May 2015 Yaris Sales: Up

[Thirty-Nine]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

IMO, this is because much of the populace are sheep being herded by marketers, rather than having the self awareness to examine what they really need and what might be in their best interest. However, I think people should be able to make any such decisions without any level of government influencing them.

Agreed. Plus, North America is one of the places in the world big enough that we can have giant vehicles. Places like Europe and much of Asia are simply too densely populated to make driving anything larger than a Yaris feasible.

Big vehicles = big profits in the U.S.

[YodaBird]

If you get in a collision, then you have nothing to cover you. I already pay, well, some wold say average $2000+ :(

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by YodaBird

If you get in a collision, then you have nothing to cover you. I already pay, well, some wold say average $2000+ :(

If you drive a beater, then you aren't losing much if you aren't covered. If you have the money to replace the car and you have a great deal of confidence in your driving ability, then you are taking a calculated risk. I've only had this bite me in the butt three times, and have saved the cost of having to have full coverage for over 35 years. I paid cash, money I had saved from working, for a Capri when I was 17. When I was 18, I sold the Capri for a profit, put other cash with that, and bought a new Scirocco. My grandfather's insurance agent lied to me about how much full coverage would be on the Scirocco, so I dropped the comprehensive and collision. I later totaled the Scirocco, and then shared my mother's Mustang with her for a year and a half until I got the Mustang full time after my grandmother stopped driving and my mother got my grandmother's Lincoln. The second time was much later, when I had my GTI. I'd already put over 190,000 miles on the GTI. A person ahead of me pulled out into traffic onto a main surface street from a freeway off ramp. After checking traffic, I followed. The lady in the car ahead of me then slammed on her brakes to keep from running over a squirrel . The third time was last October (story told on a previous thread.....Bronsin wrote that the other driver should have been at LEAST partially at fault ..) in my blue Yaris..fender bender with an Expedition SUV...and my blue Yaris had well over 290,000 miles on it at the time.

[attrapereves]

I love smaller hatchbacks like the Yaris. The front seat room feels the same as a Corolla. My wife's newer Mazda 3 actually feels smaller up front than my Yaris.

However, the backseat room is quite different. Luckily we do not have kids. I love the hatchback with the seats removed for storage.

I see so many trucks on the road here, it's ridiculous. Most of them aren't even dirty. Unless you live on a farm or work construction, a truck is a waste of gas and money.

I bet truck and SUV sales have been going up since gas prices have declined. As soon as gas is up to $5/gallon, those people will be crying and trying to trade in their hunk for a smaller car.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by attrapereves

I see so many trucks on the road here, it's ridiculous. Most of them aren't even dirty.

Unless you live on a farm or work construction, a truck is a waste of gas and money.

Yep. Unless you are using the tuck in some other type of business.

I bet truck and SUV sales have been going up since gas prices have declined. As soon as gas is up to $5/gallon, those people will be crying and trying to trade in their hunk for a smaller car.

Yep.