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Originally Posted by doxology

Yeah I bought my pontiac Vibe because of it being a Toyota and reliable. I love the car honestly. Wish it was a tad faster. It is getting old enough and with enough miles at 135,000 now that I am trying to weight getting out of it while it has a little value or spend the money I need to for tip top use.

It has always had a few quirks since I bought it a few years back. At lower speeds the RPM's will sometimes just drop. You can feel it when you drive and see them drop and come back up on the gauge, and then sometimes when you need to punch it on the freeway it won't give you anything hardly at all and other times you might go up a hill and everything is fine and then the rpm's jump and you think the card is going to explode or something because it is pushing the engine so hard. But those things only happen once in a while.

So torn between investing money in a car from 2008 with some issues or investing elsewhere in a car like a Yaris that could be a fun adventure over time to miss with add power here and there until full on GRMN, I wish... Plus get better gas mileage.

Really do love the Vibe/Matrix it has those quirks but in the 5+ years I have had it have only had maybe $300 on maintenance, but getting to the point where besides some engine stuff need to start look at the 100,000 - 150,000 mile maintenance stuff , and it needs new struts, tires, etc.

I can't stand honda's . Feel like I have to dislocate a shoulder to just put on a seat belt.

Love the headroom of my Vibe/Matrix as I don't ever hit my head or have to duck to get in and have been told the Yaris is similar. My mom bought a 2018 Landcruiser and I even bumped my head getting into that. I'm only 6' tall.

Just for peace of mind, we have a 2005 vibe with 260k miles on it and it's mostly been basic maintenance.

I had to replace the starter recently and the e-fan, but all other major issues were covered by service campaigns.