500,000 miles on my Yaris.

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Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

I agree. Most things I'd have to pay someone else to do and trini chronicling his journey as he has lets me know that I can probably stretch to 400k (or close to it) without any drama nor much expense.

That's true, there were about 15 other Yaris over 350,000miles where I bought mine. At 445,000 literally the only things changed had been the motor(they had an on-site mechanic that traded labor for rent so it was cheaper than parts) brakes and fluids.


There were 600,000 mile Echos that were still in service.



In the courier industry Toyota is the go-to for a reason. These high mileages often surprise people, those of us that drive for a living are used to seeing 500,000 mile vehicles quite often. One thing that did surprise me about the Yaris however, these specific cars were company owned and driven by employees. As you can imagine people don't exactly treat their work cars like their personal vehicles...surprise surprise. Given that, I was stunned to find that a car with dozens of different drivers each with their own individual bad habits, each under pressure to be on time had managed to last just as long as the ones personally owned and cared for by my employees. There is something to be said for a car that can take on just about any driver and still be reliable after a half-million miles or more.