08 Yaris or 09 Corolla ??

Been agonizing over what car to buy. Have test driven the 08 Yaris
automatic 4 door and the 09 Corolla automatic 4 door. Wanted an 08
Corolla but they are all gone. Plenty of 08 Yarises left, last time I
looked.

Yaris : 3 K cheaper than the Corolla.
sporty, crisp handling, great seat, peppy,
Not a huge trunk, not a huge back seat.
29 city, 35 hiway.
Can't see hood at all from driver seat !!! Weird.
Kind of strange looking car.

I have a verbal from dealer for $14,300 plus tax and
tags.

Corolla : 3 k more expensive than Yaris.

Weird trans action : shifts up / down in strange ways,
when in cirty driving. Hiway trans is normal.. (The Yaris trans
acted like a "normal" auto trans for me, in both city and hiway. )

Very spongy brakes. Fearing a crash as I kept pushing down
the brake pedal farther and farther, hoping to actually engage the
brakes before passing through the stop sign.

Steering wandering on hiway.

Slight buzz from engine / trans at 60 to 70 mph.

Looks beautiful !! Much prettier than the Yaris.

27 ? city, 35 hiway. Biggeer than the Yaris, but same
hiway mpg !!

Can get one for $16,100 plus tax and tags.


Decisions, decisions. Any happy 08 Yaris drivers out there ?? Any
happy 09 Corolla owners ???

Thanks for any input / insight / empathy.

work for hertz and have driven both . like both cars . according to
consumer repots they both get the same gas mileage over all and in town
33 overall and 23 in city driving . but the yaris gets 44 on the
highway . the corolla gets 40. you also get lots more airbags as
standard in the corolla. in our corolla le s we have the trip computer
which gives mpg , distance to empty and so fourth. both are good cars
but think i might have to go with the corolla don't think you could go
wrong with either one . I have a 97 corolla and a 06 camry so am hooked
on Toyota. let us know what you get . .