renting a 2015 this weekend

[Kalispel]

Originally Posted by BLKHILLSGUY

I would have to agree with you. The new body style is very European. I personally have always liked small European looking cars, so this body style is right up my alley. I especially really like it in white. I was partial to the blue for awhile, but the white is so clean and fresh looking. And the new, updated interior is very nice. Not so much hardened plastics. And sales are up nearly 50 percent, so people are liking it. Sales are still slow, but an increase is always good.

100% Agree!

I can honestly say now that the only thing I really don't like about the 2015 SE are those alloy wheels (especially with white) - but that is easily remedied at least. Hopefully, if I manage to snag a white 2015 SE in the next 4-6 weeks, I can find someone to buy those OEM alloys off me for a decent price, and fund the 16" wheels that I want to replace them:

http://www.wheelbasealloys.com/alloy...silver/16-inch

[ern-diz]

Originally Posted by 428CobraJet

Its a shame the front doesn't match the back.

Well said. I hadn't been able to put my finger on it, but I think you nailed it.

[428CobraJet]

Just turned it in.
4 days. 1141 miles driven. 32.6mpg. Mostly at 80. $88.10otd
Likes:
Seats
4 short doors
Solid straight line stability (markedly better than 09 3doir without and with trd sway bar)
VERY QUIET
Exceptional sound system. Easy to use blue tooth.
When i get in car...blue tooth is automatic. Can my 2013 f150 do that? I cant figure how.
Far more solid than my well built 09 (who'd a thought! )
Dislikes
Mirrors look fancy enuff to be electric but aren't
Poverty carpets
Can't roll front windows down when moving due to buffeting
Front doesn't match back (take one design philosophy or the other)
Right calf rubs on console constantly
Cruise-less
Glare on instruments (designer should fall on his sword)
No center armrest

I think that's it. Wish Toyota would make a 'FiestaST' Yaris.
Craig

[428CobraJet]

Ps....a 140mph speedo is really dumb. And it makes the speedo harder to read.
120 is more than enough for 99% of us.

[Kalispel]

Except for lame marketing reasons, I never did understand why cars in the USA have a speedometers that reads over 120 - especially cars in this "commuter" class.

I'm not sure what you mean by the front/back design disparity. I guess that falls into "the eye of the beholder" category.

I'm not a fan of that big black plastic "filler" section on the side of the car, in front of the side-view mirrors - especially on a non-black car. Also not a fan of the shape of the fog-light housings (especially when empty) - which look worse than any other ones on the 2007-2014 Yaris.

[BLKHILLSGUY]

Anybody know if the new SE comes with a temperature guage? I'm figuring it wouldn't, since the SE comes with a tachometer.

[Kalispel]

Originally Posted by BLKHILLSGUY

Anybody know if the new SE comes with a temperature guage? I'm figuring it wouldn't, since the SE comes with a tachometer.

I don't believe that it does.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by BLKHILLSGUY

Anybody know if the new SE comes with a temperature guage? I'm figuring it wouldn't, since the SE comes with a tachometer.

Yaris = most confidence of any car I've ever owned that it will never overheat.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by 428CobraJet

Just turned it in.
4 days. 1141 miles driven. 32.6mpg. Mostly at 80. $88.10otd
Likes:
Seats
4 short doors
Solid straight line stability (markedly better than 09 3doir without and with trd sway bar)
VERY QUIET
Exceptional sound system. Easy to use blue tooth.
When i get in car...blue tooth is automatic. Can my 2013 f150 do that? I cant figure how.
Far more solid than my well built 09 (who'd a thought! )
Dislikes
Mirrors look fancy enuff to be electric but aren't
Poverty carpets
Can't roll front windows down when moving due to buffeting
Front doesn't match back (take one design philosophy or the other)
Right calf rubs on console constantly
Cruise-less
Glare on instruments (designer should fall on his sword)
No center armrest

I think that's it. Wish Toyota would make a 'FiestaST' Yaris.
Craig

Especially agree with the seats, solid straight line stability (especially given the crappier + skinnier tires), and just the right amount of 'quietness'.

{P.S. Thinking 2nd Gen owner spending a few days with a '3rd Gen'....unsure if the 2015 has the same tire size as the 2014)

[tdinut]

Thank you for the update. I really appreciate it.

[Hershey]

What was the gas mileage ?

[ern-diz]

Originally Posted by Hershey

What was the gas mileage ?

Originally Posted by 428CobraJet

Just turned it in.
4 days. 1141 miles driven. 32.6mpg. Mostly at 80. $88.10otd

[428CobraJet]

Originally Posted by Hershey

What was the gas mileage ?

32 to 33 by the math. Car calculator was accurate.

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[428CobraJet]

Back in my 09 Yaris with 131000 miles today. Mine feels quicker and more agile. That also makes it more nervous in on the road manners.

Funny...my phone charger has the same 'wiggle to work' feature in either...they're obviously using the same cigarette lighter. It's rock solid in every other car o have used it in.

On another note. ..test drove both a new 2015 non-Recaro FiestaST and an Abarth this afternoon.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by 428CobraJet

more agile.

I'm thinking the 2015 L has the same or similar 'crappy + skinnier than almost all 2nd Gen' tires that the 2014 has .

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by 428CobraJet

32 to 33 by the math. Car calculator was accurate.

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The only times my MPG has been that bad = 'a tankful of 80 MPH' (for me, the 400 + miles of the 80 MPH limit part of I-10 between (but not quite extending to) San Antonio and El Paso) as your tank was as well .

[428CobraJet]

My Manual gets about 35 at 80.

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[Hershey]

Originally Posted by ern-diz

Oops . Didn't have the P.C. glasses on . Thanks ern-diz .