Most worthwhile mod for Yaris?

[silver_vios]

Originally Posted by sbergman27

I drive 40k miles per year and haven't had this happen. No accidents in 30 years. While road debris is an almost daily hazard.

And are you sure you are not rather drastically over-stating any difference that your mods might have made? I suspect you are.

Look, if you want to make a fashion statement, that's fine. Even if I might have aesthetic qualms with the defacements you choose to inflict upon your car. But It's pretty silly to try to make the "life or death" safety argument you seem to want to make.

-Steve

40k miles a year in BFE, OK < 1 day in LA

and no, you are understating something that you have absolutely no clue about. Go wiki some big words to dazzle everyone with. My car is safer than yours, get over it.

/out, don't feed the troll

[Kal-El]

Originally Posted by silver_vios

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/out, don't feed the troll

He's got over 130 posts and is defending the Yaris in base form.

Hardly a troll.

And coming from someone with 3 posts?

[sbergman27]

Wow. I had not noticed that Silver Vios is even newer here than I am. So I'll take a time out from our snit to welcome Silver Vios to the forum and note that my level of diplomacy has a certain variability to it depending upon mood and circumstance.

-Steve

[Kal-El]

sbergman27,

I totally get what you are saying in support of a stock Yaris. There are reasons Toyota makes it the way it is. It is the most practical, the most efficient, and the most economical.

That said, putting down mods as being tacky or something only teenagers are interested in is way off. Check out the picture threads of cars with 1.5-2" drops with 16-17" wheels. Many are very cleanly done. The drop isn't slammed, it basically brings the fender gap where it should be (the way expensive cars come stock - hardly tacky or immature).

I basically defend both decisions. For me, I have 16" alloys on stock suspension. I'd like the better look of a drop, but I think I prefer the comfortable ride and practicality in snow (and the financial factor of not spending the money I don't really have for a drop).

It's totally fine if you completely disagree with mods. But when they're done right, they aren't tacky. People are pretty much just trying to get a more premium look that performs better with these mods.

Sporty luxury cars and premium sports cars come with drops, big wheels, fancy exhausts, beefy engines, and often have body kits or low ground affects. They are anything but tacky.

[eht13]

Wow... I start an innocent poll, log off for a while, and come back to see I started a storm.

There are plenty of good points made here on both sides. I actually intended to add an option that said "No mods", but forgot to just the way I temporarily forgot to add "wheels" as an option. My car is stock, currently anyway, but one or two tastefully done mods are kind of in the back of my mind. However, my car came with all the options, including the OEM 15" alloys. If it hadn't, I'm pretty sure I would have already done a mod or two. I personally can't stand the steelies with plastic wheel covers.

Thanks for the input so far. Just a note... this poll wasn't just created for my own research purposes, but also thinking it could be useful for others too. Also, to TK-421 (love that name)... I saw that thread that is linked in your sig... actually read through it again earlier today. Thanks.

[sbergman27]

Originally Posted by eht13

Wow... I start an innocent poll, log off for a while, and come back to see I started a storm.

I hope that my off-tone contribution was of some value.

[sbergman27]

Originally Posted by silver_vios

Go wiki some big words to dazzle everyone with. My car is safer than yours, get over it.

Whatever you say.