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147K-Blue / 24K-Yellow
Drives: 2010 Ylw 3dr. AT(Blue-Wife's) Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: North Branch, MN
Posts: 78
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Other than I'm a newbie and nobody will care as this topic is old.. I'm not starting a posting war!
I am a VERY large guy,(5'11" 375#) and 4/5 door cars are a freaking joke, and high MPG's are a must (100 mile round trip daily), and low price, so with that said I had very few options especially considering some of the cars in my list were discontinued at the end of 2010 with no 3dr replacements. My 3dr options were, Yaris, Accent, Cobalt, Focus. I went with repair records, and mpg reports and of those, the Yaris was obviously the winner, the biggest plus on the maint. side of things (the timing chain) most of the others use a belt...I'm old school, steel is stronger and more durable than rubber. OK that's off my chest! Now for those of you who think an Auto equipped Yaris is slow, You obviously have never driven a early 80's Ford pickup with the carburetor equipped inline six! It did the job, but really slow, even slower with an auto. 0-60 was in the 25-35 second range! As for Noise and the Bumpy ride, you're kidding right? I only hear noise at above the posted limits, and the ride of this car is better than all of the others on my list. These cars are Econoboxes built for long life on the highway getting high MPG's, not a freakin' Cadillac XLR! I will agree... The gas pedal is touchy, the brakes are scary good! The center gauge is different, and the dash does collect dust easy, and CR and almost every other "Consumer Information Magazine/website" are biased by who advertises, and are totally useless even as bath tissue! I love my leftover '10 Yaris, and this website is awesome, after all, where else have you seen a car like mine with a plow? Thats my two pennies, now I'll shut up
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All Weather Package, Power Package, Cruise, WeatherTech Floor Mats. Altimax Arctic Winter Tires. Repair List: 1 new blower motor, making funny noise. @ 91K (Water pump @ 120K) Mod List: 1. Black tape on most of the annoying blue high beam light behind the lens. (thank you CTScott) |
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