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Inspector14 · 11-21-2009, 01:31 PM

Three and a half years ago (my story starts way back then) i owned a 2000 Ford escort zx2. when i graduated college and started my full time career i had the money to replace the aged (and broken) escort with something i hoped would be more reliable.

spring 2007 is when i started looking for a replacement, and i had seen the yaris commercials on TV, had seen several LB's running arround town, and finally (after calling the dealer a hundred times) managed to catch a LB on the lot before the car was delivered to its owner.

the local dealer is the ONLY toyota dealer in the region (south central alaska) and they were only getting a trickle of Yarii.

once i drove the car that one time, i knew that was my car. price was too high tough (these were fully kitted out ones they were getting $15K+) and the salesman told me they would not be getting any of the stripped out ones i had read about. so i left, heartbroken.

i wound up with a VW Jetta TDI (another car i had wanted forever) what a rolling TURD! in the 2 years i owned that car i replaced: Battery, Timing belt (30K miles early), water pump, clutch, flywheel, and was getting ready fora tear down of the injection pump. thousands of dollars burned on that POS.

one day last december, that jetta stranded me at work for the third time in a week. once i got it started i drove home, changed, and went straight to toyota. 2 hrs later i had my shiney new '09 LB the stripped out base model, paid in full.

i love the looks, mileage, handling, and the fact that its not very common up here.

that was a long write up. but i have a need to set up my stories.

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11-21-2009, 01:31 PM	#11
Inspector14 Drives: 09 Yaris hatch, Meteor Metal Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Anchorage, AK Posts: 60	Three and a half years ago (my story starts way back then) i owned a 2000 Ford escort zx2. when i graduated college and started my full time career i had the money to replace the aged (and broken) escort with something i hoped would be more reliable. spring 2007 is when i started looking for a replacement, and i had seen the yaris commercials on TV, had seen several LB's running arround town, and finally (after calling the dealer a hundred times) managed to catch a LB on the lot before the car was delivered to its owner. the local dealer is the ONLY toyota dealer in the region (south central alaska) and they were only getting a trickle of Yarii. once i drove the car that one time, i knew that was my car. price was too high tough (these were fully kitted out ones they were getting $15K+) and the salesman told me they would not be getting any of the stripped out ones i had read about. so i left, heartbroken. i wound up with a VW Jetta TDI (another car i had wanted forever) what a rolling TURD! in the 2 years i owned that car i replaced: Battery, Timing belt (30K miles early), water pump, clutch, flywheel, and was getting ready fora tear down of the injection pump. thousands of dollars burned on that POS. one day last december, that jetta stranded me at work for the third time in a week. once i got it started i drove home, changed, and went straight to toyota. 2 hrs later i had my shiney new '09 LB the stripped out base model, paid in full. i love the looks, mileage, handling, and the fact that its not very common up here. that was a long write up. but i have a need to set up my stories.