Persuade me to buy a Yaris!

[carnageehw]

Originally Posted by TONIZZLE

Good point. With the 4Runner I only fill up once a week. If I get the Yaris I would need to get blizzaks.

I just remembered about inflation when comparing the price of my 4Runner back in '99 to today. So it's like trading in a $51K car for an $18K car. And I don't know if it really matters, but my 4Runner was assembled in Japan. Just like to throw that in. http://www.usinflationcalculator.com/

If you fill up once a week with a not-very-fuel-efficient 4runner, I won't even say a high MPG car is even something you should care about.

While the Yaris is pretty good with good winter tires, I'd only trade in your 4runner if it's on it's last legs.

[TONIZZLE]

Originally Posted by carnageehw

If you fill up once a week with a not-very-fuel-efficient 4runner, I won't even say a high MPG car is even something you should care about.

While the Yaris is pretty good with good winter tires, I'd only trade in your 4runner if it's on it's last legs.

That's true. I can just use the loan money on repairs for the 4Runner. Though the repairs are adding.

Here's what I will need to do to the 4Runner in the next year:

Timing belt + water pump = $1200
Brakes + Rotors = $500
New Cat (maybe can wait since I passed emissions 2/11) = $500

The loan for the Yaris would be around $6K. Has 11K miles, S pkg w/ sunroof (seems rare). Other than oil changes, I don't expect any major service for a long time.