500,000 miles on my Yaris.

[mazilla]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

I agree. Most things I'd have to pay someone else to do and trini chronicling his journey as he has lets me know that I can probably stretch to 400k (or close to it) without any drama nor much expense.

That's true, there were about 15 other Yaris over 350,000miles where I bought mine. At 445,000 literally the only things changed had been the motor(they had an on-site mechanic that traded labor for rent so it was cheaper than parts) brakes and fluids.


There were 600,000 mile Echos that were still in service.



In the courier industry Toyota is the go-to for a reason. These high mileages often surprise people, those of us that drive for a living are used to seeing 500,000 mile vehicles quite often. One thing that did surprise me about the Yaris however, these specific cars were company owned and driven by employees. As you can imagine people don't exactly treat their work cars like their personal vehicles...surprise surprise. Given that, I was stunned to find that a car with dozens of different drivers each with their own individual bad habits, each under pressure to be on time had managed to last just as long as the ones personally owned and cared for by my employees. There is something to be said for a car that can take on just about any driver and still be reliable after a half-million miles or more.

[fnkngrv]

Originally Posted by mazilla

In the courier industry Toyota is the go-to for a reason.

There is a courier that travels from VT to here in northern Maine every day with his sedan. I really need to stop him one day and talk with him a bit if he can spare the cycles.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by mazilla

That's true, there were about 15 other Yaris over 350,000miles where I bought mine. At 445,000 literally the only things changed had been the motor(they had an on-site mechanic that traded labor for rent so it was cheaper than parts) brakes and fluids.


There were 600,000 mile Echos that were still in service.



In the courier industry Toyota is the go-to for a reason. These high mileages often surprise people, those of us that drive for a living are used to seeing 500,000 mile vehicles quite often. One thing that did surprise me about the Yaris however, these specific cars were company owned and driven by employees. As you can imagine people don't exactly treat their work cars like their personal vehicles...surprise surprise. Given that, I was stunned to find that a car with dozens of different drivers each with their own individual bad habits, each under pressure to be on time had managed to last just as long as the ones personally owned and cared for by my employees. There is something to be said for a car that can take on just about any driver and still be reliable after a half-million miles or more.

Wow. Just wow.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by mazilla

There were 600,000 mile Echos that were still in service.

There are some videos on You Tube (that I've watched in the past) of ECHOs hitting 1 million kilometers.

[Septembersrain]

Originally Posted by mazilla

In the courier industry Toyota is the go-to for a reason. These high mileages often surprise people, those of us that drive for a living are used to seeing 500,000 mile vehicles quite often. One thing that did surprise me about the Yaris however, these specific cars were company owned and driven by employees. As you can imagine people don't exactly treat their work cars like their personal vehicles...surprise surprise. Given that, I was stunned to find that a car with dozens of different drivers each with their own individual bad habits, each under pressure to be on time had managed to last just as long as the ones personally owned and cared for by my employees. There is something to be said for a car that can take on just about any driver and still be reliable after a half-million miles or more.

This was definitely why after looking at like a billion other car models, I ended up with the Yaris.
Those stupid pay-per-review reports online don't even hit the nail on the head when they talk about it.
You have to go talk to the owners of these cars in order to really get the right idea about it.
Sure, It doesn't have new fancy technology all over it.
Sure, It's not the most innovative car in the market.
Yet, It's got a tried and true powertrain and plenty of owners to prove that!
I get attached to my vehicles, last thing I want is a 100K throwaway car.

Especially with the heart ache of losing my Princess after having her only 3 years.
She didn't even make it to 100K miles before everything broke down on it!

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by Septembersrain

This was definitely why after looking at like a billion other car models, I ended up with the Yaris.
Those stupid pay-per-review reports online don't even hit the nail on the head when they talk about it.
You have to go talk to the owners of these cars in order to really get the right idea about it.
Sure, It doesn't have new fancy technology all over it.
Sure, It's not the most innovative car in the market.
Yet, It's got a tried and true powertrain and plenty of owners to prove that!

^^^^^ This. Exactly. Gets to the heart of why the whiny people at Consumer Reports disapprove while at the same time owners on Yahoo! Autos, Edmunds, etc. extoll the virtues of our car.

[iA_b4_07HB]

Interesting observation: "I was stunned to find that a car with dozens of different drivers each with their own individual bad habits, each under pressure to be on time had managed to last just as long as the ones personally owned and cared for by my employees."

I'm interested in getting a 2017 Yaris L 4 door from Hertz Car Sales. I'm worried that as a former rental, it may have been abused - driver's door slammed too many times, aggressively driven when cold, missed oil changes, wrong oil from Firestone/Goodyear/Sears (Hertz tells me that those are their oil change/maintenance subcontractors), even stripped oil pan threads. Hertz says they schedule their rentals for 3,000 mile oil changes since they consider rental use to be "severe service cycle" and I'd be ok if they let it slide out to 5,000 miles and occasionally even 7,500 miles but I'm worried about them blowing it out to 12k miles.

Any tips on whether a rental Yaris would be ok, and what to look for>

A new Yaris L 4 door auto goes for about $18,000. A 1 year old rental goes for $12,500 - a huge difference, and most of the "fresh" (1 year or less old) rentals are under 15,000 miles. I think this is just due to Hertz adjusting its inventory due to the shift to compact SUV's in the general car market.

At $12.5k the Yaris is very appealing. I have the iA, but that's really a Mazda2, and while Skyactiv tech is amazingly good, I don't think it's been proven the way the "lower tech" of the French Yaris has been. Also, I really like the rear room and seats on the "real" Yaris (the hatchback), they are higher than the front seat so the rear seat passenger has the ability to look out.

Originally Posted by mazilla

That's true, there were about 15 other Yaris over 350,000miles where I bought mine. At 445,000 literally the only things changed had been the motor(they had an on-site mechanic that traded labor for rent so it was cheaper than parts) brakes and fluids.


There were 600,000 mile Echos that were still in service.



In the courier industry Toyota is the go-to for a reason. These high mileages often surprise people, those of us that drive for a living are used to seeing 500,000 mile vehicles quite often. One thing that did surprise me about the Yaris however, these specific cars were company owned and driven by employees. As you can imagine people don't exactly treat their work cars like their personal vehicles...surprise surprise. Given that, I was stunned to find that a car with dozens of different drivers each with their own individual bad habits, each under pressure to be on time had managed to last just as long as the ones personally owned and cared for by my employees. There is something to be said for a car that can take on just about any driver and still be reliable after a half-million miles or more.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by iA_b4_07HB

A new Yaris L 4 door auto goes for about $18,000. A 1 year old rental goes for $12,500 - a huge difference, and most of the "fresh" (1 year or less old) rentals are under 15,000 miles. I think this is just due to Hertz adjusting its inventory due to the shift to compact SUV's in the general car market.

At $12.5k the Yaris is very appealing. I have the iA, but that's really a Mazda2, and while Skyactiv tech is amazingly good, I don't think it's been proven the way the "lower tech" of the French Yaris has been. Also, I really like the rear room and seats on the "real" Yaris (the hatchback), they are higher than the front seat so the rear seat passenger has the ability to look out.

Umm, you're way off on the price. $18k would be an SE 5-door. I'm sure you can get an L 5-door for $16k or less since they're slow sellers. Unless they've gone up since I used to sell Toyotas, but I've only been gone since July. With that said, you can probably find a better monthly payment (despite it costing more) with a Corolla LE and have more features, more power, better mpg, and safer.

I personally wouldn't ever buy a prior rental. Shoot, I've rented a couple of cars that had under 3k miles on them and the alignment was already off. Piss-poor gas was probably used in them, conventional oil instead of synthetic (which all new Toyotas use), etc, etc.

[contraband831]

I'm half way there, glad to see this bad boy still running strong!

[bronsin]

Unfortunately 500,0000 miles over 7 years doesnt translate into 200,000 miles over 15 years.

The 200,000 mile/15 year car wouldnt do as well....

Still...who can say theyve owned a car with 500k on it?

[UberSilver]

I put 1/2 million on my 85 Toyota 4x4 PU.

Originally Posted by bronsin

who can say theyve owned a car with 500k on it?

[bronsin]

Originally Posted by UberSilver

I put 1/2 million on my 85 Toyota 4x4 PU.

Wait a minute..I GAVE AWAY a pickup truck with 175,000 on it to my brother in law and he racked it up to 375,000 before he gave it away...

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by bronsin

Wait a minute..I GAVE AWAY a pickup truck with 175,000 on it to my brother in law and he racked it up to 375,000 before he gave it away...

Sounds like my next door neighbor. He has a 1996 Civic with almost 300,000 miles on it and has only replaced the clutch (since we've been neighbors. His son owns an auction house and bought the Civic new. After his son put just over 100,000 miles on it (fairly quickly) he thought it 'no longer reflected his station in life' and sold it to his dad. It's been a great car for his dad ever since.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by bronsin

Unfortunately 500,0000 miles over 7 years doesnt translate into 200,000 miles over 15 years.

The 200,000 mile/15 year car wouldnt do as well....

Probably almost always true, but there are probably a few exceptions based on different combinations of climate, roads, driver skill, what they vehicle is being used for, and if garaged 'at home' or not.

[Yoda]

YOU = Greatness

[RABYARIS]

Awesome...keep going...

[fnkngrv]

Just curious as I might have missed you talking about it previously, but what are you running for your lubricants? Also as well to be sure that I am reading your list correctly you haven't replaced wheel bearings yet or did you do that as part of your CV Axle work? I applaud you for not only sticking with the Yaris, but also keeping us abreast of your success. Truly awesome!

[screenprintr]

Don't mean to be negative. If you add up all the things he did just past 400,000 miles. Those of us who are unable to fix them ourselves, would just buy a new car.

500,000 is a lot. It took me 13 years to get over 300,000 on my Camry. I drive about 100 miles a day now.