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Old 08-17-07, 01:32 PM
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Default 2007 Toyota Yaris - 155,000 + miles on it!!

http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7895


This is nuts! That's about 425 miles a day, 7 days a week for this Yaris' 1st year. No one beleived this guy until he posted video proof, lol.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehlcPg51SY8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz5uB6DuyX8

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Old 08-17-07, 02:04 PM
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150k on a full tank of gas still would be even a better achievement probably wont happen any time soon though
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and i thought 85k mi in 2 years is a lot for my dad's odyssey.

edit: i'm starting to see that small cars with small engines > big hybrid cars.

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i kno this guy personally and he is on top of maintenance with the ride. he is constantly between tampa and miami (hence all miles)

car is well kept for 150k on it too...i'm waiting to see it cross 200k--hopefully 300k
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Originally Posted by baddis es
i kno this guy personally and he is on top of maintenance with the ride. he is constantly between tampa and miami (hence all miles)

car is well kept for 150k on it too...i'm waiting to see it cross 200k--hopefully 300k
Shouldn't be too long before we see that, and I hope we do. Good thing his daily is not a hummer otherwise imagine how much gas a year!
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my goodness....... he almost has to live in the car to do that @_@ crazy.....
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That is a lot of driving. Goodness.
 
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Generally I feel a car that reaches 150K in that short of time actually has less over all wear and tear than the same car hitting 150K over 5-10 years. As long as the maintenance is kept up I'd bet this car goes longer than other typical Yaris cars. That is just my guess though.
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i think he definitely deserves something from toyota, that's amazing.

and i think he should just keep on doing it and get over 1mil miles in 7 yrs
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Originally Posted by JLSC4
That's about 425 miles a day, 7 days a week for this Yaris' 1st year.
Probably more than 425 miles a day, since it's only August. He drives much more than even the Canadian Prius taxi driver recently reported, who racked up just 160k km (100k miles) per year. At least he's smart (and responsible) enough to choose a car with the best highway fuel economy in the US to do that.

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Really tempted to get one as a daily driver. Solid car and from the saftey videos posted elsewhere on this forum seems like it would handle a crash well.
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He probably needs a chiropractor from looking at the speedo in the middle of the car.
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Originally Posted by CK6Speed
Generally I feel a car that reaches 150K in that short of time actually has less over all wear and tear than the same car hitting 150K over 5-10 years. As long as the maintenance is kept up I'd bet this car goes longer than other typical Yaris cars. That is just my guess though.
Very true. Notice from the video that this Yaris still looks like a 2007 even though it has the equivalent miles to the average 10 year old car. Plus, it's like 95% highway mileage which of course is much better for longevity.

Originally Posted by XeroK00L
Probably more than 425 miles a day, since it's only August. He drives much more than even the Canadian Prius taxi driver recently reported, who racked up just 160k km (100k miles) per year. At least he's smart (and responsible) enough to choose a car with the best highway fuel economy in the US to do that.
Yeah, 425 is simply an average of 365 days of driving to get to 155K.
Like you said, it hasn't even been a full year yet. Plus, he has to take
some time off here and there. So yeah, some days he must drive like 700-800 miles.

Originally Posted by jwong77
Really tempted to get one as a daily driver. Solid car and from the saftey videos posted elsewhere on this forum seems like it would handle a crash well.
I'd love to get one too. You can't get a true lower cost of ownership for a new car than a Yaris.

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He probably needs a chiropractor from looking at the speedo in the middle of the car.
I've read comments from a lot of Yaris owners who begin to really like or even prefer the center gauge ounce they get used to it. They say it keeps your eyes closer to the road. And you don't have to turn your neck, just your eyes a bit.
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i think he has more miles on that yaris than the oldest honda accord still running thread.
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Originally Posted by blaznsc4
i think he has more miles on that yaris than the oldest honda accord still running thread.
Well, that Accord has 300K. So, by the end of next year, he would have surpassed a 30 year old Accord with a 2 year old Yaris!
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