All town use apart from the odd motorway journey.
The only reason that would change is if I changed jobs and needed to drive to work on faster roads, which is unlikely to be any time soon.
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The Yaris is as cheap to service as a Focus.. but not so nice to drive.
Smaller, easier to park and if you get a 5 door, has a sliding rear seat with lots of luggage space.The 3 door has a swell but getting in and out of the rear seats is not for the tall, old or infirm:-)
Yaris will be cheaper to insure.
As far as parts prices are concerned, regular service items are cheap. Cannot say on anything else as (touch wood) in 30 months of ownership, nothing has gone wrong.
The Yaris driving position is high... I bought the T Spirit # for height adjustment of driver's seat - which is very useful.
SWMBO like driving the Yaris a lot: easy parking.
On motorways over 75mph can get noisy but I averaged well over 60mph on last Sunday's return trip to West of Birmingham...150 mile round trip M6/M5 with no fatigue...Been to Galsgow non stop in it (250miles) in comfort - M6 all the way.
VERY effective brakes....emergency stop on M5 last year from 70 with no drama.
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2003 Yaris T Spirit 1.4 diesel
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Toyota Customer Service is Light Years ahead of Ford--- just received a voucher for free oil and filter change and check up from my local Toyota garage.. (I bought secondhand from elsewhere but they service it)
Edited by madf on 04/10/2008 at 13:14
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Thank you.
I think I want too much from the car! Economy, good to drive, cheap to run etc, etc.
I don't know what else would cover that criteria?
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Bear in mind that your biggest cost is the price of the vehicle in the first place in most cases, so I wouldn't get too obsessed with 45mpg vs 42 or £100 for a clutch assembly vs £60. These are minor considerations.
Get the newest car (in terms of years, forget miles within reason) you can afford that suits your needs and take it from there.
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Diesel Yaris averages 57mpg around town. Nearer 65+ on long runs...
Edited by madf on 04/10/2008 at 16:42
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Our Yaris hasn't skipped a beat in 4 years.
We have the 1.0 which struggles on the motorway but that wasn't why we bought it, we wanted reliable, cheap to run and insure and economic for town trips which it has been great for.
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Our Yaris hasn't skipped a beat in 4 years.
Ditto. SWMBO's Yaris (1.3 GLS), has been with us for just over 4 years and other than standard servicing hasn't needed any other work. It's a super town car and not too bad on the rare m'way journey either.
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