For Sale: Every single part off an 07 MT Liftback

[JustPassinThru]

This is a fascinating thread - like dangling chum before sharks. Never realized there'd be this kind of interest in parts for one car.

I remember one of those Q&A columns in one of the syndicated Sunday mags...some kid was talking about "parting out" his mother's car. The writers mocked it; pointed out the limited market for parts for (I think it was) a ten-year-old Toyota Camry.

Here you've done that, and the water's frothy with the feeding. You don't have to answer if you don't want...but I wonder if it all paid for itself and if it was worth it.

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by JustPassinThru

This is a fascinating thread - like dangling chum before sharks. Never realized there'd be this kind of interest in parts for one car.

I remember one of those Q&A columns in one of the syndicated Sunday mags...some kid was talking about "parting out" his mother's car. The writers mocked it; pointed out the limited market for parts for (I think it was) a ten-year-old Toyota Camry.

Here you've done that, and the water's frothy with the feeding. You don't have to answer if you don't want...but I wonder if it all paid for itself and if it was worth it.

If I didn't have to ship the car across the country it would have been great. With the cost of shipping I ended up making a very small profit off parting it. Most would consider it to not be worth it, but I enjoy doing it and learn a bit more each time. The less common a car is (and the more expensive its parts), the more fruitful parting can be. The Yaris meets the less common criteria (compared to the Camry for instance), but doesn't meet the expensive part criteria (compared with BMWs that a friend of mine parts out).