Yaris life expectancy

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Originally Posted by djct_watt

In modern times, many cars make it to the scrapyard because they have more value as scrap than as a car. . . but it doesn't mean that they don't run. I mean, would you really buy a 1981 Toyota, even if it ran? What would you pay for it? $50? You'd get more for scrapping it. Being that you can get fairly new vehicles for very little money, it doesn't happen often in the USA.

Depends on how well it runs and how well it's maintained, you see 80s cars all the time on CL here that generally sell for between 1 to 2 grand.

Anything less than that and it's generally mechanics looking to trade or sell project vehicles.

Depends on the car too, an old CJ (44-86) that's been restored with SoA lift for off road typically won't sell for less than 4000. Aesthetics counts for something too.

Heck even the oldest model TJs (97) maintain their value fairly well as they're still easy to maintain and much easier to customize for lift than their leaf sprung predecessors.