Yaris is a good interstate traveler Sir! she is small, but like the old cheezy 70 show - land of the lost - she is a "Pylon" - bigger on the inside smaller on the outside.Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2020 5:16 amThat's one heck of a long way to go in a Yaris. Not exactly an interstate car.
You know a lot of border disputes.
Here's one for you: Next to the US, what is the closest geographical country to Canada? France owns two tiny islands off the Canadian/American shoreline: St. Pierre, and Miquelon. So it's France.
. no seriously - i bought her in 07 - with a week installed a sport suspension and cruise control (though a 5-speed standard!!!!!!! ------I'm like a gun nut per my stickshift (had a Triumph TR7 in the 80s and early 90's - and a ford Fiesta prior (i like my small cars! - smaller the better - and remove the weak boaty springs to make the small car HANDLE like a small car and not a barge (and they Yari was full on BOAT - had to shell out 500 for TRD sprot springs/shock snad springs and another 400 to have someone install). so 2 weeks after i bouth the car and installed the shocks springs drove to TX/NM/LA/MS/AL and Florida -i drove west to Amarllo, then down to El paso than down to Brownsvilee along the rio grand, then up the gult coast from Brownsville to Key West,. then up the East coast of FL through Ga to charleston SC - the straight west back to OK (took 3 week off work). Then did the same thing in 2011 - but up through east Tennesse through West Virginia (Beckley is my fav Town - many fanous folks are from that small WV town - that fab but utterly forgotten movie Matwan was film near there, then up to Erie PA (utter ghost-town) - nothing but shuttered old derelick factory buildings (utterly depressing town - seemed like i was in a 3rd world county not america), along the lake up to Buffello (pretty town - really fixed up! was not expecting that), then over to Vermont, New Hamphier and Maine (along the northern side - Dixi Notch area (Berlin NH is a nice town - quiant)- then though Houltin ME (nice town also - folks are also down to earth) Bangor maine is a nice college town also. Dunkin dougnuts are from there and all over the place - i rem them from my childhood in houston, and here in OK there is only 2-3 of them - nearest one is up in the city somewhere (always liked them - they make the best donuts, but sadly too far for me to bother with here in OK - 20 miles away) - in maine they are every 100 feet. then drove up to Fredicton NB, St John, Mocton, then stayed in a small town called Sackville - cute town - then the next day when on to Halifax and stayed there for 3 days - then had to go back home (agian 3 week vacation). Have driven to CA in my Yaris in 14 to see my dad (got sick with the flu for 2 weeks in bed and then had to come home) so that was a bad vacation, last time i drove there was when my dad died 2.3 yrs ago - shortly after i joined this forum - he had pneoumnia and not betting better, so thought the worst and got in my Yaris and drove nonestop from Norman to San Jose (25 hours) - got there in time to talk with him, he slipped into unsciousness the nest day and lingered for another week before he died.Alaska is my next destination - via the upper great lakes one way and down BC the other - but i now have 210,000 mile on my baby, so we shall see about that.
not bad for a 14,000 dollar - 40 mpg car. 1.5 liter 4 banger (use synthic oil and take care of her) - though she looks like shit - paint peeling-gone.
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oh ya i know about that French island BTW. watched a doc on YT a few yr ago about the folks there. looked like a nice place to live.
"real stories" or somesuch is a good YT channel for that type of stuff - watched one about the Cateram/Pitt Island - New Zealand possession. (or NZ proper actually - part of NZ not territories)
ultimate wish is to visit St Amsterdam island befor i die - out in the middle of nowhere - indian ocean bet Africa and Australia - nice cool but not cold climate.
