New to Yaris a couple of questions

[BennyLava]

Originally Posted by bronsin

Gutless? What do you think you’re doing, driving in the Indianapolis 500?

Yeah at around 100hp I wouldn't expect too much, manual trans or not. Built to save gas, not go fast. But there are a few mods you could do which would make it noticeably better than your manual echo.

We've got an 09 auto sedan, and imo its far from gutless. I've had gutless cars in the past, and my stock 09 sedan is nothing like them in terms of power. It will get out of its own way, which is really all you can ask from such a car. Considering what I've experienced, I'm just glad it will even do that. Think back to how bad the 90's economy cars were, especially when they got some age on them. Those things were gutless. Often times instead of going any faster, they'd just make more engine noise. And then maybe start to barely increase in speed. Maybe.

[jayeh]

Originally Posted by BennyLava

Yeah at around 100hp I wouldn't expect too much, manual trans or not. Built to save gas, not go fast. But there are a few mods you could do which would make it noticeably better than your manual echo.

We've got an 09 auto sedan, and imo its far from gutless. I've had gutless cars in the past, and my stock 09 sedan is nothing like them in terms of power. It will get out of its own way, which is really all you can ask from such a car. Considering what I've experienced, I'm just glad it will even do that. Think back to how bad the 90's economy cars were, especially when they got some age on them. Those things were gutless. Often times instead of going any faster, they'd just make more engine noise. And then maybe start to barely increase in speed. Maybe.

I had a 94 Daewoo with I think 55 carbourated horsepower. That thing would barely move at the best of times!

[Newf]

As a teengager we had a VW 412 automatic. But for me the cool thing about it was a metal button under the accellerator pedal. When floored, the pedal would hit the button and this caused the transmission to downshift.

I had lots of fun coming up behind the guys in Novas/Camaros/Muscle Cars and flooring the 412. The air cooled engine would scream and the guys would turn around not knowing what was going on ... until they saw the car ;-)

Once they figure it out, they'd laugh, and gun it past me. Yep, I learned humility behind the wheel of that one ... well not really, I was just being a $hit distruber.

Take care