Will We Still Love Our Yarii in 10 Years?

[static808]

no doubt we'll still be loving our yaris. i still love my '97 civic hatchback, even though my nephew now owns it. every now and then i'll still run into a modification that i'd like to do on it. but then again, im not like the majority of americans who trade their cars in after 4 years. most of my family keep their cars for around a decade...

--B

[Pars]

Originally Posted by static808

no doubt we'll still be loving our yaris. i still love my '97 civic hatchback, even though my nephew now owns it. every now and then i'll still run into a modification that i'd like to do on it. but then again, im not like the majority of americans who trade their cars in after 4 years. most of my family keep their cars for around a decade...

--B

Same here, I still have fond memory of my 98 Hatch (which had 6K in upgrades). I hope my new Yaris will last me 10 years, but I'm not banking on it, since in 10yrs, the car will have accumilated 600,000km.

[Black Yaris]

Originally Posted by Pars

Same here, I still have fond memory of my 98 Hatch (which had 6K in upgrades). I hope my new Yaris will last me 10 years, but I'm not banking on it, since in 10yrs, the car will have accumilated 600,000km.

That is only 372,000 miles or so... when I used to change oil back in the day I used to see god knows how many Toyota's and Honda's with well over 400,000 miles, 643,700km... about 1/2 of those people used synthetic it's whole life, the other half bought em used and were just lucky i geuss

[Pars]

Originally Posted by Black Yaris

That is only 372,000 miles or so... when I used to change oil back in the day I used to see god knows how many Toyota's and Honda's with well over 400,000 miles, 643,700km... about 1/2 of those people used synthetic it's whole life, the other half bought em used and were just lucky i geuss

Hopefully, I'm one of the lucky ones. The engine will have to be strong to stand-up to all the beating I'm giving it.

Switching to synthetic is going to be expensive since I do 8 oil-change/year, which will cost me about $350/year for the sync oil. That's a hefty price to pay for something that might not help in the long term. I can see how synthetic can help to keep the cylinder wall in above average condition, but that's not going to help an old engine that's been fatigued enough so that it's about to break from the constant pounding.

[Black Yaris]

Originally Posted by Pars

Hopefully, I'm one of the lucky ones. The engine will have to be strong to stand-up to all the beating I'm giving it.

Switching to synthetic is going to be expensive since I do 8 oil-change/year, which will cost me about $350/year for the sync oil. That's a hefty price to pay for something that might not help in the long term. I can see how synthetic can help to keep the cylinder wall in above average condition, but that's not going to help an old engine that's been fatigued enough so that it's about to break from the constant pounding.

you change your oil ever 5000 miles 8000km?

so you drive 40000miles 64000km a year?

and where are you getting your oil for some 40 bux?

just got mine done today with mobile 1 0-20 Fram filter.... $25

U buy the oil and filter and they will do it up at the local lub shop for nothin most of the time
"but that's not going to help an old engine that's been fatigued enough so that it's about to break from the constant pounding" There is not going to be a constant pounding if you use good oil and change is when needed

[foober]

I'll love my yaris more in 10 years cause then I won't have to pay for license plates ever again for it in montana.

[Pars]

Originally Posted by Black Yaris

you change your oil ever 5000 miles 8000km?

so you drive 40000miles 64000km a year?

and where are you getting your oil for some 40 bux?

just got mine done today with mobile 1 0-20 Fram filter.... $25

U buy the oil and filter and they will do it up at the local lub shop for nothin most of the time
"but that's not going to help an old engine that's been fatigued enough so that it's about to break from the constant pounding" There is not going to be a constant pounding if you use good oil and change is when needed

Yep, I'm getting the oil changed at the Toyota dealership at every 8000km. Mobel-1 oil is about $10/Litre after tax here in Canada.

I'm not totally ruling out synthetic, but the Toyota oil seems to be holding up well between intervals (the old oil is still light & clear when it's ready to be changed out). Between changes, If the oil starts to get too dark, I'll probably switch to synthetic.

In my Old 98 Civic Hatch, I used Mobel-1 since new and I finally retired the car at 300,000km after I cracked the head gasket. I think the gasket went cause, I was driving flat-out for couple hours on oil that hadn't been changed in 24,000km or the engine head couldn't handle the hard use. I used to think that car was indestructible. Oh well, live and learn.