Louisiana?

[RedStickHam]

Any Yaris owners from Louisiana here?

I'm in Baton Rouge and I've only seen a few around town, 2 of which are in the parking lot at work.

I've had mine since February and was just wondering if there were any others around here.

RedStickHam

[JetfireK]

Yes , A few in Slidell....

[RedStickHam]

Thanks for replying. I don't see many of them around here and of the ones I see, very few are hatchbacks.

I admit I bought mine on a whim because it was the cheapest brand new car on any lot in Baton Rouge and I needed a new car right away, since my other car was totalled when it was hit from behind.

I've had it since February and I love it and plan to drive it for a long time.

RedStickHam

[Wayboo]

Hey Red Stick I just bought my 07 Red Hatchback Aug.1 2009 and love it I live in St.Amant ,La. but work near the Capital look between the "USS KIDD" and "Hollywood Casino" parked next door to the "Welcome center", building looks like a fire station but it's not Look for the red yaris when I'm there. Wayboo

[RedStickHam]

Great!

Next time I'm in that area, I'll look for it.

Where did you get your Yaris? I got mine at AllStar Toyota on Airline.

RedStickHam

[Wayboo]

Hey Redstick I'll be headed to the (Cruising the Coast) coming up in October in the Gulfport Mississippi area this thing is huge just do a search on it if you don't already know of it check it out everybody this place is jumping for two weeks. Car shows galore:burnrubber::

[Wayboo]

Hey Redstick I'll be headed to the (Cruising the Coast) coming up in October in the Gulfport Mississippi area this thing is huge just do a search on it if you don't already know of it check it out everybody this place is jumping for two weeks. Car shows galore:burnrubber::

I'm sorry I didn't tell you where I found my Yaris I located it on autotraders it was in Gulfport it has electric windows and door locks electric mirrors the nice sound system with cd and optional plugins I also did the seat modification that I found in Yaris world where you lift the driver seat in the front bolt holes using washers it helped with the uncomfortable seat,talk to ya later Wayboo.:thumbup:

[RedStickHam]

Hey Red Stick I just bought my 07 Red Hatchback Aug.1 2009 and love it I live in St.Amant ,La. but work near the Capital look between the "USS KIDD" and "Hollywood Casino" parked next door to the "Welcome center", building looks like a fire station but it's not Look for the red yaris when I'm there. Wayboo

I think I saw your Yaris last week. I went to the Welcome Center for a meeting and saw it in the parking lot. Looks very nice, very red.

I've had mine 8 months now and I love it too. Great mileage, even in stop and go Florida Blvd. traffic, rarely below 30mpg. It's a great car and I don't want to give it up.

RedStickHam

[Wayboo]

Hey RedStickHam that was the right place where you saw it mine is getting 36-37 mpg every tank with the air cond. on, I havent been in Yaris World for a little while to check up on post for I've been doing a lot of online job hunting for the State is taking bids to get contractors to take over where I work and if it happens we may or may not get hired on I work for the ( DOA-Office of State Buildings ) I will try to keep you posted if I get another job and my Yaris won't be their anymore.

[RedStickHam]

Hey RedStickHam that was the right place where you saw it mine is getting 36-37 mpg every tank with the air cond. on, I havent been in Yaris World for a little while to check up on post for I've been doing a lot of online job hunting for the State is taking bids to get contractors to take over where I work and if it happens we may or may not get hired on I work for the ( DOA-Office of State Buildings ) I will try to keep you posted if I get another job and my Yaris won't be their anymore.

That mileage is great! I usually get around 32 with the A/C on, I got a little more last fill up, since I haven't been running the A/C much. The biggest hinderance to my getting mileage that high is my drive to work. I drive straight up and and down Florida Blvd everyday from O'Neal Lane to near the Capitol Transit building, stop and go all the way. I seldom get on the interstate.

Sorry to hear about your job situation, I hope everything works out for you.

RedStickHam

[Wayboo]

I have to say that most of my milage is on the interstate coming and going from St.Amant but when I went to the Cruising the Coast in Biloxi I got 42 mpg but it was a very short run trying to check just hwy. milage talk to ya later.

[TEMPLAR]

Hi everyone!

Name's Jhon and currently live in the French Quarter. I just bought a 2010 Yaris (Black Sand Pearl), 3-door Liftback...its sweet! I am in the US Air Force and a Florida Native, so I do road trips back home to Miami Beach all the time.

BTW, I bought the Yaris cause I was t-boned a couple of weeks and my Echo was totalled. I had her for 8 years and now she is gone. :(

Oh yea, I got my car from Toyota of New Orleans, but since I wanted a "manual", they had to transfer the car from New Iberia to New Orleans...the salesman was like, "No one drives a manual"...strange comment. ;P

[TEMPLAR]

Hi...names Jhon (aka TEMPLAR). I am FL native from Miami Beach. I am currently stationed in New Orleans, and so for the past 3 years and live in the French Quarter...so I do tons of road trips back home to Miami Beach all the time, plus making a stop in Orlando, Tampa and Pensacola here and there.

BTW...here's a pic of my new 2010 Yaris...w/ a pic of my GF. ;)


Here is a pic...more to follow. :)

http://i44.tinypic.com/33vf2b9.jpg

[RedStickHam]

Hi everyone!

Name's Jhon and currently live in the French Quarter. I just bought a 2010 Yaris (Black Sand Pearl), 3-door Liftback...its sweet! I am in the US Air Force and a Florida Native, so I do road trips back home to Miami Beach all the time.

BTW, I bought the Yaris cause I was t-boned a couple of weeks and my Echo was totalled. I had her for 8 years and now she is gone. :(

Oh yea, I got my car from Toyota of New Orleans, but since I wanted a "manual", they had to transfer the car from New Iberia to New Orleans...salesman was like no one drive a manual...strange comment. ;P

Hi there! Sorry I didn't respond sooner, haven't had time to check in lately, but am glad to see another Louisiana Yaris owner.

I was able to find one with a manual transmission on a lot here in Baton Rouge. I admit I bought it because it was the cheapest brand new car in town at the time, but I like this little car. Mine is white, gray interior, gray pinstripes.

My situation was similar to your's, except it was a rear end collision and I was driving a Hyundai Accent I had for 5 years and had paid off 3 months before. I used the money from that car to put a down payment on the Yaris. I also got a settlement from my injuries and put that towards the car as well, so it will be paid off within a year.

I looked at a couple of Toyota dealerships here in Baton Rouge, and this one was the only with manual that wasn't equipped with everything. All I have is floormats, a sound system, 15inch wheels, and pinstripes. I didn't want one that was fully loaded, just wanted something to get back and forth to work in.

Anyway, great to see another Louisiana Yaris owner here.

RedStickHam

[TEMPLAR]

Since I bought my Yaris a few weeks ago, I've seen about 5 Yaris owners around NOLA. And 2 of them (Silver and another Black), live and work down the French Quarter. I even raced with a WHITE Yaris on HWY 10 about a week ago...it was nice cruising thru Kenner. ;)

BTW, I did see a Yaris here in NOLA car wrapped in DOMINO'S PIZZA...it was kewl...too bad I didn't have my camera...next time I see him...I will have to take a pic. ;)

[captaincrunch]

Wow, I'm from Baton Rouge, but a lot of my family live in Pineville. Joined the navy and now I'm leaving in Virginia

[RedStickHam]

Since I bought my Yaris a few weeks ago, I've seen about 5 Yaris owners around NOLA. And 2 of them (Silver and another Black), live and work down the French Quarter. I even raced with a WHITE Yaris on HWY 10 about a week ago...it was nice cruising thru Kenner. ;)

BTW, I did see a Yaris here in NOLA car wrapped in DOMINO'S PIZZA...it was kewl...too bad I didn't have my camera...next time I see him...I will have to take a pic. ;)

I've seen several of them around town here in Baton Rouge, but I see more of the sedans than I do the hatchbacks. I saw a silver hatchback and a blue hatchback today, along with a black and a blue Yaris sedan.

I've cruised I-10 through Kenner many times. I used to live in the NOLA area and in fact, grew up in Kenner. I haven't been back that way in a few years though, since taking the in-laws to the Quarter.

I'd like to see that Domino's Yaris, I bet that looks cool.

Later...

RedStickHam

[TEMPLAR]

I ran into 2 more YARIS vehicles this weekend...2 red. The YARIS world is growing in NOLA! ;)

[RedStickHam]

I ran into 2 more YARIS vehicles this weekend...2 red. The YARIS world is growing in NOLA! ;)

I think it's great people are discovering the Yaris, but as more people do, we won't be as unique as we once were.

On Thursday, I spotted 5 Yarii on the way home from work, just driving down Florida Blvd. I saw a red hatchback, a black hatchback, a black sedan, and 2 green sedans. That's probably the most I've seen in one day.

My wife refers to it as my "funny looking little car," but I like it all the same.

RedStickHam

[TEMPLAR]

In the past week, I saw about 10 more YARIS vehicles roaming around NOLA...and 3 were black like mine...its kewl to see. :)

[Wayboo]

Hello Louisiana Yaris lovers hey it's been a while since my last posting and I see some new friends on here I've tinted my windows and tried to do some road noise damping but that didn't do much good and I'm getting ready to do a road trip down to around Freeport Texas area and it wil be my first long road trip for I've had mine almost a year now and I still get @ 36 or 37 average about 75% highway travelling back and forth from Saint Amant to the State Capital Complex where I work ok yall be carefull and I'll try to get back on Yarisworld more often bye.

[larryn2o]

hi from MS , i'm also in the BRAC VW gang

[skootdog]

Hey Guys just picked mine up the other day.

[TickleTimeTim]

got pics?

[skootdog]

I got mine at Team off oneal. I've seen a few more lately myself. I'm getting around 37 Mpg right now but i just put some wheels on the car and dont know how it will affect it.

[skootdog]

http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/k558/skootdoggie/th_HPIM0251.jpg (http://s1115.photobucket.com/albums/k558/skootdoggie/?action=view&current=HPIM0251.jpg)

[RedStickHam]

I got mine at Team off oneal. I've seen a few more lately myself. I'm getting around 37 Mpg right now but i just put some wheels on the car and dont know how it will affect it.

Great to see another BTR Yaris owner here. I average around 32mpg, but almost all of my driving is stop and go traffic. I took a trip to Marksville this weekend and managed 42MPG there and back.

I've had mine 2 years and love it!

RedStickham

[Brianr4]

NOLA here.
I see plenty of them around the area I work. New Orleans East.
But all of them have older people driving, so I doubt they are on here.
I even saw one today,black sedan, with factory fog lights, driven by an elderly lady.
There is a Toyota dealer in the east, so that probably helps Toyota sales out there.

[RedStickHam]

NOLA here.
I see plenty of them around the area I work. New Orleans East.
But all of them have older people driving, so I doubt they are on here.
I even saw one today,black sedan, with factory fog lights, driven by an elderly lady.
There is a Toyota dealer in the east, so that probably helps Toyota sales out there.

I'm 43, does that make me old?

RedStickHam

[larryn2o]

I'm 43, does that make me old?

RedStickHam

I've got 10 years on you ! and i aint old yet !

[Captain Slow]

Lafayette here. if there's anyone else around I'd love to have a meet up and maybe take a cruise on some twisty backroads.

[Fenanorn]

Hammond, La here!

[Captain Slow]

Took almost a year to find another person, lol. Let's see if we can get some more in here.

[Jabro]

New Orleans here. I've had my Yaris for less than a week and have already been rear ended at a redlight. I've noticed New Orleans roads and drivers have a vendetta or something against small cars :mad:

[Fenanorn]

2012 L manual checking in from Hammond, lol.

[Fenanorn]

Anyone around? bump?

[1.5]

How about you guys road trip over to Orlando for our meet. Two guys might be coming down from GA