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We have 43,000 miles on our Yaris Sedan. It's the base model, non-S. It has power windows, door locks, cruise control, carpet floor mats and trunk mat and the cd/mp3 player as options. We paid $14,500 for it in April 2007 when they were first out and we're discounting them.

At the 1,500 mile mark we hit a deer at 40 mph and smashed the front end all up. We were able to drive the car 300 miles back home and then got it fixed back up good as new.

All we've done for maintenance is Mobil 1 synthetic oil and Toyota oil filters and I've changed the air filter once (I need to do it again soon). We're still on the original tires and probably have 10-15,000 miles of tread left on them.

I drive the car 110 miles a day to and from work. It's pretty darn smooth and quiet for an econo car. I have the 5 speed and recommend it even if you live in a high traffic area. The automatic felt very sluggish. The seats are comfortable on long drives and the handling is very good. I get about 38 mpg if I'm going 75 mph and have gotten 45 mpg doing 55 mph.

You can certainly buy a nicer car, but you'll be hard pressed to find one with all the options the Yaris has (power option wise) and be as affordable as a Yaris. 40 mpg and a car payment of about $300 a month with $0 down is pretty darn nice!