Toyota Yaris MK3 (2011-2020) - Buyer's Guide - Go On, Treat Yourself

Hello everybody what's happening what's happening my name's Neil welcome along to Midlife Motors and welcome to my daily driver 2013 Toyota Yaris. Had it for about two two and a half years now yeah two and a half years now it's a 1.3 petrol 100 horsepower it's been cheap it's been reliable and I think a few people are umming and ahhing about getting a daily driver like that it's not particularly glamorous but it allows me to have the other fun stuff but there's a few things you need to know so we're going to whiz around the car quickly now I'm going to point out some good things some bad things and some things to check if you're going to get one of these cars because these really don't hurt your pocket and do work all the time right let's crack on okay we're around the front engine bay we're not going to do the engine just yet because the first thing we need to talk about because it's a Japanese car of a certain age is rust don't know what it is with Toyota and Mazda but just never seem to get on top of it quite as well as everybody else so the first place is to look this car's nine years old now so you know we've got to take that into consideration but the first place to check this front crash crash bar I've seen these pretty badly rusted this one's okay which is good there's also there's a lower crash bar at the bottom of the radiator um check that also because it has fixings for the under tray that goes underneath the car now I've seen some of those those fixes just fixings just corroded away and just not there which can uh can cause that tray to be missing fortunately this one started but it's not too bad all the fixings are still in place whilst you're doing your checks under the engine bay here the battery chain check that one check that fixing still exists because it does corrode quite badly that one might need some attention shortly same on this side with the engine mount the one at the bottom at the front here the top one in the back one will be okay just check this one still exists and hasn't corroded away otherwise under the front everything else is pretty much okay they do seem to be a lot better have got on top of their the likes of their doors etc um doesn't have any issues down here doesn't really have any issues around the arches either I when I'm cleaning the car there's a lip under here which gathers quite a lot of crud I do tend to make sure I get the jet wash in there just to blast it all out particularly in the winter underneath the car it's pretty good there's quite a lot of um aluminium trays so if you hear rattles um it could be because one of the fixings on those has come loose or has rusted away on this car everything's in place I've been under a few times and it seems to breathe pretty good there is though one which I guarantee whatever yaris you're looking at there will be rust right here guarantee it this is the rear wash wipe this is where the jet comes through and this corrodes they always corrode every single one now I'm halfway through doing a repair mine's got so bad that this is actually the rubber seal which I've pushed through here is not actually sealing around this now because of the rust so I'm actually doing the repair now because what happens then is water gets through and it drips out through this seat belt holder and gets this seat and this boot wet the dog wasn't happy so I'm actually repairing this now but uh yeah just check I guarantee it will have that at more or less any age so just be mindful of that there we go a bit of a bit of a bad start but uh we'll come back to the engine now because this is where the good stuff starts to happen really easy to service these cars air filter here hopefully in a minute up up the top here a banner will pop out from the last time I serviced it 45 pounds op oils do a service kit it's easy to do watch the video you'll have it done in no time they don't burn a drop of oil it's a timing chain so you don't have to worry about uh belts everything's good everything's good the air conditioning as well it works perfectly ice cold still so this is the bit you don't have to worry about the engine the gearbox everything just works perfectly requires little or no maintenance and it's cheap before we jump inside I just want to point out that these cars came on Dunlop Dunlop SP Sports now that's what they came from the factory with when I got this car it has some sort of crikey uh Russian remold on it some ditch finder on it and it drove it the ride was terrible it's a bit of a jiggly ride anyway because it's a Toyota that's kind of what you get but uh once I went back to the Dunlops it transformed the right same same profile same size but it transformed the ride and the handling is miles better with these Dunlops so look out for them they're definitely worth it and they weren't particularly expensive brakes were quite cheap I replaced them a couple of years ago again op oils did the whole the whole the whole lot for 120 pounds so that was good now whilst we're down here on the driver's side I've had one particular fault with this car which has reoccurred again I've had to change the motor for the um for the wipers is behind this is in the in this wheel arch behind that plastic trim now not long after I got the car I had to replace the motor for the the front wiper and now the wiper for the the motor for the rear wiper has stopped as well check your scooters work front and rear because it's a bit of a pain to get to and it's quite expensive heading inside now and you're going to be shocked this is a good thing you're going to be shocked when you try one of these cars at just how comfy these seats are absolutely superb done some long trips in this car and they're absolutely brilliant so uh there's my there's my first tick other ticks are the aircon as I mentioned earlier it's still ice cold works perfectly um what else what else is I tell you a bad one it doesn't have cruise control that's really really really annoying the bluetooth for the phone works well and the controls for the stereo work you get a reversing camera which comes up I don't know what's pointing there get a reversing camera in these cars as well which comes up there which is really handy that's a handy thing to know um but yeah easy easy to use comfy place to be the interior has worn really well this car's done 35 000 miles which isn't a lot but uh the jog dog jog the dog jumps in and out of it I drive it every single day um so it uh it does get tested pretty well and it has stood the test of time excellently like many cars the uh the pollen filter for inside is behind the glove box here so you have to take the glove box out now just be careful there's a damper on the side here which you have to release to be able to drop the glove box out it's easy to do but that is easy to break so when you're checking the cars if you're trying one make sure the damper on the glove box is still there otherwise it's just gonna bang straight back down which will be a bit annoying it's a small car but from a practicality point of view it's brilliant the seats fold down um they split sort of two thirds a third however you want to call it it's quite a low sill our dog jumps in and out of there quite easy peasy and you can actually get quite a lot of a lot in here when you need to another neat touch as well the rear belts clip away that's clever I like that a couple of other things before we summarize it all I'm averaging 48.8 miles per gallon but mine's very much town driving I don't travel far to work lots of cup holders in here one two three four five cup holders in the front alone so they're quite handy as well the uh insurance on this car is not particularly hefty for me it's you know it's on a policy with all the cars but I think this one only adds about 100 pounds it's little or nothing the it doesn't seem to wear much it I'm talking about tires brakes that sort of thing handbrake still fine hasn't picked up an awful lot of stone chips either I've noticed so and whenever I wash it it seems to polish up okay which is good so yeah that's pretty much it a cheap and cheerful car that doesn't take up much of my money or my time allows me to uh to spend it on the other cars but uh just check for the rust do the rust check things the things you can see on the outside under the bonnet the rear tailgate underneath it's pretty safe um and just remember the the good points the bluetooth the the comfort the space all excellent could really do with um I really the one thing I missed though is cruise control doing smaller journeys probably not quite so much but but there you go hey ho anyway if that's been helpful if you can give us a thumbs up if you can subscribe below that would be and I shall catch you again next time thanks for watching goodbye