snow-veo winter pics from 09

[thebarber]

some winter pics from last year i forgot i took while i was alone in new brunswick...









so many ebrake turns = wheels full of snow!


i seem to remember sinking up to my crotch in snow after snapping this pic. thats what i get for climbing a soft snow bank

[fmicle]

I've always wondered... are there any compatible parts between the Yaris and the Aveo?

I read somewhere on the net how the Toyota Matrix and the Pontiac Vibe are basically the same car underneath. So I was wondering, since plants like NUMMI make parts for different manufacturers, are there any other models that are "compatible"? It just seems to me like the Yaris and the Aveo would be a good matching pair, hatchback to hatchback, sedan to sedan...

Any thoughts?

[Advocate]

Awesome Barber! But you know what's really funny? I saw all the tire tracks and I immediately wanted to ask you "How awesome is it to throw the e-brake when the road is filled with snow?"

Then I move down two more pictures and see you explaining that you already had done it lots and lots of times haha...

[thebarber]

Originally Posted by fmicle

I've always wondered... are there any compatible parts between the Yaris and the Aveo?

I read somewhere on the net how the Toyota Matrix and the Pontiac Vibe are basically the same car underneath. So I was wondering, since plants like NUMMI make parts for different manufacturers, are there any other models that are "compatible"? It just seems to me like the Yaris and the Aveo would be a good matching pair, hatchback to hatchback, sedan to sedan...

Any thoughts?

only thing compatable between the yaris and aveo is rims and tires. though both use H4/9003 headlights too.

suzuki swift+, pontiac wave/g3, chevy aveo, and daewoo kalos are all the same

they actually have a 2 door hatch aveo overseas which looks kinda neat (though it has the same like-it-or-hate-it fascia that our 06 has).

parts are swappable from the daewoo lanos, iirc. ive read a couple of 2.0L engine swaps into an aveo....pretty neat stuff....you could grab the 2L out of a chevy optra (did you have that in the US?) and toss 'er in the aveo....could make for an interesting car!

Originally Posted by Advocate

Awesome Barber! But you know what's really funny? I saw all the tire tracks and I immediately wanted to ask you "How awesome is it to throw the e-brake when the road is filled with snow?"

Then I move down two more pictures and see you explaining that you already had done it lots and lots of times haha...

im ALL about the ebrake turns in the snow, man! and its super awesome to ebrake turn on a snow filled road. did it last week on a sideroad w/ the yaris. i decided i didnt want to head up the road so i tossed on the ebrake, did a 180 and went back the other way

[echo_hrs]

AVEO = Made in Korea, not NUMMI...

Cheers

[thebarber]

Originally Posted by echo_hrs

AVEO = Made in Korea, not NUMMI...

Cheers

yes.

and yaris made in japan, not cambridge

[fmicle]

That's what I love about this site, I learn something every day

[micro image]

the first pic is really cool!

[thebarber]

Originally Posted by micro image

the first pic is really cool!

thanks!

[silentECHO]

aahhh the aveo....the americanized copy of the echo lol....compatible-ish side profile with the echo lol...sometimes i wish it snowed here so i could do dumb fun stuff like that!