This May Be Why There are 6-Miles on New Yarii - Toyota Yaris Forums

60 Somethings · 01-22-2007, 01:24 AM

This picture appeared in the Portland, OR Oregonian this week.

Loading onto this or similar ship, plus unloading, parking in a HUGE receiving lot, running through the lot's shop for needed mods and then onto a transporter for the trip to the dealer could easilty account for the 6-miles most folks mentioned.

FYI: The accompaning article also the big lot here in Portland has something like 4,000 Mazdas being stored on it from the ship that almost sank off of Alaska - It said they plan to scrap them eventhough many seem undamaged.

hasher22 · 01-22-2007, 02:05 AM

Well yea? 6 miles or higher on any new car...no one can get a new car with 0 miles on it.

eTiMaGo · 01-22-2007, 04:03 AM

That's one huge ship! Friggin floating parking lot....

Black Yaris · 01-22-2007, 09:16 AM

how else do you think they get them on and off the boat? I am in Toledo (where they make Jeeps) and all of them are driven off the line to a holding lot 3-5 miles away, there are like 4 or 5 of these holding lots around town, it is kinda funny when they kick up production because there will be like 1,000,000 Jeep Liberty's all parked nicely in one parking lot.
Also my Dad works at one of the Dodge Ram Assembly plants in Warren, MI. They do about the same thing, but almost every car driven off the line they do a burn-out right off the line, my dad says it is funny to watch.

Yaris_Fan · 01-22-2007, 09:26 AM

and I took delivery right after it rolled off the truck at the dealership.

mikeukrainetz · 01-22-2007, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Black Yaris

Also my Dad works at one of the Dodge Ram Assembly plants in Warren, MI. They do about the same thing, but almost every car driven off the line they do a burn-out right off the line, my dad says it is funny to watch.

thats funny. Not new cars but my parents were at a dealership trying to buy a new toyota some years ago. one of the sales guys needed to move some cars on their lot and asked if I wanted to join him while I was waiting.
First car we hopped into was an mr2 and we did a couple of high speed laps/burnouts around the lot. Same went for the other two cars we moved. Curious how many new / used cars on a lot lose a bit of rubber this way?

tekmoe · 01-22-2007, 06:04 PM

mine had 8 before i took delivery. started with 6 and 2 were from my sales guy who went and filled'er up.

swng · 01-22-2007, 07:17 PM

Hehe......... I see this kind of ships very often because I live close to where some of them dock. I have even tried to see my Yaris rolling off the ship but could not. There are thousands of cars in each shipment.

01-22-2007, 01:24 AM	#1
60 Somethings Old Folks View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Yaris LB, 2006 4Runner V8 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Vancouver, USA Posts: 222	This May Be Why There are 6-Miles on New Yarii This picture appeared in the Portland, OR Oregonian this week. Loading onto this or similar ship, plus unloading, parking in a HUGE receiving lot, running through the lot's shop for needed mods and then onto a transporter for the trip to the dealer could easilty account for the 6-miles most folks mentioned. FYI: The accompaning article also the big lot here in Portland has something like 4,000 Mazdas being stored on it from the ship that almost sank off of Alaska - It said they plan to scrap them eventhough many seem undamaged. Attached Images __________________ We are the proud owners YARI - He's a loaded Silver LB with ATTITUDE!

01-22-2007, 02:05 AM	#2
hasher22 Look mum no stars!! Drives: Toyota Yaris 06 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Australia Sydney Posts: 1,469	Well yea? 6 miles or higher on any new car...no one can get a new car with 0 miles on it. __________________

01-22-2007, 04:03 AM	#3
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 7,744	That's one huge ship! Friggin floating parking lot.... __________________ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson Bye bye 1NZ...

01-22-2007, 09:16 AM	#4
Black Yaris der Zeck View User's Garage Drives: '05 Audi A4 1.8t quattro Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Toledo, OH Posts: 5,231	how else do you think they get them on and off the boat? I am in Toledo (where they make Jeeps) and all of them are driven off the line to a holding lot 3-5 miles away, there are like 4 or 5 of these holding lots around town, it is kinda funny when they kick up production because there will be like 1,000,000 Jeep Liberty's all parked nicely in one parking lot. Also my Dad works at one of the Dodge Ram Assembly plants in Warren, MI. They do about the same thing, but almost every car driven off the line they do a burn-out right off the line, my dad says it is funny to watch. __________________

01-22-2007, 09:26 AM	#5
Yaris_Fan Drives: Liftback Auto Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Louisiana Posts: 64	Mine had 8 miles and I took delivery right after it rolled off the truck at the dealership.

01-22-2007, 06:04 PM	#7
tekmoe ex-yaris owner View User's Garage Drives: 08 solstice gxp, 06 triumph s3 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: dallas, texas Posts: 344	mine had 8 before i took delivery. started with 6 and 2 were from my sales guy who went and filled'er up.

01-22-2007, 07:17 PM	#8
swng Drives: 06 3-dr auto RS Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: BC Posts: 1,051	Hehe......... I see this kind of ships very often because I live close to where some of them dock. I have even tried to see my Yaris rolling off the ship but could not. There are thousands of cars in each shipment.

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