How to drive my 2007 Yaris forever

[komichal]

My 2007 Yaris rusts as well, obviously Czech Republic is rust-positive :(
I will see what my "STK" indicates in July, I may quickly become interested in exactly the same topic.
However... does it make sense for car with 250,000 km ?

[heistp]

Originally Posted by komichal

My 2007 Yaris rusts as well, obviously Czech Republic is rust-positive :(
I will see what my "STK" indicates in July, I may quickly become interested in exactly the same topic.
However... does it make sense for car with 250,000 km ?

Dobrý den. I think with STK it depends who the technician is. The guy two years ago was friendly and the report was "clean", žadné problémy. I don't think that much changed so fast. The tech this year was listing everything he could. It was lucky I just restored one headlight that was yellowing (by sanding and clear-coating it), because he tested the headlight intensity and I would have failed for sure.

If this spray works, in my opinion it still makes sense for a car with high kilometers, if it doesn't have anything else major wrong. Even if you have to spend 2000 Kc on it, the cost of replacing a frame or suspension part will be much higher, and at that point you'll think about a new car. Each year you don't have to buy a new car is worth a lot for the wallet and environment.

[firebird1999us]

I've got 360k miles on mine... which translates to about 579,000km. Just oil changes, belt changes, general maintenance, one starter, 2 alternators, and like 4 batterys

Actually just bought a 2019 Corolla to take over in the event of catastrophe because this is uncharterd territory for me with a car... I'll continue driving the Yaris until something major happens, garage it, and eventually get it fixed.