The Official Old People's Yaris Thread

[redyaris]

This thread is for us old-timers, 40 and over. Youngsters come here and read our advice LOL.

If youre older than 40 and appreciate your Yaris for what it is and (what it isn't) post your issues or thoughts here!

42, married with kid here and walk a thin line for what I have done and want to do with this car. Sometimes feel like an 18 year old in this thing however. Maybe good?

This site has a lot of young people modding out the Yaris, adding performance parts. I have enjoyed reading and seeing pictures of members rides and reading about applying e-brakes at 80 miles per hour and racing cops (this keeps me young i think!).

Im feeling mixed thoughts about my Yaris now....Its really embarrassing sitting at a red light and some 86 lime green Honda civic dude is eyeballing me.:eek:

Am I in the wrong demographic for this car?

Id love to hear from some older people here than myself on this. I still believe this car is going to be really popular with the over 50/60+ crowd just for grocery runs and around town cruising.
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[Yaris Revenge]

Am I in the wrong demographic for this car?



YES.

Naw, just kidding! I'm not quite into your demo (yet), but I would say that Toyota's done an outstanding job creating a vehicle that is attractive to such a WIDE variety of people and needs.

Okay, I'll back out now and let the old timers have it. :biggrin:

~YR

[nsmitchell]

I'm 39, does that count? hehe

I need to take some pics of my newly lowered Yaris.

[petesimac]

Ahh, stop it! I'm old at 42? :cry: I just bought my metorite metallic LB manual two weeks ago and I am in love with my car! It's so light and nimble and peppy, especially when compared with my old car a 98 Subaru Forester -- it feels like I'm driving a brick without wheels. Old people unite! Buy a Yaris! Just no old women -- they've totally destroyed the cool factor of the VW Bug.

[redyaris]

"OUT OF MY WAY WHIPPERSNAPPERS!!! IM RUNNIN A GREDDY TI-C, AEM INTAKE, SPARCO BUCKETS, AND CHROME 20'S YOU LITTLE BASTARDS!!!'

http://www.automoblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/old_driver.gif

[BailOut]

I think you should change the membership requirement to 30+, as that's about the age you get over things like modding, boom boom, bling bling, rice, etc.

[redyaris]

I got 'hooked on mods' due to this site! This car is so easy to do stuff with its addictive...im just havin fun!!...but how much is enough for an old fart like me?

But hey I like PlayStation 2 like the kids do too!!!

[HTM Yaris]

Yeah , I'm 40 also . My son just graduated HS . YeeHa ! Cool thing about being 40 : When a cop pulls you over , at first they address you as "Boy" . Then when they see your age its suddenly "SIR" :biggrin: The best thing about being 40 is sex with the 20 somethings . Most of the 20 somethings have NEVER had a real orgasm before , suddenly you are GOD :bow:

[redyaris]

Yeah , I'm 40 also . My son just graduated HS . YeeHa ! Cool thing about being 40 : When a cop pulls you over , at first they address you as "Boy" . Then when they see your age its suddenly "SIR" :biggrin: The best thing about being 40 is sex with the 20 somethings . Most of the 20 somethings have NEVER had a real orgasm before , suddenly you are GOD :bow:

Hmmm, I wasnt going to go there but since you did...stop hittin on your sons classmates!!!!:bow:

[ThunderStik]

I have been thinking about buying one of these as a daily driver just to save gas, I drive about 70 hwy miles a day.

I have had a few hot cars and built a few more in my time (im 34). But when I see people talking about performance and perf mods I find it hilarious and sad at the same time.

Whats the use in modding a car that has 100hp? I mean really all your doing is lowering the resale value of the car.

If your worried about performance you should not even be here as there is no real performance to be had.

Oh yes add a turbo and get up to 30 more ponies and down to a 15 sec 1/4 mile ooohhh -aaahhhh. Its comical and a waste of time and money but all this is just my opinion.

And when they go to get rid of it they will actually get less for their modded car than for one that is bone stock.

[redyaris]

I have been thinking about buying one of these as a daily driver just to save gas, I drive about 70 hwy miles a day.

I have had a few hot cars and built a few more in my time (im 34). But when I see people talking about performance and perf mods I find it hilarious and sad at the same time.

Whats the use in modding a car that has 100hp? I mean really all your doing is lowering the resale value of the car.

If your worried about performance you should not even be here as there is no real performance to be had.

Oh yes add a turbo and get up to 30 more ponies and down to a 15 sec 1/4 mile ooohhh -aaahhhh. Its comical and a waste of time and money but all this is just my opinion.

And when they go to get rid of it they will actually get less for their modded car than for one that is bone stock.

I agree with you for the most part...I bought my Yaris for a commuter car.

Its hard for me to justify ANYTHING 'performance' oriented that will affect my factory warranty and boost horsepower (which affects gas mileage). Its also causing me to dispense with some disposable income.:wink:

That being said, i do enjoy seeing the results of all this modding and reading Siphon magazine to see all the cool micro-car craze goin on even though Ill never be that hard-core.

[lostmind]

I'm almost 30! woohoo!

[paradigm]

Lol i love old people. Seriously though, i see just as many 40+ people driving yaris' as i do people that're my age. Most drive sedans..... As for the modding part, meh, It'll never be insanely fast for the price but it'll always be fun.

[Rizzo]

I vote for a change of definition from "Old is 40+" to "Old is anyone who FEELS old when they hang out here." I've never felt so Grandma-ish!

I was giving some people a ride home from my writers' group the other week and a nineteen year old boy looked at the car as we approached and said, "Wow! Nice car!"

I said, "Yeah."

[brickhardmeat]

few more months 'til 30:barf:

[Thotprawsis]

Well...44 this year. I love this car and could care less what anyone thinks of me and my car. I plan on lowering it a little, because i think it sits too high. As for the over all look, I'm actually in the process of designing a vinyl woody look. that along with some properly placed chrome should pull of a fun sporty look! I'll keep you posted as this project comes along.
By they way all my boys are 19 and older and on their owe. I'm married and the wife and I refuse to grow old...our bodies just make us look that way!

[churp]

I'd like to change it to 50+!!!! except I'd probably be talking to myself.

I'm 56, and still laughin about the thread the other day where they were trying to help an old family member find a new car...he was 55????? What the heck do the younguns think...their dinky drys up and falls off at 32?

I've been married twice have 5 kids from 9 to 35!!!! and currently divorced (any gals 30 to 60 I'm available and still functional). Have 5 MR2's (2 parts cars), 4 RX7's (again 2 pc's),83 Celica, 47 and 48 Plymouth, 52 Ford Victoria, 46 Ford truck, 49 & 53 Chev truck, 87 Ford pickup, and Black Betty my Yaris (had to sell a few after the divorce but these I still have). Needless to say I'm a car nut and not necessarily a ricer in any form, but have had many more imports than American since the 70's.

Mod's on my Black Betty.....Baby Moons on silver steelies, Megan Lowering Springs, Cheata fake fur seat covers (my 9 yo picked out so I'm pretty proud of them), and signed up for Charles' intake. Performance is fine the way it is so not much more will be added except for maybe wide whites :biggrin:

Lots of old folks ask about BB, my Dad's 83 and loves it....he's not like me, he only has a car, a van, and a pickup (84 Mazda for milage). Kids (under 40) sometimes think I'm nuts,,,, I just hope their dinky lasts longer than 32!!!

Was hoping BB would last me until retirement but put 9,000 on in the 1st 3 months.....I'll keep rockin, just not in a chair...:headbang: :headbang:

[sambo42xa]

45 here, Wife and Rugrats too...........house, bills, bullshit at work, problems, etc. Trucks pretty much all my life. Traded my lAST truck in for the YARIS after I saw my buddy (50) who came over to show his off saying it's his commute vehicle. Well, I said to myself, the gas ($$$$$$) is killing me. I might as well do it now! I bought it and I now spend less $ for fuel which gives me still a little $ extra to pay............BILLS! Yeh, I got crap from work and friends when they saw it, BUT they are still paying more at the pump. As far as mods and tires and all the "goodies", my days are done with that. As you get OLDER you have to save your coins. I did all that stuff if my earlier years. You'll see!

[brickhardmeat]

45 here, Wife and Rugrats too...........house, bills, bullshit at work, problems, etc. Trucks pretty much all my life. Traded my lAST truck in for the YARIS after I saw my buddy (50) who came over to show his off saying it's his commute vehicle. Well, I said to myself, the gas ($$$$$$) is killing me. I might as well do it now! I bought it and I now spend less $ for fuel which gives me still a little $ extra to pay............BILLS! Yeh, I got crap from work and friends when they saw it, BUT they are still paying more at the pump. As far as mods and tires and all the "goodies", my days are done with that. As you get OLDER you have to save your coins. I did all that stuff if my earlier years. You'll see!

guess you didn't bother reading the post above you:laugh:

[churp]

I think you should change the membership requirement to 30+, as that's about the age you get over things like modding, boom boom, bling bling, rice, etc.

Hate to say it, but some of us don't get boring with age! And we don't care what others think. (keep up the milage Bailout..your doing good, but I don't have time for all the recycling....got too many things scheduled for the next 50!)

[brickhardmeat]

shouldn't bailout be camped out in front of some grocery store handing out pamphlets on green energy or polishing his solar panels with an organic carrot hanging out of his mouth right about now?

[Violin]

I'm 47 and I'm having plenty of fun performing mods on my Yaris that I could only dream of doing to my '65 Bug.

[hasher22]

wow u peeps are old......lol

[eTiMaGo]

This is really a testament to the Yaris' versatility and universal appeal... From the young "go faster!" crowd to the more practical-minded (or even younger-minded :biggrin:) middle agers, to these old geezers :biggrin:

We've got performance hunters, autocross crushers, customization maniacs, pimp stylists, fuel economists, long-range commuters, grocery getters...

I don't think there are many other cars who can attract such a wide range of owners! :thumbsup:

Oh and back on topic, my old school teacher, British guy at least 60, also has a red Yaris :wink:

[churp]

.... to these old geezers :biggrin:...



Ya must be talkin about me?!?! :biggrin:

I'm assumin yours hasn't fallen off yet???? :thumbup:

[adamschneider]

Age 34 here. My Yaris is off the boat and might be at the dealer on Thursday.

And no, I will not be "modding" it, other than putting in a cheap stereo. :biggrin:

[Typer73]

I'm not old, I'm experienced!

Yep, I belong in this thread, but Petesimac--if I hear one more thing about old women in Yarii, I'm coming up to Pittsburgh & hunting you down for a good old fashioned ass-whuppin'!

I fell in love with the looks of the Yaris LB, and I haven't had as much fun since my 1973 VW beetle. I've had faster cars, bigger cars, suvs... but I haven't loved any cars except that original VW & my Yaris. I'm not into the performance mods, but I'll take any cosmetic mod I can afford.

(PS--20 somethings don't deserve orgasms, they've got everything else!):biggrin:

[blacksan]

Well, a little more then 6 years before I can retire from my gubermint job and start a new career. I guess that makes me old enough to comment here. I was drawn to the Yaris for the economical side of owning it, but still love to do some mods as it is in my blood. Just in case she breaks down I keep this in the boot.:biggrin:

[sambo42xa]

...con't........
I think the car is great and I love driving it. I like it when people look at what you're driving. Either they are saying, "look at that car, I wonder what it is", or "look at that old guy in the car"....or BOTH! With ALL the OTHER toys I have I have no time and not much $ to put towards any mod's. Did all that in the earlier years.

4 Harley Davidson's
1942,1973,1988,2005
42 Bicycles
80% All vintage Schwinn's
1968 Gibson Les Paul / Amps
did I mention Four Wheeler?
Plow Truck
Am I going off topic here :iono: ???? Shit, I'm just goofing I guess. I guess what I'm trying to say is, I did all of that already and now I'm just a 45 year old guy trying to be practical.
Know what, Screw it............................:burnrubber:!!!!!!!! ! :laugh:

[redyaris]

Wow us old people ROCK!!!!

[petesimac]

Typer73, :wink: , are you sure you shouldn't be driving a PT Cruiser or something. I do agree with you on one thing, the similarities to the classic Beetle. I had a 66 and miss it terribly. After my kids have grown and gone, I plan on finding an old Beetle and reliving my youth, such as it was. Until then, I have a really cool car to tool around in.

[kurokoma-kun]

Just in case she breaks down I keep this in the boot.:biggrin:

Now THAT is an old skool plank! Can you still bust a trick on it? :w00t:

[blacksan]

Now THAT is an old skool plank! Can you still bust a trick on it? :w00t:

Ha, I can still embarrass myself! The board pictured is actually a "Long Board" set up for concrete surfing more so then tricks. The guy that built it for me is bro, Chris yandall. He was the 1975 World Slalom Champion and can still skate like most kids only dream about. My first board had steel wheels.:eek:

[grampi]

I just turned 49 and I'm interested in going with some aftermarket tires and wheels just for the looks. The only performance mods I would consider would be those that improve fuel economy. I'm not the least bit interested in creating some racer boy toy like those hidious Hondas with the loud fart mufflers. Those thing are ridiculous! I don't think anyone of any age looks any more out of place driving a Yaris than they would driving a Mini Cooper or a Miata. I want one because they look like a niche car, they get excellent mileage, and because they come with that wonderful Toyota swiss watch-like build quality.

[seriousfun]

...

Am I in the wrong demographic for this car?

Id love to hear from some older people here than myself on this. I still believe this car is going to be really popular with the over 50/60+ crowd just for grocery runs and around town cruising.
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Nah, you define the demographic! It's not just age.

...
1968 Gibson Les Paul / Amps


'65 Fender Strat, '61 Gibson Melody Maker, '69 Gibson ES-345, '65 Vox UK Berkeley Tube amp...I have better guitars than you!

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And I'm 50, with two sons getting ready to graduate High School (one this month, the other next year, a year early). I was sick of my family vehicle ('97 Dodge Grand Caravan) and missed my previous car ('86 Celica) and have a stupid commute (21 mi. each way on the L. A. freeways. I laugh at everyone else at the gas pump.

I definitely have gotten more looks while driving this car than I ever did in the invisibility-cloaked white Caravan, but it's not expensive enough to make those looks stick. My girlfriend thinks it's cute!

I've added window deflectors, a nice chrome tailpipe tip, new speakers (planning on a DVD player with surround sound soon). I plan to get new alloy wheels and tires when these tires wear out, if not sooner. No intake or any other performance mods. It's a fun car, and this is fun stuff.

[blacksan]

My girlfriend thinks it's cute!

I am not trying to get in your business, but HTM Yaris brought up something that kind of hit home.:biggrin: How old is the GF? For sum reason the yougin's are knocking at the cabin door these days and I just don't get it?:iono: It's not like I am complaining, but the formula is rather strange.

[seriousfun]

I am not trying to get in your business, but HTM Yaris brought up something that kind of hit home.:biggrin: How old is the GF? For sum reason the yougin's are knocking at the cabin door these days and I just don't get it?:iono: It's not like I am complaining, but the formula is rather strange.


Ah, she's three years younger than me, so she doesn't qualify as being from a younger generation (although she looks young and hot!).

(before I met her, even with the minivan, I found that girls in their late 20s to mid 30s were very compatible with me - any older and their clock was ticking too loudly...)

It's not the Yaris, it's you!

[blacksan]

Ah, she's three years younger than me, so she doesn't qualify as being from a younger generation (although she looks young and hot!).

(before I met her, even with the minivan, I found that girls in their late 20s to mid 30s were very compatible with me - any older and their clock was ticking too loudly...)

It's not the Yaris, it's you!

Ya, I can relate too them myself. it's not that I am a juvenile delinquent, but they crave adult speak at times. I also look much younger then my age. Often the grown off-spring are confused as being buddies not "fruit-of-the-loins".:bellyroll:

[churp]

Blacksan......you didn't state your age....aren't a little shy like the wimmin not aging over 29 are we???? :biggrin: just kiddin privacy is good too.

From the above posts..just got divorced a year ago and my ex was 14 years younger, after 22 years of marriage think I'll try to pick on the ones more my age, but then again!! :thumbup:

[blacksan]

Blacksan......you didn't state your age....aren't a little shy like the wimmin not aging over 29 are we???? :biggrin: just kiddin privacy is good too.

From the above posts..just got divorced a year ago and my ex was 14 years younger, after 22 years of marriage think I'll try to pick on the ones more my age, but then again!! :thumbup:

I hope this isn't dorky, but I work in a sensitive area and can't get too specific. let's just say that I watched "Car 54, Where Are You" in my formative years:biggrin:

[Typer73]

Petesimac!!!

PT Cruisers suck!

Be nice--I've got a full tank of gas & just burned a new mp3-cd full of hard rock. Should be more than enough to get to Pittsburgh!

[blacksan]

Petesimac!!!

PT Cruisers suck!

Be nice--I've got a full tank of gas & just burned a new mp3-cd full of hard rock. Should be more than enough to get to Pittsburgh!

Oooh, What did ya steal off LimeWire for the "Road-Jams"?:bellyroll:

[redyaris]

Im glad the youngsters are learning so much from us. I knew this thread was a great idea. Women, cars, life...weve seen and done em all!!!

[blacksan]

Im glad the youngsters are learning so much from us. I knew this thread was a great idea. Women, cars, life...weve seen and done em all!!!

I wanted to tell the men kids that wimmins get real freaky in there mid 30's, should I? :biggrin:

BTW, did you move them wheels?

[Typer73]

I wanted to tell the men kids that wimmins get real freaky in there mid 30's, should I? :biggrin:

As opposed to men being freaky from age 2 on?

[blacksan]

[QUOTE=Typer73;97014]As opposed to men being freaky from age 2 on?[/QUOTE


WRONG, from birth ya posser!!!!:laughabove:

[Typer73]

Under 2 you can keep 'em penned up in the crib. It's when they escape that you've got problems.

[blacksan]

Under 2 you can keep 'em penned up in the crib. It's when they escape that you've got problems.

That's what you think!:biggrin:

[MudBug]

I just turned 44. I still have my Chevy Z71, bought this as a daily driver since I don't need the truck as much as I used to.

I did lower it, tint the windows, new rims, NST pulley, new amp/speakers, and plan on doing any other mods that can be proven to put a little more pop under my AT's hood, not race style pop, just daily driver pop.

[Pars]

I'll be 40 this year, Wife's 30, When I'm with her crowd (20th and 30th) they treat me as if i'm one of the juniors, probably because I look as young or younger.

If I wanted to feel more mature and was shopping for a liftback, I'd probably be looking into the HRR, PT Cruiser, Jeep Compass/Patriot (which are in the same price range as my loaded 5dr Yaris). But, I like feeling younger and the Yaris reaffirms that image.

If I were a 'cradle robber', which I'm guilty of (wife was 19 when I picked her up), the Yaris would be a good car to be in. But, it'd need a nice DVD system and wheels and other upscale touches to give it a bit of sophistication (like European models).

[Violin]

*sniff sniff

It smells like Ben Gay in here.

[redyaris]

I wanted to tell the men kids that wimmins get real freaky in there mid 30's, should I? :biggrin:

BTW, did you move them wheels?

Yep and yep.

Mature women are hella good in 'multiple' ways. :wink:

[fearturtle44]

Just turned 50 and still love the Yaris; especially when I pass by the gas stations where the SUVs are putting in $60-$70 of gas.

Kevin

[Imagine]

I think it's great to see the older generation staying young by doing what they enjoy. No one ever said that just because you are 40s or 50+ that you can only mod/drive the cars from your teen years. Which I can completely respect. I don't mod my cars to look cool, I mod my cars because I enjoy getting my hands dirty and the sense of making it my own. If I can't do that because I'm getting older then whats the point of living!?

Any way, rock on all! I can't wait until I get to be a member of that Demographic and can say that I've fully experienced what life has to offer. It's quickly approaching, thats for sure.

[amt135a]

41 years young and just got my 3d lb last Saturday after waiting over a month and i like it got over 200 miles on it and still have half tank of gas great for Dayle commuter for work

[L-D]

I'm 53 and still waiting for my 07 BB LB. got to have it!!

[blacksan]

I'm 53 and still waiting for my 07 BB LB. got to have it!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDetQ18fw5Q

[sambo42xa]

Nah, you define the demographic! It's not just age.



'65 Fender Strat, '61 Gibson Melody Maker, '69 Gibson ES-345, '65 Vox UK Berkeley Tube amp...I have better guitars than you!

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And I'm 50, with two sons getting ready to graduate High School (one this month, the other next year, a year early). I was sick of my family vehicle ('97 Dodge Grand Caravan) and missed my previous car ('86 Celica) and have a stupid commute (21 mi. each way on the L. A. freeways. I laugh at everyone else at the gas pump.

I definitely have gotten more looks while driving this car than I ever did in the invisibility-cloaked white Caravan, but it's not expensive enough to make those looks stick. My girlfriend thinks it's cute!

I've added window deflectors, a nice chrome tailpipe tip, new speakers (planning on a DVD player with surround sound soon). I plan to get new alloy wheels and tires when these tires wear out, if not sooner. No intake or any other performance mods. It's a fun car, and this is fun stuff.

"I have better guitars than you"?? Gee, you hurt my feelings. I only listed one GIBSON.............
Well, the two GIBSON'S you mention that you have are definatley great, I'll give you that, BUT the Fender? Come on....your going to put a "bolt on neck" up against a Les Paul OR ANY other GIBSON? You plugged in :thumbdown: :confused: ?
Are we off topic?
Don't forget....."Only A GIBSON Is Good Enough" :thumbsup:

[sambo42xa]

LOL....:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[seriousfun]

"I have better guitars than you"?? Gee, you hurt my feelings. I only listed one GIBSON.............
Well, the two GIBSON'S you mention that you have are definatley great, I'll give you that, BUT the Fender? Come on....your going to put a "bolt on neck" up against a Les Paul OR ANY other GIBSON? You plugged in :thumbdown: :confused: ?
Are we off topic?
Don't forget....."Only A GIBSON Is Good Enough" :thumbsup:

OT? Yeah!

The Strat's my baby. I could sell it and buy a couple of Yarii. But then what would I play?

[SailDesign]

I think you should change the membership requirement to 30+, as that's about the age you get over things like modding, boom boom, bling bling, rice, etc.

Dunno about that.... :smile:
I'm 51 and STILL haven't got over it. It just hap[pens more slowly these days - when the wife isn't watching. "Oh, that? That's been on the car for weeks!" Yeah, right....

[churp]

Dunno about that.... :smile:
I'm 51 and STILL haven't got over it. It just hap[pens more slowly these days - when the wife isn't watching. "Oh, that? That's been on the car for weeks!" Yeah, right....

Amazing how that works!!!!! 47 plymouth parts car was delivered one day while she was shopping....it sat alongside the garage behind the house for over 6 months before she noticed it. :biggrin: Could be one of the thousands of reasons I'm single again!

[JosephDoc]

Count me in. I drive like grannies!

[ChinoCharles]

I think you should change the membership requirement to 30+, as that's about the age you get over things like modding, boom boom, bling bling, rice, etc.

The ultimate sign of maturity is being humble enough to not preach your way as the only way. By that logic you should be playing on a swingset somewhere... yes, eating an organic carrot and passing out pamphlets.

This thread rocks. Yay for old farts. I'm 22 so I won't post in here again. :laugh: Fun to read, though.