My little box of jap crap

[Braintax]

Brief car history.. at 17 I had a little Clio 1.2 which was a great little car, never let me down and drove quite well. Next up got a 1.3 yaris which was a sure upgrade gaining a further eight valves, ABS e.t.c

In-between these two owned an '85 golf gti which I made a bit of money on, loved it to bits but was really starting to show its age and just wasn't a practical choice unfortunately.

Now my insurance has calmed down a bit and with 2 years NCB I've upgraded to a Yaris T sport, its not the most powerful or exciting car in the world but I think its a great option at the moment.

Previously owned by a mature lady its done only a gentle clutch blending 21k and I think its buffed up pretty well.

Really nice little bits about it - still achieves just under 40mpg with a case of leadfoot, handles really well and standard suspension is great (if a little high), brakes are sharp with plenty of feel and the short range gearbox makes rural roads a good laugh. 106hp and 900 odd kilo's mean its not too much of a slouch and overall I'm quite proud of it.











Yes those are still on there from new

Edited by Braintax on Monday 15th February 11:26

Edited by Braintax on Tuesday 16th February 11:58

[soad]

Car looks good - nice colour, suits it well. Can't argue with getting 40mpg either!

[Braintax]

Thanks, colour is called Thunder Grey, its more like a champagne in the light..

It's actually difficult to achieve under 39mpg!

[BBL-Sean]

Sounds great! What is crap about it?

[Mardybum]

Not Jap crap in the slightest, I love these.

[minimatt1967]

Smart looking little car don't be so harsh.

[Braintax]

Never intended to be harsh.. Just what it gets badged as by all the local VAG fanboys

Thanks for the positive comments guys

[Stedman]

I love it!

[Braintax]

Small addition to the rear end



Planning on partially debadging the rear, getting a square UK plate for the front, original alloys are suffering some nasty corrosion in places so getting them refurbed in black. Keeping it clean and subtle.

Edited by Braintax on Tuesday 16th February 11:53

[soad]

Braintax said:

Small addition to the rear end

PH Smiley makes all the difference!

Debadging idea sounds good too.

[Jeffmaniac]

Hi nice car.

Was very tempted between the Yaris RS and the Polo Gti but the climate control and xenons on the Polo made the decision for me.

[Braintax]

Cheers, yeah the Yaris TS was basically one spec only.. was also looking at a polo Gti of around the same age and found them to be much more difficult to insure

[Ian974]

Debadging is good, cleans it up a bit. If it was through the rear window I'd suggest takiblanking off the rear wiper, but it'd look messy on the bootlid.
Personally I'd stick with the standard plate on the front, a square plate wouldn't look right IMO.
Tidy example though, I'm liking the foil still being over the sill protectors!

[Braintax]

Yeah I've came to the same conclusion, no point trying to JDM it up.. just bloody drive the thing haha, thanks mate

[igiveup45]

love it

[Braintax]

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A sorry looking wheel




Few little updates for you guys (sorry crappy phone images):

Replaced the standard exhaust with a OEM style stainless catback (great noise, lots of pops and bangs!)

Car is lowered 35mm on the front and 38mm on the back using Tein springs (handling is much improved although speed bumps are now more of an issue!)

Debadged the rear and fitted import plates (originally just wanted the front plate but the company messed up my order and sent me a rear aswell)

Still loving it, going to finish it off with some nice little wheels soon.

[stewy68]

The lowering works well on it.
As does the front plate.
Great little cars.

[Blue Meanie]

Nothing wrong at all with your Jap crap. Some of the jap crap boxes are a hoot to drive. Anyway, when I move to Bulgaria, (just put an offer on a house), I'm gonna go local and get a lada Niva, and lift the bugger, and strip the fecker out for off roading, so my crap box will be FAR crapper than yours!

[Braintax]

stewy68 said:

The lowering works well on it.
As does the front plate.
Great little cars.

Cheers, yeah underrated little cars I think

[Braintax]

Blue Meanie said:

Nothing wrong at all with your Jap crap. Some of the jap crap boxes are a hoot to drive. Anyway, when I move to Bulgaria, (just put an offer on a house), I'm gonna go local and get a lada Niva, and lift the bugger, and strip the fecker out for off roading, so my crap box will be FAR crapper than yours!

haha! I can imagine that would be serious fun