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auxmike · 09-25-2012, 09:15 PM

Yellow yaris has already gotten stuck twice ! So far it sucks off road AND in mud....

auxmike · 09-25-2012, 09:21 PM

Rental car shootout; Yaris,Lincoln Town car and V6 Mustang......
Yaris is the butt of all jokes.... They put old Saturn SL2 alloys on it. Looks like a 2009?

CTScott · 09-25-2012, 10:17 PM

That was a howl. Even though the Yaris won, I wish Rut did a bit more to the Yaris (at least better tires).

Mongoose7 · 09-25-2012, 10:35 PM

Wow what a show .... that was cool !!!

DevilGirl · 09-26-2012, 06:16 AM

I only saw part of the show (up to where Yarii got stuck in the mud near the Mustang). I'm quite positive, given a proper driver, the Yarii would not have gotten stuck at all.

bitz767 · 09-26-2012, 07:59 AM

I was laughing that they didnt use the tow hook. It would have been a lot cleaner for rut in that mud

fnkngrv · 09-26-2012, 08:54 AM

what did the call the stang and Yaris at one point?

I think they called the Yaris a lemondrop...but forgot the stang

That I do have to say was hilarious and it was pretty cool that after the mud and deep sandy terrain the LB did seem to perform well. Anyone else notice that they did put an underpanel on the LB? You could see it when he is craning the thing. All in all a great season finally...I laughed my ass off almost the entire hour!

fnkngrv · 09-26-2012, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by CTScott

That was a howl. Even though the Yaris won, I wish Rut did a bit more to the Yaris (at least better tires).

I did find it rather interesting that the lincoln had the mud tires and raised suspension, but Rut did nothing like you said with the Yaris. Even if he had put spacers in the stock springs that would have made a difference and like you said for the love of God better tires at least even if they were just mud/snow tires!

CTScott · 09-26-2012, 08:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fnkngrv

I did find it rather interesting that the lincoln had the mud tires and raised suspension, but Rut did nothing like you said with the Yaris. Even if he had put spacers in the stock springs that would have made a difference and like you said for the love of God better tires at least even if they were just mud/snow tires!

I think the problem is that for their typical fan base they can't just let a little Japanese car totally kick the butt of a couple of American cars. If they made the Yaris a bit more "Crashy", then the Yaris would have just swept the whole thing.

auxmike · 04-23-2014, 12:43 PM

Try you tube yet?

09-25-2012, 09:15 PM	#1
auxmike Drives: 2008 HB, A/T, Power W/L/M Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: LI, New Yawk Posts: 2,063	Yaris featured on History Channel's TopGear on RIGHT NOW! Yellow yaris has already gotten stuck twice ! So far it sucks off road AND in mud.... __________________ Never take eyes off opponent - Bruce Lee

09-25-2012, 09:21 PM	#2
auxmike Drives: 2008 HB, A/T, Power W/L/M Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: LI, New Yawk Posts: 2,063	Rental car shootout; Yaris,Lincoln Town car and V6 Mustang...... Yaris is the butt of all jokes.... They put old Saturn SL2 alloys on it. Looks like a 2009? __________________ Never take eyes off opponent - Bruce Lee

09-25-2012, 10:17 PM	#3
CTScott ULTIMATE View User's Garage Drives: 09 5dr LB, 2x 08 3dr LB Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: USA, CT Posts: 13,460	That was a howl. Even though the Yaris won, I wish Rut did a bit more to the Yaris (at least better tires). __________________

09-26-2012, 06:16 AM	#5
DevilGirl Drives: 09 3dr LB MT Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Lehigh Valley, PA Posts: 681	I only saw part of the show (up to where Yarii got stuck in the mud near the Mustang). I'm quite positive, given a proper driver, the Yarii would not have gotten stuck at all. __________________ 2009 3dr LB MT Meteorite Metalic. Car bought 8/7/09. Now over 89k miles of trouble free driving, other than user error!!

09-26-2012, 08:54 AM	#7
fnkngrv Mr. 155 and climbing View User's Garage Drives: Seriously Modded 07 Sedan Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In The Hotbox Posts: 4,742	what did the call the stang and Yaris at one point? I think they called the Yaris a lemondrop...but forgot the stang That I do have to say was hilarious and it was pretty cool that after the mud and deep sandy terrain the LB did seem to perform well. Anyone else notice that they did put an underpanel on the LB? You could see it when he is craning the thing. All in all a great season finally...I laughed my ass off almost the entire hour! __________________ Team Tiamat Racing on Facebook Youtube Channel: Team Tiamat Racing *Class record holder in Land Speed @ 154.5mph for 1.5 mile and 145.5mph in the mile in the F (2.016 to 3.014 L), G (1.524 to 2.015 L), and H (1.016 to 1.523 L) classes.*

09-25-2012, 10:35 PM	#4
Mongoose7 Drives: 2007 Yaris HB Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Liberty NY Posts: 65	Wow what a show .... that was cool !!!

09-26-2012, 07:59 AM	#6
bitz767 View User's Garage Drives: 2010 Black Manual 3 door Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Harrisburg, PA Posts: 135	I was laughing that they didnt use the tow hook. It would have been a lot cleaner for rut in that mud

04-23-2014, 12:43 PM	#10
auxmike Drives: 2008 HB, A/T, Power W/L/M Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: LI, New Yawk Posts: 2,063	Try you tube yet? __________________ Never take eyes off opponent - Bruce Lee

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