Selling my mom’s Toyota Yaris…

[annoying_salman]

@Manwich I mean, that's technically true. Jakarta used to have something similar, called Bajaj, which I find its shape to be pretty charming. I'm pretty sure the drivers infuriated other motorists though.

[madmikE53]

@Manwich try Canadadrives.ca

[Spasoje]

@Manwich I have nothing constructive to add, but I gotta ask, do you get to keep the old plates and put them on another car?

[pip bip]

@Manwich how is she getting around in future?

[ibRAD]

@Manwich 10K for that is outrageous, but potentially not unrealistic in this market. Too bad it's not a manual!

If you want to go to the trouble, you can probably free up the locks if you actually take it apart and clean and lube. And I bet the front fender liner is fairly cheap directly from Toyota. toyotapartsdirect.ca
doesn't seem to show it, but if you contact them it often is just a matter of them not having it added to the online catalog. They are very good there and I recommend them.

[Manwich]

@Spasoje said in Selling my mom’s Toyota Yaris…:

@Manwich I have nothing constructive to add, but I gotta ask, do you get to keep the old plates and put them on another car?

We get to keep the old plates.

[Manwich]

@pip-bip said in Selling my mom’s Toyota Yaris…:

@Manwich how is she getting around in future?

My siblings and I take her to do doctors appointments and other stuff. We do her shopping for her. She’s not strong enough to go out on her own anymore.

[ibRAD]

@Manwich said in Selling my mom’s Toyota Yaris…:

@Spasoje said in Selling my mom’s Toyota Yaris…:

@Manwich I have nothing constructive to add, but I gotta ask, do you get to keep the old plates and put them on another car?

We get to keep the old plates.

The old ones actually made with something thicker than tin foil and then painted. Hold on to those ones! I'm guessing by the number they are circa early 90s

[Manwich]

@ibRAD

The exact year would have been 1992 when my mom got her license after my dad passed away. And the first car those plates were on was a 1992 Ford Escort 4 door hatch with automatic and AC.

And yeah… gonna hold onto those plates and maybe use them for myself

[Manwich]

@Albino-Kangaroo said in Selling my mom’s Toyota Yaris…:

@Manwich have you popped the vin into CarMax for a quick quote?

I decided to do that now that I dug up the car's ownership... and this is what I got:

[Albino Kangaroo]

@Manwich yeah, it was worth a shot. If I recall that version wasn't sold in the states.

[Ad absurdum per aspera]

Oof. I've been involved in three situations where it came time for an older family member to hang up the keys, with intimations of a fourth coming up, and even when they agree to play along, it tends to be rather emotionally fraught. Best of luck with the car...

[Manwich]

@madmikE53 said in Selling my mom’s Toyota Yaris…:

@Manwich try Canadadrives.ca

FYI... I dug up the ownership and plugged in the VIN and this is the low-ball offer they gave: