This guy reminds me of you guys...

[2o6]

Outspoken, clearly biased, misinformed and rough for no apparant reason. And to top it off, he thinks hes funny and he pronounces "Yaris" wrong!





http://youtu.be/GGZw88dk_t8



I've always thought Toyota's reputation was overblown, but in my 2007 Yaris sedan, I can't take apart the interior like this. This guy IS TRYING TO break stuff.

He rips on this Accent for no reason...

http://youtu.be/io1bOteTlhY

[68_427]

Pretty clear both those cars are SHYTE

[Onslaught]

You have a Yaris? I worked on a new one the other day and that's the strangest positioned steering wheel I've ever seen. It makes for really uncomfortable driving for me and when I turned the wheel my knuckles would hit the wiper/signal stalks.

[TurboDan]

The guy has a point. If the interior is thrown together like that, it's going to develop tons of rattles as it gets loose over the life of the vehicle. Much less if you grab something by mistake, you can pull a whole piece off.

No offense, but I absolutely despise Toyota interiors. The new Camry is an exception, however.

[93JC]

A Yawreese?

I don't even like the guy's elocution and tone, let alone what he's doing. What a knob.

[TurboDan]

He definitely sounds like a dick, I'll give ya that...

[MrH]

"This guy reminds me of you guys..."

Outspoken, clearly biased, misinformed and rough for no apparant reason.

  seriously?

Of all people to call this forum outspoken and uninformed...

[93JC]

Maybe you can shed light on how a car interior goes together since that's what you do for a living. I would guess that about half my Mazda's interior snaps together instead of being screwed together for a couple reasons:

1) no screw holes/heads to hide
2) screws eventually work themselves loose, whereas a snap-together piece could conceivably never come apart

[MrH]

Just about everything snaps together with push clips.  You get a tight fit, your labor times are significantly shorter than screwing things together, and it leaves a clean appearance.  The only time you really screw anything together is when you're investment limited due to low volume, certain geometries, or for serious structural support reasons.  If you're talking a high volume program, you're going to want to attach your major components with some sort of welding construction (IR weld, vibration weld, sonic weld, etc) if given the choice.  There's kind of a push in the industry towards more vehicle models at smaller volumes though.

If you screwed everything together, you'd see screw heads everywhere.  Looks like garbage.

[Soup DeVille]

Outspoken, clearly biased, misinformed and rough for no apparant reason. And to top it off, he thinks hes funny and he pronounces "Yaris" wrong!

Guilty on most counts, but I do pronounce "Yaris" correctly. (Hint: it rhymes with Eugene).

[Soup DeVille]

Just about everything snaps together with push clips.  You get a tight fit, your labor times are significantly shorter than screwing things together, and it leaves a clean appearance.  The only time you really screw anything together is when you're investment limited due to low volume, certain geometries, or for serious structural support reasons.  If you're talking a high volume program, you're going to want to attach your major components with some sort of welding construction (IR weld, vibration weld, sonic weld, etc) if given the choice.  There's kind of a push in the industry towards more vehicle models at smaller volumes though.

If you screwed everything together, you'd see screw heads everywhere.  Looks like garbage.

Lots of screw heads CAN be hidden effectively, but yeah: the dude's a tool that knows nothing of how cars are put together.

[2o6]

The guy has a point. If the interior is thrown together like that, it's going to develop tons of rattles as it gets loose over the life of the vehicle. Much less if you grab something by mistake, you can pull a whole piece off.

No offense, but I absolutely despise Toyota interiors. The new Camry is an exception, however.

He's clearly trying to tear it to pieces....you can do this to ANY car.C

[Onslaught]

Yes, most cars are snap together these days. Even the bumpers covers on most cars are held on with plastic retainers that you just push everything together. Now some cars do a much better job of shaping their interiors together however.

[2o6]

You have a Yaris? I worked on a new one the other day and that's the strangest positioned steering wheel I've ever seen. It makes for really uncomfortable driving for me and when I turned the wheel my knuckles would hit the wiper/signal stalks.

Do you have fat knuckles, or did you not adjust the wheel? That has never happened to me.

[Onslaught]

Do you have fat knuckles, or did you not adjust the wheel? That has never happened to me.

I have large man hands. This is the only car I've ever had it happen on.

[2o6]

I have large man hands. This is the only car I've ever had it happen on.

I have big hands, too.

[Madman]

yar-REESSE? 

I've heard YAIR-riss and even YHAR-riss but that's a new one on me.

And having an easy-to-disassemble interior is a real benefit whenever you need to fix something.  Oh wait, I forgot this is a Toyota.  They NEVER break! 

[TurboDan]

He's clearly trying to tear it to pieces....you can do this to ANY car.C

In some parts, he was just abusing the thing. In other parts, he'd push on a dash panel and it started to sink down.

Don't feel bad... I pressed down on the button next to the nav/touch screen on a Cadillac SRX recent and the whole damn thing pushed in. So, it can happen in cars many times more expensive than a Yaris.

[2o6]

Guilty on most counts, but I do pronounce "Yaris" correctly. (Hint: it rhymes with Eugene).

I don't get it.

[Rupert]

Guilty on most counts, but I do pronounce "Yaris" correctly. (Hint: it rhymes with Eugene).

... No.

[Soup DeVille]

... No.

You sure?

[Rupert]

Pretty sure. There's no way Yaris could rhyme with Eugene.

[Secret Chimp]

Vajeen

[Rupert]

That joke is obscured too much to be a joke.