why did you buy a yaris?

[jjonrofl]

Yes, haha. The Saab did not have too many surprise problems, but the scheduled maintenance was pretty expensive. And as time went by (especially after the warranty expired), the things that needed to be fixed increased. The Volvo may have been less reliable than the average Volvo, from the things people say about driving a Volvo for a long time. The scheduled maintenance was somewhat expensive, although less than the Saab, but the big thing was surprise problems that came up... some that I found, some that the dealer found and showed to me. It had a few intermittent ongoing issues, and then others that directly affected reliability; not starting sometimes, for example... a pretty negative reliability experience. One of those issues proved to be the straw that broke the camel's back... so I had to get the Volvo fixed one more time in order to sell it (I had already spent more on repairs than I made selling it) and then I got the Yaris (we had already traded the Saab in previously when we got my wife's current car).

That's a pity, but I'm glad you have a Yaris now. Awesome car. Sometimes I see 240s on the road and wonder how things would be if I had one, but then I remember that the 240 is older than I am, and the Yaris will last forever.