Looking to buy a new yaris hatch!!

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Originally Posted by Sidicas

My last car was a two door Saturn. Don't underestimate the 2-doors, they can be advantageous. Less cracks and crevices for air to leak means a cooler car in the summer and a warmer car in the winter. As the car ages, if you don't put chemicals on the rubber door seals, it will stiffen up and then start to crack.. Next thing you know, you start getting drafts of cold air in the winter and your A/C just doesn't seem to work as well no matter how many times the service guys tell you there's nothing wrong with it. The other thing that I see happen a lot on pretty much every car we've ever owned (mostly GM cars) is the rubber seals on the doors start to fall off and you have to glue 'em back on. The more doors you have, the more work it is to maintain and the more likely you're going to have a poor seal somewhere.

Don't forget, you need to keep your doors greased / oiled too. Again, more doors is more work. On my mom's car, we never really oiled the door hinges and then just looking at them recently, I noticed that the metal is grinding itself down. There's considerable wear on the door hinges and where the metal has grinded itself down, the rust is really starting to take over.

I went with a 3 DR Yaris, I pick it up on Saturday.

all seals on my 11 year old 4runner are like new.

you were buying crappy cars