New buyer questions...winter...

[YAR1S]

In response to your questions.....

what year yaris is that quote for?

a rear view mirror can be changed if need be, any with any new car, you wont be used to it's rear view.

If you get a yaris I highly suggest getting one with fold down seats and even th 60/40 split seats, this makes the yaris verrrrrry versatile and I have hauled many large things and large quantities of material in my yaris because of the fold down seats! :)

I havnt got any complaints from back seat passengers on short trips. however long trips could get a little uncomfortable because the seats are quite stiff....although height and leg room wasnt an issue with my passengers.... some people get annoyed with the fold down passenger seats(especially grumpy old parents, hah).

you buy a small car with the understanding that its not going to survive a crash quite the same way as a suv would.... however my experience with a front on collision with another car at approx. 35mph, the resulting damage wasnt tooooo bad.

I find that because the car is so small sometimes it gets caught in other driver's blind spots, for this you just have to be a cautious driver and always keep your eye on other drivers.... as you should with any other car you drive ;)

I dont find that as a smaller car you are pushed around by other cars, actually you can be quite pushy with other cars because your car is so small and able to manuever more easily and quite zippy for example.

I feel as anyone would in a small car, kind of unsafe but yet kind of at an advantage due to its quite response and ability to get out of situations. You cant prevent crashes and what happens..... happens.... drive a tank if you dont want to get harmed in a crash...lol.

As far as winter driving, these are pretty resonable cars... they are FWD which is good of course.... It snowed about 6 inches here once and I was able to make it out of my road.... which good driving habits, im sure this car would be ok in snow.... its not a rugged 4x4 but its better than most cars like RWD and heavy cars......



hope this info helps you in your decision....

the yaris is very versatile and a joy to drive!
but remember, no car is perfect.