90% on short trip. What to do to protect engine?

[Snyprwlf47]

Originally Posted by jambo101

Just change oil at recommended intervals and you should have no problems with the motor,in fact the car will be traded in for something else long before you start having engine trouble.

What are you saying? Do you not think the Yaris is worth keeping?

[jambo101]

Originally Posted by Snyprwlf47

What are you saying? Do you not think the Yaris is worth keeping?

Why would i have one if i thought it wasnt worth keeping? its just that i view the car as an inexpensive,reliable,daily commuter that will get replaced in 5yrs, and for that purpose its a great little car that i'm not going to waste money and defeat the cars original economy by getting all compulsive about extreme maintenance schedules on it or waste thousands of $$ on mods,for me its just not that kind of car.
Are there some other members who share my views?

[nemelek]

Originally Posted by jambo101

Why would i have one if i thought it wasnt worth keeping? its just that i view the car as an inexpensive,reliable,daily commuter that will get replaced in 5yrs, and for that purpose its a great little car that i'm not going to waste money and defeat the cars original economy by getting all compulsive about extreme maintenance schedules on it or waste thousands of $$ on mods,for me its just not that kind of car.
Are there some other members who share my views?

I do. I drive the car 10,000 miles a year. I use Castrol GTS I bought on sale at $.99/quart and OEM filter bought on sale at $3.95/quart. Each oil change costs $8. In 20 years I'll have 200,000 miles on the car and the engine will be just fine.

[thebarber]

Originally Posted by Snyprwlf47

What are you saying? Do you not think the Yaris is worth keeping?

Originally Posted by jambo101

Why would i have one if i thought it wasnt worth keeping? its just that i view the car as an inexpensive,reliable,daily commuter that will get replaced in 5yrs, and for that purpose its a great little car that i'm not going to waste money and defeat the cars original economy by getting all compulsive about extreme maintenance schedules on it or waste thousands of $$ on mods,for me its just not that kind of car.
Are there some other members who share my views?

youre kinda right....but if he takes a bit of care now and over the course of the cars life, itll last a longer time

i had just assumed you meant that after 5 years (and this is a typical thought of we, the ones with snow and ice) the body will rust out before the engine goes bad. which, is exactly opposite way things happen in warmer climates

i have friends (husband/wife) in town with a 2002 hyundai accent 5spd. its done 150,000kms in its time, but theyve never had anything significant go wrong. i say its theyre driving. they NEVER shift above 3000rpm (which is often scary as fvck when they pull out in front of people) and as far as i know, never run it up. a lot of the miles were put on from moving between the maritimes and ontario and between halifax and fredericton, but otherwise, they just do short-ish, in-town driving (fredericton is only 50,000 people)

id say if you take it easy on the car and do the regular maintenance, the normal wear parts will last a LOT longer than driving the car hard. but id take it on the highway once a week and get the carbon out of the exhaust! ;)

[andries]

Mounting a parking heater.

look on this link for infomation

http://www.webasto.com/products/en/3115_3422.html
http://www.webasto.com/products/en/3123_4519.html

this preheated the engine and interior