Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Car Values Yaris - Ireland

[Jennifer Dozar <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

The Yaris is a nice idea :)  but i'm not sure i'll get one. I"m leaning
towards the 2000 Civic.  HOpefully the insurance will finally be out to
look at my truck today. and i am supposed to test drive the civic on
thursday. I have class tonight, so i can't really go play with it today.
So, I am hoping the insurance mess will be solved soon. I had calculated
out the payments and the insurance, and the Civic is my best bet. next
to the Jetta. at least price wise.  The Yaris would be awesome, but it's
a little out of my budget range I think. at least for now. I"m only
working with the numbers I have available right now. The insurance was
about the same for teh civic and the yaris, maybe like $5 difference.
but the payments would be higher for the Yaris, like $323 compared to
$267. (that was just my playing rates with for cost financing) So I
think $355 a month is more doable than $403 right now. And Civics get
good gas milage. like low 30s to mid 30s, maybe higher on long trips or
so. Maybe when i graduate with my MBA and get a kick ass job, i'll just
get me a hybrid ;) hehe. But nice to hear someone say good things about
the yaris, since it is very new in the states. My boyfriend still wants
me to look at a Grandam... i kind of just kept quiet when he said it was
a good quality american car.... my brother had one, and i wasn't
impressed and it was having a lot of problems. And a couple months ago,
his grand ams powersteering went out. hehe. Only problems i remember
with my civic were like a battery issue, but that got solved, and a
couple flat tires. I'll avoid all potholes from here on out!! I should
have sued the city of westport for my car!! *cry*

On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 12:36:29AM -0500, Christian M. Cepel wrote:
> 
> I'm coming in way late in whatever conversation this is, but I saw the 
> Yaris mentioned.
> 
> We had a brand new Yaris as our car for 5 weeks in Ireland 3yrs ago, and I 
> wanted to bring the thing back with me on the plane.  I hate small cars and 
> I LOVED the yaris.  It was zippy and sporty and FUN.  The cabin was well 
> laid out and was surprisingly quiet.  It got great gas (ahem, petrol) 
> mileage (ahem kilometerage).
> 
> Great great great car.   I just saw adverts for the first time on tv 
> this week and I about flipped through the roof.
> 
> Funny thing about all rentals in Ireland, the hubcaps are on with 
> zipties....    funnier still is that there are hubcaps in every ditch in 
> Ireland.  I got out once to look for some particular bits of nature and 
> left a pile if 9 hubcaps on the side of the road from the ditch.  I left 
> similar piles all over Ireland. *grin*  Ours kept coming loose too and 
> eventually, we just popped all the zipties with a knife and put the caps 
> in the boot so we'd still have them at the end of the rental *grin*.
> 
> If I could get one shipped over from Ireland with stuff on the 'wrong' 
> side, for near the price of one over here, I'd do it in a heartbeat (if 
> there were no other hassles and such).
> 
> What a great car that was.
> 
> Jonathan King wrote:
> >On 5/1/06, Dave Lloyd <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> >>On Mon, 1 May 2006, Jennifer Dozar wrote:
> >>
> >>> I wanted to see your guys's oppinions on some cars and insurance stuff
> >>>
> >>> this is what i have for me for these particular cars
> >>>
> >>>> Rates for insurance are as follows
> >>>> 2007 Yaris, 80.00       (Price 13,400)
> >>>> 2006 Scion XA $79.95  (price 13,320)
> >
> >I know one person who has this car and loves it to death.  But, as
> >best as I understand it, you're getting a Toyota Echo with a slightly
> >snazzier trim level.  This isn't necessarily bad, of course...
> >
> >>>> 2006 Kia Spectra5 99.56 (price 17,250)
> >>>> 2006 Kia rio5 95.80     (Price 14,900)
> >
> >I can't show you the email I get from students for obvious reasons,
> >but the #1 cause of missing midterms and finals in the last two years
> >is apparently having your Kia whatever break down. :-)
> >
> >>>> 2000 Honda Civic - 2Dr $87.90  (price 10,950)
> >>>> 2003 Honda Civic - 4Dr $80.74  (price 13,995)
> >
> >Obvious safe choices.
> >
> >>>> 2002 VW Jetta GL $75.89      (PRice 12.950)
> >
> >That would be fun, but I don't believe this is an especially reliable 
> >car.
> >
> >>>> 2005 Dodge Stratus $101.56     (Price 12,950
> >
> >I was flipping through the Consumer Reports car issue for a minute
> >yesterday, and saw that this car was just about #1 on the list of cars
> >that people would be least likely to buy again.  That could be for
> >many reasons, but it makes the price sound high to me.
> >
> >>I'd go for the Yaris.  Have you thought about the Honda Fit, too?
> >>http://www.euroncap.com/content/safety_ratings/ratings.php?id1=1
> >>Neither have been tested by IIHS, but the Euro NCAP test procedure is
> >>pretty well the same.  The Fit is the Jazz in other markets.
> >>http://www.edmunds.com/new/2007/honda/fit/index.html
> >
> >I'd never heard of the Yaris, but I guess it's brand new.  Some people
> >in our family didn't really like Toyotas, but that person wasn't me. 
> >We're not likely to be buying a second car soon, but if I did, a cheap
> >Toyota would be my strategy, I think.  The only other small cars I'd
> >go for are the Subaru Impreza (now with an engine greater than 105 HP)
> >and the Mazda 3, which was a real blast on a test drive.
> >
> >>> Just wanted your imput. cause you guys are just so knowledgeable. 
> >>and i
> >>> don't feel like listening to my boyfriend tell me i should get a 
> >>grandam
> >>> :P
> >
> >Obviously your boyfriend has better taste in women than in cars. :-)
> >
> >jking
> >
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