Why I bought a Yaris

[justanotherdrunk]

... when I could have bought damn near anything I wanted up to ~$50K

I always wanted to drive cross country ... better yet why not circumnavigate!

all 34 border/ perimeter states - 9200 miles in 11 days!

Went to Hertz because their cars are truly unlimited mileage, but all they had left was some vans and a Yaris L

Initially I thought the Yaris would be too small, noisy and uncomfortable for the very long trip

I WAS WRONG!

plus, I would never buy something common that everyone else has

btw, I wil be sleeping in it since i won't be getting a motel room every night - I don't have that kind of time

The Yaris turned out to be a very comfortable long distance road trip car so I bought one! - since that will be it's primary purpose

The BMW i3 is my daily driver


of course the rental car was boat anchor reliable


lessons learned:

here in CA we have stupid high gas prices - it's really cheap everywhere else!
New Orleans has the worst roads in the country - but after Katrina they have an excuse
Philadelphia what's your excuse - worst roads encountered
most of the country is a whole big lot of open spaces - yet we all cram into dense cities
there's a lot of poverty out there - especially the south


a small sample of the pictures that include the car



The route









Florida Keys