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[DebbyM46227]

Even if you had the dealer install fog lights on your Yaris to make you happier with it, it's a heck of a lot cheaper than buying the Tacoma or the Mustang.

When I was your age I lived at home and always had to have the "latest" new car that came out. Then another model would come out and I had to have IT to make me happy, then another, so on and so on, and if I'd not done that, I would have a heck of a lot more money in the bank today.

[Kal-El]

Originally Posted by .Kevin.

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I only got the yaris cause its my dads dream car not mine.

Anyways I guess I'll just save to be safe. Sigh the only thing that pisses me off about the Yaris is it didnt even come with foglights and dealers here charge a fortune and I cant buy any offline.

sigh I will learn to love you Yaris.

Who cares about fog lights?

What does your father drive? Curious since the Yaris is HIS "dream car". Don't know why that would result in you owning one.

[maxxman420]

dont buy the v6 mustang. might look cool and what not, but seriosly i beat one with my yaris. you will definately regret it because gas is going to sky rocket soon and you will be crying

[Kal-El]

Originally Posted by maxxman420

dont buy the v6 mustang. might look cool and what not, but seriosly i beat one with my yaris. you will definately regret it because gas is going to sky rocket soon and you will be crying

Seriously. When gas shoots up Kevin, you'll beat yourself up for selling the Yaris.

Notice it's going against traditional trends. It's going up entering winter after being level all summer. One of the reasons is because of the weakening dollar.
We ain't seen nothin' yet. Hyper inflation may be coming.

[kimona]

Kevin lives in Canada where gas is already considerably more expensive than the States. In Prince Rupert, BC, gas prices are equivalent to about $4.30-$4.50 per US gallon!

[cali yaris]

the only thing that pisses me off about the Yaris is it didnt even come with foglights and dealers here charge a fortune and I cant buy any offline.

uh, no.

http://shop.microimageonline.com/Fog...N-FL-SD-01.htm

[JBougie]

You guys ... it's a V6. Gas isn't going to be that bad. There are plenty other valid reasons he shouldn't purchase that car, but gas mileage isn't a really good reason. The V8 gets 26-28mpg highway. And still does cool stuff like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f23wRxvc_qA

hehe *drool*

So yeah, the whole gas mileage thing isn't a valid reason IMO, when the average Yaris is only getting 32mpg highway.

[Kal-El]

So Kevin, what is it again that you don't like about the Yaris? Is it the styling or the performance? Something else?

Just trying to get a sense so we can try to help you out with ideas.

Here's some excellent examples of modded sedans. If you're bored with the sedan, try some of this and surely you'll fall in love. It will be more cost effective for you to do a bunch of mods than to get a Mustang, for example.

Kevin, I know you've probably seen most of these, but I figured I'd throw some together. How can you not love this car!?!?!

Here's some of my favorites...(hope the members here don't mind me posting their cars)




(same car, different phase)

[fnkngrv]

^ what about mine???




just kidding...

Kevin, Like Garm said, you can purchase from him. You really need to contact him directly and he WILL find a way for you to be able to pay for the parts. I know that you have difficulty with payment types with your situation. Are you registered on MI yet? Do you have Garm's email (mcroimg@gmail.com)? Hell, you could even do a money order and send it certified or through Fedex Envelope to him. Pick up a set of fogs and put out an APB for someone on either YW or MI to meet you somewhere perhaps on a weekend and knock out the install if you need assistance.

[1stToyota]

Originally Posted by .Kevin.

You guys missed the part where I am paying for it, my dad is just getting the car since I cant due to being under aged.

As for spoiled? My dads lesson to me was buying an old shitty mustang and making me restore it.

I have a yaris and this thing in a storage unit, I only got the yaris cause its my dads dream car not mine.

Anyways I guess I'll just save to be safe. Sigh the only thing that pisses me off about the Yaris is it didnt even come with foglights and dealers here charge a fortune and I cant buy any offline.

sigh I will learn to love you Yaris.

I think your dad is just being smart by helping you decide on the intelligent choice (Yaris) before he lets you loose behind the wheel of the classic Mustang. You need to establish a good driving record first, my guess.

As for the Yaris, a few tasteful mods and you'll learn to love it quickly enough, and w/o having to buy vehicles that are far more expensive.

Something like this beauty...

[why?]

dude, at this point this has nothing to do with money. You are just spinning your tires to do anything different.

Just stop. Take a week at least and drive what you have. Think of it this way, you crash the yaris and no big deal. You crash something else that you just bought and it is just that much more money and headache. Take a couple years, learn to beat the heck out of the yaris, and after college when you have a real job you can buy something cool, and by then you will be able to drive the classic around a bit as well.

you are in the years when you should have an inexpensive car you can beat on. The yaris fits that perfectly.

and if you really want something different, get a cheap beater car. something that you can have some fun with, but that won't kill you to get into some trouble with. there are a bunch of fun inexpensive rear wheel drive cars out there that can be had for a few grand at most.

[.Kevin.]

Yaris is decent looking and from bare stock I've modded it up abit it's just why make a car look fast that doesn't go fast, why try to make it fast lol I got owned by a god damn cavlier and sunfire on the highway just trying the cars limits out feels miserable even a corolla would of been sweeter. v6 has speed but not tons if what I wanted in the first place a yaris is like "...." no matter what lol and a cavalier is a 4 cylinder efficient in fuel yet goes faster and they cost like 3 grand lol, only good thing about my car is its brand new.

And I can drive pretty well I used to go to the track in my old mustang.

Also my dad drives a 2005 Toyota Echo, he even tried to get me to buy a 5 dr hatchback cause he liked it lol, and I endedu p with this because its the only thing he wanted yet when we could afford another in the first place.

As for Garm, How the hell do I buy that? I got no creditcard paypal is a dick with my bank I have no idea how to get my money to you unless Royal Bank of Canada exists there its shit.

And fog lights is my favorite part of a vehicle, and I dont have them plus winter fog here is so bad that its nice to have them.

Gas here isn't what you'd call cheap.

Pic is also my car if it matters. Last thing I added to it was a rear sway bar

hope I answered more questions I tried to summarize this. I also have a radar detector for a car that has 105 hp lol its ridiculos

[.Kevin.]

Forgot the picture

[djct_watt]

If speed is such a big deal, get a motorcycle. No matter what kind of car you get, something will embarrass the @#($&@#$() out of it. Any bike will embarass a car, unless it's ridiculously modified to the point of lunacy. Even a basic commute bike like a Katana 600 (my first bike) would walk all over most sports cars. 11 second 1/4 mile. . . on a bike that all other bikers make fun of for being slow. You could buy one for less than $2000. After getting into bikes, I realized that ALL cars are extremely slow, unless you've got BIG money for something ridiculous. Learn to ride properly (and not like a squid), have the right safety equipment and gear, and you'll enjoy it far more than any sports car.

I've driven tons of exotics, and we even have a few in the family (which I occassionally borrow), but I'd take a ride on a liter bike (imported bikes cost well over $25K here) over ANY sports car, anyday.

[.Kevin.]

It's not about going fast, it's being ABLE to. I never speed but when a shit head thinkin hes cool rolls up with his walmart tinted windows in a cavalier and rapes my life it's sad in my miind lol.

My radar detector is kinda useless seeing as cops dont even look at me because if I am speeding, it's cause I'm trying to get this thing to go fast.

[djct_watt]

So you want to get noticed MORE by cops and get MORE tickets???? When I had an xA (pretty much identical to the Yaris) in the USA, I never had a problem getting tickets. I frequently drove from SF to LA maintining about 110MPH (topped out at 118 on a 5spd). Here in Thailand, I frequently cruise at 160-180KPH (100-112MPH). That's plenty fast (too much at that) and I have no problem getting to those speeds. . .

Beware that even in a Mustang, there will be some rusty sleeper car that will embarass it. It's not hard to go fast, and there will ALWAYS be faster cars out there. If you can't get over that, then you will never be happy with any car. I knew a guy with an old datsun that would smoke motorcycles. . . and he did it for VERY little money (350ci motor dropped in). It's never fun to get beat by another car, but what's worse is if you actually care. The true fact is that very people in this world care which of two retarded cars is faster. Unless you have something exotic and truly special, nobody except for forum geeks care. If it matters that much to you, go for it. But yeah, from someone with experience (and others will tell you too); no matter what car you get, those feelings will linger as there will always be faster cars around. . .

[.Kevin.]

Only faster car than a mustang here in my small town is a shelby that comes out on saturday, the old man drives it around everywhere literally all day on purpose he just stops to eat lol i talked with him once when I was in my first gen

[tk-421]

Originally Posted by .Kevin.

Sigh the only thing that pisses me off about the Yaris is it didnt even come with foglights and dealers here charge a fortune and I cant buy any offline.

Why is getting them offline a big deal? Just curious...
Especially when you can get them for really low prices. Got $25?