Almost bought a 2014 Yaris L...

[marcar72]

... but wasn't totally prepared to mentally when I visited the dealer. Let me tell you what transpired!

I've been looking up info in regards to buying a Yaris when on autotrader.com I seen a listing for a 2011 Yaris manual trans. with only 9,350 miles for $11,989 plus documentation fee of 199.00. I thought wow, just what I was looking for and at a good price! It had power locks, I think power windows, and Cruise control according to the listing. Carfax checked out good so I talked to a salesperson on the phone for a few days and decided to take an Amtrak down to check it out and most likely buy it.

So I get my affairs in order and travel down there on Saturday to check it out. I arrive at the dealer and ask to see the salesperson. She came out and said "lemme grab the keys for ya, we brought it into the showroom for ya it's right over there". So while she's getting the keys I walk over and start checking it out. I make one trip around the car checking it out when I get to the hood and notice a couple dimples in the hood. I step back and take a look at the roof and sure enough, more dimples. I then realize that the car has hail damage and tell the sales person as she's walking towards me with the keys.

She acts like it's news to her, so I immediately precede to inquiring about a new 2014 Yaris manual trans. on the lot. She gets the keys for it and I test drive it for 3 miles. It drives great I thought, and I was almost immediately convinced to just buy the new one and be at peace.

So I get it back to the lot and start looking it over inside and out, top to bottem. One thing I noticed that I didn't really like was that the wheel wells don't look like they're finished. This is my biggest gripe! I've read a couple threads on here about the wheel wells being what usually starts rusting first and how there's like a cubby hole in the well for debris to collect. The other two factors that postponed my decision was no cruise control and the uni-wiper on the front. I read a post on here somewhere from someone stating that they can feel the uni-wiper sort of swaying their car to and fro when it's on, like a tail wagging the dog more or less.

All the while the salesperson is mostly leaving me alone thank God, but she checks in from time to time. She tells me that neither her or the general manager knew about the hail damage on the used Yaris, yea right but I keep my mouth shut. She also tells me this story of how engineers love/buy the Yaris, yea right again! hehehe!

So after about an hour and 1/2 I decide that I haven't made my mind up yet and let her know so as to high tail it out of there. She asks me what I want her to do with my deposit (that she hadn't run yet, on the used Yaris that she said was a "good car"). I tell her what deposit, she hadn't run it through. She then tells me that the deposit (that she had not ran through) is non refundable, lol! So I tell her that I hadn't been made aware of the hail damage although I asked her several times if there was anything wrong with the car, and therefore felt I was under no obligation to buy the used Yaris.

So then she sort of skimpered off while telling me to let her know one way or the other, and I got myself out of there and back home which was a real pain in the ass! The Amtrak was delayed for like 7 hours, lol. So I sat there thinking of how I could be driving a new 2014 Yaris home instead, hehe!

So I was pretty dead set against even wanting to get any kind of car whatsoever in the forseeable future to feeling that I'm really still deciding on whether or not to get that new 2014 Yaris! It had 6 miles on it and I put 3 on it during my test drive, so as far as I can tell I'm the only one who's even test drove it.

So I've read about people finishing up their wheel wells a bit, and people acutally liking the uni-wiper. I could always do a DIY cruise control I guess, or just make do without. I just feel that these things should have been done at the factory to begin with. Any feedback from you guys would be greatly appreciated!!