why did you buy a yaris?

[Lewis]

Why I bought it- Low purchase price, safety rating, gas mileage, Toyota reliability, euro-styling.

Bought to be a commuter beast of burden.

Ownship experiences: how pleasant it is to drive around town (with the rear anti-sway bar), how poorly it tracks (holds the straight ahead) at high speed on the highway & how easy it is to DIY service.

[vten]

I was passing a local toyota dealership and saw the Red TRD package yaris , stopped by,test drove it , and drove home away with it ...traded my junk 97 mazda 626 for $280 ....

wifey said I was crazy ....oh well ...the mazda didn't even want to start when it's raining outside..


and Im mod happy now

[SpaceShot]

1. 167K on prior ride and starting to burn >=1.5 quart oil every oil change
2. Yaris doubled my MPG over the 120 mile daily commuting roundtrip :-)
3. Similar form as my first car (76 Civic hatch)
4. best value (MPG + finance cost) at 5 year & 10 year intervals
5. Availability of Toyota and after market parts (I do all the maintenance and many repairs myself)
6. This Forum! (a noticeably active community with lots of information)

[fmicle]

I like hatchback designs, I like small cars and I want good quality and reliability. And it should be free, if possible Yaris fit the bill on most of my requirements

[TinyGiant]

we had a jeep grand cherokee limited 4.7 V8 that the transmission went on.. we foolishly replaced it (jeep had 175K on it) and then shortly after gas spiked and we decided we would dump the jeep and get into a car. we went from $80 in gas a week to $20 every week and a half. made a HUGE difference. the gas almost pays for the car lol

we love this car far more than the jeep. the jeep was really nice though had every option they offered for it. we sold it locally and i see it parked around town here and there :) other than having a car payment its something i dont regret doing. i do hate car payments though. we didnt have a car payment for 3 years before we got the yaris.. been tight at times but its nice to not have to worry about the car breaking down

[wooverstone8]

The three reason I decide on the Yaris:

1. Inexpensive
2. Excellent Reliability
3. Fuel Economy

[Altitude]

I wanted something with better mileage than my Jeep (this was when gas prices were close to $5.00) so I did some research on the net and stumbled across YarisWorld. Loved the look of the car, the MPG's and the enthusiastic community. I was sold, kept the Jeep for winter and for the mountains, use the Yaris for everything else.

[mryaris]

Originally Posted by SpaceShot

3. Similar form as my first car (76 Civic hatch)

Ditto! My first car was a '79 Civic hatchback and the Yaris is (IMO) the modern equivalent. It's small, fuel efficient, reliable, easy to work on and fun to drive. The fact that it is a safe car is a bonus.....I was very impressed with how my '09 held up when I rolled it so I bought a new '10 last week!

BTW....was your Civic a 1200 or a CVCC? Mine was a 1200 and I loved it....perfect high school/first car for me. I've owned 3 of them over the years, but they are all but impossible to find now.

[specialeducator]

Originally Posted by wooverstone8

The three reason I decide on the Yaris:

1. Inexpensive
2. Excellent Reliability
3. Fuel Economy

same as me

[MadMax]

The car in one of my favorite TV shows caught my attention...



Actually, although Psych is suppose to be in Santa Barbara, CA it is actually filmed in Canada; hence the Canadian specs Yaris.

Then I had a chance to drive one as a rental car on a work trip, I fell in love but knew I had to get the hatchback (I also love hatches!). I also have a Jeep Wrangler so it evens out my gas mileage (37 MPG vs 16 MPG). I loved my old car, a 95 VW Passat wagon with a VR6; but after 125K+ miles on it, it was starting to show its age. Nothing major, but I knew I wanted a new commuter car and the Yaris just fit the bill perfectly!

Cheers! M2

[SmartYaris]

Wow, Zombie thread!

1. Needed a car QUICK!
2. It's a Toyota (should be reliable)
3. Mileage - (I'm a closet hypermiler)
4. Hatchback - styling
5. Price (only thing cheaper was my smart which does have a little better standard equipment, but now I have a back seat WHEN/IF I need one, don't normally need it or use it)

[BuildCode]

Cash for clunkers! I never would have bought a new car in my life, actually. Got $4550 for my 530i, which was twice what it was worth with all the work it needed. Plus my Yaris sedan is more fun to drive than the BMW, I can really have fun with it and not have to worry about what's going to break next like I did with the BMW (I maintained it myself for 3 years).

[eht13]

Originally Posted by wooverstone8

The three reason I decide on the Yaris:

1. Inexpensive
2. Excellent Reliability
3. Fuel Economy

Those were my reasons too. But upon looking at it at the dealer, I quickly realized that "good looking" and "fun to drive" could be added to the list too.

[DevilGirl]

Originally Posted by MadMax

The car in one of my favorite TV shows caught my attention...



Actually, although Psych is suppose to be in Santa Barbara, CA it is actually filmed in Canada; hence the Canadian specs Yaris.

The odd thing about the Yaris showing up on Psych is that the car is owned by Gus, and Gus is the one who drives it, but in certain shots, (similar to the one pictured), Shawn is show on what would normally be the driver's side of the car in the US... So it makes me wonder...

[Tankeryanker]

Cause my other vehicle is a truck and I needed something that got great fuel mileage, still had room for my saddles etc... and was as cute as a bugs ear.

[wooverstone8]

Originally Posted by eht13

Those were my reasons too. But upon looking at it at the dealer, I quickly realized that "good looking" and "fun to drive" could be added to the list too.

+1 on styling and fun to drive.

[Inspector14]

Three and a half years ago (my story starts way back then) i owned a 2000 Ford escort zx2. when i graduated college and started my full time career i had the money to replace the aged (and broken) escort with something i hoped would be more reliable.

spring 2007 is when i started looking for a replacement, and i had seen the yaris commercials on TV, had seen several LB's running arround town, and finally (after calling the dealer a hundred times) managed to catch a LB on the lot before the car was delivered to its owner.

the local dealer is the ONLY toyota dealer in the region (south central alaska) and they were only getting a trickle of Yarii.

once i drove the car that one time, i knew that was my car. price was too high tough (these were fully kitted out ones they were getting $15K+) and the salesman told me they would not be getting any of the stripped out ones i had read about. so i left, heartbroken.

i wound up with a VW Jetta TDI (another car i had wanted forever) what a rolling TURD! in the 2 years i owned that car i replaced: Battery, Timing belt (30K miles early), water pump, clutch, flywheel, and was getting ready fora tear down of the injection pump. thousands of dollars burned on that POS.

one day last december, that jetta stranded me at work for the third time in a week. once i got it started i drove home, changed, and went straight to toyota. 2 hrs later i had my shiney new '09 LB the stripped out base model, paid in full.

i love the looks, mileage, handling, and the fact that its not very common up here.

that was a long write up. but i have a need to set up my stories.

[supmet]

Originally Posted by Inspector14

i wound up with a VW Jetta TDI (another car i had wanted forever) what a rolling TURD! in the 2 years i owned that car i replaced: Battery, Timing belt (30K miles early), water pump, clutch, flywheel, and was getting ready fora tear down of the injection pump. thousands of dollars burned on that POS.

We should have gotten together, and put my replaced throttle body, complete air filter(old one would hydrolock in car wash), suspension mounts, drive axle, engine mounts, transmission mounts, plus all your new parts, and just built a new Jetta