Not sure where to start (2009 yaris)...

[JBougie]

IMO, the car is perfect for all weather handling - I live in MN and deal with all of the extremes. Since I travel down south a lot I get a lot of the heat and quick weather changes on the travel down there and back - I have NEVER even had a funny sound come out of the Yaris. I have had mine for 1 year 10 months and have 38,890miles on her now.

I have the 4 door sedan, not "S" type but I do have cruise control, power everything, the 15" stock wheels, rear defrost, the weather package ... whatever that all comes with. It's pretty much loaded, the only thing I didn't get was the alloy wheels (because I am an aftermarket wheel type of girl lol) and leather seats (IMO leather in a yaris is dumb) and my price tag (before interest from financing) was $14,300 and I bought her brand new off the show room floor at Walser Bloomington Toyota here in MN.

I don't have a single complaint about this car and I looked for 3 weeks straight and had my Walser dealer going from dealership to dealership looking at everything and finally decided on the Yaris. My husband and I got to the dealership, I test drove the car and about an hour later drove it home. It was love at first drive.

I get my oil changed every 5k and use the 5/30 synthetic oil; she runs like a top so far :)

I don't really know about anything else you were asking, and since I don't surf and have never even seen a surf board I couldn't help you there - except I do know that you can get the racks on top of the roof of the car for storage.

Also - the Fit is ugly. Don't buy one of those. LOL

[SailDesign]

Originally Posted by JBougie

IMO, the car is perfect for all weather handling

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Also - the Fit is ugly. Don't buy one of those. LOL

Heh! You can stick around.

[JBougie]

Originally Posted by SailDesign

Heh! You can stick around.

WooHoo!