-J-P-L-

http://www.youtube.com/user/triniper.../0/YnTlNLz9Iqc


(jump ahead to 7:30 for 400K spot and to see the car in it's current form).

Posted here before at earlier milestones and now at 400K in only 3 1/2 years.

He's a medical courier if anyone's curious. Drives a good 10 hours a day highway.

The car has had almost no problems or repairs. Just an alternator.

Och

iTrader: (3)

Hot damn, scroll to around 6:00 mark, the guy took this crapbucket to 120mph, thats insane. I'd be scared to do 60mph in such death trap.

Och

iTrader: (3)

And he's stupid enough to show his license plates in the video. I wonder if the cops are gonna come knocking on his door to fine him for the 120mph run.

Big Andy

Why do you think a 2007 Yaris is a crapbucket and a deathtrap, unsafe to be driven at speeds of 60mph?

Och

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Well, maybe I exaggerated a bit about 60mph, but 120mph in any car is crazy, but in a tinny, tiny yaris, with tiny tires, thats just trying to get yourself killed.

baddis es

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kno the guy personally...car is modded and all, definitely great Toyota reliability at hand.

Last milestone, 300k, he had most the original parts from purchasing the car. I think all he changed was the drive belt, plugs, oil, and other minor aspects. I believe he was on original clutch and brake pads as well...

-J-P-L-

He's got lowered suspension, 17" alloys with low profile performance tires, and other performance mods. It's actually quite smooth and stable at those speeds.

Initial B

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really? are you just scared of driving fast (which is fine if you are), or do you really have a good reason why driving 120mph in ANY car is crazy? what's a safe max speed for any car?

bagwell

I notice the airbag light is on at 7:30....

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I understand what your saying, having been in many nice expensive cars at high speeds, and then driving in a yaris at 30mph, is like taking a golf cart out on the highway, it's just not at all what you like and you want out immediately

Yaris is a nice car, but not for me as well as Och, modified or not, would be interesting to see if a Camry or GS could do this mileage and be as trouble free.

edit: nice clean car except for that double spoiler on the trunk lid

spwolf

you should stop making .... of yourself while you still can ;-).

-J-P-L-

I just got back from a vacation and rented a 2010 Chevy Aveo hatchback (unfortunately their only subcompact available). Wow, I didn't realize my Yaris was such a tank. Seriously, you want a tin can, the Aveo is it. And I only achieved 27 mpg under the same conditions that yield me 40 in the Yaris. My Yaris feels twice as substantial, isolates road noise twice as good, and handles twice as good. I'm not exaggerating.

I regularly drive 80 mph with the flow of traffic in the Yaris and it is totally comfortable, stable, quite, and smooth. It's not a tin can micro machine some make it out to be. It's the same size of the last gen Corolla and much more solid. It's not a Geo Metro.

Is it a full size Lexus? No. But some of us actually don't want a full size Lexus.

spwolf

Yaris class cars sell Camry numbers in Europe.

They are used as family cars.

15" wheels used to be optional on Corolla ;-).

-J-P-L-

Yeah, last I checked, the Yaris was the #1 Toyota in Europe.

It's amazing the cultural difference. Americans still feel they need big cars. And that's fine if that's what you want. I'm all about total freedom of choice. You want a Hummer, go for it. You're just going to pay for it.

I regularly carry 4 6-footers in my Yaris with room to spare. Yes, you'd be surprised.

spwolf

what is actually funny is that maximum speeds in Europe are often bigger than those in USA... and we drive smaller, less powerful cars. V6 engines here are excpetions, not common.