Toyota Yaris advice

colm_mcm · 30-12-2015 12:54AM

Poncke wrote: »

Which site did you use to get that info?

What does that imply actually, sold to dealer?

Got traded into a garage. seller bought it trade. just means they are going to be well able to sell and answer your questions and won't actually know a whole pile about the car as they only just bought it to flip it.

Poncke wrote: »

Weird. Why would they advertise as private seller?

cos they're not really a garage and won't be giving a warranty or paying tax etc.
Quite common. not necessarily something to be afraid of, but handy to know

shietpilot · 30-12-2015 12:54AM

Poncke wrote: »

Weird. Why would they advertise as private seller?

Maybe they want to mark it as a "trade sale", "sold as seen" in the hopes that they don't need to provide a warranty?

Not sure...

bazz26 · 30-12-2015 12:59AM

Car was probably traded in at a main dealer but is too old to retail on their forecourt. Was probably sold on to a small time wheeler dealer looking to sell it on at a profit without putting any money into it.

colm_mcm · 30-12-2015 01:02AM

Here's a quick run through the specs

1999-2003

E Windey windows, no central locking, no power steering, black bumpers, black handles. 13 inch steel wheels
Avoid.

Terra
14 inch steel wheels, Semi colour coded bumpers, colour coded handles, manual mirrors, front electric windows, central locking, plastic steering wheel, plastic gearknob, slide/recline rear seat, dual airbags

Luna adds to Terra
Fully colour coded bumpers, and mirrors, leather steering wheel and gearknob, nicer seats.

Sol adds to Luna
Electric mirrors, Remote locking, CD player, height adjustable seat

2003-2006
Terra
Coloured bumpers, ABS, Dual airbags, CD player, Front electric windows, coloured handles,

Luna adds to Terra
Silver inserts in doors and heater, rear headrests, remote locking, leather gearknob

Sol adds to Luna
14 inch alloys, front fogs, colour coded rubbing strips in bumpers, height adjust seat, electric mirrors, lesther wheel

Blue adds to Sol (2004 -2005)
Chrome exhaust tip, scuff plates, remote audio (no elec mirrors or alloys)

Strata adds to Blue (2005 onwards)
Alloy wheels

Poncke · 30-12-2015 01:02AM

Poncke wrote: »

I had these saved

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/new-nct-and-full-service-and-full-year-road-teax/10980125
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/very-good-first-car-with-tax-till-january-2016/11035614
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/03-yaris-nct-until-jan-17/10830670

Any thoughts on these cars, now I have you all here.

JohnBoy26 · 30-12-2015 01:03AM

Del2005 wrote: »

A good gauge of how genuine the seller is if they are open to a mechanic checking it over. If the seller won't allow a 3rd party inspection walk away. Plenty of honest cars for sale so no point in rewarding scumbags.

BTW There are plenty of other 1l cars for sale in your price range and even if you get a Yaris with FSH and a mechanic check out it could still end up being a money pit. Just because a brand or model has a good reputation cars can still bang in a bad way. Check out other brands which are local, so your trusted mechanic can check it over, instead of travelling a long way to get a Yaris you can't get checked out easily.

There isn't really though. There really is very few 1.0 liters option out there in the op's budget, especially good options. The chances of a well minded yaris with a fsh ending up being a money pit is extremely slim tbh. Those yaris's are by far the best 1.0 in the op budget. A good one should provide years of hassle free motoring.

Poncke · 30-12-2015 01:03AM

colm_mcm wrote: »

Here's a quick run through the specs

1999-2003

E Windey windows, no central locking, no power steering, black bumpers, black handles. 13 inch steel wheels
Avoid.

Terra
14 inch steel wheels, Semi colour coded bumpers, colour coded handles, manual mirrors, front electric windows, central locking, plastic steering wheel, plastic gearknob, slide/recline rear seat, dual airbags

Luna adds to Terra
Fully colour coded bumpers, and mirrors, leather steering wheel and gearknob, nicer seats.

Sol adds to Luna
Electric mirrors, Remote locking, CD player, height adjustable seat

2003-2006
Terra
Coloured bumpers, ABS, Dual airbags, CD player, Front electric windows, coloured handles,

Luna adds to Terra
Silver inserts in doors and heater, rear headrests, remote locking

Sol adds to Luna
14 inch alloys, front fogs, colour coded rubbing strips in bumpers, height adjust seat, electric mirrors

Blue adds to Sol (2004 -2005)
Chrome exhaust tip, scuff plates, remote audio (no elec mirrors)

Strata adds to Blue (2005 onwards)
Alloy wheels

Brilliant overview, thanks

allthedoyles · 30-12-2015 01:06AM

shietpilot wrote: »

The headlight in the last photo has been changed. It looks way cleaner and they didn't put the front bumper on properly on that side. You can see the clip on the headlight in which the bumper is supposed to sit.

I noticed as well that the Westmeath Yaris has only done 1500 miles since it passed the NCT on 26th August . Seems a bit on the light side

colm_mcm · 30-12-2015 01:08AM

Poncke wrote: »

Any thoughts on these cars, now I have you all here.

none of them jump out, but the black one is the one id get if I had to pick one.

colm_mcm · 30-12-2015 01:10AM

allthedoyles wrote: »

I noticed as well that the Westmeath Yaris has only done 1500 miles since it passed the NCT on 26th August . Seems a bit on the light side

traded in 6 weeks ago tbf.

Poncke · 30-12-2015 01:12AM

colm_mcm wrote: »

none of them jump out, but the black one is the one id get if I had to pick one.

Cheers, turns out its a Terra, and now I know more I'd rather get the Strata model :cool:

alan partridge aha · 30-12-2015 01:18AM

Side story, work colleague knew a woman who was selling a 06 Sol (mark 2) with 140000 miles on it for €2k and the real sweetner was the engine had been replaced by Toyota and had only 20K miles on it. He was humming and hawing but eventually bought it for his son.

Son wrote it off a month later, bloody hell what a waste.

Muckie · 30-12-2015 11:46AM

Wife has a 01 model, she been driving it for the last 7 years, mother in law gave it to her after she had it 3 years.

In that time i've serviced it, changing oil and filters etc, even replaced brake pads.

Water pump seized, luckily wasnt a big job to replace, if your handy with spanners, cost about €60 all in, took less than an hour too.

Its a basic A-B car, hand brake cables can then to stretch.

But its never broken down or failed to start, would highly recommend.

AA mechanic friend once told me "its one of the few cars he comes across not broken down on the side of the road"

shietpilot · 30-12-2015 12:24PM

Muckie wrote: »

Wife has a 01 model, she been driving it for the last 7 years, mother in law gave it to her after she had it 3 years.

In that time i've serviced it, changing oil and filters etc, even replaced brake pads.

Water pump seized, luckily wasnt a big job to replace, if your handy with spanners, cost about €60 all in, took less than an hour too.

Its a basic A-B car, hand brake cables can then to stretch.

But its never broken down or failed to start, would highly recommend.

AA mechanic friend once told me "its one of the few cars he comes across broken down on the side of the road"

They're a brilliant little car. I still have my 1999 with 95k~ miles on the clock :pac:

colm_mcm · 30-12-2015 01:22PM

Same here, we have a 00 with 80 on it, apart from a windscreen washer pump it's been A1 for the last 4 years.

Toyotafanboi · 30-12-2015 01:50PM

Yeah, we have a 00 the last 4 or 5 years, when the mammy had it there was no hassle, just tyres and oil changes.

The sister has had it the last 2 years and she is the worst driver in the world but even at that its taking the abuse very very well. The only non serviceable items we've replaced were the rear brake lines and the water pump and none of those are really even her fault I suppose. Around 140k on it now and it's going strong.

A friend has a 03 and last time I seen it, it was heading for 270k miles and it was still going very well, he got it as a hand me down from his parents and he doesn't give a **** about it but it won't give in.

Poncke · 03-01-2016 05:34PM

Guys, what is the T3 model?

Poncke · 03-01-2016 06:18PM

How can this be a Sol model, without colour coded mirrors

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota-yaris-2001-2-keys/10943630

https://www.cartell.ie/ssl/servlet/beginStarLookup?registration=01ww4441

Poncke · 03-01-2016 06:21PM

Same here

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota-yaris-1-0-petrol-5-doors-nct-february-17/11174169

colm_mcm · 03-01-2016 10:28PM

I may have been wrong about the coloured mirrors

JohnBoy26 · 03-01-2016 10:59PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

I may have been wrong about the coloured mirrors

The interior of the first one above posted by the op also only has a plastic steering wheel and gearknob, the same as the Terra. Not sure if all the pre facelift sol's are like that or not. The Luna seems to have a nicer interior.

colm_mcm · 03-01-2016 11:25PM

The seats in prefacelift sols are rotten too. Like a nursing home. Yeah they have the plastic wheel alright.

alan partridge aha · 03-01-2016 11:39PM

Not 100% sure but we bought a new Yaris Sol in 01 and it came with Alloys as standard

colm_mcm · 03-01-2016 11:53PM

The sols had horrible wheel trims that sort of looked like flowers.

alan partridge aha · 03-01-2016 11:56PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

The sols had horrible wheel trims that sort of looked like flowers.

Bought ours in Apr 01 and it defo had alloys. Did not pay extra for alloys.

FirstinLastout · 04-01-2016 12:23AM

I didn't see anyone posting in regards to the rear wheel bearings that can go on the Yaris.
Decent pattern replacements will be around E150-170ish. These are the only real mechanical bugbear that I'm aware of. Sealed units so you have to replace the wholestub axle assembly. Get the car on a liftor stands & spin the wheels while listening for the rumble, or during a drive there may be an annoying whine foot the rear present if they are on the way out.

Another common issue are the gaskets on the rear light units perishing.
This'll allow ingress of water; fold back the carpet in the boot and check underneath for dampness, look in the spare wheel well also.
I have not yet sorted these out on my Yari but will need to soon as I'm finding the windows fogged up more often when the car stands unused for a few days.
I believe these are a Toyota part only & don't know how much they are but I suppose you could always bodge it with sealant dependant on bulb access.... I can't say for sure as I've never had to replace a bulb in over 3 years of ownership.

coolbeans · 04-01-2016 02:11AM

colm_mcm wrote: »

The sols had horrible wheel trims that sort of looked like flowers.

I liked those. Suited the teddy bear character of the car.

colm_mcm · 04-01-2016 02:14AM

nearly bought Ronal Teddy bears a few years ago for her one. would have looked class.

coolbeans · 04-01-2016 02:17AM

colm_mcm wrote: »

nearly bought Ronal Teddy bears a few years ago for her one. would have looked class.

https://www.google.ie/search?q=Ronal+Teddy&oq=Ronal+Teddy&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l3.1250j0j4&client=ms-android-sonymobile&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#imgrc=JAshTl1uQaQYjM%3A

Yeah baby! ðŸ˜€

On mobile, can't embed

dieselbug · 04-01-2016 05:06AM

Great car for the recent floods also.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlH7YIk3nMA

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