500,000 miles on my Yaris.

[Kal-El]

Originally Posted by bronsin

Why would a battery wear out in only a year?

He seemed to maintain/replace things prematurely. Like replacing his synthetic oil every 2 weeks. Total waste of money. If you're driving 5,000 highway miles every 2 weeks or so, you could run synthetic for 15,000-20,000 miles and it would come out nearly as clean as new.

[iA_b4_07HB]

I think the filter quality might be the limiting factor. An OEM Toyota filter was "designed" to go 7,500 miles between oil changes (because back then Toyota thought 7,500 mile conventional oil changes were ok). Now it's not certain what filter life Toyota has in mind - on older models with 5k intervals, I'm sure they didn't lower the materials or specs on their filters. Then again on newer models with full synthetic specified - with resultant 10k oil change intervals - I doubt they redesigned the filters upwards.

So in short I think between 7.5k and 10k with full synthetic should have been fine.

But why experiment extending the oil change interval when gas is (relatively) expensive and jugs of full synthetic from Walmart are (relatively) cheap.

What's funny is the "leftover" jug oil (or "quart" bottle oil, for that matter never goes to waste. For me, it's hard to store because I only drive about 8k per year. For him, pouring the leftover into one of his jugs will fill it up...before I even get to my next oil change. Amazing.

Originally Posted by Kal-El

He seemed to maintain/replace things prematurely. Like replacing his synthetic oil every 2 weeks. Total waste of money. If you're driving 5,000 highway miles every 2 weeks or so, you could run synthetic for 15,000-20,000 miles and it would come out nearly as clean as new.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by bronsin

Why would a battery wear out in only a year?

CTScott has posted re the technical aspect of the effect of temperature on batteries. I imagine the effects in South Florida (where Trini lives) would be similar to SE Texas. My Wal-Mart battery only lasted about 16 months.

[bronsin]

I guess it was important that the car start and last a long time because it was for his business so maybe that's why he did it. If Im Walmart Im not replacing a good battery for free though so it must have been bad somehow.

I agree though 5000 miles with constant driving on a synthetic oil change seems like overkill.

[nookandcrannycar]

I'm assuming that that they replies above using the past tense should be using the present tense. I'm thinking he still has the car. IIRC, a member asked him (soon after he hit 500,000 miles) if he planned to keep the car and he replied yes, and that he had no plans to get rid of it anytime soon. I think his original plan (when he was still driving so many miles) was to try to make it to 1,000,000 miles. If he was still keeping up his early pace, he'd be reasonably close to that right now.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by bronsin

If Im Walmart Im not replacing a good battery for free though so it must have been bad somehow.

Yep. My 3rd Battery overall/2nd replacement was from Wal-Mart (OEM = 2yrs 11 months and 138k miles, 1st replacement = Sears 1yr Guar. = 3yrs and about 87-88k miles). Just shy of one 1 year I took the car in...thinking the battery would fail and I'd get a new one for free. Unfortunately, the battery passed the test Wal-Mart put it through . I replaced it about 4 months later (only 48-49k miles on it) with the NAPA Legend (the model in CTScott's Yarii) at 274k on the car. What a great battery (for many reasons). Corrosion appeared fairly soon after install on both previous cheap replacement batteries, but not one bit on the NAPA Legend. Overall cost re the Legend = almost the same to the penny as the Wal-Mart and Sears combined (about $130), but well worth it, IMO.

OR....Perhaps (my wild imagination) Trini had a friend there who just marked it as not passing the test ().

[firebird1999us]

Holy cow! That's awesome! I've got about 183,000 on mine at about 2815 a month... So I'll need about 10 more years to catch you!

[KKevin]

Originally Posted by trini_per4mance

So I finally hit 500,000 miles on my Yaris on Sunday 26th May @ 9.24pm. The car still runs perfect. Absolutely no issues with it whatsoever except with my clutch. I change out my original clutch after 400,000 miles and installed an ACT 4 puck ceramic disc with a heavy duty p/plate. After one year of running the car, I starting having shifting issues. Initially I thought the slave cylinder was giving up and after replacing it and still having the same issues, I thought the p/plate gave out, so I went ahead and bought another ACT 4 puck ceramic disc and a heavy duty p/plate.But when I dropped the gearbox, I realized that it wasn't the disc or the p/plate, but the flywheel. It was worn down a lot and the disc wasn't barely grabbing onto it. And because I couldn't afford any downtime, I installed the 2nd new ACT clutch kit with the worn flywheel. The clutch bites but not at fast as it should at high rpms. So I can't shift fast when I'm running out my rpm. I need to replace the flywheel and install a carbon/kevlar disc and heavy duty p/plate. Oh, and my water pump pulley is so badly worn from the the back of the belt running on it, that it actually has a groove in the pulley and is cutting that new belt that I recently installed. So I already have the new pulley to swap out.

Parts that are still working properly:
1. All Sensors (Oxygen, Crank, Cam, Knock, Coolant Temp, Oil Press)
2. A/C Compressor
3. Electric Power Steering
4. Fuel Pump & Injectors
5. Ignition Coils
6. Radiator
7. Brake Booster, Master & Slave Cylinder, Rotors and Drums
8. Throttle Body
9. Engine
10. Manual Transmission

Here's a list of repairs that I've done on my Yaris so far:
1. Struts & Shocks @ 153,000 miles on 9/7/08
2. Alternator @ 323,000 miles on 4/15/09
3. F&R Brake Pads and Shoes ONLY @ 400,000 miles on 2/21/10 (First and ONLY brake job)
4. Driver's Side Rear Hub Assembly @ 435,000 miles on 2/19/11
5. Clutch @ 448,000 miles on 9/3/11 (First clutch job)
6. Backup Switch @ 448,000 miles on 9/8/11
7. Sway Bar End Links @ 451,000 miles on 11/2/11
8. Passenger's Side Rear Hub Assembly @ 457,000 miles on 1/13/12
9. Oxygen Sensors @ 459,000 miles on 2/8/12
10. Alternator @ 467,000 miles on 5/26/12
11. Clutch Slave Cylinder @ 468,000 miles on 6/14/12 (Didn't need replacing. It was the flywheel that was worn)
12. Starter @ 469,000 miles on 6/25/12
13. Clutch @ 474,000 miles on 9/2/12
14. Fan Motor @ 479,000 miles on 10/2/12
15. Fuel Filter @ 481,000 miles on 10/30/12
16. Driver's Side CV Axle @ 483,000 miles on 12/1/12
17. Fuel Pressure Regulator @ 492,000 on 3/22/13
18. Valve Cover Gasket @ 492,000 on 3/27/13
19. Water Pump & Pulley @ 502,000 on 6/18/13
20. Clutch @ 506,000 miles on 8/11/13
21. Shocks & Springs @ 515,000 on 11/23/13

List of Acessories & Mods:
1. SUS Custom 2.5" Air Intake Kit
2. eBay Exhaust Headers
3. Magnaflow Catback Exhaust System
4. Weapon-R iThrottle Controller (Best investment ever!!!)
5. Rims (From 15" to 16" to 17" and now 18")
6. Tanabe Lowering Springs (With 500k miles on them)
7. Scangauge II
8. HID's & LED's
9. Double OEM Spoiler & Lip Combo
10. Eliminated Cats
11. Magnaflow 28" Resonator
12. 1ZZ Throttle Body
13. Taylor Helix Throttle Body Spacer
14. Tein Lowering Springs

why first clutch job over 400k but second and third only last 30k? is it because aftermarket part?

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by KKevin

why first clutch job over 400k but second and third only last 30k? is it because aftermarket part?

My take from the TEXT above the lists in the post you quoted.....He set out to do a replacement thinking the flywheel didn't need replacing (he does all of his own work, plus many kits don't include the flywheel, pilot bushing, etc). He then got in there to do the work, and the flywheel did need replacing. He couldn't afford the downtime to wait to order a new flywheel, so he left that as the one major part not replaced. Later, when he'd at least gotten some use out of the parts he put in when the flywheel needed replacing, he replaced the flywheel.....and the other parts again because he wanted them all new at the same time and the parts are pretty inevpensive when ordered online. He stated (after hitting 500k miles), that he has no plans to get rid of his Yaris, so I imagine 'starting fresh' re that area was worth it from his perspective.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by KKevin

why first clutch job over 400k but second and third only last 30k? is it because aftermarket part?

He explained why (VERY recently) in the comments section of his You Tube post '2007 Toyota Yaris S doing 400,000 miles in 3yrs 6m'

[JimKellyfan]

wOw
Excellent achievement that makes us all happier to own our cars
thank you very much and congrats
here's to doubling that total

[Kal-El]

His latest YouTube mileage update is 535,000 miles. Says it still runs perfect.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by Kal-El

His latest YouTube mileage update is 535,000 miles. Says it still runs perfect.

^^^^^ 2 months after that, someone posted that he had a light that was burned out. No burnout. He had to remind the person that he installed LEDs. No mileage update with that post . Amazing...some of the imbecilic replies he gets on YouTube....especially from 'moparsrock' .

[bad]

Can someone please give a link to his youtube account?

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by bad

Can someone please give a link to his youtube account?

Just do a YouTube search for '400,000 miles on a Yaris in 3 years 6 months' and his car will be the top ranked hit.

[fk2015]

Impressive, my A/C went out at 200K but then again I live in Texas.

[MugenRep]

Phenomenal!!! Amazing to see someone in today's day and age love their car through all this mileage!

[jack black]

Originally Posted by trini_per4mance

4. Driver's Side Rear Hub Assembly @ 435,000 miles on 2/19/11
5. Clutch @ 448,000 miles on 9/3/11 (First clutch job)
6. Backup Switch @ 448,000 miles on 9/8/11
7. Sway Bar End Links @ 451,000 miles on 11/2/11
8. Passenger's Side Rear Hub Assembly @ 457,000 miles on 1/13/12
9. Oxygen Sensors @ 459,000 miles on 2/8/12
10. Alternator @ 467,000 miles on 5/26/12
11. Clutch Slave Cylinder @ 468,000 miles on 6/14/12 (Didn't need replacing. It was the flywheel that was worn)
12. Starter @ 469,000 miles on 6/25/12
13. Clutch @ 474,000 miles on 9/2/12
14. Fan Motor @ 479,000 miles on 10/2/12
15. Fuel Filter @ 481,000 miles on 10/30/12
16. Driver's Side CV Axle @ 483,000 miles on 12/1/12
17. Fuel Pressure Regulator @ 492,000 on 3/22/13
18. Valve Cover Gasket @ 492,000 on 3/27/13
19. Water Pump & Pulley @ 502,000 on 6/18/13
20. Clutch @ 506,000 miles on 8/11/13
21. Shocks & Springs @ 515,000 on 11/23/13

phenomenal results. thanks for doing this.

mental note to myself: get rid of yaris before 435,000 miles.