What mileage would you consider selling your Yaris?

[zoidberg444]

I don't see the point in selling once it has that kind of mileage. I'll run mine till its scrap and then strip it for parts and get another lower mileage/rust one.

[tmontague]

Originally Posted by zoidberg444

I don't see the point in selling once it has that kind of mileage. I'll run mine till its scrap and then strip it for parts and get another lower mileage/rust one.

Agreed. Since the newer models share the same parts you can either keep the hole one as a parts car or strip it to save space and store the parts. Then buy another cheap used yaris and have another excellent car for the next 10 years.

I've started Krown anti rust spraying my car every year when I bought my '08 in 2012 and the sub frame and body look astonishingly rust free. I see myself 3rd painting the car before I'll ever have to scrap it due to rust.

In my neck of the woods a large auto recycler sells 1nz's for $400-$600 plus tax, I bought my 2zr from them for $600 with only 89k km on it and they have a good reputation

[zoidberg444]

Originally Posted by tmontague

Agreed. Since the newer models share the same parts you can either keep the hole one as a parts car or strip it to save space and store the parts. Then buy another cheap used yaris and have another excellent car for the next 10 years.

I've started Krown anti rust spraying my car every year when I bought my '08 in 2012 and the sub frame and body look astonishingly rust free. I see myself 3rd painting the car before I'll ever have to scrap it due to rust.

In my neck of the woods a large auto recycler sells 1nz's for $400-$600 plus tax, I bought my 2zr from them for $600 with only 89k km on it and they have a good reputation

I'd strip mine to save space. Probably the only thing left would be a few dented body panels and the cars chassis and crusty old suspension components and a few plastic interior pieces and the stripped down engine (if it was high mileage/near death/dead). I looked on ebay a few weeks ago and there are quite a few Mk2 Yaris's for sale. Even if they had something wrong with them it wouldn't bother me. I'd just fix it. Plenty of people seem to want to chuck them at 10 years/<100,000 because conventional wisdom says that's when a car wears out.

I've seen 1KR-FE engines for sale with low mileage for £300. They are in several other cars beside the Yaris. Its not entirely simple to swap them. I would have to swap the oil sump with the one on my car and seen as mine is a Japanese made engine but all the others in Europe were made at the Engine/Gearbox plant in Poland i'm not entirely sure if my cars ECU will run one of the Euro engines and if I'll run into wiring issues but i'm certainly going to try.

[BennyLava]

Originally Posted by 06YarisRS

Check out https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odk...ngine&_sacat=0

Older model years engines may have similar mileages and be less expensive. The above link is to a search produced by entering "2010 Toyota Yaris Engine".

Looked around, and wow these engines are cheap lol. Hard to beat this car, and this engine. Imo toyota really knocked it out of the park when they came up with the yaris. 30+ mpg and an engine that just doesn't like to die. And is cheap if it ever does die.

Found an engine that has 6k miles on it for $950.

So yeah, probably won't ever sell it lol. I'll just retire it and use it as "the loner" for when people I know need a car to use for a bit.