Author Topic: Day-by-Day Review: 2012 Toyota Yaris three-door; Day 1 (Read 12790 times)

CanuckS2K · « **Reply #20 on:** March 28, 2012, 12:53:43 pm »

James, I can't actually believe that you just went from a supercharged Escalade to a Yaris! Talk about very different vehicles! Too funny!

ajay · « **Reply #21 on:** March 28, 2012, 02:00:14 pm »

Bare bones is right , still I like the fact that it lost 50 lbs on the redesign making it such a light weight car which I'm sure is very nimble through city traffic and of course it will have the great reliability it is noted for , tried and true . I think it would be a fun car to drive .

MMMB89 · « **Reply #22 on:** March 29, 2012, 01:37:47 am »

Is Toyota that cheap that they only offer one windshield wiper on the Yaris?

I'm guessing it's not like monoblade that Mercedes-Benz had for years on its cars. The monoblade was definitely unique and swept more windshield than the standard wiper setup, however get stuck in a rainstorm and even on max it can't keep up.

tinnemeneer · « **Reply #23 on:** March 29, 2012, 04:32:00 am »

"The new Yaris is a little longer but the same width and a little shorter than the outgoing model."

More out of curiosity then to be nit-picking, but as a non-native English speaker it confused me. Well, a little..
Okay, I admit, I love to pick a good nit.

tpl · « **Reply #24 on:** March 29, 2012, 05:28:34 am »

Quote from: tinnemeneer on March 29, 2012, 04:32:00 am

"The new Yaris is a little longer but the same width and a little shorter than the outgoing model."

More out of curiosity then to be nit-picking, but as a non-native English speaker it confused me. Well, a little..
Okay, I admit, I love to pick a good nit.

Designed by M.C. Escher ? One of your countrymen IIRC.

wing · « **Reply #25 on:** March 29, 2012, 07:45:26 am »

Ha that is confusing.... It's is less tall...

Bubba · « **Reply #26 on:** March 29, 2012, 07:50:29 am »

One windshield wiper? Can you get a picture of the swept area? One wiper sounds ridiculous to me.

Gwido · « **Reply #27 on:** March 29, 2012, 08:01:33 am »

Quote from: DKaz on March 28, 2012, 10:50:03 am

Didn't the 2000-2004 Echo have dummy shift lights? The 2005 Echo hatchback got a standard tach, not sure about the sedan.

The Echo sedan didn't have a standard tach nor a shift light. At first, I thought it was a glaring omission, but I never missed it.

tpl · « **Reply #28 on:** March 29, 2012, 08:06:50 am »

Quote from: Gwido on March 29, 2012, 08:01:33 am

Quote from: DKaz on March 28, 2012, 10:50:03 am
Didn't the 2000-2004 Echo have dummy shift lights? The 2005 Echo hatchback got a standard tach, not sure about the sedan.

The Echo sedan didn't have a standard tach nor a shift light. At first, I thought it was a glaring omission, but I never missed it.

REAL small basic cars should be driven to valve bounce in every gear...who needs a tach or a shift light. Oops I am thinking of Fiats of long ago not Toyotas.

CanuckS2K · « **Reply #29 on:** March 29, 2012, 08:07:44 am »

Quote from: Winklovic on March 29, 2012, 07:50:29 am

One windshield wiper? Can you get a picture of the swept area? One wiper sounds ridiculous to me.

From this vid, it almost seems like it doesn't sweep far enough left into the driver's line of sight. From pictures, it really looks like a huge wiper though and I'm sure it works pretty well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1BCAp4CGOE

dirtyjeffer · « **Reply #30 on:** March 29, 2012, 11:22:28 am »

that is more of a computer graphic, so tough to tell...i would imagine (hope) that Toyota has engineered the location of the pivot, the shape of the windshield and the size of the blade to maximize clearing area...i would assume there are safety concerns to ensure the wipers clear enough of the visible area to ensure proper visibility...assuming it is designed properly, i would think that a single wiper would be effective at clearing the windshield...my Rio5 "drivers" wiper is also quite large, and the "passenger" wiper is a small "add on" to get that extra little bit...it isn't like the "old days" where you had two similar sized wipers, that's for sure...i'm not sure of the exact lengths, but if i were to guess, i would say the drivers is a 24 and the passenger is a 16 or something like (maybe 22 and 18, hard to tell)...a single wiper blade means no linkage and one blade...less complex (although, wiper set ups are pretty reliable anyway), but more importantly, cost savings...i would be more concerned about wiper performance than how many wipers it had, or any cost savings though...as long as the single wiper works fine (i imagine it does), i wouldn't care.

Blueprint · « **Reply #31 on:** March 29, 2012, 12:36:31 pm »

Quote from: tpl on March 29, 2012, 08:06:50 am

Quote from: Gwido on March 29, 2012, 08:01:33 am
Quote from: DKaz on March 28, 2012, 10:50:03 am
Didn't the 2000-2004 Echo have dummy shift lights? The 2005 Echo hatchback got a standard tach, not sure about the sedan.

The Echo sedan didn't have a standard tach nor a shift light. At first, I thought it was a glaring omission, but I never missed it.

REAL small basic cars should be driven to valve bounce in every gear...who needs a tach or a shift light. Oops I am thinking of Fiats of long ago not Toyotas.

My beloved 1995 Civic LX 5-speed has no tach, and no shifter light, but the driver's manual indicated the top speeds at redline for each lower gear. Had them memorized, and despite Banzai! runs, never hit the rev limiter.

The car I learned to drive with, a 1981 Civic wagon with manual choke and "Hondamatic" tranny, had max shift points for 1st and 2nd printed on the speedo. Hondamatic, for those who never saw it, looked like a regular 3-speed auto, with a floor shifter, but it had 1-2-OD. No "D" : you had to shift.

dutch · « **Reply #32 on:** March 29, 2012, 02:28:51 pm »

Quote from: tpl on March 29, 2012, 05:28:34 am

Quote from: tinnemeneer on March 29, 2012, 04:32:00 am
"The new Yaris is a little longer but the same width and a little shorter than the outgoing model."

More out of curiosity then to be nit-picking, but as a non-native English speaker it confused me. Well, a little..
Okay, I admit, I love to pick a good nit.
Designed by M.C. Escher ? One of your countrymen IIRC.

too funny!! almost spilled my coffe on that one!

Gamefreak · « **Reply #33 on:** March 29, 2012, 07:43:00 pm »

I thought the auto industry had progressed to a point where you couldn't find a new car without a tach: sadly, it appears that isn't the case. Big omission on a manual transmission, IMO.

rrocket · « **Reply #34 on:** March 29, 2012, 07:56:28 pm »

Quote from: Gamefreak on March 29, 2012, 07:43:00 pm

I thought the auto industry had progressed to a point where you couldn't find a new car without a tach: sadly, it appears that isn't the case. Big omission on a manual transmission, IMO.

Only if you are a total incompetent. I drove my Echo for hundreds of thousands of KMs with no tach. If you have ears and a feel for the engine...there is no need for a tach. FFS...it only has 105HP...you do not need a tach.

Gamefreak · « **Reply #35 on:** March 30, 2012, 12:47:19 am »

Quote from: rrocket on March 29, 2012, 07:56:28 pm

Only if you are a total incompetent. I drove my Echo for hundreds of thousands of KMs with no tach. If you have ears and a feel for the engine...there is no need for a tach. FFS...it only has 105HP...you do not need a tach.

I guess I'm incompetent. Sure, I drove a Civic with no tach for almost five years, but that's beside the point, right?

rrocket · « **Reply #36 on:** March 30, 2012, 12:52:38 am »

Quote from: Gamefreak on March 30, 2012, 12:47:19 am

Quote from: rrocket on March 29, 2012, 07:56:28 pm
Only if you are a total incompetent. I drove my Echo for hundreds of thousands of KMs with no tach. If you have ears and a feel for the engine...there is no need for a tach. FFS...it only has 105HP...you do not need a tach.

I guess I'm incompetent. Sure, I drove a Civic with no tach for almost five years, but that's beside the point, right?

Well you managed fine then. WTF did you need the tach for? I mean...were you really caught out in any situation because of a lack of a tach?? I doubt it....

tinnemeneer · « **Reply #37 on:** March 30, 2012, 06:24:03 am »

More out of curiosity then to be nit-picking, but as a non-native English speaker it confused me. Well, a little..
Okay, I admit, I love to pick a good nit.

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Designed by M.C. Escher ? One of your countrymen IIRC.
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I wouldn't buy an Escherian car, Dutch people are famous for a lot of things. Making cars, except semi-trucks, is not one of them. And Escher.. well.. I love his work but I wouldn't buy a car he made.

P.S. I just looked up 'nitpicking' and it seems I don't love to pick a good nit as I wrote earlier.

dutch · « **Reply #38 on:** March 30, 2012, 12:37:10 pm »

Quote from: tinnemeneer on March 30, 2012, 06:24:03 am

More out of curiosity then to be nit-picking, but as a non-native English speaker it confused me. Well, a little..
Okay, I admit, I love to pick a good nit.

Designed by M.C. Escher ? One of your countrymen IIRC.
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I wouldn't buy an Escherian car, Dutch people are famous for a lot of things. Making cars, except semi-trucks, is not one of them. And Escher.. well.. I love his work but I wouldn't buy a car he made.

P.S. I just looked up 'nitpicking' and it seems I don't love to pick a good nit as I wrote earlier.

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Being dutch myself, you forgot about the DAF!! Greatest car ever

I remember as a kid in Holland they used to have a race where they drove the DAF's backwards - with their CVT they could go just as fast backwards as they could forward

roundupready · « **Reply #39 on:** March 30, 2012, 03:31:39 pm »

The wandering mentioned in DAy 3 was what we found in our 2008 Yaris as well.

We got a set of upsized aftermarket rim/tires for the summer months and I found the highway wandering was cured quite a bit.

It also has a TRD RSB which also helps the body roll a little.

Great "daily reviews". I look forward to reading more.