation of things and everybody makes mistakes thats why we are humans Respect ✌👍👍👍

Enjoyed listening and hats off to the guy that sent the video. Maybe the engine does not like to be revved too high in GR Yaris possibly.

Cool video once again, good conversation. I still think if your Yaris engine had some more break in km's on it, it would have taken the slight over rev you had. (Couple thousand kms' and an oil change) Although the engine is ready to run from the factory, all the parts still needs to. "find there place" by wearing in for lack of a better word. Looking forward to the next video and sign me up for a rocker arm keyring if you end up making them ;)

I own a GR Yaris, and I must say coming from a manual BMW , the gearshifting is a bit tricky especially when not familiar with the car , but I became accustomed to the feel of it👌🏻👌🏻 , but like you said “ take it easy “

Damn Robert, don't do me like that lol. Lucky guy!

Good point, I got GR Yaris, but it’s my daily drive. However I think the gear shift are together, narrow in between and short range, so sometimes you don’t know what gear, worth to check you are at before changing...

Thanks for another good video, the driving clip did make me cringe but your thoughts and the guy being so open about it is great, your's Misha's channels really are good, will be Interesting to see what other projects you have in the pipeline and hope to visit at some point. Thanks again

Tomorrow on Craigslist "sparingly used, driven by my mom for groceries"

Great video. Reminds me when I used to ride the ring many years ago (motorbike), we used to do minimum breaking laps where we only break 3 times, taught me how to be very smooth and balanced in my riding with less stress and angst. Eventually 9 min BTG laps only breaking 3 times became relaxed and comfortable, of course not as much traffic back then (~1998) his translated into faster laps with more breaking but still smooth and stress free (mostly lol)

When I got my RHD Evo I almost miss shifted it a couple of times due to lack of experience shifting with my left hand. Until that point I never felt I would never miss shift and failed to understand how people did it. So it kinda made me a better driver and even more carefull with the gearbox, sad that you guys got the same lesson with a bill attached to it.

the voice of reason !

Great job Robert true car boss

new sub, this is a really good video. i mainly watched this cuz i wanted to see the yaris scream but your commentary is really good, and i like the way you talk about this stuff, also i thought the GR Yaris is only available in Europe so where are you at?

I almost did it in my sprint/hillclimb Clio 182 last year, miss shifted from 4th to 1st but luckily as soon as i started to let the clutch out i felt it wasnt right and pushed the clutch back in before it over revved.

reliving the day ah Robert? :)

Every time you say time stamp, I ear Tom Stamp.😂

Looks as though the driver selected 1st gear on that shift as a result of his hand placement on the gear stick .. maybe the gloves weren't helping 😂

Miss shifts are a part of having a manual transmission. I’ve done it while doing “non-spirited” city driving. Wanted 4th and went to second. I was already in low RPM doing 30Km/h so no harm done. This drink sounds tasty. My usual cocktail is a Manhattan but will try this on the weekend.

Hi Robert, Love the content your channel is producing and thanks for the entertainment. Was wondering if you could maybe give your thoughts on a paddle shifters as compared to a manual gearbox from a racing perspective please? Our flagship racing category in Australia still uses a set up that still requires a clutch pedal and manual blipping, but there’s been a lot of talk about moving to paddle shift in the next generation of cars. Would love to see your opinion on how either can impact how you drive/race a car? Thanks :)

Bobby you are a straight honest person n kudos to your sharing all this info in all of its details... which is incredible! Toyota has had its blunders in the past (1st gen prius killer) since they are only human...too! just my ignoramus thinking - that shifting from 5th to 2nd [might] be more damaging due to the rotational and torsional high speeds of all mechanicals .... As compared to shifting from 3rd to 1st as in this instance ?!?! Surely with time, there's going be better evidence of what {if} any demons exist in this beautiful dream of a GR Yaris !!! Thank you so much Robert, Misha and Toyota for its GR division!

I used to miss shift my STI trans too, 90% because me 10% because of the factory close 3 5 One major tip I can give people is that don't grip hard on the shift knob even when you are shifting quick, guide the shift, not harsh holding forcing it into gear

Try some new drinks every video Robert! Belgian beers for example. 😁 Great how you point out an aggressive driving style isn't particularly better. I really feel you on the torque driving and fluently going through corners and stressing the car less. I already stopped going through the carroussels at TF full speed since the driveline gets smacked so damn hard. And what time do I lose as an enthousiast? Maybe 2-3 seconds for not scraping it and putting unnecessary stress on the axles / gearbox. 👍 Great content.

Saw title if not april.fools u need cae shifter. I have one in my 997 gt3 and love it. No missed shifts!

Respect for the driver to let it go for internet scrutiny and I had similar opinion, from the POV'S that i've been seeing I think way more episodes are yet to come for how confidence inspiring the car is.. People are really throwing the car everywhere lol

Its probably been said already, but a thing my Dad taught me when I learned to drive, is always have your palm pointed in the direction you’re headed for the next gear (if you have your hand over the top of the gear knob, like an octopus). If you grip the shifter like the grip in the mis-shift (like holding a drink), you are destined to slam it into the wrong gate. Sincere props to the driver for putting that out because I don’t know if I’d have had the stones to show that. It was fairly stressful to watch - zero mechanical sympathy that’s for sure, but at the end of the day, it’s the owner’s car and the owner’s money, so who are we to judge? So long as the video isn’t called “perfect driving technique” haha.

It does tend to support the notion that there was a flaw in the rocker on your car. I look at what the tuners are doing with stock Honda motors. They might put in some stronger valve springs and then rev them to the moon on every pull without catastrophic damage.

Great vid Robert. Underlying message of being mad at the wheel is not necessarily fast. Jackie Stewart always said "smooth and gentle is fast". get what you get.

God 80km shift in 1st. Thanks Robert for the video this excites me and scary at the same time. PS So as a Yaris GR owner will admit that I have shifted from 2nd to 1st try to go in 3rd twice. Once over a bumb on the road at like 30km and other just driving normal road at 35km. I was shocked it goes into 1st this easy and since doing it the second time trying to be more soft with gear shifts. Now for the gear box. It's a little close and very easy to put it in the wrong gear. My fault sure but like Robert said be careful as most of us are not pro drivers/ Rally drivers. My first performance car. It's a hell of a car for price.

At first I thought you had missed a shift! Glad it was someone else. For me, the jury is still out on whether GR Yaris engine issues are Toyota or driver based. Seems a disconnect that you could have an issue and he did not. Best advice I could give to that driver is to do a driving skills school if he hasn't already. I did that with sport bikes and it probably saved me some bad crashes and taught me the principles that apply equally well to driving cars. Smooth is fast. I wonder if Toyota is having meeting about this back in Japan......!

I personally mishifted our dealership demo car from 2nd to 1st instead of 3rd on quite high rpms and car still works fine. So far car did about 4k miles, has been bashed by customers on test drives, few salesmen and managers took it on "weekend drive" and the only thing what we had issues with was clutch which just been worn out.

I'm not good with puns, but a great rickroll with the negroni link. By the way, I've recently tried my first negroni. It's quite a challenging drink at first but in the end I enjoyed it.

Totally agree with you Robert..smoothness would’ve prevented this. That weight shift was painful to watch and hear..Here’s to hoping he’ll have abit more mechanical sympathy after this Good question though.. is it a defect from the factory or driver error 🤔 🧐

I also went once from 5th to 2nd, but my badluck was that I have a rear wheel drive, so I spun and slightly hit the wall. I stopped shifting down at this part (exit foxhole).

I’m just hoping I don’t do the same thing one day. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.

Can't get an allocation for the 992 GT3 but LOVE high revs? You won't believe this one guy's trick!

You scared me with the title Robert! Thought something happened to your car again! Maybe I was a bit too quick on reading the title though... have been busy taking an engine apart for a project and didn't have time to watch earlier

Great Video Robert. One question, do you plan to switch the gt86 to the new one?

He got lucky because he probably didn't get negative temperatures during the night like you did.....

Hey Robert, what are your thoughts on the new GR 86?? Are you gonna replace the GT86 with it’s successor?? Loving your content at the moment.

My GR Yaris will be here in the UK around July this year. The rocker design on the GR looks very similar to the FA20, without any positive location other than valve/lifter/cam. Take away any one of those supports for a millisecond and that lifter can pop out. I believe this is why over boosting or over revving these engines, just like the FA20, is a big risk. Saying that, a friend did the same on his Golf R, 2nd to 1st, and bent I think 8 valves!! As you say, smooth, calculated actions while performance driving will always be faster. Just watch the old GpB Rally drivers when they were Manual, they drove so so fast, but so so smooth.