12 hours in the Verso-S with Toyota Touch & Go

A car, a man and a rather nifty system - Nick Scott spends 12 hours in the Verso-S. His mission? To put Toyota Touch & Go technology to the ultimate test, via Brighton, Hastings and Eastbourne, bad weather, multiple pit stops and one personalised pizza delivery.

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8AM

The challenge

One car, one man and a rather nifty system - Nick Scott spends 12 hours in the Verso-S T Spirit with Touch & Go*. His mission? To put Toyota Touch & Go technology to the ultimate test, through towns, bad weather, multiple pit stops and one particularly personalized pizza.

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8.20AM

Finding the car-wash

My first priority of the day is to give the car a good clean for the photoshoot. But as I'm not allowed out of the car, I need to find a drive-in car-wash, and fast. Tapping the words "car wash" into the system summons a list of 30 or so valeting services in the vicinity. Easy.

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8.40AM

Filling up for less

No use in setting off without a full tank, so my next stop is a petrol station. In no time at all, Toyota Touch & Go* finds me a selection of conveniently placed refueling stops - and even gives me comparative prices so I can get the best deal.

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9AM

Keeping in touch on the go

The Toyota Touch & Go is hooked up to my mobile, so it's super-easy to make calls safely. What's more, you can even read your text messages† on the central screen (when you're stationary, that is).

†Service requires compatible mobile phone.

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10.40AM

Parking in town in a tight spot

Brighton is one of the toughest places to park on the planet. Not so with Toyota Touch & Go* at hand: it tells you not only where the larger car parks are, but which of them have free spaces. And once you're there, the rear-view parking camera makes it much easier to get into any space.

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11AM

Arriving in Brighton

I recline in the seat, read a newspaper in the bright cabin, and gaze up at the clouds through the Verso-S's huge, fixed panoramic glass roof. Then, a few unwelcome raindrops fall. Toyota Touch & Go* can predict the weather at your destination, which I should've checked! A speedy investigation informs me that the bad weather is set to stay.

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1PM

Pitstop Lunch

According to Toyota Touch & Go*, there are three McDonald's restaurants in the vicinity, and happily the one with a drive-window involves going along the coast towards the next town on the agenda. Bar one dicey incident where I can't quite reach the cashier with an outstretched fiver, my meal goes without a hitch.

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4PM

Hastings and Battle

I find myself meandering around Hastings and Battle, the latter named after a medieval scrap that changed the entire dynastic history of Britain. On a whim, I ask my in-car concierge whether there are any "battlefields" in the vicinity. To its credit, it finds a company that specialises in war-related tours of the region.

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5.45PM

Dinner: Pizza delivery

Toyota Touch & Go* presents me with a choice of 20 pizza restaurants in the surrounding area. I find myself in the surreal situation of sitting in a car in torrential rain opposite one of the town's pizza parlours, ordering a Hawaiian pizza from 10 yards away.

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