New here with a 2014 Yaris LE

[Dodge Aries K]

Didn't see an intro place so I figured I'd post here.

I recently purchased a slightly used 2014 Yaris LE with 38K on the clock. It's existence now that I own it will be to take massive amounts of abuse as a "taxi" doing Uber and Lyft rides all over the greater Chicago area. I've ran it one day out there so far and it does pretty all right... not as good on gas as the 2005 Prius it's replacing but it's definitely more comfortable (for me) and more pleasant to drive. I've had some Echos in the past that are still on the road with over 200,000 miles and I'm hoping this little bugger will do the same.



There's a few things about the car I really don't like... the biggest being the fact that the rear seating doesn't really have lighting which I find to be a problem. Second, the lack of variable intermittent wipers for the front and back (which I found apparent fixes for on here) that I want to address. Third, on my old Prius I was able to enable the security system with the TIS but on this car apparently you can't do that unless you have a smart key system which it obviously doesn't have. We ran into this same thing with my buddy's Prius C that he has. Finally, I hate wheel covers so I'll eventually find a set of 15" rims from another Yaris or a Prius C to go on here.

Besides those things (and the resulting car payment for the next 6-ish years) the car seems to be pretty good. I like the seats, it's very comfortable for the 18-20 hour work days I pull in the car. Rear seating is pretty decent for what it is. Plus, it's kind of quirky which is neat. A ton of the reviews I saw said it's so slow and horrible but... ehh... it seems more than adequate for what it's supposed to be.

Anyway, I'll be using this car for the next 10 or 11 years so I'll be scouring the forums here to try to find anything I can to make the car nicer or better. Thanks for having me.