What did you drive before your '12 Yaris?

[Jamus]

My '12 3dr L replaced my recently totaled 07 yaris sedan. I've had many more "manly" vehicles in the past but I love the yaris for mpg, comfort, and usefulness. Barring car accidents, I plan to keep this one for 20+ years and 400k+ miles.

[matti]

My 2012 L 3dr Yaris replaced a 2007 Corolla CE (manual) with 114k miles.

[shrek]

1992 Toyota Aristo aka Lexus GS300 with a worked 2JZGTE, before that a 1984 Brock Commodore, before that a Holden LC GTR Torana.

[tooter]

Our 2012 Yaris replaced a 1993 Hyundai Excel which we sold in one day for $1,700 because it was in decent condition and had been well cared for.

[Chifte]

I drove an '08 Ford Focus coupe 75k miles prior to the Yaris, and before the Focus I had a 2001 GMC Jimmy which I loathed for it's phantom electrical problems.

I'm happy to be out of the Ford, though it never left me on the side of the road it was leaking oil at 73k and had a squeal (that made it sound like a hoopty) apparently perplexed Ford techs for 45k miles.

Now I have my Yaris, I love it, it feels very minimalist and has a lot of utility.

[b20vteg]

recently this beast:



and before that:



^birds hated me :(

[TPA5]

Originally Posted by b20vteg

^birds hated me :(

I lol'ed pretty hard at that.


I used to drive a 2011 Corolla, before an icy road and a telephone pole ended that relationship.

[sparrowblue]

I Used to drive a 2002 Ford Focus, part of Focus Fanatics, but once they changed the styling on the newer foci just was not interested anymore...I'll be honest, i was between a Yaris and Fiesta...Perfectly happy with my 2012 Yaris Sport

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by Spruce Goose

I drove a 1992 Honda Civic VX hatchback, with 5-speed manual. I bought it in 1992, with 6000 miles on it (it was a repo). It was a great car, 43 MPG, but I finally couldn't get it to pass the smog test. I sold it to the smog test guy for $1,000, with 196,000 miles on it.

My wish list for a replacement car included: (1) Great gas mileage, (2) manual transmission, (3) no power anything, and (4) as short as, or shorter than, the Civic. My new Yaris is getting just over 40 MPG, which is fine. It has power locks (but not remote locks, which I definitely didn't want), and electric power steering, which I can live with. And it's about 6 inches shorter than the Civic. Overall, after about three weeks with my new Yaris, I really enjoy driving it.

Your wish list = . My wish list was the same and the only one I fell short re was car length (pretty close though--outgoing car =149.4 inches and 2007 U.S. Spec 3-Door Yaris I think = 150.5 or 151.5----other countries =some as short as 147 inches--differences re U.S. bumber specs?). My previous car was a 2001 Suzuki Swift that I purchased new on Labor Day Weekend 2001 for almost 20 percent under (yes almost twenty percent under) the factory sticker. I retired it from service on what I thought COULD be it's last trip, depending on conditions (and it was -- unpaved roads in Newfoundland were just too hard on the steering rack -- and I researched the Yaris before I left). I drove it up the coast of California, through Oregon and Washington, and into the Vancouver Metro...then 4 months across Canada from Lion's Bay, BC to Cape Spear,NL (with a 2 day detour into Michigan)... then back into the U.S. after the Atlantic Provinces and soon to Rhode Island for my Yaris.The Blue Book Value was literally zero and with the chewed up steering rack a wholesaler doing other business gave me 50 bucks for it and allowed me to rip out the JL Audio etc stereo including all the high end wiring. I drove 151,000+ miles in the Suzuki Swift in about 61 months.

I just looked up the specs on the Suzuki and it had a 1.3 engine with 79 HP--- with the 5 speed manual and a gear ratio with a 1st gear that felt low AND the low weight, the car didn't feel underpowered. The car could never be built now (at least for the U.S. market). The mindset the car represents (in a good way) is kind of what Bronsin wished the market could go back to offering (in a recent thread he started). The people who replied to him I think correctly pointed out that it wouldn't sell---people wouldn't give up multiple air bags, etc. that exist in 2012 and do contribute to the car costing more.

This may have been mentioned in another thread, but if so I didn't see it....I learned on Wikipedia the second generation Yaris will be sold in Europe as the Daihatsu Charade through the 2013 model year. Toyota owns 51 percent of Daihatsu and has decided that Daihatsu will pull out of the European market at the end of the 2013 model year. The second generation Yaris/Daihatsu Charade will be built in Thailand for the European market----see the link from footnote #24 from the Wikipedia article. More choices the European market gets that we in the U.S. don't, Argh!

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by Vail

first car: nissan micra S 998 16valve

then my love: Mini Cooper with lots of mods:




now happy to spent half in gas, driving white 1.3l, 99HP 6 Speed Yaris MY2012

1.3 lit. 6-speed....we can only wish here in the U.S.....what kind of KPL are you getting with that wonderful engine?

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by shibasmith

My '12 replaced an '02 Echo, which I really liked except for the flop-on-its-side-and-die handling it exhibited around most corners.

An extended family member needed a car quickly, so I sold him the Echo, which gave me an excuse to get a new Yaris which I had been very interested in as soon as I saw the new model. After 4 months with the new car, I have no regrets at all. :)

My weekend and ski trip car is an '09 Subaru Outback Sport, which is an enjoyable car in need of stiffer suspension (I may eventually get around to putting a rear sway on it to begin the quest to improve its handling) and which unfortunately guzzles gas, relatively speaking. Which is what relegates it to weekend and fun car.

If I could get a Yaris with the Subaru's power but the Yaris's fuel economy and handling (and definitely the Yaris's shifter and brakes), that might just be the perfect car for me! :-P

How many miles on the Echo when you sold it? New when you bought it?

[IllQueens]

Previous Car...1990 Honda Prelude SI 4WS

Current Car...2012 Honda Civic EX


I am still trying to work my way into a Yaris SE 5 Speed...

[that guy]

I drove a 2004 focus svt before the Yaris. Loved the car but couldn't find a dealership/mechanic I trusted to properly fix the vehicle.

[nookandcrannycar]

I just clicked on this thread re a bump up from the newest post and I noticed my previous post. I imagine that I had several windows open at the same time and had forgotten the end of the title was your '12 Yaris rather than your Yaris. My bad.

[omeqa]

Originally Posted by IllQueens

Previous Car...1990 Honda Prelude SI 4WS

Current Car...2012 Honda Civic EX


I am still trying to work my way into a Yaris SE 5 Speed...

Hey man, new here. I've got a '12 Civic SE Taffeta White as well. Why are you wanting to switch into a Yaris? Thanks

[DanMC]

Honda Pilot
BMW 3/// Series
Nissan Sentra
VW Jetta
VW Bettle
Oldsmotrash (the worst car i have ever owned !, first and last N.American car for me,period!), still own the Pilot and BMW and ofcourse the '12 Yaris !

[Fidelio]

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by Fidelio

One who must TRULY appreciate his Yaris!