Who had the highest mileage?

[daf62757]

Just curious who has the highest mileage on their Yaris. Obviously the older cars will have the most, but I am wondering what I can expect out of mine since I am going to drive it for about 7-12 more years. Not because I can't afford it, but I love the size of the car and I think it should last that long.

[mazilla]

I have the highest overall mileage(485,000mi), but my motor was swapped at about 300,000 because it was cheaper.

[bronsin]

Its more likely that driving a car 100,000 miles a year will get 500,000 miles of service out of a car than driving it 25,000 miles a year will.

Once a car hits 10 years bad things start to happen...

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Mazilla, I think trini4performance has 500k+ miles by now. I know he's slowed down on racking up the mileage, but he hasn't replaced anything major yet, iirc.

[nookandcrannycar]

Kaotic, See Trini's 'Finally 450,000 miles' post. Trini replaced his clutch on September 3rd 2011 at 448,000 miles and replaced his oxygen sensor on February 8th 2012 at 459,000 miles. That's 11,000 miles in 5 months and 5 days...if Trini has stayed at that accumulation rate since February 8th 2012 and Mazilla has stayed at his last stated accumulation rate (500 miles per week), then Trini hasn't caught Mazilla and never will given that stated accumulation rate. I think Mazilla (in addition to his Military service) is brave to make a car with such high mileage (even given the engine replacement and the business maintenance documentation the car must have had) his personal car/daily driver, but personally putting all the slightly fewer miles on a new car (as Trini has) will be a different, and at least equal achievement when both cars get to the end of their 'lives'.

[Strider199]

In a decade I will be able to compete in this thread but right now my 2012 only has 20,000km on her. My previous VW's all had over 750,000kms on them when they were traded in or in the last case written off. I look forward in seeing if this Yaris will hold up.

[mazilla]

Still putting in work M-F(@ approx 110 miles per day)


and showing the car :-)




I love me some Toyota reliability

[racerb]

Just bought a 2010 Yaris with 96,000 on it to go with my '98 Rav4 with 193,000 and my '01 Tundra with 178,000. The absolute most I've put on any of my Toyotas, was my '94 T-100 that I put 240,000 on and sold 6 years ago and I still see the new owner driving it around. The only re-accuring issue I've had with nearly every Toyota I've owned, is power steering pumps having replaced 6 out of 10 vehicle pumps.

racerb

[why?]

oh how i hated the courier business. You're brave for staying in it.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

Kaotic, See Trini's 'Finally 450,000 miles' post. Trini replaced his clutch on September 3rd 2011 at 448,000 miles and replaced his oxygen sensor on February 8th 2012 at 459,000 miles. That's 11,000 miles in 5 months and 5 days...if Trini has stayed at that accumulation rate since February 8th 2012 and Mazilla has stayed at his last stated accumulation rate (500 miles per week), then Trini hasn't caught Mazilla and never will given that stated accumulation rate. I think Mazilla (in addition to his Military service) is brave to make a car with such high mileage (even given the engine replacement and the business maintenance documentation the car must have had) his personal car/daily driver, but personally putting all the slightly fewer miles on a new car (as Trini has) will be a different, and at least equal achievement when both cars get to the end of their 'lives'.

Ah, thought Trini had more than that. Clutch isn't a major change imo, especially at that mileage he changed it at. Surprised it lasted that long.

[mazilla]

Originally Posted by why?

oh how i hated the courier business. You're brave for staying in it.

I'm the president. We have almost 500 employees(between my company and my fathers).

[why?]

Originally Posted by mazilla

I'm the president. We have almost 500 employees(between my company and my fathers).

and you are still driving? Wow. That is a large company.

[mazilla]

Originally Posted by why?

and you are still driving? Wow. That is a large company.

I've been running a local route for a couple of months(extra money is extra money), otherwise I was commuting from SD to my Corporate office in Glendale and my dad's corporate office in Riverside for the last couple of years...the last year or so in the Yaris. I have about 50 employees, the rest are his. He doesn't have to worry about an extra thousand or so a month, for me it's play money for the Yaris(or one of my other toys) and a little extra in the savings.

[nookandcrannycar]

Yeah, I don't think my clutch will last as long as Trini's clutch. I bought some hiking boots when my Yaris had about 207,000 miles on it...great boots, but my driver side carpeted floor mat (the mats came with the car) developed a big hole in it, so I took that mat out of the car. I had experienced a very slight 'clunkiness' (I'm probably not describing this very well---it was especially noticeable when shifting into reverse) just about the entire time I've owned the car. I drove my Yaris about an hour after I took the floor mat out and the 'clunkiness' was gone and hasn't returned. I think it may be that pre mat removal the clutch wasn't engaging completely/properly. I now have 216,337 miles on my car and don't have any issues with the clutch or transmission (both original), but I can only wonder how having the mat there effected the life of the clutch and possibly the transmission. The mats on my car were a factory option included on the factory sticker, but given the nature of mats (ease of installation and removal) I wonder if Toyota allows fulfillment of this option at the discretion of the distributor by the dealer. This MIGHT allow for mats not designed by Toyota engineers to work specifically with Yari to be used in the car. I only saw new Yari with floor mats when I was shopping for my Yaris. I've never seen Yari being unloaded at a Toyota dealer to know if they already have the mats inside the cars at that point.

[DJ_Trizzak]

I have 216,000 clicks - 2007 Yaris, got it in 2006 - 12 years old

also my SERPENTINE BELT snapped - got it replaced last week!

[DevilGirl]

Originally Posted by mazilla

[IMG]Still putting in work M-F(@ approx 110 miles per day)
I love me some Toyota reliability

Originally Posted by why?

oh how i hated the courier business. You're brave for staying in it.

You don't have to be in the courier business to rack up 500+ miles a week. I commute 100 miles a day if I take the train for part of my commute, and about 150 miles a day if I drive all the way in to work. My minimum is 500 a week, but could be up to 750 a week depending on which modes of transportation I choose.

On average, I put about 32,000-35,000 miles on the car a year. 2009 hatch bought 8/7/09, 78,881 at last fill up (yesterday afternoon), but add about 100 miles to that and that's how many is on it as of arriving to work this morning.

[bronsin]

Lucky me my commute is 6.5 miles each way.

Heck years ago I rode my bicycle to work!

[daf62757]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

Yeah, I don't think my clutch will last as long as Trini's clutch. I bought some hiking boots when my Yaris had about 207,000 miles on it...great boots, but my driver side carpeted floor mat (the mats came with the car) developed a big hole in it, so I took that mat out of the car. I had experienced a very slight 'clunkiness' (I'm probably not describing this very well---it was especially noticeable when shifting into reverse) just about the entire time I've owned the car. I drove my Yaris about an hour after I took the floor mat out and the 'clunkiness' was gone and hasn't returned. I think it may be that pre mat removal the clutch wasn't engaging completely/properly. I now have 216,337 miles on my car and don't have any issues with the clutch or transmission (both original), but I can only wonder how having the mat there effected the life of the clutch and possibly the transmission. The mats on my car were a factory option included on the factory sticker, but given the nature of mats (ease of installation and removal) I wonder if Toyota allows fulfillment of this option at the discretion of the distributor by the dealer. This MIGHT allow for mats not designed by Toyota engineers to work specifically with Yari to be used in the car. I only saw new Yari with floor mats when I was shopping for my Yaris. I've never seen Yari being unloaded at a Toyota dealer to know if they already have the mats inside the cars at that point.

I know that different regions in the country have different dealer practices with respect to options. I bought a Toyota Tercel from an Alabama dealer back in 83 and everything was an option that you paid extra for. I was in the Army and transferred away and noticed the same car at a different dealer didn't charge. The Alabama dealer...and the whole region...were charging for OEM options that were installed at the factory. This was before the internet so people's ability to check other regions was very restricted. The bottom line, dealers are thieves. They lie to you to make more money. Information and knowledge are your self defense weapons against them.