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

[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