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Old 10-23-2009, 01:16 AM   #1
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what do you say when

what do you guys and girls say when your friends try to make fun of your Yaris? a couple of my friends that i get together with a couple times a week always resort back to calling my little lift back gay and telling me i traded in my balls when i bought the car. i have informed them that i'm a broke college student so it is the right price, i can fit just about anything i have ever tried to get into it, i can drive from my driveway to boston on a tank of gas (which is fantastic being in rochester ny) and that that tank only costs me 25$, and it's actually a zippy little car for the engine size... yet when they have nothing left to try to make fun of me for they go back to the Yaris.

what do the rest of you say because i'm sure i'm not the only one who has ever come across this... and quite frankly, i would love to see the end of this from them.
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Old 10-23-2009, 01:30 AM   #2
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Is it stock looking? A little tint, a little lowering, some wheels... They'll start giving it a different look. Some of it can be done without spending too much money.
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Old 10-23-2009, 01:43 AM   #3
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yeah stock. new stereo all around but that's it
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Old 10-23-2009, 01:43 AM   #4
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Haha. Ok yeah, I am in a similar boat. My retorts usually go back to 'Hey, I am a working college student who bought a brand-spankin new car when I turned 20 years old...'

Something like that usually shuts up at least my friends.

Do you own any other cars? Maybe a project car? Fall back on that too.

It prolly wont end, but it might help lessen it a bit.
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Old 10-23-2009, 01:53 AM   #5
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just kidding.....

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Old 10-23-2009, 01:56 AM   #6
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i always hear "doesn't that have the prius motor", and i hear "wow, i didn't think that little car could do that"(this is always fun to hear at the track, after a burnout )

and BTW, they are trying to make fun of the car because they are jealous of the fact that you don't break down, get good MPG, have a pretty peppy car... so it will probably not stop...

then again, you could always turn it back on them by asking "so what do you drive? a honda?"
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Old 10-23-2009, 01:56 AM   #7
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what do you guys and girls say when your friends try to make fun of your Yaris? a couple of my friends that i get together with a couple times a week always resort back to calling my little lift back gay and telling me i traded in my balls when i bought the car.

awwwww!!! Your friends are tough customers and completely misinformed about the Yaris, obviously.

You're right, there was a thread kind of like this before, and I'll see if I can find it for you. There were some pretty good responses in there, including if your friends continue acting like ignorant @ssholes, perhaps you may need new friends

Everything you say is right about the Yaris. Plus it's a great looking car, nothing wrong with that.

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what do the rest of you say because i'm sure i'm not the only one who has ever come across this... and quite frankly, i would love to see the end of this from them.
* Hope you don't expect me to give you a ride when yours is in the shop

* No, I don't need to stop for gas, I filled up 2 months ago

* Yeah, but I can park it almost anywhere

* I can turn on a dime

* I keep it stock so no-one will steal it

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Old 10-23-2009, 01:58 AM   #8
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I'm 6' tall, so I always get (from friends and strangers alike) "Wow! Do you have to fold in half to drive it" or "How do you fit in it?" or "Does your head touch the ceiling?".

Hahaha. Haha. Ha.... *cough cough*. Ugh.
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Old 10-23-2009, 02:05 AM   #9
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Someone once told me "Why did I bothered to put an alarm on it, who's gonna steal a Yaris"

I don't care, I like my car.

Oh, and if they get really nasty

* well, it maybe an entry level car but at least I know how to drive it

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Old 10-23-2009, 03:02 AM   #10
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so one just got a 2004 3 series beamer and the other drives his dads old chevy s-10 extreme and just got a 1000cc cbr. i like the college kid retort... seeing as how i don't have a full time job and yet have owned a car with single digits on the odometer (6 :-)).

and no i have no other cars, although i'm going to get a motorcycle this upcoming spring
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Old 10-23-2009, 03:28 AM   #11
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I just laugh it off as I count the money saved on the way to the bank.

Great gas mileage, great insurance rate, decent priced car payments. The cool goodies which I have installed are sweet as well!

But seriously, what are friends there for if they can't bust your chops once in a while, dish it back to them. It's the friends whom can't take jokes who are the friends you don't want (well, among other more important criteria).
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Old 10-23-2009, 03:29 AM   #12
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A little tint, a little lowering, some wheels... They'll start giving it a different look. Some of it can be done without spending too much money.
This was a very good advice in my opinion... You can make it look different, with your own taste, and give it a sporty look...

Girls like the Yaris, and that's for sure... So give it a JDM Style look, so that it looks clean, but at the same time sporty and unique... I'm sure girls won't recist it! haha

Start with some nice wheels, not to big, some 15' will fit perfectly... then get some coils/springs to lower it... then maybe some HID's... and so on...

You can do this without spending so much, as LtNoogie already said, and I think your Yaris will rock, and nobody's gonna say anything about it, unless they're jelous...
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Old 10-23-2009, 03:47 AM   #13
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I really don't give a rip what anyone else thinks and you probably shouldn't either. If your car is so critical to your friends maybe they aren't your friends.
I can honestly say there is no other car I'd rather be driving. There is something undeniably cool about an economical little car that inspires a forum such as this. The Yaris is just so many things to so many people with so many wants and needs.

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Old 10-23-2009, 03:58 AM   #14
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Old 10-23-2009, 05:57 AM   #15
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don't sweat it. they probably just jealous that you get better millage than them.

although i don't get hate comments from my friends, they actually like my yaris since i'm the only one among my friends that got a brand new car and that i get better millage than theirs. Also for some of my other friends who don't have cars yet they still like my yaris in a way just cuz i got a car regardless of what it is.

so just be happy that you got a car that you enjoy driving. i enjoy my yaris. i love it! XD especially now in these tough economic times where its getting more expensive for gas.
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Old 10-23-2009, 11:12 AM   #17
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Old 10-23-2009, 01:05 PM   #18
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Gee, I never get any comments like this...I guess I'm just that intimidating!!!
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