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.

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.

[Yaris Revenge]

Originally Posted by redyaris

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.

~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? 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.

[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" 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

[redyaris]

Originally Posted by 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" 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

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

[redyaris]

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

[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.

[churp]

Originally Posted by 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.

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?

[SailDesign]

Originally Posted by 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.

Dunno about that....
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]

Originally Posted by SailDesign

Dunno about that....
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. Could be one of the thousands of reasons I'm single again!

[ChinoCharles]

Originally Posted by 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.

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. Fun to read, though.

[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!!!

[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]

Originally Posted by 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.

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.

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.