Nice people thread part 7 - a thread in its prime

misskool

vivatifosi wrote: »

DH had a Y reg Yaris from new (though his was a T-Sport so way faster) and S-i-L had an 03 one, same as one you are looking at. Very reliable, but S-i-L said you do notice the Yaris 1.0 being underpowered. Good little run around though. It is still going, she sold it to a neighbour whose daughter is away and it comes home to visit and still runs great. DH had nothing serious with his, but sold about 6 years ago. Check for rust and warping to disc brakes is his view...

ideally i'd like a 1.2 but nothing in that engine for my price range. i have scoured the local friday ad, ebay and gumtree. there are some potential ones but my knowledge is pretty minute on cars so would prefer dealer.

wish cars didn't break though :rotfl:

Thank you mystic_trev, bertie, all the sssssss and everyone else who has chipped in. You have all been very helpful and sage in your advice.

SingleSue

michaels wrote: »

Must have been a while back, I can't remember the last time I used a key to unlock a car....

...then again I can't remember the last time I used a key to unlock the house door as we just push the blipper to open the garage

Last time I used a key to lock a car or my front door was approx 2 hours ago! I've yet to have a remote locking/unlocking car.....

silvercar

If you are going down the Japanese road, I had a lovely Honda Jazz. Think you would be looking at high mileage for that price, but I really loved driving it, felt very solid for a little car. They were only available in a 1.4 engine.

misskool

silvercar wrote: »

If you are going down the Japanese road, I had a lovely Honda Jazz. Think you would be looking at high mileage for that price, but I really loved driving it, felt very solid for a little car. They were only available in a 1.4 engine.

I've not even seen that model available around here!

It's a shame we are not well served by public transport, cars used for going around go very quickly!

PasturesNew

silvercar wrote: »

The flat overseas was meant to come with a web cam in the lounge that you can log into from anywhere. Unfortunately local internet providers can't provide the matching technology. (For the technical, it requires a fixed IP address that the local ISPs only supply to businesses for £££). We thought it would be a bit dodgy letting the flat out and spying on the renters.

In the absence of no service being available ... there are online "static IP" services which you could try .... you'd need to google for stuff like "dynamic DNS" and ynDNS - who offer Static IPs.

Basically, whatever your home setup, you get a static IP address from them and connect your service through their servers - and as your IP address changes it still knows it's you - and provides you with a static service to connect to from your UK home. Hope that makes sense.

No idea of costs.

Edit: Reading this might help you get a handle on things: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/connect-home-network-dyndns/

I used to use dyndns - which is completely free - and mentioned in the first couple of paragraphs on there.

StevieJ

That snow is coming down heavy again

PasturesNew

Peeing down here. Did a colleague a random favour tonight ... and ended up being fed to say thanks

Also returned home with a pot of h/m jam and some h/m scones for the morning.

Win

Generali

vivatifosi wrote: »

DH had a Y reg Yaris from new (though his was a T-Sport so way faster) and S-i-L had an 03 one, same as one you are looking at. Very reliable, but S-i-L said you do notice the Yaris 1.0 being underpowered. Good little run around though. It is still going, she sold it to a neighbour whose daughter is away and it comes home to visit and still runs great. DH had nothing serious with his, but sold about 6 years ago. Check for rust and warping to disc brakes is his view...

I have a 1L Yaris which was our only car and now is our second car. We drove the 4 of us to Brisbane and back in a weekend in it (almost 2,500 round trip) and that worked ok so not that underpowered.

I think they're great little cars.

Spirit_2

misskool wrote: »

this toyota yaris?
http://www.pavillioncarsales.com/used-cars/toyota-yaris-1-0-16v-vvti-gs-3dr-brighton-201246492499720

My last car was a V Reg Yaris - I had it from new I think it had done 160,000 when I changed it last May. It was BRILLIANT. It ran on fresh air, almost always went through its MOT trouble free.

It cost about £45 to fill the tank last spring.

I had one significant breakdown and that was the Alternator. otherwise over its lifetime the exhaust manifold rusted and had to be replaced ditto the sump - Mr Spirit said that was quite unusual - I know nothing.

I sold it on ebay for £400. The bodywork was still very good and my reason for changing it was that it was sounding rougher and it did not owe me anything.

It was not speedy but it did not matter and coped well with my 56 miles daily return commute, rural roads, busy motorway and urban. It was comfortable with a neat dashboard.

When I put the seats down (they split) the back was like a small van.

By my experience I would consider it as there are many years of cheap motoring to be had from a Yaris with only 82000 miles on it. I think it is worth a look.

SingleSue

vivatifosi wrote: »

NPs, are you or anyone in your family someone with high-functioning autism or aspergers who is looking for a job? If so, the place where I work is looking for someone with a condition on the spectrum to act as an expert in the subject area. Pay isn't fantastic, but it is a start. Please PM me if anyone is interested. They are looking for someone that has worked with other people who are aspies or autistic.

Would have been perfect to middle or youngest son....if they had been older!