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08-13-2014, 11:45 PM | #1 |
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I just bought a 2nd (additional) Yaris yesterday (8/12/14) - a new 2014
I traveled to Florida to be able to get a 5-speed manual + the color I wanted (and the best deal ). Details = post #71 on Kal-El's 'Yaris sales hit a new low' thread.
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08-14-2014, 09:21 AM | #2 |
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YEA!
I am glad you posted this, I had been following that post but missed the good news somehow
Awesome! You deserve it! Be safe driving back to Texas & I am reading but am I missing ... Is it a 3 Door ??? Your 'old' Yaris is a Coupe I know... (where's the suspense smile?) OK, I see now, it's a COUPE! Last edited by yougojay; 08-14-2014 at 09:39 AM. Reason: It's a COUPE! |
08-14-2014, 10:28 AM | #3 |
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Glad you're gonna be around for another 300,000 miles, nook. Congrats on your new car, dude!
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08-14-2014, 01:22 PM | #4 | |
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08-14-2014, 01:51 PM | #5 | |
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1. To 'take it' to MT and ID (the only 2 states in the 'lower 48' my blue Yaris hadn't made it to). 2. To 'take it' to Blaine, WA and to Cape Flattery, WA....completing the '4th corner'. I wanted to be the first person to drive to all of the 'lower 48' in a Yaris. In 2010, I found a comment post on Yahoo! Autos that revealed that someone else had already done that over 6 trips during the first 75,000 miles on their Yaris. I decided to add going as far as someone (other than a representative of the government ) can DRIVE to the 4 corners of the U.S. (looking at the U.S. on a flat map page). I'd already driven to Key West (in 2007) and all along the A1A on the east coast of Florida...so I could check off the 'Florida corner'. I drove to the parking lot for Border Field State Park (bordered on 2 sides by Mexico and the Pacific Ocean) in Late 2010. This is a few miles west of the San Ysidro border station that is part of the '4 corners tour for motorcycle enthusiasts' (San Ysidro, CA.....Blaine, WA.....Madawaska, ME.....and Key West, FL). So, I could then check off the 'California corner'. I drove to Lubec, ME in 2009 and Madawaska, ME in 2013, so I could then check off the 'Maine corner'.....and I made it to Blaine, WA and Cape Flattery, WA in June of 2014, completing the 'Washington corner'. 3. I wanted to get to 292,320 miles on my blue Yaris by October 7th, 2014 4. I wanted to get to 300,000 miles on my blue Yaris by October 7th, 2014 I completed the first 3, but won't hit the last one. Hopefully I'll get to 300,000 miles on the blue one before it 'conks out' . |
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08-14-2014, 07:56 PM | #6 |
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Oh, you'll get to 300,000 miles not problem. Really still amazes me how many places (& States) you've been to with your 'older' Yaris -
I swear - I am not going to worry about putting miles on my 2013 - It's all going to be local miles only, anyways...Work is 10.8 miles round-trip. NO TRAFFIC AT ALL, EVER! 45 & 55 MPH speed limit the whole way. It's awesome living here...roads are great and NO stop & go Car always gets up to full operating temp. when it gets driven (which is always good) SO Nook - You like the new dash set up in the 3rd gen's? It's pretty wide looking across the dash when you are in the drivers seat. Doesn't seem like you are in a small car. |
08-14-2014, 08:49 PM | #7 |
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Yeah, I do. Driving both is going to be interesting. For the first day, my eyes 'went to the center AC/Heat vents' because that is the location of the Speedometer, etc. on the 2nd Gen. I've also reached out, multiple times, with a beverage in my left hand to put it in front of the left AC/Heat vent . My brain must sense 'fitment into a holder or not', as I haven't yet let go of a beverage during such futile reaches into thin air. I really like the front of the center console on the 3rd Gen, and the clearance it has under the dash. My new Yaris did come with a 1 USB 12v plug, but I ended up buying a 2 USB 12v plug at Wal-Mart for $12 something plus tax. I can now put a beverage in the right front cup holder, put a phone in the left cup holder, and another phone in the space behind those two holders. I use those really thin retractable USB cables with each phone...so I can now charge two phones at once with no fuss, plus hold a beverage, all without worrying about any of that falling out of where it has been placed.
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08-15-2014, 02:07 AM | #8 |
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^^^^^ I've also noticed that the cup holder directly behind the 'parking brake hinge' on the 3rd Gen is a bit smaller than the two cup holders forward from the shifter. It is better suited for coffee and the ones forward from the shifter are better suited for larger convenience store/fast food diet soda cups.
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08-15-2014, 05:55 AM | #9 |
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What!?! Im shocked shocked youve seen reason to buy a new Yaris with only ~200k on your present one!
JUST KIDDING! We motorcyclists do "fly and rides" to get exactly the bike we want and I see no reason car buyers cant to the same thing if it comes down to it. Especially getting that deal! I flew from Philly to Houston to get my 2004 Honda ST1300 with less than 3000 miles on it for $6995. The local dealer had the exact same bike with 30,000 miles on it for $7000. so I saved five bucks! I wish you many miles of safe motoring!
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08-15-2014, 09:21 AM | #10 | |
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Ahem . Only 6,231 miles away from 300,000 miles .
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08-15-2014, 03:07 PM | #11 | |
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I use the USB hook-up for the iPod in the glove box, but that's about all tech. wise. Charge the phone upstairs when it needs it (once a month, LOL) I just turn it off & leave it in the glove box. We've always had a land-line. I LOVE sitting HIGH in this car. I mostly drive the Yaris, when I'm driving the other car I do find myself going for a window crank instead of the PW switch on the console now and then I just need to find a few Toyota 5.0 emblems for the front fender space, or maybe just one for the rear - that would freak a few teenagers out |
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08-16-2014, 10:04 AM | #13 | |
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There is no reason any sized iPod would not work in this car. The classic iPod (160GB or however much storage it has now) just holds more tunes, hooks up the same way. We've had our little flip phone cell for 10 years or more (I believe) It's a Motorola with a Verizon LOGO on each side. For cry Pete's I had to run down to the garage to see what brand it is... You can see how much that tech piece means to me... It a phone for quick conversation or emergency - I turn it on when I go out (usually for an hour) & turn it off when I am driving home. It only uses 'juice' when you talk on it |
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08-17-2014, 08:10 AM | #15 |
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My goal is to reach 300,000 miles for my Yaris. Hope I make it. I don't drive nearly as much as nook, but if I can get 10-15 years outta my Yaris, I'll be very happy.....
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08-17-2014, 10:36 AM | #16 | |
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I will look for an iPod thread - be interesting to see if anyone out there in Yar Yar Land has had problems with the bigger iPod units |
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08-17-2014, 10:41 AM | #17 |
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Probably won't be any trouble doing that from what we've seen/heard reading here. I'll be lucky to have 40,000 miles on mine in 10 years!
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08-17-2014, 11:54 AM | #18 |
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