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Old 01-28-2019, 02:11 PM   #37
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What a dick! That's a fine automobile!
Probably a Chevy guy or a Dodge dick.

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Old 01-28-2019, 02:12 PM   #38
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Probably a Chevy guy or a Dodge dick.

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Old 01-28-2019, 02:19 PM   #39
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Old 04-15-2019, 09:26 PM   #40
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New to Forum, not to the yaris or cars

Got the garage organized enough to pull the car in for its first oil change at the new house. It was pretty overdue.


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Old 04-17-2019, 10:53 AM   #41
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Old 04-17-2019, 11:05 AM   #42
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Looks like you have a nice piece of property there... and a great garage!
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Old 04-17-2019, 11:13 AM   #43
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Looks like you have a nice piece of property there... and a great garage!
Thanks! Just need to step up my tool game now.
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Old 05-02-2019, 08:46 AM   #44
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I have had a mysterious clunking for about 6-7 years on my car that I couldn't track down. I checked all the bushings several times and everything seemed secure and I never wanted to just start throwing money away at replacing random bushings.

The other day I figured it out. I had my bumper partially off to fix an alignment issue with the driver's side fender and hear something rattling around. I reached in there and pulled out a small plastic trim piece/absorber of some sort that has been rattling around in their for the majority of my ownership of the car. No more clunks.
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Old 05-02-2019, 10:05 AM   #45
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I have had a mysterious clunking for about 6-7 years on my car that I couldn't track down. I checked all the bushings several times and everything seemed secure and I never wanted to just start throwing money away at replacing random bushings.

The other day I figured it out. I had my bumper partially off to fix an alignment issue with the driver's side fender and hear something rattling around. I reached in there and pulled out a small plastic trim piece/absorber of some sort that has been rattling around in their for the majority of my ownership of the car. No more clunks.
Nice! I thought it might be this, which Trevor revived recently, coincidentally.
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Old 05-02-2019, 10:21 AM   #46
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I was thinking that, too and was planning to check them in the next few weeks. I am definitely relieved.
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Old 05-06-2019, 04:48 AM   #47
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Sometimes wipers can be very funny and fill our hearts with joy.
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Old 05-19-2020, 12:18 PM   #48
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Well, the yaris has 175k miles now.

Still seems to be running fine. With everything going on I have only driven it about 10 miles in the last 2.5 months. A family member gifted me a 2013 Veloster with 100k miles on it and I was thinking of selling the yaris and DDing the Veloster.

Honestly though after driving the veloster a bit I don't like it much.

The fleet is now-

"Eustis" the 2008 Yaris - 175k miles
"Old Bess" the 2005 Pontiac Vibe Base Model - 270k miles (going to be my 16 year old's car)
"Bogey" the 2016 Hyundai Tucson that we just picked up - 17 miles
2013 Hyundai Veloster 6MT - 100k miles
1985 300zx Turbo -unknow miles- pretty much stripped at this point and I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it.
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Old 05-20-2020, 05:59 PM   #49
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"The fleet"...I say that to people that own multiple cars, too.

Does the Vibe have a 1ZZ?
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Old 05-21-2020, 07:50 AM   #50
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"The fleet"...I say that to people that own multiple cars, too.

Does the Vibe have a 1ZZ?
It does. That is the most reliable car I've ever owned (knock on wood). If it ever blows the 1ZZ I will just put another one in it.
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Old 03-12-2021, 01:25 PM   #51
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Mostly posting an update for myself so I can look back on it one day.

The end of December 2020 the battery crapped out on my car. It was a duralast that I bought at least 7-8 years ago. We had a colder winter than normal and I think that finally killed it.

Yaris sat until today. I finally decided to go buy a new battery Tuesday, but the hook bolt that goes from the front of the tie down to the tray would not come off! The nut had rusted solid. PB Blaster took care of that, but then I found out the threads were screwed. The nut would just spin and spin and spin, so I ended up cutting that bolt off with a hacksaw (carefully).

Ordered a generic replacement from amazon which came yesterday, then ran up to walmart and picked up a cheap-o battery for 70 bucks.

She's alive! She smells awful inside though and I think my hatch is leaking a little, so time to clear everything out of the car and air it out. Spring is coming so I should have plenty of opportunities to find the leak.

After that I'm not sure what I'm going to do. I got a truck with 4 full sized doors recently...and with 3 kids, a wife, and a dog that loves rides I don't know how much use the yaris is going to get. I'll be working from home pretty much permanently now, so I don't necessarily need a car with great gas mileage anymore.

My problem is this- I love my car. I bought it brand new in 2008 when I was making 10 dollars an hour (wtf was I thinking?) It has served me well and it's the only running manual car I have. If I sell it I will use the money to get either my 85 300zx Turbo on the road or my new project, a 73 super beetle. I'd love to have either of them on the road but I'm really struggling with letting go of the yaris.

We shall see, but if I sell it I'll put it up here first and it will be for pretty cheap!
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Old 03-13-2021, 11:39 PM   #52
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Oh man. Leegamer without a Yaris. That's just depressing to think about. Sometimes I feel like a huge loser because I plan on keeping my Yaris for another 20 years and it seems like so many people here are ditching their Yari. I love this little car.
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Old 03-14-2021, 11:27 AM   #53
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Oh man. Leegamer without a Yaris. That's just depressing to think about. Sometimes I feel like a huge loser because I plan on keeping my Yaris for another 20 years and it seems like so many people here are ditching their Yari. I love this little car.
No ditching of Yari permitted! I don't want to be the only one left at YW.
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Old 03-14-2021, 01:30 PM   #54
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I'm not going anywhere!

Even if I eventually get a new car, which I have no use for, the Yaris is worth more as a project/second car to me than what I'd get for it. Only way it's leaving me is if it gets wrecked. Fingers crossed that never happens.
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