What did you drive before your '12 Yaris?

[b20vteg]

^nice!

[why?]

ouch. I know someone who drives an H2. Drove to key west and back towing a boat with a kayak on the roof, got 8 mpg the entire way and enjoyed every second. Oh, so nice for him to be wealthy.

[kamehameha]

Yeah money was definitely a problem in that truck lol. Wish I could have kept it but Chicago winters have been hit or miss lately. I can do without the 4WD. The narrow tires and traction control should be enough. And just in case, my buddy down the street bought that lifted Taco and I gave him all my recovery gear so I should always have a free tow haha.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by why?

ouch. I know someone who drives an H2. Drove to key west and back towing a boat with a kayak on the roof, got 8 mpg the entire way and enjoyed every second. Oh, so nice for him to be wealthy.

I would defend til the cows come home his right to do that (unlike how liberals feel about that (usually)), but I still think his doing that was incredibly wasteful (I guess I can't completely shake off the SF Bay Area Native within me....although I have politically from an economic perspective). Speaking of politically...I've been missing in action for the last week and a half re my foot, so I didn't get a chance to reply to your long reply to multiple people before tk-421 shut down that thread. I wanted to reply to about half of your replies on that post. I don't want tk-421 to get upset and ban me, so I won't compose all of those replies. Hopefully he won't be upset if I just do one of those replies very briefly. You expressed surprise (I can see why given my posts) that I argued (to a member of my family) that Obama was a better choice than HC for the nomination. I hadn't yet read anything he wrote (or supposedly wrote) at that point in 2008 and I was so disillusioned by many aspects of the Bush administration that I wanted to believe what he SAID. Both of us are the only children our parents had together. Both of us were essentially raised by our grandparents (although I was much closer to mine than he apparently was to his). Both of us had similar 4 year periods before college. Both of us started out at small private 4 year colleges for our first 2 years before transferring to larger universities, each 'on the map' globally. I guess I just wanted to believe. At that time I cared quite a bit about how other nations view the U.S. .....now...not so much.

[screenprintr]

BamBam, what happen to the first Yaris? Looks pretty bad.

Kame, know what you mean on gas prices. For me, I need something that can go much further on one tank of gas. Having to stop every 3 or 4 days is killing me.

Should have stuck with another Camry.

[why?]

these mods have always quickly shut down political talk. They just don't want to see it at all.

[yougojay]

It was a nice SUV in excellent condition, but got to be too much after awhile. It was overkill to drive from point A to point B. When we moved to the country the idea was to get a truck to be able to haul bigger things we found while out junk shopping. Well, 3 Christmas trees, 2 chairs, and 2 curio cabinets later...it served its purpose. Even with the straight 6 the gas mileage sucked. It would be cheaper to have stuff delivered!
My 2013 Yaris is a nice personal space, it is a blast to drive & is basic without all the frills I never used. Air Conditioning, Automatic Transmission & iPod capability is all I need! It is great to stop at gas stations now...for just coffee!