I sat in a new Corolla and a Yaris last week. The Yaris had more legroom than the Corolla! I couldn't believe it, so I sat in both a second time and made sure the seat was all the way back and yep, Yaris has more room for the legs. I'm 6'2" and would not be able to drive a Corolla. Why doesn't Toyota make all their vehicles to accommodate people over 6 feet?
My wife has a 07 Yaris liftback, we love that little jellybean. I'm 6'8" and fit just fine in it. We paid $11,300 last year and have put 8,000 enjoyable miles on it.
Must be quite a sight to see you climb out of that little guy!
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My daily driver - 2008 Vios 'S' sedan. Tinted windows in the rear, TRD anti-sway bar for the rear, 17" rims - Samurai SC02 Hyper Black. TRD lowering springs. Megan Racing header.
My favorite ride - a 2001 SR5 4x4. With - RCD 6" lift, JBA Titanium coated headers, JBA y-pipe, Unichip PnP, ARB rd-129 air locker (rear), Camburg UCA's, custom front Sway-A-Way coilovers, custom Sway-A-Way's with remote reservoirs and billet mounts for the hind-quarters, PolyPerformance limit straps with adjustable clevis's, Stubbs Welding rock sliders and custom front skid plate, 315/75/16 Toyo Open Country M/T's, on all 4 corners wrapped around 16x8 MB Motoring Blitz rims, cryo'd 4.88's set up by Inchworm Gear, Trenz billet grill upper, T-Rex billet grill lower, on board VI-AIR aircompressor and 3 gallon air tank, AutoMeter A-pillar pod with trans temp gauge (sending unit in the tranny pan), Long Tru-Cool LPD tranny cooler, 10" Flex-a-Lite tranny cooler fan w/thermostat, TRD billet oil filler cap, TRD air filter, TRD dual exhaust, and TRD add-a-leaf rear springs. Superlift TruSpeed Speedo Recalibrator. Warn Trans4mer system with a 9.5ti winch running Amsteel Blue winch line. Budbuilt traction bar. Staun tyre deflators. Spitz Lift portable crane. Marlin Crawler 1.5" wheel spacers. Our home away from home, 2004 Outback 26RS travel trailer with 15" MB Motoring Blitz rims to match the Tundra.
My wife has a 07 Yaris liftback, we love that little jellybean. I'm 6'8" and fit just fine in it. We paid $11,300 last year and have put 8,000 enjoyable miles on it.
The red looks good with the black wheels. Really stands out when clean.
The red looks good with the black wheels. Really stands out when clean.
Thanks, it's always dirty now that I drive it all the time haha. I told my wife that its not fair that her car gets such good mileage (compared to my Tundra) so I'm going to get a dual sport motorcycle, it's only fair right?
my local dealer must be doing the same thing on the Yaris and Corollas.
noticed a side sticker with additional add on cost making the vehicle cost higher than the sticker price.
No matter, when you are hot, you are hot!!!
I liked the little echo too, may find one of them used someday, was told it had the same running gear, but not so fancy body.
Note: they did not sell well, but it was a different time, everyone wanted a big Tundra, and wanted more power and size from it.
local dealer has on lot 2 yaris, no prius, and 40+ big tundra's. Bet he wishes he could cut trundra's in half and make two yaris's.
The 2009 Corolla has the same highway mileage as the Yaris and is a substantially more powerful, roomy and refined car and yet costs almost the same as the Yaris.
It may surprise you that the Yaris driver seat/area has MORE ROOM then the 2009 Corolla...
Yesterday I did my second fill up since I bought mine and this tank averaged 35 mpg with a mix of city and freeway with the AC on most of the time due to the hot weather here and horrible smoke in the air from all the fires.
Needless to say, I'm VERY HAPPY with the gas mileage.
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My daily driver - 2008 Vios 'S' sedan. Tinted windows in the rear, TRD anti-sway bar for the rear, 17" rims - Samurai SC02 Hyper Black. TRD lowering springs. Megan Racing header.
My favorite ride - a 2001 SR5 4x4. With - RCD 6" lift, JBA Titanium coated headers, JBA y-pipe, Unichip PnP, ARB rd-129 air locker (rear), Camburg UCA's, custom front Sway-A-Way coilovers, custom Sway-A-Way's with remote reservoirs and billet mounts for the hind-quarters, PolyPerformance limit straps with adjustable clevis's, Stubbs Welding rock sliders and custom front skid plate, 315/75/16 Toyo Open Country M/T's, on all 4 corners wrapped around 16x8 MB Motoring Blitz rims, cryo'd 4.88's set up by Inchworm Gear, Trenz billet grill upper, T-Rex billet grill lower, on board VI-AIR aircompressor and 3 gallon air tank, AutoMeter A-pillar pod with trans temp gauge (sending unit in the tranny pan), Long Tru-Cool LPD tranny cooler, 10" Flex-a-Lite tranny cooler fan w/thermostat, TRD billet oil filler cap, TRD air filter, TRD dual exhaust, and TRD add-a-leaf rear springs. Superlift TruSpeed Speedo Recalibrator. Warn Trans4mer system with a 9.5ti winch running Amsteel Blue winch line. Budbuilt traction bar. Staun tyre deflators. Spitz Lift portable crane. Marlin Crawler 1.5" wheel spacers. Our home away from home, 2004 Outback 26RS travel trailer with 15" MB Motoring Blitz rims to match the Tundra.
Yesterday I did my second fill up since I bought mine and this tank averaged 35 mpg with a mix of city and freeway with the AC on most of the time due to the hot weather here and horrible smoke in the air from all the fires.
Needless to say, I'm VERY HAPPY with the gas mileage.
And as you add more and more miles, up to around 20,000 or there abouts, the MPG will continue to improve. My 2007 hatchback auto-tranny has 36,000 miles and I get around 36 city with A/C on, and 44.5 highway w/AC on.
I run with the tires at 50 PSI since around 8,000 miles, and the tires look to be good through 45,000 or better. The ride is stiff but I got use to it, no worries. I run Mobil1 0W-20 fall, winter and spring, and 0W-30 for summer to eek out about 1% to 2% more MPG, but I run synthetic for other reasons too.
I've been adding Lucas UCL (Upper Cylinder Lubricant) to the gas every fill up, and this has shown to add 7% - 8% higher MPG over time. But the biggest MPG improvement was from the purchase of my ScanGaugeII. It has gone far in training me to drive in a more fuel efficient way, as it provides realtime feedback as I drive.
Thanks for the info. Can you provide some detail about the ScanGaugeII? I'm not familiar with that. Where did you buy one, mount it, etc.
Thank you!
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My daily driver - 2008 Vios 'S' sedan. Tinted windows in the rear, TRD anti-sway bar for the rear, 17" rims - Samurai SC02 Hyper Black. TRD lowering springs. Megan Racing header.
My favorite ride - a 2001 SR5 4x4. With - RCD 6" lift, JBA Titanium coated headers, JBA y-pipe, Unichip PnP, ARB rd-129 air locker (rear), Camburg UCA's, custom front Sway-A-Way coilovers, custom Sway-A-Way's with remote reservoirs and billet mounts for the hind-quarters, PolyPerformance limit straps with adjustable clevis's, Stubbs Welding rock sliders and custom front skid plate, 315/75/16 Toyo Open Country M/T's, on all 4 corners wrapped around 16x8 MB Motoring Blitz rims, cryo'd 4.88's set up by Inchworm Gear, Trenz billet grill upper, T-Rex billet grill lower, on board VI-AIR aircompressor and 3 gallon air tank, AutoMeter A-pillar pod with trans temp gauge (sending unit in the tranny pan), Long Tru-Cool LPD tranny cooler, 10" Flex-a-Lite tranny cooler fan w/thermostat, TRD billet oil filler cap, TRD air filter, TRD dual exhaust, and TRD add-a-leaf rear springs. Superlift TruSpeed Speedo Recalibrator. Warn Trans4mer system with a 9.5ti winch running Amsteel Blue winch line. Budbuilt traction bar. Staun tyre deflators. Spitz Lift portable crane. Marlin Crawler 1.5" wheel spacers. Our home away from home, 2004 Outback 26RS travel trailer with 15" MB Motoring Blitz rims to match the Tundra.
Thanks for the info. Can you provide some detail about the ScanGaugeII? I'm not familiar with that. Where did you buy one, mount it, etc.
Thank you!
Here's a good thread on the ScanGauge. I picked one up too and it's pretty cool little tool. I think most of us are using it to learn what not to do, but it gives some nice real time gauges from the OBDII port and can do some trip calculations based on your last fillup. I picked mine up from amazon for about $160, but I hear they're starting to become scarce. Everybody and their brother is picking one up to work on their hypermiling.
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Base: 2001 Tundra - Thunder Grey | SR5 | TRD | 4x4 | HD TRD Coil Springs | Tow Pkg | Factory Spray-on Bedliner | RS3000 Security
Mods: Mickey Thompson Classic II | Bilstein 5100 Shocks | Differential Drop Spacers | 930 Inner CV Boots | ProtechEZLift Limit Straps | Spintech Sportsman XL Muffler | Brembo Front Brake Rotors | Heavy Duty OEM Rear Drums | A.R.E. Z-Series Cap w/ Thule Rack | Stubbs Rock Sliders | Hellwig Anti-Sway Bar | 285/75/16 BFG All Terrain TA KO's | VIAIR 400C Air Compressor w/ 2.5 gal tank | Front clear corner lamps | Odyssey PC1700T battery | Optima Red Top 75/35 battery (backup starter) | Hellroaring 95300A Isolator/Combiner | Truspeed Calibrator
Future: Winch Bumper | UCAs & Coilovers | RCD Lift | 4.30 Gears
I'll give the question a big yes. I have a 2007 sedan, stick shift with 16000 miles on it and I love it. I've driven to Ottawa from nyc and back four time and average 44 mpg. In the city I average anywhere from 32 to 36 mpg depending on the weather mostly. The car is comfortable fairly quiet and very peppy. I give it five thumbs up.
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Same highway mileage on the sticker, but in the real world is another story. Consumer reports testing produced 40mpg highway for the Corolla, 44mpg for the Yaris.
As far as price, you would be hard pressed to find a 2009 Corolla with a sticker price below $18,000.
Actually, finding a 2009 Corolla out the door finding for under $17,000 which includes sales tax, license, registration, documentation, and distination fees is very, very easy and these deals are plentiful in southern Cal.
I really haven't had a reason to post here since July 2005 when I traded my '03 Tundra 4x4 for a 1st generation Yaris (sold as the Echo Hatchback here in Canada).
I can honestly say I've never looked back - the Yaris has been a dream to own and drive (I'm 6'6" tall). No service issues at all - just Mobil1 and various filters to date!
Oh - and when you get to our current (July 12th, 2008) USD $5.30 per US gallon I'll start listening to the whining about expensive gas ;-)
Best mileage I've managed to date is 49.5 miles per US gallon (4.8L/100Km for those of us that speak metric) - that was fully loaded to stated max load for a sustained multi thousand mile trip to the Sub-Arctic.
As I said - very happy with the car,
Paul
EDIT to add:
I just uploaded a pic of my car for those of you not familiar with the 1st generation yaris . . .
Re: Yaris worth it???
I'll give the question a big yes. I have a 2007 sedan, stick shift with 16000 miles on it and I love it. I've driven to Ottawa from nyc and back four time and average 44 mpg. In the city I average anywhere from 32 to 36 mpg depending on the weather mostly. The car is comfortable fairly quiet and very peppy. I give it five thumbs up. 
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