what do you say when - Page 2 - Toyota Yaris Forums

ryota · 10-23-2009, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by rningonfumes

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).

one of them is one of my best friends and the other has become a really good friend too... and you have no idea how much stuff gets brushed off, it's just that my yaris is their last resort when i have come back at them for everything else and i would like to take the away from them too

haha i'm going to bring them a copy of the consumer reports reliability of my car and show them that seeing as how all but like 3 categories are far above average and the ones that aren't are still above average (something the beamer or the s-10 can claim)... then tell them to kiss my ass because i know my car will last as long as i want it to without billions of dollars in repairs (anything that breaks on the beamer)

thebarber · 10-23-2009, 01:17 PM

just make fun of your car yourself, thats what i do...its shuts them up. by trying to justify the purchase you're just making them want to bust your balls further cus they know it bugs you.

or make fun of what they own

or "you may not like my car, but your mom finds the back seat pretty spacious"

or "shut the fvck up before i drive my small car up your big @ss"

try 'em out

RedRide · 10-23-2009, 01:20 PM

Why say anything?
Tell them it's your car and you like it.......end of story.

Fact is, people respect self-assuredness and the ladies find this trait appealing.

darthbauer · 10-23-2009, 01:24 PM

I tell them I get over 350 miles on less than 10 gallons of gas and they shut right up.

Most of my co-workers drive big trucks and SUV's.

TRDMarty · 10-23-2009, 03:26 PM

A year ago after I bought my car, a co-worker tells me I'm gay cause I drive a Yaris. Then he tells me his dad has one as well. So on Monday this week he asked me how my weekend was and I told him I had attended a GAY Yaris meet and his dad was there too!!
Yesterday on the way home I had a woman in the lane next to me HONK at me, I rolled down the window and she yelled out to me = That car is so F_CKIN CUTE and I love it!!!
I'll take any compliment from a woman any time.
And NO, I haven't had any GAY men say that to me either.

AmyV · 10-23-2009, 03:34 PM

Hey Dathbauer, diggin your 'signature'. It's very Event Horizon of you

db662 · 10-23-2009, 03:36 PM

I usually just tell them that I don't need a car thats deemed by the masses as "fancy" to compensate for any "small short" comings...that usually embarrasses them - ESPECIALLY if I say something like that in front of girls (it's even better when they agree and say that "he's not lying either")
Hope that helps

SpaceShot · 10-23-2009, 05:16 PM

Some racing disk hubcaps, and a sharkfin antenna can also change the look.

And when looking at total economy: finance cost, fuel, and maintenance; the Yaris beats everything at the 5 year and 10 year intervals. (Prius, Fit, Mini, Insight, Smart, all of them)

When they're struggling to pay down their student loans and other expenses, you'll be getting ready to buy your first place.

Bob Dog · 10-23-2009, 05:36 PM

jealousy, just jelousy

*tomato* · 10-23-2009, 05:44 PM

Sorry I couldn't find that other thread, but it looks like you got some pretty good answers already.

It's true what TheBarber said. If you make fun of the car, too, they'll drop it. If they don't, just remember why you got the car in the first place and ignore what they're saying. When they're done talking you just say "are you done now" and move on to something else. If they can't get a reaction out of you, they'll probably stop rattling your cage.

The most important thing is that you don't let it get to you.

jimek · 10-24-2009, 07:38 PM

to me its weird when people talk about it being so small. its pretty massive as far as 2 door cars ive delt with are concerned..
i went from driving an 87 pointiac fiero gt to this so no one gets on me about the size because its almost literally double the size of my old car, just that i sold out..which i did

but i needed something reliable and cheap

Wattz · 10-24-2009, 10:00 PM

What do your friends drive? Land barges? Sports cars? If you guys are in college and you're the only one driving an economy car, then you're the only one with your act straight. Make sure they know it when you're buying another beer and they're all out of money. Or, when you're taking your date to a nicer restaurant than they can.

Things like that stick out. You may be frugal with your vehicle, but it lets you enjoy the other things in life that much more.

Kioshi · 10-24-2009, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Wattz

What do your friends drive? Land barges? Sports cars? If you guys are in college and you're the only one driving an economy car, then you're the only one with your act straight. Make sure they know it when you're buying another beer and they're all out of money. Or, when you're taking your date to a nicer restaurant than they can.

Things like that stick out. You may be frugal with your vehicle, but it lets you enjoy the other things in life that much more.

Awesome point, and very true...people are dishing out $300 a month for their damn Escalades while i dish out $100 a month..more money to spend on friday nights and snowboarding days

ryota · 10-25-2009, 12:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wattz

What do your friends drive? Land barges? Sports cars? If you guys are in college and you're the only one driving an economy car, then you're the only one with your act straight. Make sure they know it when you're buying another beer and they're all out of money. Or, when you're taking your date to a nicer restaurant than they can.

Things like that stick out. You may be frugal with your vehicle, but it lets you enjoy the other things in life that much more.

haha i love this comment but it is way off (no offense) one has an 04 bmw 3 series is 33 and a recovered alcoholic and the other has a chevy s10 extreme that his dad gave him and a 1000 cbr and is a paramedic. to them it really isn't about the money otherwise the savings on gas and the car itself would have shut them up. they just have nothing else to rip on me about so they harp on how gay my yaris is for being small and goofy looking.

i've got some good advice here though so we'll see what happens tomorrow when i get together with them again.

YarisPR · 10-25-2009, 01:48 AM

I must consider myself lucky then. My friends like my car more than I do. (I wanted a Scion Tc or a Hyundai Tiburon, but the Yaris was a gift so what's not to like

). The only jokes I've recieve are from my GF cause she smokes me, then again she drives a BMW 335i

Besides that she even likes to drive it cause its "fun to drive" she even learned to drive M/T on it.

jambo101 · 10-25-2009, 05:47 AM

After owning a Miata for the last 7yrs i've heard all the comments,at first it was amusing and i'd come back with some witty retort but now when some one puts the feminine designation to my car i just say F--- O--

AND189 · 10-25-2009, 06:51 AM

mate had the same problem my mates have fast cars mx6 integra & audi a3 i guess you realy have to look at the strenths the car has i got the trd struts and springs sway bars and a set of 15" with hot tires mate i take them on around the corners no problems show them up any day any time they also answer "yeh mate we are faster then your girls car"... well my reply ha ha mate any monkey can by a fast car and go fast in strait lines you dont have the balls,car or skills to go through the corners... ha ha that shuts them up + tall blonde women sitting next to me ha ha

AND189 · 10-25-2009, 07:01 AM

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thebarber
or make fun of what they own

or "you may not like my car, but your mom finds the back seat pretty spacious"

or "shut the fvck up before i drive my small car up your big @ss"

try 'em out

ok mate you are real funny ha ha ha well i tryed this and doing so reminded my of school and again ignited a memory from a country boy i knew who was a real grot, ha ha so i used the "call" and infront of my women i said to a trady who said it was a girls little heap of crap "you may not like my car, but your mom finds the back seat pretty spacious"" well he was not happy i then remebered what the grubby school mate had sad after the traidy said.... "yeh good cum back" i promptly replyed " If i wanted good come back i would lick it off your mums face".... well he got out of his car at the lights of corse i shut all windows and locked doors lol will not be taking advice from thebarber again

ha ha

10-23-2009, 01:17 PM	#20
thebarber daily driver View User's Garage Drives: the #wrecho Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,877	just make fun of your car yourself, thats what i do...its shuts them up. by trying to justify the purchase you're just making them want to bust your balls further cus they know it bugs you. or make fun of what they own or "you may not like my car, but your mom finds the back seat pretty spacious" or "shut the fvck up before i drive my small car up your big @ss" try 'em out __________________

10-23-2009, 01:24 PM	#22
darthbauer Not really here... Drives: 2008 Blazing Blue S hatchback Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: USA Posts: 1,062	I tell them I get over 350 miles on less than 10 gallons of gas and they shut right up. Most of my co-workers drive big trucks and SUV's. __________________ Liberate Tutemet Ex Infernis.

10-23-2009, 05:44 PM	#28
tomato Super Moderator View User's Garage Drives: Yaris 2DR LB 07, MT, Abs. Red Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 5,155	Sorry I couldn't find that other thread, but it looks like you got some pretty good answers already. It's true what TheBarber said. If you make fun of the car, too, they'll drop it. If they don't, just remember why you got the car in the first place and ignore what they're saying. When they're done talking you just say "are you done now" and move on to something else. If they can't get a reaction out of you, they'll probably stop rattling your cage. The most important thing is that you don't let it get to you. __________________ Follow Bamboo the YarisWorld Traveler here

10-25-2009, 01:48 AM	#33
YarisPR Drives: Yaris Sedan Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: MayaWest, Puerto Rico Posts: 1,574	I must consider myself lucky then. My friends like my car more than I do. (I wanted a Scion Tc or a Hyundai Tiburon, but the Yaris was a gift so what's not to like ). The only jokes I've recieve are from my GF cause she smokes me, then again she drives a BMW 335i Besides that she even likes to drive it cause its "fun to drive" she even learned to drive M/T on it. __________________ I Drive a 129whp Yaris ;)

10-23-2009, 01:20 PM	#21
RedRide Drives: '09 Yaris carmine red 2d HB Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Middletown, NY Posts: 1,501	Why say anything? Tell them it's your car and you like it.......end of story. Fact is, people respect self-assuredness and the ladies find this trait appealing.

10-23-2009, 03:26 PM	#23
TRDMarty Drives: Polar White 2008, 3Dr HB TRD ' Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Corona CA Posts: 403	A year ago after I bought my car, a co-worker tells me I'm gay cause I drive a Yaris. Then he tells me his dad has one as well. So on Monday this week he asked me how my weekend was and I told him I had attended a GAY Yaris meet and his dad was there too!! Yesterday on the way home I had a woman in the lane next to me HONK at me, I rolled down the window and she yelled out to me = That car is so F_CKIN CUTE and I love it!!! I'll take any compliment from a woman any time. And NO, I haven't had any GAY men say that to me either.

10-23-2009, 03:34 PM	#24
AmyV she was an American girl Drives: 2008 Yaris HB, 67 Fairlane 500 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Highland, CA Posts: 85	Hey Dathbauer, diggin your 'signature'. It's very Event Horizon of you

10-23-2009, 03:36 PM	#25
db662 Drives: 2010 yaris Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: New York Posts: 21	I usually just tell them that I don't need a car thats deemed by the masses as "fancy" to compensate for any "small short" comings...that usually embarrasses them - ESPECIALLY if I say something like that in front of girls (it's even better when they agree and say that "he's not lying either") Hope that helps

10-23-2009, 05:16 PM	#26
SpaceShot Drives: 2008 Yaris 5 speed HB Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: NH Posts: 171	Some racing disk hubcaps, and a sharkfin antenna can also change the look. And when looking at total economy: finance cost, fuel, and maintenance; the Yaris beats everything at the 5 year and 10 year intervals. (Prius, Fit, Mini, Insight, Smart, all of them) When they're struggling to pay down their student loans and other expenses, you'll be getting ready to buy your first place.

10-23-2009, 05:36 PM	#27
Bob Dog DARK PHASE OF THE MOON Drives: 07 liftback Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: the Boondocks, NC Posts: 993	jealousy, just jelousy

10-24-2009, 07:38 PM	#29
jimek Drives: 2009 yaris hatch 5 speed Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Hilltop, NJ Posts: 30	to me its weird when people talk about it being so small. its pretty massive as far as 2 door cars ive delt with are concerned.. i went from driving an 87 pointiac fiero gt to this so no one gets on me about the size because its almost literally double the size of my old car, just that i sold out..which i did but i needed something reliable and cheap

10-24-2009, 10:00 PM	#30
Wattz Drives: 2008 Yaris Hatch Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 36	What do your friends drive? Land barges? Sports cars? If you guys are in college and you're the only one driving an economy car, then you're the only one with your act straight. Make sure they know it when you're buying another beer and they're all out of money. Or, when you're taking your date to a nicer restaurant than they can. Things like that stick out. You may be frugal with your vehicle, but it lets you enjoy the other things in life that much more.

10-25-2009, 05:47 AM	#34
jambo101 Drives: yaris 08 sedan Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Montreal Canada Posts: 1,286	After owning a Miata for the last 7yrs i've heard all the comments,at first it was amusing and i'd come back with some witty retort but now when some one puts the feminine designation to my car i just say F--- O--

10-25-2009, 06:51 AM	#35
AND189 Banned View User's Garage Drives: 2 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: australia Posts: 329	mate had the same problem my mates have fast cars mx6 integra & audi a3 i guess you realy have to look at the strenths the car has i got the trd struts and springs sway bars and a set of 15" with hot tires mate i take them on around the corners no problems show them up any day any time they also answer "yeh mate we are faster then your girls car"... well my reply ha ha mate any monkey can by a fast car and go fast in strait lines you dont have the balls,car or skills to go through the corners... ha ha that shuts them up + tall blonde women sitting next to me ha ha