Why didn't you invest 1000$ more to buy a Corolla instead

[Tamago]

Originally Posted by ulmaitre

Own it in which way? I suppose the enormous 0.3 liter volume advantage will certainly smoke the tires. As for fuel economy, er, the Yaris engine is much better. As for reliability, er, the Yaris engine has decades of proven reliability. As for dual cams, er, they take more power to run and have double the moving parts to break. I dunno...I would rather have the Yaris engine personally.

errr your 1nz HAS DUAL CAMS
err my 2002 corolla got 41mpg
err i've blown up one 1nz already (bone stock) and never blew up a corolla engine


but i can see where your argument may be strong among the ignorant ;)

[ulmaitre]

Originally Posted by Tamago

errr your 1nz HAS DUAL CAMS
err my 2002 corolla got 41mpg
err i've blown up one 1nz already (bone stock) and never blew up a corolla engine


but i can see where your argument may be strong among the ignorant ;)

1. Fair enough.
2. 41 mpg is good. 52 is better.
3. Anecdotal evidence is not valid evidence. People have blown up Corollas too. and specifically what do you mean by "blew up?" Do you mean that the engine literally spontaneously exploded in a giant fireball? Or, were there any other issues, such as driving style, load, temperature, maintenance, etc., that drove it to fail? If you were driving down the street tand the perfectly-maintaine engine suddenly and spontaneously burst into flames in a giant burst of fireball, then I would call Toyota. you probably have a giant lawsuit settlement awaiting you too, not to mention a worldwide recall!