Yaris on the Autobahn? You betcha!

[genethekiller]

So, I registered not too long ago, but apparently my stuff expired since my move from NY to Germany. Anyway, for those of you that DON'T know, I'm in the Air Force and stationed in Germany.

I brought my US spec Yaris from the States and I'm FINALLY back on the road.

I just figured I'd give some info on what she can really do, because I've been hearing incessant whining on review sites about how the car "feels unsafe over 70 mph," or "the wind blows it around too much..."

I'm here to tell those critics, my fiance lives 5 hours away from me right now, and I come to visit her EVERY WEEKEND. That's 10 hours on the road both ways every week.

I was a little worried about how my little Yaris would compete on the Autobahn with the BMWs, Mercedes, Audis and Porches...

I thought I would be run over, but it handles like a dream. I routinely cruise for hours between 80 and 90 mph. I've even comfortably taken her over 100 mph passing slowpokes. So, I'm here to say to the critics, a guy who's driven his car in the snow piles of Syracuse, New York to the Autobahns in Germany. This car is IT. I can even get the awesome mileage going that fast. I have to fill up at the beginning and end of my weekly LITERALLY cross country trip from Landstuhl to Hannover.

Also, I know plenty of you who've suffered some poking fun at your Yaris'. I know I did before I left the states. But let me tell you, here in Europe, small is SMART. I can park this thing anywhere, and it is the most satisfying feeling in the world passing right by my friends at the gas station with their "Yank tanks" as they call them here, and passing them again when I'm zooming past them on the Autobahn!

I love this car, it takes me everywhere and never fails me. It's not even a year old yet and has 15,000 miles.

The Germans LOVE it too. I often got the question in the states, "where's the rat in the engine that runs it?" Here all I get is, "das ist ein schönes Auto!" Or, "that is a BEAUTIFUL car!"

YARIS FOREVER!