Alabama?

[RedStickHam]

Originally Posted by Yaristrocrat

Mobile, AL Yaris owner here! Since I bought my Yaris, I've seen at least 3 Yarii in town. One of my co-workers supposedly has one also, but I have yet to see it in the parking lot at work. Hopefully, I'll discover more around town, but right now, I'm enjoying being one of the chosen few.

I live in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and it is kind of cool to be one of the few. At my job, there's a green Yaris sedan and a black hatchback in the parking lot, and there was on in the visitor lot yesterday. I've also seen a blue-green Yaris hatchback around town as well. Those are the only ones I've seen in the area. The attorney handling my accident claim told me a friend of her's has one as well.

There aren't alot of us around yet, but as gas prices get higher, I'm sure there will be.

RedStickHam

[Yaristrocrat]

Originally Posted by RedStickHam

I live in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and it is kind of cool to be one of the few. At my job, there's a green Yaris sedan and a black hatchback in the parking lot, and there was on in the visitor lot yesterday. I've also seen a blue-green Yaris hatchback around town as well. Those are the only ones I've seen in the area. The attorney handling my accident claim told me a friend of her's has one as well.

There aren't alot of us around yet, but as gas prices get higher, I'm sure there will be.

RedStickHam

Sadly, it seems there are a lot more Aveos and Focuses in Mobile than Yarii. I have noticed that my Yaris has an evil twin, though. I've seen another Bayou Blue Yaris that looks identical to mine roaming the streets in my part of town.

I agree about the gas prices. I don't know why more Americans haven't jumped on the small car bandwagon since 9/11. It's not like oil prices are ever going to get back to the "good old days" when gas was going for $1.25 a gallon. I'm still amazed at how many new gas guzzler pickups I see on the road. I guess old habits die hard.

[RedStickHam]

Originally Posted by Yaristrocrat

Sadly, it seems there are a lot more Aveos and Focuses in Mobile than Yarii. I have noticed that my Yaris has an evil twin, though. I've seen another Bayou Blue Yaris that looks identical to mine roaming the streets in my part of town.

I agree about the gas prices. I don't know why more Americans haven't jumped on the small car bandwagon since 9/11. It's not like oil prices are ever going to get back to the "good old days" when gas was going for $1.25 a gallon. I'm still amazed at how many new gas guzzler pickups I see on the road. I guess old habits die hard.

I originally wanted to get a Focus, mainly because before my Hyundai, all I'd ever driven was Ford, but couldn't find one in my area that was equipped the way I wanted it, and I didn't want to have to order one and wait because my car had been totalled and I needed a new car.

I went with the Yaris because it was the cheapest new car I could find in my area that I could drive off the lot right away. 3 months later, I'm happy with it and I'm ready for gas prices going up again<grin>.

RedStickHam