Considering Yaris vs. Elantra

[rningonfumes]

Storage:
Non-locking glove box,
arm rest (small),
pockets behind the driver and passenger seats
coin box underneath the driver's cup holder.
and Valet locking Trunk-60/40 folding rear seats(they don't fold flat.

Cupholders:
two on dash-- under the vents-can hold up to a large/xltra large of Carl's Jr/Hardee's drink cup.
Driver's and front passenger has an indentation in the lower door pocket that can hold the standard water bottle.
Rear of the arm rest is one more cup holder that flips out.


It looks like you've done your homework. I would pick one or the other of the packages to save money. I hope you are thinking of the manual too-- more money saved. The advantage of the Yaris over the Elantra is the price.... don't option out the Yaris any where near the price of the Elantra. If we were talking Hyundai competitor for the Yaris, it would be the Accent.

When you say you're going to save 50 bucks a month, I'm going to assume you mean over the Focus and not the Explorer. I say you're gonna save a lot more than that if you drive it right.

How large a laptop do you have? Bare with no bag, it should fit with other things in the glove box.

I hope I addressed most of your concerns, Good luck on either car.

Feel free to ask more questions.

[businezguy]

Originally Posted by rningonfumes

Storage:
Non-locking glove box,
arm rest (small),
pockets behind the driver and passenger seats
coin box underneath the driver's cup holder.
and Valet locking Trunk-60/40 folding rear seats(they don't fold flat.

Cupholders:
two on dash-- under the vents-can hold up to a large/xltra large of Carl's Jr/Hardee's drink cup.
Driver's and front passenger has an indentation in the lower door pocket that can hold the standard water bottle.
Rear of the arm rest is one more cup holder that flips out.


It looks like you've done your homework. I would pick one or the other of the packages to save money. I hope you are thinking of the manual too-- more money saved. The advantage of the Yaris over the Elantra is the price.... don't option out the Yaris any where near the price of the Elantra. If we were talking Hyundai competitor for the Yaris, it would be the Accent.

When you say you're going to save 50 bucks a month, I'm going to assume you mean over the Focus and not the Explorer. I say you're gonna save a lot more than that if you drive it right.

How large a laptop do you have? Bare with no bag, it should fit with other things in the glove box.

I hope I addressed most of your concerns, Good luck on either car.

Feel free to ask more questions.

Thanks for the information you've provided, much appreciated. I read on some threads that folks were losing coins that were going behind the dashboard when storing them somewhere. Does the coin holder you describe have that issue?

As for the price, I need to get the automatic transmission and power package. Since the Yaris has no incentives and the Elantra does, a comparably equipped Elantra with more features standard, actually costs a few hundred dollars less. However, I figured that I would save about $50 in gas per month with the Yaris vs. the Elantra because I drive so much. VS. the Explorer I'll be saving about $232 per month. VS the Focus I'll be saving about $78 per month. All of this is assuming $2.50 for gas of course. If gas goes up, the savings obviously go up as well.

I have a large laptop bag, so I'll just put my laptop in the rear of the car while commuting and obviously if I stop that the market or something on the way home, throw it in the trunk. I'm more concerned with what to do with my toll money, MP3 player, and cell phone. Believe me, when it comes to toll money especially, I feel like I risk life and limb just to get the correct change for the toll.