Buying a yaris with 106k miles. need some insight

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

472,000 miles as of a month ago per his comment on his YouTube channel. I think he keeps his repair records updated on Yarisworld. His Yarisworld screen name is trini_per4mance and his YouTube name is triniper4mance .I'm now at 226,000 + -- other than the normal Battery/Tires/Serpentine Belt/Spark Plugs/Oil/Filters the only things I've had to do are the front wheel bearings at 110k and the alternator at 159k.

I just checked trini's YouTube channel. His last post was 1 month ago and he was at 490,000 miles. One of the videos off to the side was entitled 'The 500,000 mile man'. This featured Jim White (a retired guy from Shreveport, Louisiana). His video was uploaded on 9-15-11 and at that point he had 524,000 miles on a 2007 Corolla (if trini hadn't changed jobs, he'd have had more than that after the same time of ownership). The Jim White video is a 'commercial' for Kendall Oil. When he had 460,000 miles on the car he was paranoid about the timing chain and wanted to replace it. He took it in. The mechanic told him the timing chain did not need replacing and mentioned something about the engine looking more like it had 30,000 miles on it rather than 500,000 miles plus. The mechanic wants to see Jim White hit 1 million miles. IIRC from one of his posts (either here or on YouTube), trini's goal for his Yaris is 1 million miles.