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[colorado yaris]

Originally Posted by EricGSXR

Got my new rims today :)




I will make some pictures tomorrow.

Looks great Eric!

[colorado yaris]

Fantastic minitrd!

[EricGSXR]

Here they are

[PerfectoII]

Originally Posted by miloshi

my lovely Yaris first photo here

Sweet man!! I like it!!!

Looks good from that angle Eric...how about some fotos from the side...

[EricGSXR]

I just woke up and found my camera in my bedroom.

Better shots will follow.

[sbergman27]

Ok. So I'm finally getting around to posting an image of my little Suzuki-built fuel economy champ on one of our many adventures together. Not bad for 22 years and 350,000 miles. :-)

And, of course, a pic of my other faithful traveling companion, who has seen 9 states in the last month: Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, Texas, New Mexico, Colorada, Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming.

And If I picked up his leash right now, he'd be dancing in circles, ready to go some more. I've never had a dog who was so much fun to travel with. He loves every minute of it, is interested in everything, and is just so generally "engaged" in the experience.

Ditto with the Sprint. The original Chevy sales slogan for the car was "It loves to run!".

-Steve

[Kal-El]

Originally Posted by sbergman27

Ok. So I'm finally getting around to posting an image of my little Suzuki-built fuel economy champ on one of our many adventures together. Not bad for 22 years and 350,000 miles. :-)

And, of course, a pic of my other faithful traveling companion, who has seen 9 states in the last month: Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, Texas, New Mexico, Colorada, Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming.

And If I picked up his leash right now, he'd be dancing in circles, ready to go some more. I've never had a dog who was so much fun to travel with. He loves every minute of it, is interested in everything, and is just so generally "engaged" in the experience.

Ditto with the Sprint. The original Chevy sales slogan for the car was "It loves to run!".

-Steve

Wow, pretty impressive run. Really, 350K? I can't believe a Suzuki could go that far. They are usually short lived junk.

And you still trust it to go out in the middle of nowhere? Brave.

How much maintenance and repairs have you done?

[sbergman27]

Originally Posted by Kal-El

Wow, pretty impressive run. Really, 350K? I can't believe a Suzuki could go that far. They are usually short lived junk.

Not in my experience. But I'm not really familiar with current Suzuki products. The Sprint was made back before anyone in the US had ever actually heard of a Suzuki car. GM cloaked it under their then-respected brand name. But it was a far higher quality car than the crap GM made at the time. Although it was $5000 new, I've always found it to be top quality. The only notable trade-offs being a couple of issues when it comes to some questionable decisions they made regarding weight savings. (e.g. the light-weight, non-vented, front brake rotor design. I have to be judicious in my brake use and selection of transmission gear when descending mountains... which is something I do a lot of.) Building a car that gets 60+ mpg at 55 mph is an engineering challenge even in 2010... let alone back in 1988.

And you still trust it to go out in the middle of nowhere? Brave.

Between mid-August and mid-February, I drove it 29,000 miles, mostly "in the middle of nowhere".

When I first got it in 1992 (with 77,432 miles on the clock) the Sprint was my "Auntie Mame": It opened doors for me; Doors I never dreamed existed.

And it's still opening doors for me, all these years later. ;-)

-Steve

[Kal-El]

Cool.

So you really get 60 mpg? Impressive.

The reason today's economy car's don't achieve this is because, well, they're bigger. They're heavier, more powerful, ect. They're filled with much more features, safety equipment, ect. This is just what the market demands.

The '88 Sprint is basically a metal 3-cylinder shell with wheels. Hence 60 mpg.

[sbergman27]

Originally Posted by Kal-El

So you really get 60 mpg? Impressive.

60+ mpg at 55 mph.
About 53 mpg at 65 mph.

The '88 Sprint is basically a metal 3-cylinder shell with wheels. Hence 60 mpg.

No other car of the period, including other, non-Metro, Sprints could come close to its fuel economy. Please do note that it's a Sprint "Metro" and not jut a Sprint. There were a number of cool engineering differences. ;-) The current Prius can't match it on the highway.

The Sprint's driver's seat is significantly more comfortable than my Yaris'. It's a remarkably comfortable 3 cylinder shell with wheels. And I've already run into situations where the Sprint could have easily handled cargo that I had difficulty fitting into the Yaris (Sedan).

The Yaris is quieter, however. And has a smoother ride. Definitely a more refined car in many ways.

I've driven the Sprint 260,000+ miles and am just as alive as I was when I started. No Accidents. The Yaris has yet to prove itself in that respect. The Sprint affords me pretty much complete visibility in any direction. The Yaris, I'm still getting used to. All its blind spots make me antsy. Although one of my motivations for buying the Yaris was safety, I currently still feel more safe and secure in my Sprint.

But that's the sort of thing that needs to be given some more time.

-Steve

[Gabriel05]

Originally Posted by colorado yaris

Here it is with the rally spoiler which got put on today At Charlies Garage in Boulder. Charlie and Jake are in the photo.

Couldn´t get any hotter...love the wrc spoiler!!!

[colorado yaris]

Originally Posted by Gabriel05

Couldn´t get any hotter...love the wrc spoiler!!!

Thanks Gabriel05!

[PerfectoII]

Updated fotos

[PerfectoII]

And...YES!!! The car was driven about 400 miles and hadn't been washed before the pics...hence the dirt!!! Not to mention it was very stormy on the way...and even worse on the way back Friday morning!!! Anyway...hope you guys enjoy the fotos!!!

[fratzica]

you MUST be kidding. Where is the dirt?
In my country, after a 400 mile drive you would not even know the real color of the car.
Nice ride by the way, love the rims.

L.E. here`s a pic of my car, so I wouldn't be off-topic

[PerfectoII]

Originally Posted by fratzica

you MUST be kidding. Where is the dirt?
In my country, after a 400 mile drive you would not even know the real color of the car.
Nice ride by the way, love the rims.

L.E. here`s a pic of my car, so I wouldn't be off-topic

Thanks man!!! LOL! I guess the fotos are more forgiving than being up close. I am kinda anal when it comes to keeping the car clean though...neighbors say that I'm going to wash the paint right off it...lol!!! Nice pic btw...looks cold!!!

[sbergman27]

Originally Posted by Kal-El

So you really get 60 mpg? Impressive.

Here's the EPA info, BTW. The 1986 model did even better, with a rating of 55 mpg City/60 mpg Hwy.

[colorado yaris]

Looking good PerfectoII!