Toyota Yaris reliability

[DMZ]

Originally Posted by bronsin

My ECHO was a manual and the transmission shifted very smoothly. In fact when my legs and feet made shifting difficult I did a lot of shifting without the clutch whenever possible.

I sold the ECHO and bought a Yaris in order to get an automatic transmission because I figured if I kept shifting w/o the clutch I would ruin the transmission. But I often wonder if I had kept the ECHO would the trans have held up? I think the ECHO, for my purposes, was a better car other than the trans.

I once had a Chevy truck that I shifted w/o the clutch for years. Once I got a feel for the shift points, it was as smooth as an automatic. The tranny outlasted the engine.