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Old 12-21-2016, 10:05 PM   #55
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Hmm... my wife is on holiday break so after Christmas I will take the car to my favorite exhaust place and have them see if that's loose.
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Old 01-06-2017, 10:48 AM   #56
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Well, I've put 10,000 miles on my little taxi cart now. Besides the previously mentioned carpeting being stupid, it's been (knock on wood) 100% reliable.

Six months, using it basically one (long) day a week for work. I'm hoping it lasts a long time.

One thing I have noticed though is I need to keep an eye out for a spare center console for it... once it's done with it's taxi duties. Since they, for some reason, made the console stick out into the rear feet area it's taken a lot of kicks and scuffs. I don't care currently because that's the car's job in life, but once it's retired I don't want that scuffed up garbage in there. Any ideas on how to protect it from getting any worse?
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Old 02-01-2017, 12:10 PM   #57
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Happy birthday to me yesterday... car also hit 50,000 miles. Knock on plastic, it's been good to me thus far.
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Old 02-01-2017, 01:08 PM   #58
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Old 02-01-2017, 02:27 PM   #59
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Happy belated!

Gotta love the odometer pics when you hit certain milestones. Fun stuff. You're quickly approaching my '07, in terms of mileage lol.
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Old 02-11-2017, 09:14 PM   #60
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Well, those rear LED lights I put in finally both bit the dust. That didn't last long. The one just went really dim and the other one finally started flickering like crazy and then went out. Waste of $20. I'll have to find some sort of other light I can stick in the same spot that takes a normal bulb that's replaceable like maybe a small trailer clearance light or something. I almost thought about putting in a center dome light like the older Yaris has in the back but I really am uncomfortable with cutting holes in the headliner.
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Old 02-25-2017, 09:28 AM   #61
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So, because Hyundai is garbage... I ended up trading it in last week.



It was such a horrible car that I didn't even care about the substantial loss I took trading it in and I wouldn't wish that car on anyone.

On a positive note, I traded it in for a 2016 Yaris L 3 door. The dealer had it sitting around for over a year and nobody even test drove it once... it had 18 miles of shuffling around the dealer and had 23 miles after the test drive. I got a really awesome deal on the car... which basically absorbed the negative equity on the Korean turdbox. It's actually at the dealership (Toyota of Naperville... really nice place) right now getting some things done to it...





I had the rear spoiler added to the car which I think looks fantastic. The guy at the dealer who installed it told me he's never actually put one of these on a Yaris before haha. I also ordered the body side moldings so they will get put on this week I believe. I plan on keeping the thing basically forever so I figure the moldings and spoiler would help it stand out against other Yaris's plus the moldings will hopefully help the car survive against other jerks dinging the doors.

The new car came with the carpeted floor mats but I arranged a deal for my friends mom to buy a used Prius at the local Lexus dealer so they're ordering me the Toyota all weather mat set for making the sale for them haha.

Now I just need a set of the LE or SE wheels and the better sway bars and it should be good to go!
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Old 02-25-2017, 10:34 AM   #62
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^^^ Very nice! Congrats on the new car.
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Old 02-25-2017, 11:00 AM   #63
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Right on!
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Old 02-25-2017, 12:46 PM   #64
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i was gonna say love the car especially the 2 door model except ....

the wheels!

there are many great choices to fix that problem

and the spoiler addition is great
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Old 02-25-2017, 12:48 PM   #65
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also you can paint the rear drums to help them blend in with the style of whatever new wheels you get
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Old 02-25-2017, 03:34 PM   #66
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Oh yeah the wheels are hideous. I hate them. Hopefully I can find some of the LE wheels for it and I will be happy.
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Old 02-25-2017, 04:52 PM   #67
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He shoots, he scores. Very nice.

What were your main issues with the Hyundai?
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Old 03-03-2017, 10:56 PM   #68
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The Hyundai had a lot of stupid issues. It was a huge ordeal to get the rear suspension to not be terrifying. Then it would randomly idle rough and other times it was ok. It tomok forever for the engine to warm up. The final straw was that randomly it would grind shifting gears. Of course Hyundai said everything was fine.
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Old 03-03-2017, 10:57 PM   #69
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Plus it handled worse than a 70s Lincoln town car... was just a crap driving experience.
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Old 03-06-2017, 11:09 AM   #70
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Yeah, sounds about right. The last Sonata we test drove wandered around the road like a drunk hobo.
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Old 03-06-2017, 12:40 PM   #71
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Hahaha yeah and the sonata still has independant rear suspension unlike the bent beam axle like the elantra
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Old 03-09-2017, 09:13 PM   #72
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Decided to take the new car out for a bath and a drive so I took some pictures of it. I really like the way the side moldings and spoiler look on it. Kind of makes it unique in a way.







Oh yeah, my Toyota floor liners showed up today too. They were given to me by the local Lexus dealer for orchestrating a sale of a used Prius they had to my friend. I'm actually pretty happy with these, they were much better than I thought they were originally going to be. The rear is one piece!



I also installed the cruise control stalk and trim piece so now I just need a clutch switch (or just bypass it because I never step on the clutch to turn it off anyway) and then the cruise control will function. After that, hopefully some factory LE or Prius C alloy rims and keyless entry can occur.
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