1 million km Echo

[canuckecho]

I finally reached the 1 million km mark on my 2002 Echo on Dec 18 2012..and to my disappointment the odo stopped at 999,999km. If anyone wants to see the video on youtube, just search for 1 million km toyota echo. On Jan 5, 2013 I retired it and now have a 2008 Yaris sedan and I dont miss the Echo at all.

[thebarber]

You commute too far, lol

[Flipper_1938]

Congratulations!

I wish I still had my Echo. It was a great little car.

[jambo101]

Did you ever have to adjust the valves?

[Kal-El]

Bump :smile:

I'm surprised a 621,000 mile Echo didn't get more attention here. It's way more than even Trini's Yaris!

It proves that Trini's is no exception when it comes to this unbelievable powertrain and that it can be done just as trouble free over a 10 year span.

Aside from these, there's many more examples too.

Part of me constantly thinks of getting a new car in a few years. Something bigger, better, and more exciting. Then every time I see these cars, I get so inspired to just keep the Yaris for a long time and keep piling on the mileage.

:thumbsup:

[mazilla]

I've seen a few 600,000+ mile echos.

[nookandcrannycar]

620,000 + miles. That is is an amazing number of miles. I hit 250,000 miles earlier today in 10 fewer days than it took Trini to hit 500,000 miles (6 years 9 months 2 weeks vs 6 years 9 months 3 weeks and 3 days). I've averaged a bit over 100 per day (5720 miles in the next 78 days to be at exactly 100, so Trini must have averaged about or over 200 miles per day for the first 500,000 miles. I believe two different 1 million kilometer ECHO drivers posted comments to Trini's old YouTube channel.

[nookandcrannycar]

I finally reached the 1 million km mark on my 2002 Echo on Dec 18 2012..and to my disappointment the odo stopped at 999,999km. If anyone wants to see the video on youtube, just search for 1 million km toyota echo. On Jan 5, 2013 I retired it and now have a 2008 Yaris sedan and I dont miss the Echo at all.

Congrats (belatedly, as this is a bump).You are yet another person who replaced their ECHO with a Yaris (Bronsin, and others). You might not miss your ECHO, but IMO replacing your ECHO with a Yaris shows the high regard you had for your ECHO.

[caineroad]

what would be the resale value of a million km echo now? haaha

[nookandcrannycar]

what would be the resale value of a million km echo now? haaha

:smile:. I wonder what the OP means exactly by 'retired' (traded in, put up on blocks, put it in a garage, parted out, etc.).

[Kal-El]

620,000 + miles. That is is an amazing number of miles. I hit 250,000 miles earlier today in 10 fewer days than it took Trini to hit 500,000 miles (6 years 9 months 2 weeks vs 6 years 9 months 3 weeks and 3 days). I've averaged a bit over 100 per day (5720 miles in the next 78 days to be at exactly 100, so Trini must have averaged about or over 200 miles per day for the first 500,000 miles. I believe two different 1 million kilometer ECHO drivers posted comments to Trini's old YouTube channel.

It's hard to imagine driving that many miles. If one thinks about everywhere they've been just driving 100K you realize how much it really is.

With Trini_per4mance, he actually averaged much more than 200 per day early on. He reached 150K in the first year. That's just nuts. He'd spend something like 8-10 hours everyday on the highway doing his courier job! In the last couple of years he hasn't used his Yaris for work as he's doing something else. If he had continued his 1st year pace he would have driven over 1,000,000 miles in under 7 years!

:smile:. I wonder what the OP means exactly by 'retired' (traded in, put up on blocks, put it in a garage, parted out, etc.).

I do wonder myself. He never says on his YouTube comments what he did with it.

He says he was disappointed when the ODO stopped at 999,999 KM. Some might expect it to reset to 0 like the old analog ones but these digital ones just freeze. Too bad.

I think automakers should start allowing 7 figure readings on odometers since it's achieved by a decent amount of people. It wouldn't be that difficult to leave space for one more number. A frozen ODO really sucks.

There's many 2nd Gen Prius owners who are stuck at 299,999 miles. For some reason, Toyota messed up this particular odometer max. The Prius is one of the most reliable cars so that mileage is no big deal yet it freezes before 300K.

Remember when odometers only went up to 99,999? That was ridiculous. As if the automakers didn't think their cars could go past just that. This was right up through the '80's. Now, 100K is achieved with cars still performing as new.

[bronsin]

Bump :smile:


It proves that Trini's is no exception when it comes to this unbelievable powertrain and that it can be done just as trouble free over a 10 year span.


:thumbsup:

What cracks me up is people say these engines are old and not "modern"!

[Septembersrain]

What cracks me up is people say these engines are old and not "modern"!

I'll take old technology that's been proven over modern stuff that will end up having to be replaced too prematurely. Like I'm not quite a fan of direct injection...

[nookandcrannycar]

It's hard to imagine driving that many miles. If one thinks about everywhere they've been just driving 100K you realize how much it really is.

With Trini_per4mance, he actually averaged much more than 200 per day early on. He reached 150K in the first year. That's just nuts. He'd spend something like 8-10 hours everyday on the highway doing his courier job! In the last couple of years he hasn't used his Yaris for work as he's doing something else. If he had continued his 1st year pace he would have driven over 1,000,000 miles in under 7 years!

Trini isn't alone either. There is an older guy on YouTube whose video is integrated into a Kendall Oil Internet commercial. He lives in Louisiana and drove (for pleasure) a 2007 Corolla 524,000 miles in about 3 1/2 years between late 2007 and early 2011.

Another guy on YouTube averaged even more per year. He does deliveries and works all around Iowa and 3 nearby states. IIRC, he bought a 2009 Corolla in 2009 at Toyota of Des Moines and in 3 years and (doing deliveries) put somewhere between 503,000 and 509,000 miles on the car.



I do wonder myself. He never says on his YouTube comments what he did with it.

He says he was disappointed when the ODO stopped at 999,999 KM. Some might expect it to reset to 0 like the old analog ones but these digital ones just freeze. Too bad.

I think automakers should start allowing 7 figure readings on odometers since it's achieved by a decent amount of people. It wouldn't be that difficult to leave space for one more number. A frozen ODO really sucks.

There's many 2nd Gen Prius owners who are stuck at 299,999 miles. For some reason, Toyota messed up this particular odometer max. The Prius is one of the most reliable cars so that mileage is no big deal yet it freezes before 300K.

Remember when odometers only went up to 99,999? That was ridiculous. As if the automakers didn't think their cars could go past just that. This was right up through the '80's. Now, 100K is achieved with cars still performing as new.

I agree that manufacturers should put in 7 figure odometers.

Poor 2nd Gen Prius owners. Since you specifically pointed out the 2nd Gen, I assume that was corrected with the 3rd Gen?

Re 99,999...I'd almost forgotten about that. Crazy. My mother bought an Acura Integra new in the late 80s, and I think that was the first car she ever owned that had a 100,000 mile plus odometer.

The Yaris is, I believe, the first car I've owned that has a digital (non 'rolling wheels') odometer.

In 2007 I saw an old 'rolling wheel numbers' gas pump in Tupelo, MS (visited Elvis' birthplace), and that was the first one of those I'd seen since the 80s.

[Septembersrain]

The Yaris is, I believe, the first car I've owned that has a digital (non 'rolling wheels') odometer.

Me too actually. I wonder how far this one will go?
Since I'm not easy to part with my cars, We shall see!

[mazilla]

Trini isn't alone either. There is an older guy on YouTube whose video is integrated into a Kendall Oil Internet commercial. He lives in Louisiana and drove (for pleasure) a 2007 Corolla 524,000 miles in about 3 1/2 years between late 2007 and early 2011.

Another guy on YouTube averaged even more per year. He does deliveries and works all around Iowa and 3 nearby states. IIRC, he bought a 2009 Corolla in 2009 at Toyota of Des Moines and in 3 years and (doing deliveries) put somewhere between 503,000 and 509,000 miles on the car.




Lets not forget my car(highest mileage Yaris in the world as far as I know @ 540,000) and the entire fleet of Yaris the company had(07-08) with a min of 350k up to 475k when we bought them out back in 2011. Every car there ran hundreds of miles per day 5 days a week, mine was at 500(ish) per day. They also had a handful of 600K Echo.


There is no other maker out there that can handle the miles like Toyota, this is first hand experience with dozens of people who put on 100,000+ miles per year for the last 20 years. Some of them don't even change their oil....

[nookandcrannycar]

Lets not forget my car(highest mileage Yaris in the world as far as I know @ 540,000) and the entire fleet of Yaris the company had(07-08) with a min of 350k up to 475k when we bought them out back in 2011. Every car there ran hundreds of miles per day 5 days a week, mine was at 500(ish) per day. They also had a handful of 600K Echo.


There is no other maker out there that can handle the miles like Toyota, this is first hand experience with dozens of people who put on 100,000+ miles per year for the last 20 years. Some of them don't even change their oil....

Sorry I neglected to mention your Yaris and the additional high mileage Yari that were part of your fleet when you purchased your company. Looking at my past posts, you can see that I usually do :thumbsup::smile:.

[mazilla]

Sorry I neglected to mention your Yaris and the additional high mileage Yari that were part of your fleet when you purchased your company. Looking at my past posts, you can see that I usually do :thumbsup::smile:.


I only mention it in these threads in case the one post somebody in the market for a Yaris happens across is one of them...I want to reinforce the fact that Toyota is the reliability king...and the Yaris being no exception.

[nookandcrannycar]

I only mention it in these threads in case the one post somebody in the market for a Yaris happens across is one of them...I want to reinforce the fact that Toyota is the reliability king...and the Yaris being no exception.

:thumbsup: And I agree re reliability...one reason I = :rolleyes: when Consumer Reports acknowledges this, but then lists picky personal dislikes that are a matter of taste.

[Kal-El]

What's frustrating about auto reviews is that they rarely take reliability/longevity into account when rating/comparing models. This always left the Yaris at the short end of the stick because it didn't do what the journalists wanted. Auto journalist aren't putting their money down on the cars they drive so all they care about is which one is most fun and other surface niceties. Those of us in the real world place a large amount of priority on other things, perhaps the biggest being reliability. That's where the Yaris wins hands down.

[nookandcrannycar]

What's frustrating about auto reviews is that they rarely take reliability/longevity into account when rating/comparing models. This always left the Yaris at the short end of the stick because it didn't do what the journalists wanted. Auto journalist aren't putting their money down on the cars they drive so all they care about is which one is most fun and other surface niceties. Those of us in the real world place a large amount of priority on other things, perhaps the biggest being reliability. That's where the Yaris wins hands down.

:thumbsup:

[bronsin]

What's frustrating about auto reviews is that they rarely take reliability/longevity into account when rating/comparing models. This always left the Yaris at the short end of the stick because it didn't do what the journalists wanted. Auto journalist aren't putting their money down on the cars they drive so all they care about is which one is most fun and other surface niceties. Those of us in the real world place a large amount of priority on other things, perhaps the biggest being reliability. That's where the Yaris wins hands down.

Yeah thats well said. :clap:

They dont evaluate small cars for the purpose for which they are intended. Cheap transportation. They keep trying to make the car into something its not.

When the ECHO came out Edmunds review trashed the heck out of it in spite of over whelming owner reviews. I tried to point the above out to them but got nowhere. :iono:

[TLyttle]

Clearly, they heard it but didn't WANT to hear it. Is that Phil Edmunston? If it is, he has shown me many times that he is biased, and sometimes ignorant, to I am not surprised...

[bronsin]

Clearly, they heard it but didn't WANT to hear it. Is that Phil Edmunston? If it is, he has shown me many times that he is biased, and sometimes ignorant, to I am not surprised...

Dont remember who it was. There are MANY other reviewrs with the same attitude. I remember one womans magazine writer who praised the car for what it was however. :headbang:

That makes sense. Women tend to be practical with cars whereas men look at cars as a way to express their masculinity.

Sometimes hilarity ensues! :bellyroll:

[nookandcrannycar]

whereas men look at cars as a way to express their masculinity.

Sometimes hilarity ensues! :bellyroll:

Yes, and women (at least in California) often say there is an inverse relationship :biggrin:.

[TLyttle]

Some guys are really sensitive to that. I used to have a little white Morris Minor Convertible; it was a riot to drive, got nearly as good economy as the Yaris, but it was the Cute Factor that was so much fun. More than once, some dude in his boogie van or Camaro would pull up beside me at a light, and the girl riding shotgun would be pounding on the guy with one hand and pointing at my car with the other, while he is studiously looking out the windshield with a REALLY sour look on his face...

[bronsin]

I ued to ride a moped to work in Camden NJ which has a large Hispanic population.

One day one of them pulled up next to me with his GF in his macho machine and said

"Hey man I think that bike is a little too small for you!" (I go 250 lbs)

And I said:

"I know but its the only bike my wife will let me ride!"

[Hershey]

Very impressive . We know someone that has an auto '08 base model Corolla with 300,000+ miles . Also has a '10 base model automatic 3 door Yaris with 130,000+ miles .