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Thirty-Nine · 03-09-2018, 02:03 PM

Let's face it folks: The Yaris/Vitz (RS or not) is an economy car designed for frugality and reliability. That's not to say you can't make it fun to drive. However, I agree with @NYC-SE. Perhaps this is the wrong car of the OP.

If I lived in NZ, I'd own a Suzuki Swift Sport (among a host of other cars we don't get in the States).

yarisfitch · 03-14-2018, 02:59 PM

I agree. i bought all three of mine for the reliability. If I wanted a race car I would have gone with something different

Runethecursed · 03-14-2018, 03:53 PM

I bought my yaris as a racecar <_<///

ACKING_QC · 03-14-2018, 05:53 PM

actually... the Yaris, and any other 1NZFE powered veicles can be great autocross machines... and even on STOCK suspension, the ride is awesome on back twisty roads... I could use some sway/strut bar kits all around to make the chassis stiffer, but overall it handles great and goes nuts when I floor it !

SirDigby · 03-14-2018, 10:56 PM

i bought mine as a racecar too! specifically because of the vitz cup! i remembered buying one on Grand Turismo 2 as a joke; but then i put over 300 miles on it because i liked driving it sooo much. it was stock except it had upgraded axles....

Dliverance · 03-19-2018, 03:06 AM

You guys are great. I also bought my Yaris as a race car. I’ve owned a lot of other “faster” cars like an FD, several wrx’s, turbo Miatas, Mini Cooper s and some more I’m forgetting. The Yaris is great. My last two cars before the Yaris were a mr2 spyder and a Ford festiva. If you want to feel a slow car (in a straight line) drive a carbureted 4 speed festiva.

Going from the festiva to the Yaris was so refreshing. I feel like I went from a donkey to a quarter horse. Don’t get me wrong though, the festiva was a phenomenal car and a blast to drive but the Yaris is exactly what a car needs to be. It’s peppy, it’s light, it has all of the creature comforts and I can guarantee that I can make any corevette owner pucker his bottom trying to keep up with me on a windy mountain road.

Type-Y · 05-20-2018, 10:47 PM

momentum car....

DarkShadowFox · 05-21-2018, 11:10 AM

swap with 2zz 2zr or 8ARFTS all engines fit.

03-09-2018, 02:03 PM	#19
Thirty-Nine Small cars are a big deal View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Yaris Liftback Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 3,144	Let's face it folks: The Yaris/Vitz (RS or not) is an economy car designed for frugality and reliability. That's not to say you can't make it fun to drive. However, I agree with @NYC-SE. Perhaps this is the wrong car of the OP. If I lived in NZ, I'd own a Suzuki Swift Sport (among a host of other cars we don't get in the States). __________________ Subcompact Culture: The Small car blog

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03-14-2018, 02:59 PM	#20
yarisfitch View User's Garage Drives: 2010 Liftback Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Mass Posts: 10	I agree. i bought all three of mine for the reliability. If I wanted a race car I would have gone with something different

03-14-2018, 03:53 PM	#21
Runethecursed View User's Garage Drives: 2009 Yaris S Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Socal Posts: 333	I bought my yaris as a racecar <_<///

03-14-2018, 05:53 PM	#22
ACKING_QC ManualTransmissionLearner View User's Garage Drives: 2018 VW TSi Stage1 Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: QC, Canada Posts: 237	actually... the Yaris, and any other 1NZFE powered veicles can be great autocross machines... and even on STOCK suspension, the ride is awesome on back twisty roads... I could use some sway/strut bar kits all around to make the chassis stiffer, but overall it handles great and goes nuts when I floor it !

03-14-2018, 10:56 PM	#23
SirDigby View User's Garage Drives: 2007 yaris 3 door Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Denver, Colorado Posts: 1,000	i bought mine as a racecar too! specifically because of the vitz cup! i remembered buying one on Grand Turismo 2 as a joke; but then i put over 300 miles on it because i liked driving it sooo much. it was stock except it had upgraded axles....

03-19-2018, 03:06 AM	#24
Dliverance Drives: 2012 Black sand pearl <3 Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Elma Washington Posts: 136	You guys are great. I also bought my Yaris as a race car. I’ve owned a lot of other “faster” cars like an FD, several wrx’s, turbo Miatas, Mini Cooper s and some more I’m forgetting. The Yaris is great. My last two cars before the Yaris were a mr2 spyder and a Ford festiva. If you want to feel a slow car (in a straight line) drive a carbureted 4 speed festiva. Going from the festiva to the Yaris was so refreshing. I feel like I went from a donkey to a quarter horse. Don’t get me wrong though, the festiva was a phenomenal car and a blast to drive but the Yaris is exactly what a car needs to be. It’s peppy, it’s light, it has all of the creature comforts and I can guarantee that I can make any corevette owner pucker his bottom trying to keep up with me on a windy mountain road.

05-20-2018, 10:47 PM	#25
Type-Y Drives: 2007 Yaris hatch Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: NY Posts: 135	momentum car....

05-21-2018, 11:10 AM	#26
DarkShadowFox Banned View User's Garage Drives: 2015 Yaris LE 3door 1F7 Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 963	swap with 2zz 2zr or 8ARFTS all engines fit.