500,000 miles on my Yaris.

[IllusionX]

Originally Posted by bronsin

Hmm well for some reason you can dammage a car just by driving ~5000 miles a year like I do.

If you drive 100k miles a year somehow you get away with it!

not necessarily. If you essentially use your car during weekends only, vs short trips everyday. I think weekends are less damaging.

i put about 2miles on my car every way to/from work, so about 8miles a day total cuz i do it twice a day... talk about engine wear!

[nookandcrannycar]

I just did a search (for the heck of it - to see what would pop up ) on the DuckDuckGo search engine using the following search terms: 100,000 miles Prius C. I got quite a few hits re the warranty on the hybrid system, but the URL below was also one of the hits.



http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums...Number=3067924


I found this interesting because the first post outlines a post from PriusChat about a 2009 Prius that the owner retired at 465,000 miles. The owner is a courier in a field related to medicine (I thought about Trini, and the reason for most of his miles) and the owner lives/works in Florida (like Trini). The owner was below Trini's level when it comes to maintenance. I found the results the owner logged to be interesting, and thought others might also find the link interesting.

[Doix]

Wooaaah, deep respect, over 800.000km's, the real argument of reliability. I have a long way to go to reach this with about 12.000km a year and 65.000km on the dash ..... ;)

Kind regards,

Aad ~ Doix

[nookandcrannycar]

I was just looking at the thread at the top of the page in the 'Items for sale' section (CTScott's 'every single part.....07 MT Liftback' thread) and noticed a post from Trini from last week. That prompted me to think about this thread. I think it had been about 6-8 moths since I'd checked for any updates to this thread's OP. Any changes?....answer = yes (a few)....

....and as of 3 months and a week ago he was at 515,000 miles!

[yougojay]

I always like seeing this thread, glad you brought it back Nook - It just amazes me
I got my 2013 last April 11...had the 1st freebie oil change at the dealer at 5,100 miles around October 15th, 2013 (was driving it about 20 miles a day or so then) JUST turned over 6,100 miles today. It's like another 5 weeks or so to the next 6 month service and I'll have only put on just over 1,000 miles in 6 months
I guess I'm a little frazzled as this is the least I've driven EVER, it's WEIRD! At least before when I was younger I would rack the miles on a car, OH, time to change the oil. I did change the oil out once at 1,500 - happy here tho, rather not have the wear & tear. Just amazes me how dependable these cars are. I am still completely enthralled driving this little bugger

[jess01999]

I just hope to get similiar results. I have 109K currently and drive on average 2k a week (bought vehicle around 3 months ago)......couier contract. I do 10K oil changes using Mobil EP and Puralotor Synthetic filter.....run 100% gas and a bottle of Techron before each oil change. Hope this will yeild me 500K!

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by jess01999

I just hope to get similiar results. I have 109K currently and drive on average 2k a week (bought vehicle around 3 months ago)......couier contract. I do 10K oil changes using Mobil EP and Puralotor Synthetic filter.....run 100% gas and a bottle of Techron before each oil change. Hope this will yeild me 500K!

A different member (Mazilla) owns a courier company. When he bought the company, the assets included not just 1 Yaris, but 20. IIRC, the least driven one had 350,000 miles on it and the most driven one close to 500,000. He kept one of them as a personal car, doing quite a few modifications. IIRC, he sold the rest of the fleet. But still, THAT number, with THAT MANY miles...EACH!

[fnkngrv]

Been a while again...anyone here from Trini?

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by fnkngrv

Been a while again...anyone here from Trini?

Other than updating Page 1 of this thread, his post around 2-20-14 was the first in a long tome. That post (#186 on CTScott's 'For Sale - Every single part off..' thread) indicates to me that he spends very little time here.......else he would know that he wouldn't need to explain to Scott what a midpipe is .

[JumpmanYaris]

Hey OP do you still have it?

[mirapatec]

It is absolutely amazing how many miles/kilometers that a Toyota Yaris can achieve. There is a lot to be said for solid engineering.

[fnkngrv]

Originally Posted by mirapatec

It is absolutely amazing how many miles/kilometers that a Toyota Yaris can achieve. There is a lot to be said for solid engineering.

To a point. There are plenty of plastic parts on the car that were installed for weight reduction that are easily broken and costly to replace. Case in point is the plastic underpanels in the wheelwells and engine compartment. those arw flimsy as hell and cost 200 bucks (not including shipping) to replace if you have to do them all. Certain interior panels have clips that break if you breathe right too.

sent from my m-o-b-i-l-e

[Astroman]

I've lost at least 70% of my wheel wells/splashpanels are long gone, and they've been replaced twice. I've since moved onto some stuff you can use for bathroom walls that is thick and flexible (but white) a couple of months ago, less than $9 for a 4'x8' sheet and I have lots left.

[fnkngrv]

Originally Posted by Astroman

I've lost at least 70% of my wheel wells/splashpanels are long gone, and they've been replaced twice. I've since moved onto some stuff you can use for bathroom walls that is thick and flexible (but white) a couple of months ago, less than $9 for a 4'x8' sheet and I have lots left.

pics or else you are lyin!

sent from my m-o-b-i-l-e

[tamrat]

and i thought my 1994 Hilux Surf (is that 20 yrs old??) had high mileage... almost 400,000KMs (its kilometers, not miles).

[bad]

Trini, did you ever change the spark plugs or battery?

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by bad

Trini, did you ever change the spark plugs or battery?

He changes his spark plugs and his serpentine belt every 100,000 miles. He also runs synthetic oil and changes his oil and filter every 5,000 miles.

I can't find the post, but he had a guarantee on his Wal-Mart battery that by 2010 was no longer offered. He was getting his battery replaced every year for free by Wal-Mart (I imagine that he took the battery to Wal-Mart each year and the quarantee must have allowed free replacement if not meeting a certain benchmark). I don't think I've ever seen a battery warranty duration of longer than 5 years, so I imagine that warranty is no longer in place (assuming he replaced the OEM also at 1 year). IIRC, he does all of the repairs and
maintenance himself.

[bronsin]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

He was getting his battery replaced every year for free by Wal-Mart (I imagine that he took the battery to Wal-Mart each year and the quarantee must have allowed free replacement if not meeting a certain benchmark). .

Why would a battery wear out in only a year?