3 door vs 5 door hatch - Page 3 - Toyota Yaris Forums

bairjo · 03-11-2014, 04:14 PM

Being a DIY guy around the home, I have been spotted many times with a 10' length of pipe, lumber, or whatever sticking out my side window on the way home from Home Depot. I have it down to an art with my 3 door. However, I'm not sure how well it would work out with a 5 door having a center post in a shorter spot than a 3 door. You would be amazed what I have brought home in that thing.

Yaristeve · 03-11-2014, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by kimona

"... cleaned up the front end..." ? You've got to be joking! That ugly snout is precisely the reason I won't buy the 3rd generation. .

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I always felt the 2nd gen snout was too bulbous, expecially the center of the grill where the Toyota logo sits. If it had just sloped down (like the 3rd gen), I would have liked it fine.

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Originally Posted by kimona

Well... that and the tails that look like they came off another car.

This is why I "almost" would trade mine in...

DebbyM46227 · 03-11-2014, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

I had two cats (given to me by that same cousin) for 12 years before I had my Yaris, and they DID NOT LIKE riding in any car. Perhaps they realized the destination was always the same

...the vet.

That's the only destination my cats go to also! I'd take them to PetSmart but there's too many dogs there.

JustPassinThru · 03-11-2014, 06:32 PM

Two/three over four/five? I don't often carry passengers - maybe once or twice while owning my cars will I have anyone in the back seat. So the extra doors are hardware and fittings that are just not needed.

The larger door suggests easier access; although I've never driven a four-door so I don't know. The larger door is heavier but ALL car doors are heavy now with the required safety internal bracings.

Yeah...and, image. No, the Yaris is not a sports car or a chick magnet. But nothing screams, "Married, with Children" like a four-door sedan/hatch.

As for the Gen3 snout: Odd looking, sure. But an improvement on the generic grille the previous model had.

roxy1 · 03-12-2014, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Yaristeve

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I always felt the 2nd gen snout was too bulbous, expecially the center of the grill where the Toyota logo sits. If it had just sloped down (like the 3rd gen), I would have liked it fine.

...

yeah, I cant count how many women commented on how cute my 2007 hatch was. with the 3rd gen I don't get any of that, and that suits me quite fine.

MadMax · 03-12-2014, 01:26 PM

I am married with two teenagers, and while it is rare we have gone on short road trips in my 3-door hatch. Usually no more than a couple of hours, but it's never really been a problem except for trying to get up steeper hills with four people in the car!

The 3-door just makes more sense, it's easier to get in/out of and while it may not be quite as easy as a 5-door to get people in the back seats, it's not that difficult.

dj92 · 03-12-2014, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by MadMax

I am married with two teenagers

I had a hard time not to laugh

(no offense, I know what you meant

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nookandcrannycar · 03-12-2014, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by roxy1

yeah, I cant count how many women commented on how cute my 2007 hatch was. with the 3rd gen I don't get any of that, and that suits me quite fine.

I've had tons of people ask me if my car is a hybrid, but most of those questions were posed in the first year or so I owned the car.

JustPassinThru · 03-13-2014, 01:56 AM

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Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

I've had tons of people ask me if my car is a hybrid, but most of those questions were posed in the first year or so I owned the car.

Funny. I had a few ask me the same.

Not with my 2009; but with my 2012.

bronsin · 03-13-2014, 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by JustPassinThru

Funny. I had a few ask me the same.

Not with my 2009; but with my 2012.

Ive installed the block heater and have the cord hanging out the front grill. Everyone thinks its a plug in hybrid!

Considering putting it up for sale for $35,000!

roxy1 · 03-13-2014, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

I've had tons of people ask me if my car is a hybrid, but most of those questions were posed in the first year or so I owned the car.

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Originally Posted by JustPassinThru

Funny. I had a few ask me the same.

Not with my 2009; but with my 2012.

that's what I get all the time because the design language on the front of the 2012+ is rather similar to the Prius.

nookandcrannycar · 03-13-2014, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by bronsin

Ive installed the block heater and have the cord hanging out the front grill. Everyone thinks its a plug in hybrid!

Considering putting it up for sale for $35,000!

nookandcrannycar · 03-13-2014, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by roxy1

that's what I get all the time because the design language on the front of the 2012+ is rather similar to the Prius.

^^^^^

I agree that this is why you and JPT get such comments. I think I did because the 'model' (and especially the 3-door trim) was so new at the time. People making the comments possibly had never before seen one 'up close'....just one moving on the road, or they hadn't seen one at all. I remember the 2007 came out sometime in the Spring of 2006. I still had my Swift at the time (and had not yet left on my trip to Canada with the Swift), but I wanted to sit in a Yaris. I could only find one in stock at a dealer in the San Joaquin Valley, so I drove out there (from the SF Bay Area) to sit in one and look under the hood, etc. They only had the sedan.

03-12-2014, 01:26 PM	#42
MadMax Drives: 2008 Yaris Liftback (Sprocket) Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: San Antonio, Texas! Posts: 2,799	I am married with two teenagers, and while it is rare we have gone on short road trips in my 3-door hatch. Usually no more than a couple of hours, but it's never really been a problem except for trying to get up steeper hills with four people in the car! The 3-door just makes more sense, it's easier to get in/out of and while it may not be quite as easy as a 5-door to get people in the back seats, it's not that difficult. __________________

03-11-2014, 04:14 PM	#37
bairjo Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 620	Being a DIY guy around the home, I have been spotted many times with a 10' length of pipe, lumber, or whatever sticking out my side window on the way home from Home Depot. I have it down to an art with my 3 door. However, I'm not sure how well it would work out with a 5 door having a center post in a shorter spot than a 3 door. You would be amazed what I have brought home in that thing.

03-11-2014, 06:32 PM	#40
JustPassinThru Drives: No more Yaris Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Montana Posts: 180	Two/three over four/five? I don't often carry passengers - maybe once or twice while owning my cars will I have anyone in the back seat. So the extra doors are hardware and fittings that are just not needed. The larger door suggests easier access; although I've never driven a four-door so I don't know. The larger door is heavier but ALL car doors are heavy now with the required safety internal bracings. Yeah...and, image. No, the Yaris is not a sports car or a chick magnet. But nothing screams, "Married, with Children" like a four-door sedan/hatch. As for the Gen3 snout: Odd looking, sure. But an improvement on the generic grille the previous model had.