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12-04-2008, 02:31 PM | #1 |
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For how many miles do you expect to keep your Yaris?
How many miles do you expect to put on your Yaris before you get another car? I want to go for a million, and no, that is not a provocative troll post. I really and truly want to shoot for a million miles.
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12-04-2008, 02:49 PM | #2 |
I LOVE my Yaris!
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I'm not sure. My now 12 year old says she wants it when she turns 18 and goes off to college so the car will be 7 years old then. I barely put 10,000 miles a year on the car..I'm not sure I'll be ready to let it go before it hits 100,000 at least. She thinks she likes the car....I *love* it...
I guess what I'm saying is, I'm not sure and will play it by ear. Sort of. lol
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12-04-2008, 02:56 PM | #3 |
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I may end up putting 12K-15K miles per year, depending if we travel much or not, still, I may give it up before or around 100K miles, by then my husband should be done with school and working, which means we'll be making enough money to get something a bit nicer (not that the yaris is not nice). I'm keeping an eye on the upcoming audi A1, we'll see if it comes to the US.
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12-04-2008, 02:56 PM | #4 |
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I figure I'll keep mine for about 5 years. So maybe around 90K.
Then see what new, more fuel efficient vehicles are out or coming out.
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12-04-2008, 02:58 PM | #5 |
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I had a 1982 Range Rover, back when they were real off-road vehicles and not status symbols. I put 520,000 miles on it lol.
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12-04-2008, 03:02 PM | #6 |
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Until the thing falls apart - but I highly doubt that would amount to a million miles. Lets assume you put 20k miles on the car each year - a higher than average number - it would take 50 years to reach 1000000.
Let's consider the feasibility of your desire: - How long have you had your car? - How many miles are on it? - Now let's do the math and figure out how long you would have to own and drive it to make a million My guess is you will find it highly unlikely if not impossible to reach that mark unless you plan on driving it for a living. I wish you well in your pursuit, but it sounds a bit naive. |
12-04-2008, 03:25 PM | #7 |
here are quotes from you in the IQ thread
"The first IQ that shows up at my dealer, I am trading in my Yaris and buying the IQ." "I read they used "microtechnology" to have things on the IQ that are just as powerful, like A/C, but use only a little room. For example, the gas tank is thin and flat, and placed underneath the entire car, etc. I want one!" Hmmmm you said those yesterday? Did the wind direction change??
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12-04-2008, 03:51 PM | #8 |
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I'm driving mine until I get married and have kids. But in the meanwhile, my girlfriend has a Murano, so i don't really need to get anything. So I guess I'll drive mine till the kids need it. But...we're not engaged yet and are nowhere near ready for kids...so....I'll never stop driving?
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12-04-2008, 04:18 PM | #9 | |
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12-04-2008, 05:55 PM | #10 |
I've got 43K on my 07 so far. With several sons needing to drive, I can envision this car being in the family a long time as a 2nd, 3rd or 4th car.
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12-04-2008, 05:58 PM | #11 |
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I am looking at 13-15years 300,000km minimal
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12-04-2008, 05:58 PM | #12 |
3,300+ at one point.. >:(
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I'll keep mine for at least 100,000 km. (I'm half way there now).
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12-04-2008, 06:08 PM | #13 |
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Why would you really want to keep it for a million miles anyways?
In 10 years, this car is going to be so outdated, it won't even be funny. 40MPG will be a joke -- hopefully. Even the iQ will blow the Yaris out of the water, and that should be here in a couple years. Economically, it wouldn't make sense to keep this car for a long time.
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12-04-2008, 06:33 PM | #15 |
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wiiiiiiiiiizzzzzarrrrrrrrrrrrd!
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12-04-2008, 07:38 PM | #16 |
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I dunno - economically it didn't make sense for me to keep my Jeep that gets 13 to 16 mpg when I bought my Yaris - but I did. Not only that, but a month after I bought the Yaris I took a cross country trip (1700 miles one way) and drove the Jeep. Go figure.
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12-04-2008, 07:50 PM | #17 |
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I'm keeping mine as long as it's driveable.
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12-04-2008, 08:20 PM | #18 |
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The day an all-electric/solar/air vehicles comes out with a range over 200 miles that costs less than $30k, the Yaris will go. Considering that day will probably not come for another 10 years, I will keep it that long. It has 35k miles on it after 2 years, and I drive about 13500 miles a year, so it will see about 170,000 miles before it goes.
With my current mileage, In the next 10 years I should expect to spend about $13,500 (at $5.00/gal and 48mpg) on gas, and $21,800 on insurance and maintenance ($3760 for regular maintenance, excluding repairs, and $18,000 for insurance). At around $35,000 for the next 10 years, the Yaris will certainly last until its replacement. Last edited by yarswiss; 12-04-2008 at 08:31 PM. |
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