i find...

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Originally Posted by thebarber

i find i love the yaris when there aren't any other cars driving fast on the road

its peppy enough to get thru traffic and fun to rip up to speed

this is all well and good until there is someone else driving spiritedly

frig the yaris feels slow.

i mean, i came off a matrix xrs, which is by no means a powerhouse, but it had enough ooomph to take on and get-ahead-of many other cars on the road

twice now while driving to my night class on a road with a 70kph speed limit ive been pitted against cars that in my head are slow, but have surprised me.

first was a 5.9L jeep cherokee.....i stuck with him in 1st after a red light, but he just kept pulling away afterwards.....we gave each other the thumbs up, but i guess im used to pulling away from cars like that.

second was last night. i was behind a done-up older (boxy) accord at a light, we both turned right onto the 70kph road and he went wide, i was WOT and chirped my winters into second gear....he heard and kept WOT as well....i couldnt pull on him.....

i really need to put in that supercharger

but the yaris is till fun to open up if no one else is on the road...it almost feels fast

**also current cornering is shite w/ 185 wide winter tires w/ open tread...

Imagine how lethargic an auto. Yaris felt to test-drive after I drove my turbo talon into a stealership. Drove a 5-speed immediately after and felt I could at least live with it after my memories of the Talon's 2.0 litre turbo grunt faded.