I just bought a 2nd (additional) Yaris yesterday (8/12/14) - a new 2014

[bentjazz]

Glad you're gonna be around for another 300,000 miles, nook. Congrats on your new car, dude!

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by bentjazz

Glad you're gonna be around for another 300,000 miles, nook. Congrats on your new car, dude!

Thanks! At the beginning of 2014 I had 4 goals re my blue Yaris:

1. To 'take it' to MT and ID (the only 2 states in the 'lower 48' my blue Yaris hadn't made it to).

2. To 'take it' to Blaine, WA and to Cape Flattery, WA....completing the '4th corner'. I wanted to be the first person to drive to all of the 'lower 48' in a Yaris. In 2010, I found a comment post on Yahoo! Autos that revealed that someone else had already done that over 6 trips during the first 75,000 miles on their Yaris. I decided to add going as far as someone (other than a representative of the government ) can DRIVE to the 4 corners of the U.S. (looking at the U.S. on a flat map page). I'd already driven to Key West (in 2007) and all along the A1A on the east coast of Florida...so I could check off the 'Florida corner'. I drove to the parking lot for Border Field State Park (bordered on 2 sides by Mexico and the Pacific Ocean) in Late 2010. This is a few miles west of the San Ysidro border station that is part of the '4 corners tour for motorcycle enthusiasts' (San Ysidro, CA.....Blaine, WA.....Madawaska, ME.....and Key West, FL). So, I could then check off the 'California corner'. I drove to Lubec, ME in 2009 and Madawaska, ME in 2013, so I could then check off the 'Maine corner'.....and I made it to Blaine, WA and Cape Flattery, WA in June of 2014, completing the 'Washington corner'.

3. I wanted to get to 292,320 miles on my blue Yaris by October 7th, 2014

4. I wanted to get to 300,000 miles on my blue Yaris by October 7th, 2014

I completed the first 3, but won't hit the last one. Hopefully I'll get to 300,000 miles on the blue one before it 'conks out' .

[yougojay]

Oh, you'll get to 300,000 miles not problem. Really still amazes me how many places (& States) you've been to with your 'older' Yaris -
I swear - I am not going to worry about putting miles on my 2013 - It's all going to be local miles only, anyways...Work is 10.8 miles round-trip. NO TRAFFIC AT ALL, EVER! 45 & 55 MPH speed limit the whole way. It's awesome living here...roads are great and NO stop & go
Car always gets up to full operating temp. when it gets driven (which is always good)
SO Nook - You like the new dash set up in the 3rd gen's?
It's pretty wide looking across the dash when you are in the drivers seat. Doesn't seem like you are in a small car.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by yougojay

SO Nook - You like the new dash set up in the 3rd gen's?
It's pretty wide looking across the dash when you are in the drivers seat. Doesn't seem like you are in a small car.

Yeah, I do. Driving both is going to be interesting. For the first day, my eyes 'went to the center AC/Heat vents' because that is the location of the Speedometer, etc. on the 2nd Gen. I've also reached out, multiple times, with a beverage in my left hand to put it in front of the left AC/Heat vent . My brain must sense 'fitment into a holder or not', as I haven't yet let go of a beverage during such futile reaches into thin air. I really like the front of the center console on the 3rd Gen, and the clearance it has under the dash. My new Yaris did come with a 1 USB 12v plug, but I ended up buying a 2 USB 12v plug at Wal-Mart for $12 something plus tax. I can now put a beverage in the right front cup holder, put a phone in the left cup holder, and another phone in the space behind those two holders. I use those really thin retractable USB cables with each phone...so I can now charge two phones at once with no fuss, plus hold a beverage, all without worrying about any of that falling out of where it has been placed.

[nookandcrannycar]

^^^^^ I've also noticed that the cup holder directly behind the 'parking brake hinge' on the 3rd Gen is a bit smaller than the two cup holders forward from the shifter. It is better suited for coffee and the ones forward from the shifter are better suited for larger convenience store/fast food diet soda cups.

[yougojay]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

Yeah, I do. Driving both is going to be interesting. For the first day, my eyes 'went to the center AC/Heat vents' because that is the location of the Speedometer, etc. on the 2nd Gen. I've also reached out, multiple times, with a beverage in my left hand to put it in front of the left AC/Heat vent . My brain must sense 'fitment into a holder or not', as I haven't yet let go of a beverage during such futile reaches into thin air. I really like the front of the center console on the 3rd Gen, and the clearance it has under the dash. My new Yaris did come with a 1 USB 12v plug, but I ended up buying a 2 USB 12v plug at Wal-Mart for $12 something plus tax. I can now put a beverage in the right front cup holder, put a phone in the left cup holder, and another phone in the space behind those two holders. I use those really thin retractable USB cables with each phone...so I can now charge two phones at once with no fuss, plus hold a beverage, all without worrying about any of that falling out of where it has been placed.

I don't have 2nd gen. experience (driving one all the time) but I knew this would be interesting for you. (or STRANGE, more like it ) It's basically the same car (size & feel) but totally rearranged on the inside! It's like coming home in the dark and having all the furniture rearranged, lol -
I use the USB hook-up for the iPod in the glove box, but that's about all tech. wise. Charge the phone upstairs when it needs it (once a month, LOL) I just turn it off & leave it in the glove box. We've always had a land-line.
I LOVE sitting HIGH in this car. I mostly drive the Yaris, when I'm driving the other car I do find myself going for a window crank instead of the PW switch on the console now and then
I just need to find a few Toyota 5.0 emblems for the front fender space, or maybe just one for the rear - that would freak a few teenagers out

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by yougojay

I don't have 2nd gen. experience (driving one all the time) but I knew this would be interesting for you. (or STRANGE, more like it ) It's basically the same car (size & feel) but totally rearranged on the inside! It's like coming home in the dark and having all the furniture rearranged, lol -

Exactly

I use the USB hook-up for the iPod in the glove box, but that's about all tech. wise.

What is the capacity of your iPod? I'm just curious if the head unit works well with the 'big daddy' iPod (160 GB?) I don't have one.

Charge the phone upstairs when it needs it (once a month, LOL) I just turn it off & leave it in the glove box.

Is it an iPhone that holds a charge that long?

I LOVE sitting HIGH in this car.

The vantage point is pretty high, but I think it's lower than the 2nd Gen. I remember, in the past, my Mustang, my Acura, and my Swift were a lot lower.

[yougojay]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

Exactly




What is the capacity of your iPod? I'm just curious if the head unit works well with the 'big daddy' iPod (160 GB?) I don't have one.



Is it an iPhone that holds a charge that long?




The vantage point is pretty high, but I think it's lower than the 2nd Gen. I remember, in the past, my Mustang, my Acura, and my Swift were a lot lower.

I have an 8 GB iPod Nano (forget the generation) that I WON at our Christmas Party in 2007 - It's the nearly square Nano that has a good-sized screen - sheesh, holds MORE than enough tunes! It is nice, it was a special edition red one.

There is no reason any sized iPod would not work in this car. The classic iPod (160GB or however much storage it has now) just holds more tunes, hooks up the same way.

We've had our little flip phone cell for 10 years or more (I believe) It's a Motorola with a Verizon LOGO on each side. For cry Pete's I had to run down to the garage to see what brand it is...
You can see how much that tech piece means to me...
It a phone for quick conversation or emergency - I turn it on when I go out (usually for an hour) & turn it off when I am driving home. It only uses 'juice' when you talk on it

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

Yeah, I do. Driving both is going to be interesting. For the first day, my eyes 'went to the center AC/Heat vents' because that is the location of the Speedometer, etc. on the 2nd Gen. I've also reached out, multiple times, with a beverage in my left hand to put it in front of the left AC/Heat vent . My brain must sense 'fitment into a holder or not', as I haven't yet let go of a beverage during such futile reaches into thin air. I really like the front of the center console on the 3rd Gen, and the clearance it has under the dash. My new Yaris did come with a 1 USB 12v plug, but I ended up buying a 2 USB 12v plug at Wal-Mart for $12 something plus tax. I can now put a beverage in the right front cup holder, put a phone in the left cup holder, and another phone in the space behind those two holders. I use those really thin retractable USB cables with each phone...so I can now charge two phones at once with no fuss, plus hold a beverage, all without worrying about any of that falling out of where it has been placed.

I just noticed that with the way the center of the dash is designed in my 2014, the fitment/particular profile of the glove compartment, and my use of the spaghetti/retractable USB cables, I can charge both of those phones (mentioned above) with the phones in the glove compartment....leaving both center front cup holders free, and allowing 3 devices to be placed in the glove compartment with all of them charging.

[yougojay]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

I just noticed that with the way the center of the dash is designed in my 2014, the fitment/particular profile of the glove compartment, and my use of the spaghetti/retractable USB cables, I can charge both of those phones (mentioned above) with the phones in the glove compartment....leaving both center front cup holders free, and allowing 3 devices to be placed in the glove compartment with all of them charging.

< (Insert Phone)
HOW MANY phones do you have in your car, 3???

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by yougojay

< (Insert Phone)
HOW MANY phones do you have in your car, 3???

I have 4 cell phones. 3 of them are smart phones. I have 2 connected phone lines, one on the non smart phone and one on one of the smart phones. I don't have a data plan on the connected smart phone. One of the smart phones that isn't connected is a ZTE Flash. The battery door broke on my little point and shoot, and another cheap point and shoot cost almost as much as the ZTE Flash. The ZTE Flash was marked down from 279.00 to 99.00 as a Kroger 'card' purchase. It is for their iWireless network, but I never have intended to activate it. I bought it just for the camera....at 12MP, etc. it comes prette close to the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and its competitors. The other smart phone that isn't connected is a Nokia E5. I mainly bought that phone because it is the only phone I'm aware of that has 'non cellular data GPS mapping' which allows for map/directions use through a GPS technology that doesn't use cellular data/a cell signal, so you don't have to have a data plan or even a connected line. It also has an FM radio and other neat features I like. The connected smartphone I have is the first generation (?) AT&T Fusion (GSM) and the non smart phone I have is the Verizon Cosmos 3 (CDMA). Sometimes in rural areas I'll get a CDMA signal, but not a GSM signal. Sometimes vice versa. Over the years, I've found it great to have both. These networks have been replaced by newer, faster networks...but the prepaid plans are still on these networks. I'm like you, I usually only turn onr of those two phones on to make a call...otherwise off. I might spend an entire day making calls, but then go days without making a call, so flat rate per day prepaid works best for me. One of my lines has a Texas area code, and the other a California area code, so the maximum number of people can call and leave a message without any cost to them (I have older relatives who don't have cell phones). I disconnected the land line in my house in California in the early 2000s because I never used it. I haven't had a landline since. I also have a Fuji FinePix S8200 40x optical zoom camera. I also have a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ27 camera, but the charger mount for the proprietary battery sometimes doesn't work.

P.S. I usually use the alarm, and the calculator (for MPG figuring ), on the Verizon Cosmos 3.