Disposable Car - Toyota Yaris Forums

ChinoCharles · 12-24-2008, 03:59 PM

This is the tradeoff you have to decide upon when buying an economy car. Generally the safer you are, the worse your mileage is going to be. Frame strength = more weight = less MPG. Plain and simple.

Also keep in mind that when an insurance company makes the decision to total a car it is based on the disparity between the price of repairs and the estimated worth of the vehicle. If you were driving a VW Rabbit, it would have been scrapped too, because that new radiator would have cost 50% more than one for the Yaris. There is more to vehicle longevity and accident survival than how "safe" it is. You got hit from both ends, so it doesn't surprise me the car was totalled. I would argue that most if not all of the cars in this segment would have been in the same boat.

Having said that, enjoy your Suzuki.

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12-24-2008, 03:59 PM	#39
ChinoCharles Banned Drives: LB Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: OH Posts: 7,787	This is the tradeoff you have to decide upon when buying an economy car. Generally the safer you are, the worse your mileage is going to be. Frame strength = more weight = less MPG. Plain and simple. Also keep in mind that when an insurance company makes the decision to total a car it is based on the disparity between the price of repairs and the estimated worth of the vehicle. If you were driving a VW Rabbit, it would have been scrapped too, because that new radiator would have cost 50% more than one for the Yaris. There is more to vehicle longevity and accident survival than how "safe" it is. You got hit from both ends, so it doesn't surprise me the car was totalled. I would argue that most if not all of the cars in this segment would have been in the same boat. Having said that, enjoy your Suzuki.