2nd vs 3rd gen ride quality + durability

[nookandcrannycar]

N&C, one I was considering was in your neck of the woods, a silver 2012 MT with 91k miles at Gullo in Conroe. I thought about driving down to get it even though I'm several hours away up in north Texas. Almost wish I had. It looked really clean from the pics and I think they were only asking like $8200.

I really like the Silver. TexasDirectAuto.com has a radio show that airs on a local station here on Saturdays, IIRC. The host tells callers what the company will pay (sometimes qualified by actually seeing the vehicle). It appears that the price goes down if the car has a manual transmission.

[428CobraJet]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

It appears that the price goes down if the car has a manual transmission.

But the smiles go up!

I just left Gullo Toyota. ..talking to Phillip Sharp about possibly ordering a manual trans 2015.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by 428CobraJet

But the smiles go up!

I just left Gullo Toyota. ..talking to Phillip Sharp about possibly ordering a manual trans 2015.

[nookandcrannycar]

Last night at about 10pm, I started my blue Yaris for the first time in 3 weeks. It started up without any hesitation at all, as it did 3 weeks ago after not starting it for 2 weeks. It briefly ran a little rough...smoothed out while the 'cold' light was still on. Chalking it up to temperature (mid 30s, IIRC). I backed it out of the garage, on to the driveway, and let it run for about 15 minutes before pulling it back into the garage. I'll be away for just a few days over 3 weeks, so I decided (given the very easy start) to leave the battetry connected. The brief 'roughness' was a sharp contrast to my silver Yaris. Yes, there is a difference between 3,000 miles and 300,000 miles .

[chocolab]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

The brief 'roughness' was a sharp contrast to my silver Yaris. Yes, there is a difference between 3,000 miles and 300,000 miles .

I check here every once in a while but I missed when you got your new one. I guess it's a MT also? How did you find a MT one in Texas? As we know, for some reason the Gulf States region got very few MTs, and it seems from what I saw searching online that they got even fewer in 2014...

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by chocolab

I check here every once in a while but I missed when you got your new one. I guess it's a MT also? How did you find a MT one in Texas? As we know, for some reason the Gulf States region got very few MTs, and it seems from what I saw searching online that they got even fewer in 2014...

Yeah, it is a manual. I didn't find in in Texas . There were only 22 manuals in the whole country, and the share of those located in Texas.....zero. Of the 22, 19 were Ls and 3 were SEs. Of the 19 Ls, only 7 of them were either White or Silver (my two preferred colors).... 4 in Florida, 1 in Tennessee, 1 in Ohio, and 1 in Illinois. The cheapest one was in Florida, so I trekked to Florida.

See post #71 on Kal-El's 'Yaris sales hit a new low' thread. for the details. That thread is in the same 'Third Gen General Discussion' section that this thread is, and that thread is currently located at the bottom of page 3 (this thread is at the top of page 1). Post #71 is on page 4 of the 8 pages in that thread.

Right after that post, I added my own (now 2 page) thread - 'I just bought a 2nd (additional) Yaris yesterday (8/12/14) - a new 2014' - in the 'New Yaris Purchase Forum', and my thread is still on page 1 of that purchase forum.