damn, you're right around the corner from me. I'm a 2 minute walk away from Tim Horton's field. Behind Barton and Lottridge.
I hear you on the car, I get it. At a certain point an upgrade is in order. Not sure if you wrench your own cars much or not but if you do you can buy an "as is" Matrix and spend very little to get the safety on it. That's how I found my wife's '05 Vibe, paid $2300 for it North of Kitchener and spent about $700 all in to get is licensed and safetied with a bunch of new suspension and steering components.
Good luck with the car search, hopefully you can sell your Yaris for a good amount. I'm blown away at how cheap Yaris' can be bought used now. As much as Toyota's keep their value, the fact that gas isn't crazy expensive right now has their value dropping faster than normal
no problem, the Yaris is doing really well, likes to drive fast now. Where abouts in Hamilton do you live? I see a ton of Yaris' but I doubt any of them are on the forums