New York Times Reviews Yaris...

[STC]

I love my Yaris. I'm keeping my 2010 Yaris for 20 years. 10,000 mi a year, I'll be at 200k. Should last if given TLC. I wonder how much small cars (Yaris equivelant) will cost in 2030? $30-35k? I betcha work salaries will not increase with the level of everything else. Why, I may be finding alternate modes of transportation.

Cheers!

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by STC

I love my Yaris. I'm keeping my 2010 Yaris for 20 years. 10,000 mi a year, I'll be at 200k. Should last if given TLC. I wonder how much small cars (Yaris equivelant) will cost in 2030? $30-35k? I betcha work salaries will not increase with the level of everything else. Why, I may be finding alternate modes of transportation.

Cheers!

When I think of longevity, I think of the car that Tooter's White 2012 Yaris replaced.....a Hyundai that he and his wife had for 17 Years! Of course many Toyotas have probably hit that mark as well.

I love your quote from Frank Kent. It reminds me of a small part of the documentary Sicko. Michael Moore (probably one of the worlds biggest hypocrites (but I still thought the movie was informative,taken with a grain of salt)) or one of his surrogates was interviewing one of the guys who spearheaded the National Health Service in Britain. I can't remember that gent's name, but I'll never forget what he said. He said that in the U.S. the people/citizens are afraid of the government and in Britain and France the governments are afraid of the people/citizens.

[Thirty-Nine]

The thing I find funny is how so many people (both reviewers and auto enthusiasts) knock the four-speed auto. Really? Who cares?

"Given that Chevy, Ford and Hyundai offer thriftier 6-speed automatics, Toyota had better get with the program."



So Toyota better "had better get with the program" because it gets better combined fuel economy with its ancient four-speed auto than most other subcompacts in its class? And really, the combined fuel economy is pretty important, not so much just the city and highway, right?

It's assertions by automotive writers that peeve me. C'mon—visit FuelEconomy.gov and do the research instead of lambasting Toyota for its four-speed auto.

And full disclosures: I have written a review on the '12 Yaris SE, although mine was the manual (thankfully).

http://www.subcompactculture.com/201...prisingly.html

- Andy