1yr old Yaris 5spd sedan S w/150,000+miles

[Thotprawsis]

Originally Posted by johnnyfive

in a yaris?....

Who would suspect a yaris?

[Motorhead6T5]

Mid 15's hahahahah....funny. Mid 16's maybe

[johnnyfive]

Originally Posted by Thotprawsis

Who would suspect a yaris?

i was thinking soda...lol you just may be right...lol

[flagmunkey]

so 7 hours twice daily. +8 horus sleep.. thats 22 hours a day just busy. 2 hours to eat, do whatever you do in Tampa,....... im still skeptical...

[trini_per4mance]

Here's the long awaited video clip of the Yaris going from 149,999 to 150k. This video was taken while I was driving on the Florida Turnpike. If you listen carefully, you can hear the cars and trucks go by as I pull over onto the shoulder.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehlcPg51SY8

[ttufrosty]

And I thought my 27,000 miles in one year was alot. Gives me great hope that my great car can last a long long time.

[trini_per4mance]

Originally Posted by Thirty-Nine

So what is it you do that requires so much driving then?

I use to deliver unprocessed checks for Bank of America from one processng center in Miami to another in Tampa from April 2006 - April 2007. Now I pickup specimen from several clinics all over south Florida for a labatory from April 2007 to present day. In case you guys are wondering, the $$$ is well worth it. And the $$$ I saved on gas on a monthly basis by using this Yaris, I actually saved $$$ by buying this Yaris. I get anywhere from 40mpg@80mph to 50mpg@70mph highway driving. I do very little city driving. I use to spend $1600/monthly on gas using a 2000 Mazda Protege that I still have with 400,000 miles on it and never touched the engine except for maintenence reasons. With the Yaris I put $1200/montly. That's $400 savings on gas which is the same as a montly car payment.

[nqd]

thats CGI totally fake!!!!!...haha jk

[trini_per4mance]

Originally Posted by flagmunkey

so 7 hours twice daily. +8 horus sleep.. thats 22 hours a day just busy. 2 hours to eat, do whatever you do in Tampa,....... im still skeptical...

Nope, I use to drive 550 miles in 7 hours in one night from Miami to Tampa and back. Now I drive 550 miles a from Fort Lauderdale to Jupiter and back twice and then from Fort Lauderdale to Naples once. Now I drive from 9am - 11pm/6 days a week with a 2.5 hour lunch break.

[trini_per4mance]

Originally Posted by Pavel Olavich

Come on you young Turks....this guy is full of Sheeeet! He'd have to average 412 miles a day for the entire year! Most professional Truckers don't drive this far....sheesh!

I actually have a friend who drives a tractor trailer across the USA and he got a brand new truck in May 2006. When I bought my Yaris in August 2006, he had 44,000 miles on his truck already. When I hit my 1yr anniversary on August 2007, I had 152,000 on my yaris and my friend had 161,000 miles on his tractor trailer. I closed in a gap from 44,000 miles to 9,000 miles in 1yr without leaving the state of Florida, whilst my friend was driving across the whole country. Now isn't that a great accomplishment?

[trini_per4mance]

Oh, and for those who still doubt me, I have proof of purchase for cases of oil filters, spark plugs and proof of my work with date and time stamps. And I also have my IRS tax return proof where I claimed mileage for my whole year's income.

[trini_per4mance]

Here's another video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz5uB6DuyX8

[contraband831]

Originally Posted by trini_per4mance

Here's another video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz5uB6DuyX8

Nice! so, you live off of mileage? i need to get a job like yours because i love to drive and i can handle long ass trips like that-

[fu_im_from_texas]

either you've wasted a lot of time faking proof... or, you've got a TON of miles on your yaris ... either way... welcome to YW... i suspect people were skeptical because your first post was (on the surface) unbelievable...

please keep us updated on mileage, and work done on your car... a lot of us hope to drive the wheels of our yari ... you will make for an excellent benchmark...

[sherryberry]

my gosh.. so much driving. Do you have a family yet? I can imagine that if you do, it must be real hard on them. anywho, I can see this kind of job good for the short run... but hm.. not for long term but that's just me.

[trini_per4mance]

Originally Posted by sherryberry

my gosh.. so much driving. Do you have a family yet? I can imagine that if you do, it must be real hard on them. anywho, I can see this kind of job good for the short run... but hm.. not for long term but that's just me.

Yes, I do. I actually got married Jan 2007. You're right it's kinda hard on the family, that's why I'm slowly getting out of this kinda job.

[sherryberry]

ooh congrats on recently being married! yah i cannot see how you can have time to relax, spend time with family, work, and be online!! there are only 24 hours to a day! amazin. u must not sleep.. hehe

[aca72]

Impressive! Toyota should offer you to make an info-mercial about of your Yaris.

Keep us updated.