how far a yaris can go before it blows?

[Aothachos]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0L2GwV38XQ

[ZING]

how the hell did he drive 300K miles that fast ?

[shawnono]

I wonder where this guy works, because he says he drives 400 miles a day 0_0

[IllusionX]

that's mighty lots of highway miles. Kinda obvious, because he is still on the original brakes.

At school, one guy who lives in Ottawa, and teaches in Montreal. So that does the 400KILOMETERS in a day.


anyways.. highway miles keeps the car in shape ^_^

[Altitude]

Someone needs to get a hold of him and find out what brand of oil he uses! Maybe put the Mobil vs. Amsoil vs. Valvoline etc. debate to rest.

[Tamago]

i bet he uses plain old dino oil

i posted a comment on the video, let's see what his response is. looks like he's in FL

[REM]

Man, I have an 07 and I have 30,000 miles, so I'm on schedule to hit 300,000 by 2026!

[Malaya1221]

:smile: wow i guess he made it this far...i remember this guy is from florida...he used to be a member here but some members gave him a hard time about his 150k speedometer reading...

[jkuchta]

I'm impressed with him doing the mileage he's done, but he drives like an idiot! 110mph on a crowded freeway and tailgateing is not cool

[Tamago]

you may be shocked if I tell you what kinda oil I use. I use Wal-mart Super Tech Synthetic 5w-30 oil with OEM Toyota filters which helps maintain the right amount of oil pressure in the motor, unlike the non-oem filters.

there u have it, no fancy oil

[UTVitz]

Yeah, the speeding thing was a bit much, but I noticed he wasn't really passing cars on his right at a blinding rate-they must have been moving at 90+ themselves. This is an amazing link to see this happen-take that Fit owners (only joking Fitsters)

[Tamago]

Yeah, the speeding thing was a bit much, but I noticed he wasn't really passing cars on his right at a blinding rate-they must have been moving at 90+ themselves. This is an amazing link to see this happen-take that Fit owners (only joking Fitsters)

typical traffic on i-95 in florida moves around 85-90, so doing 110 means you're only 20-25mph closing speed..

so all this talk of "insane, stupid driving" is kinda sensationalist

[GeneW]

Likes to ride in the left lane..... grrrr..

Good on him for getting it done so well. The car doesn't sound bad.

I was skeptical about the 300,000 mile mark but at 400 miles per day times 250 times a year is 100,000 miles per year at least. He'd be changing the oil about every other week or so.

He'll also spend about five to six hours a day in the car. He must use it for work.

Gene

[Black Yaris]

I have seen some hondas and toyotas with over 600,000 on the clock when I used to work in the shop

[GeneW]

We have a magic dust that the State puts on the road to prevent high mileage in cars. It's called "Road Salt".

Glad to see that Toyotas and Hondas can get 600,000 miles plus on them. Some day American manufacturers will get the point that people don't necessarily want "planned obsolescence".

Gene

[Kal-El]

:thumbsup:

I'm glad to see everyone finally believes him.

We had a good size thread on his original 150K post but it's gone from the hack.
At the time he was criticized by a lot of people for making the whole thing up (tampering with the odometer, ect.). I wonder if that's why he left this forum. Too bad cause he would have been our most valuable member.

I've been keeping in touch with him and awaiting this milestone. He used to actually drive more than he does now in his first year with the Yaris. About 8 hours a day at 80 mph working as a medical courier (specimen transport). So yes, this is completely legit to any doubters.

[Twistoffate0817]

Im confused on how often you should change your oil.

Is it every 6 months, OR 5000. which ever comes first, or is it when u reach 5k miles?

No one has ever explained that concept to me..

cuz what if i dont reach 5k miles for like a year and a half..does that mean i dont change my oil for a year and a half?

[Altitude]

there u have it, no fancy oil

That's awesome :thumbup:

[Kal-El]

OK, just found the original thread link....(150K milestone).

Isn't this thread supposed to be gone from the hack (august '07)?

http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7895

[Kal-El]

Im confused on how often you should change your oil.

Is it every 6 months, OR 5000. which ever comes first, or is it when u reach 5k miles?

No one has ever explained that concept to me..

cuz what if i dont reach 5k miles for like a year and a half..does that mean i dont change my oil for a year and a half?

It's a combination of factors.

No, don't ever go a year and a half between oil changes even if you only drive 4K in that period. TIME is almost a bigger factor than miles. This guy drives 5K in like 2 weeks. It actually isn't necessary for him to change oil every two weeks. He could safely go 7-10K between changes as that happens in less than a month. Climate, road conditions, ect. play a role too.

It's very difficult to compute oil life. Most modern cars (above econo class) actually compute oil life based on all of it's conditions and tell you when an oil change is required.

[elementalist]

It's a combination of factors.

No, don't ever go a year and a half between oil changes even if you only drive 4K in that period. TIME is almost a bigger factor than miles. This guy drives 5K in like 2 weeks. It actually isn't necessary for him to change oil every two weeks. He could safely go 7-10K between changes as that happens in less than a month. Climate, road conditions, ect. play a role too.

It's very difficult to compute oil life. Most modern cars (above econo class) actually compute oil life based on all of it's conditions and tell you when an oil change is required.

Doesn't the Fit do oil life monitoring? I know my friend's CSX does. I thought it was a nice feature to ensure proper maintenance.