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I had a blue T-Sport as my first car. £2300 on insurance, flip out stereo and a £900 Megan Racing exhaust imported from Japan. Fast and Furious had a lot to answer for but what a car! Save it James. They are brilliant and resilient wee cars. RO02YSK was my old one.
Because of the short wheelbase the ride is only so-so on the stiffened springs. My wife had one from new. When it was a couple of years old I fitted TRD springs all round. Turned it into a little missile. It handled beautifully on the twisty bits and looked so much better with its lowered stance. When she traded it in one of the salesmen bought it for his wife.
Funny how Toyotas still sell even at that age, I’m currently in the process of saving a 2001 RAV4, but rust just isn’t an issue here in WA. Also have to point out the services done on that Yaris in my home town, Stalybridge! I’m fact my Daughters fiancé used to work at that garage until it closed down a few years ago.
Brings back memories. I used to win many credits tuning my Yaris to death and spending ages winning races hundreds of times in the Sunday Cup of Gran Turismo 2, when I had my Sony PS One.
My mate had a grey 'T-Pot', cracking little cars, closest gear ratios ever😂 and no they are not the T-Sport alloys👍The only thing I didn't like was the seats, you felt like you were sitting on the car rather than in it, other than that, a fun little car🙂 Fun fact: T-Sports were all Japanese Vitz RS's converted for the UK. None were manufactured in France like the standard Yaris.
Put it up on your ramp and do a few evenings welding, it'll either work out and be a nice drink for you or put you off buying old scrungers that need welding, I'm doing some welding on an Mx5, 02 tho.
Lovely Jubbly, definitely worth saving. I don't think anyone big has ever owned it, I've seen interiors with half that miles and less more worn than than.
From the general feedback here ,I would say a qualified yes save it. The deciding factor I would imagine will be the welding. As you have mentioned before the price of second hand stock through the auctions it might make you a wee bit of decent margin. It will be interesting how it pans out.
Hi James I don’t think there will be much life left in that one without spending a fortune so i would reject this one mate as you no who ever buys it will keep bringing it back with every issue cause of its age and keep up the great videos 😅
I was thinking exactly the same , once you get serious corrosion around suspension mounting points it's game over . It's 22 years old so it's done it's job .
I feel that this isn't worth saving, you'll never get a decent return for the amount of work required to bring it up to your usual standard, in any case who wants to buy a welded up car at the price you need to sell it for
Hi James, I have brand new grooved and drilled discs front and rear plus pads, problem would be the postage due to weight. Regards, Peter (Fiat Coupe fan).
This car's done very well to last as long as it has. Toyota paint is very soft and would polish up very nicely without effort. The interior would come up like new with a good valet. The front bumper removal/refitting would have occurred when it was quite new, hence no recording on the checks.
Probably would never be able to find one as old and rare but the early 80's daihatsu charade 1l turbo.bonkers car for its time. If i remember correct slightly faster 0-60 time than the 2l astra gte
Hello James, well, the test drive seemed alright, the only thought(s) I have is the previous MOT fails, and the sight of the rusting / corrosion on the underside? Can you make even money - £1500 with the work carried out and an MOT pass? Best wishes from Lincolnshire.
Owned a 2004 Vitz RS here in NZ. To call it an RS was a real stretch as it had the 1.3 engine and an autobox. Had alloys and boy racer stipes but the performance was the same as a standard 1.3 so not even warm. Great wee car though.
@@hughesy606 It's the one itch I really need to scratch regarding 90's hot hatches - The fastest car I have ever seen was one of those pullin gaway from the dartford toll booths - pulled wheelspins in nearly every gear and if it didn't have the word 'charade' written up the side we wouldn't of known what it was....
@@ChishanFipz it came with Dunlop SPs as standard fit and it understeered like anything. I used to commute to London in it when I was young, working nights. Every now and then I'd catch a Renault 5 GT Turbo down Holloway Road and we'd race each other between each set of lights. I always won!
It a bit grotty in all the usual Yaris areas. But its well worth a save and definitely in the right colour - a service fresh brakes and a tickle with the mig and it make a great car.
£300 would have been the Price with the spending needed to bring it back. This one will make a great Raffle car like the Camry i would also buy tickets
I wouldn't go near it unless the sub frame was done, even then its a grand car at best. I turned down a really nice mini countryman diesel because it had a manky rear sub frame, even at 850 it wasn't worth it.
The mechanicals last well on the Yaris but they rot underneath. Junk it James... You could put at least £700 into this (if not a good bit more) & it's still only going to last someone a year, maybe 2 if they're lucky. I wouldn't give you more than £1200 for it with a year's ticket on it & a quick service.
1:08 chassis wise, compared to standard car the T Sport got: -20mm lower ride height -Different shocks -Extra bodyshell stiffening -A stiffer front anti roll bar -Wider tyres -20mm bigger front discs -Rear discs instead of drums
TSport has a different front cross member and wishbones with larger bushings than the other models. The steering rack on the phase 2 has a higher ratio than the standard cars. The front discs are larger too.
send it back its a money pit Mr Chops all its MOTS have been done on a shoe string bare min every time to pass and it looks bad on the floor rotten and the brake pipes look well shot. Its only worth £100 in a crusher wish you the best with this one mate
I wouldn't have bothered with the Yaris James , but you know best .....hopefully . Bought my raffle tickets for the Camry but guessing I'll have the same luck as I had with the taxi , ie , none 🤣
It's nothing that can't be sorted James and it's time for you to learn a great skill welding, trust me when you start rubbing that crusty stuff back you going to get big holes 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I know it makes no sense but replace the back subframe and put a ball of welding in the mounts - redo the full underside To most that is financial ruination but in 5 years when the tinworm has the rest taken she will be worth 5 times more. Fix up - Store and then cash in when there is no more !
Original alloys 6 spoke. Good value forgotten hot hatch but this one has too much wrong with it/ not a normal retail punter proposition. Another raffle prize/sell it spares/repairs as a track/donor car?
