The Yaris sucks.

[ilikerice]

Originally Posted by daf62757

I think part of the problem is that the engine is transverse and the amount of open area to work on the belt and other components is very limited. Us old timers have a long history of busted knuckles from doing work back with the V8 was almost standard and we had plenty of room.

I dont believe one second that an engineer actually thinks about the mechanic when disigning this stuff

but actually makes sense.. probably by accident

[brg88tx]

i agree the original belt is very cheap. i had my water pump replaced on my 07 yaris and the guy said the belt was bad, so i told him to go ahead and replace it. i really didn't believe him, but when i picked my car up he showed me the belt. it was cracked all to hell. other vehicle we have is a 2003 chevy suburban. it has 95,000 miles on it and the original belts (almost 10 years old now) look fine.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by SilverBack

Hell yeah, I'm still running on the original oil and filter too! *tries to keep a straight face*

But yeah, 78K is nothing compared to that one guy that used to be one here a long time ago that got to 400K with no repairs. Bet his odo is back to zero by now lol.

He's still a member, his mileage accumulation has just dropped off because he drove for work and he has a different job now. As of about a month ago he had 472,000 miles (it's in the comments on his YouTube channel) -- Yarisworld screen name - trini_per4mance , YouTube screen name - triniper4mance .