Any regrets?

[advocate]

How can you overstate the fact that when you live in California and go over the bay bridge you have to constantly correct the steering wheel because the wind is trying to blow you off the side?

It's hard to overstate the truth.

I've driven a couple other cars before the Yaris in very similar situations and this was the only one I experienced it in.

It might be true that vans are worse but commercial vans are in the realm of freight moving vehicles and not economy road cars.

I wouldn't go as far as to say that Toyota made the car unsafe without a sway bar, I would just say that it's a bit unnerving and probably not 100% safe to be affected by the wind that much. It's probably more like only 80% safe.

[tomato]

Originally Posted by advocate

How can you overstate the fact that when you live in California and go over the bay bridge you have to constantly correct the steering wheel because the wind is trying to blow you off the side?

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Pfeww, finally!! I thought I was the only one!! I was starting to wonder if i was trippin' or something.

By the way, the LB and the Sedan really are different cars.

[eht13]

Originally Posted by tomato

By the way, the LB and the Sedan really are different cars.

Yes... the Vitz and the Belta in Japan. So they are different models with a similar style, not two body styles of the same model like here.

But I'm curious, is the theory that the hatchback is less stable in wind than the sedan? Has anyone here driven both (or better yet, owned both) and can comment on how the overall driving experience of the two compares?

[sdyaris]

With the 8 inches of snow we got last night I do miss having a truck to plow through the 12 inch+ drifts but the Yaris still did great with the set of snow tires that i have on it.