Just bought my First Yaris!

[coolcolger]

Originally Posted by NYC-SE

I see you owned a Mercedes diesel. I came to Yaris from a VW TDI which was anything but bulletproof.

Yeah I still have one w123 euro spec 300D. The one I got rid of was and still is somewhat incredible... I sold it to a friend he is going to keep running it. It currently has about 420,000 Miles with no tranny or engine rebuilds. Pretty amazing.

[why?]

Originally Posted by coolcolger

Yeah I still have one w123 euro spec 300D. The one I got rid of was and still is somewhat incredible... I sold it to a friend he is going to keep running it. It currently has about 420,000 Miles with no tranny or engine rebuilds. Pretty amazing.

But even without those major services, those MB's can cost a ton of money to keep up. I know someone who bought one with almost 200k miles, and the car is in impeccable condition. Yet when something minor goes wrong, it seems to cost almost $1k every time.

That is the best part of the Yaris. everything is so inexpensive to repair.

[coolcolger]

Originally Posted by why?

But even without those major services, those MB's can cost a ton of money to keep up. I know someone who bought one with almost 200k miles, and the car is in impeccable condition. Yet when something minor goes wrong, it seems to cost almost $1k every time.

That is the best part of the Yaris. everything is so inexpensive to repair.

Don't get me wrong the Benz was far from perfect but as a daily driver it was very cheap to keep it running with doing all the work myself. If they had a shop fix it everytime there is a bug then theres no doubt in my mind it would be expensive.