# The Yaris Chronicles: The REAL END, man! **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [November 24, 2008, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-yaris-chronicles-the-real-end-man/22489 "2008-11-24T14:42:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![otterhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otterhere](https://community.cartalk.com/u/otterhere)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-yaris-chronicles-the-real-end-man/22489/1 "2008-11-24T14:42:15Z")
Conclusion: m extremely happy with my '08 Yaris two-door hatchback… Zippy and fun to drive and, of course, Toyota quality… Deleriously happy with the price I paid; all in all, $2k below sticker. Yippee… Thrilled to have sold the Swift; a little sad, and I will miss it, but time to move on. I’m confident that all the i’s were dotted and t’s crossed in the transaction and got a good price for it to a good home. Bonus happiness: check in the mail for the entire deposit on the '09 Yaris less the actual cost of transporting (must be gas only; $71 dollars missing from the total). Double-bonus: this will be the final installment of the Yaris Chronicles. Aren’t you ALL deleriously happy? Thanks for all the advice and “tough love” along the way. ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 2:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-yaris-chronicles-the-real-end-man/22489/2 "2008-11-24T14:58:31Z")
Never Say Never! … You Know Where To Find Us! Good Luck! ---
**Author:** ![FoDaddy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/fodaddy/32/717_2.png) [@FoDaddy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/FoDaddy)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-yaris-chronicles-the-real-end-man/22489/3 "2008-11-24T15:17:08Z")
You got lucky with the deposit refund. That is nothing short of a miracle to get most of it back. I guess it really is better to be lucky than good. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![hellokit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@hellokit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hellokit)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-yaris-chronicles-the-real-end-man/22489/4 "2008-11-24T15:54:18Z")
Is this part of the Mars Expedition? ---
**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-yaris-chronicles-the-real-end-man/22489/5 "2008-11-24T16:06:42Z")
Congradulations on a successful transition to your new car. Unless you start a large family immediately or a business requiring a larger vehicle, you should not need another car for the next 15-20 years. You live in a dry part of the country, and with proper maintenance by the book, this car will virtually last forever. There’s a guy driving around Las Vegas with a 22 year old Toyota Celica that has 1.2 MILLION miles on it. Still no rust!! ---
**Author:** ![otterhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otterhere](https://community.cartalk.com/u/otterhere)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-yaris-chronicles-the-real-end-man/22489/6 "2008-11-24T16:13:46Z")
Actually, they had no legal right to retain it – or so I’ve been told by other car dealers – since I got nothing for it. The cost of transportation was reasonable… Squeaky wheel gets the grease. ---
**Author:** ![otterhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otterhere](https://community.cartalk.com/u/otterhere)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-yaris-chronicles-the-real-end-man/22489/7 "2008-11-24T16:14:51Z")
“you should not need another car for the next 15-20 years” THANK HEAVENS ---
**Author:** ![mr\_josh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mr_josh/32/3008_2.png) [@mr\_josh](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mr_josh)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-yaris-chronicles-the-real-end-man/22489/8 "2008-11-24T17:12:18Z")
And then there are all of those other people on this board with broken-down Toyotas… just saying… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GreasyJack)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-yaris-chronicles-the-real-end-man/22489/9 "2008-11-24T17:58:49Z")
Congratulations! What did you end up getting for the Swift? ---
**Author:** ![otterhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otterhere](https://community.cartalk.com/u/otterhere)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 6:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-yaris-chronicles-the-real-end-man/22489/10 "2008-11-24T18:03:09Z")
$1200. Was still being advised to hold out for $1500, but it wasn’t worth it to me to risk life and limb dealing with complete strangers from Internet sites or classified ads (sold to someone at work). He can do the work himself, so a good deal for him, and I don’t have to pay someone to do it, so a good deal for me… And that check in the mail for the deposit refund? That was the cherry on top! ---
**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 11:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-yaris-chronicles-the-real-end-man/22489/11 "2008-11-24T23:41:39Z")
You were so right about not worrying about the $1,500. Some people do that with their houses in a declining market and never get to move out. I’m happy to hear that some car dealers refund deposits, even though they missed a chance to sell you a car. They might have come out ahead by getting the right car for you or if they hadn’t cut off the negotiations so quickly. ---
**Author:** ![otterhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otterhere](https://community.cartalk.com/u/otterhere)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-yaris-chronicles-the-real-end-man/22489/12 "2008-11-25T14:21:46Z")
Some think so; a.k.a. “the thread that would not die.” ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-yaris-chronicles-the-real-end-man/22489/13 "2008-11-25T17:01:32Z")
“Is this part of the Mars Expedition?” No, because it didn’t cost 3 times as much as originally advrtised. ---
**Author:** ![bscar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bscar/32/34_2.png) [@bscar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bscar)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 2:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-yaris-chronicles-the-real-end-man/22489/14 "2008-11-26T02:43:35Z")
but the way she complained, you’d think it did… 😛