Toyota Echo S01E02 Cleaning The Project Car

In this episode i clean out the interior of the Toyota Echo. Hey, its a dirty job, and i got stuck doing it.

[@EarthtonesCymbals]

This was so satisfying to watch. Special shout out when at 12:30 Ben Smith gets sucked away. LOL. Cheers mate. I wish I had that Echo.

[@hobbymanx9200]

Crazy that you bought all these gems for such low prices. Some of them are legendary. Basically it’s like picking an abandoned Ferrari from the ground for free.

[@thousanddollarcarguy]

Its so hard now to find the deals. I basically cant anymore with the inflation of everything

[@KevinGoldLVL]

Finally somebody like me! Love old beaters, you got a new subscriber!

[@joshua199628]

KevinGoldLVL myself own a 2004 echo, still looks practically new from inside and little bit from the outside

[@RickandAlex]

Loving the channel keep it up man

[@danieleverythingappleprois2133]

Love your videos 🙌🏻👍

[@geoffnoyes520]

By removing all those coins you have decreased the cars value by 50%! :-) :-) Great video, enjoyed the cleaning process and humour, many thanks frome in New Zealand, ( happy toyota Ractis owner). Kind regards.

[@Aruneh]

Can't believe you didn't wear latex or nitrile gloves for that. I would have worn like three pairs! Also, have you considered a headmount for your camera, so that you don't have to do everything one-handed?

[@thousanddollarcarguy]

I have a smaller fake gopro i use occasionally on my other channel. I will buy a tripod asap, its on the list. I think next car ill get some gloves like you said! lol

[@EarthtonesCymbals]

You don't have to believe it. Didn't you see it with your own eyes? Evidence supersedes belief. He, he.

[@EarthtonesCymbals]

@@thousanddollarcarguy Don't listen to him. It was amazing just the way you did it. Real world all the way!

[@daxgotfacts8925]

I picked one up for $350 @230,000km this week just needed a new battery and minor repair but the inside was almost perfect!

[@Cenotaff]

I love the idea of this show and seeing you learn along the way, as well as myself. I have a Toyota Yaris which seems to share the front of your car but not the back end. We've never had a long version in the UK as far as I'm aware. Is the smaller version called a Yaris over there whilst the sedan version called an Echo? I'm planning on cleaning mine out and painting loads of panels to freshen them up so vids like these showing how to remove things are great. Subscribing because the UK Wheeler Dealers was great viewing as I grew up and I've recently stumbled upon Mighty Car Mods and smashed through it so I like your mash up and with a small budget gives inspiration and ideas to a lot of people. A little bit of work can go a long way. It's just making the effort worth it with lower priced vehicles where the potential for a big gain in re-selling doesn't seem that great. This is the first video I've seen of yours so I'm not sure what content you have. Fingers crossed it's along what I am thinking.

[@ShutterSpeedGaming]

About to buy a 2003 Toyota Echo for 4K with 100K miles on it. 😁 rare and reliable.

[@thousanddollarcarguy]

That sounds like a rediculous amount of money. If you like the platform and want to save money you can also look at the first gen scion xa and xb platform. They are literally the same chassis as well as engine and transmissions in a different shape. I wouldnt pay more than 1500 for any of them. Best of luck in your purchase

[@ShutterSpeedGaming]

@@thousanddollarcarguy I looked on Kelly Blue Book and that’s the fair market price for the car. Most ones I looked at that cost 4K have well over 100K miles on them. The one I’m getting is the only one I found for the price at 100K miles. Also idk if you know but right now it’s a used car shortage in the US.

[@thousanddollarcarguy]

@@ShutterSpeedGaming its your money and you can do with it as you please. In my opinion the echo isnt worth half what they are asking. If you drive the car for the next 15 years then sure thats a good investment. Maybe because i go through them so quickly i always look at what can i sell it for the second i buy it. Also depends on the cost of fuel. The echo is a cheap built car with few options. The best thing going for it is fuel economy. In a market where gas is expensive it drives the cost up. When gas is cheap it causes the price to go down. Since gas is up right now its price is inflated. If you like it. And you feel its a fair deal than by all means purchase it. I personally cant justify the inflated price. Best of luck with your new ride.

[@alphanotmale1847]

Oh wow!!!! After seeing how neglected this car was by its owner I don’t feel so bad anymore! Compared to this poor puppy, mine looks like it just came off the lot!

[@djkenny1202]

How many Miles and how is it Running? Anything records wise? I like Echoes :)

[@canammaverickx3373]

I have the exact same car and it still runs and drives

[@kali8887]

Very good Very good

[@thousanddollarcarguy]

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[@JyveKilla]

you ever considered pressure washing the seats and carpets? strip out the interior and wash it then let it dry. So much easier.

[@thousanddollarcarguy]

I suppose since this is a cheap car it wouldn't bother me to pressure wash the seats. Whats the worse that happens right? they get wet.

[@JyveKilla]

I have done it heaps of times carpet and all, shits mint afterwards. It takes about 2 weeks to dry and it dries out of the car better. It depends how quick you can flip it, it might hold you up.

[@thousanddollarcarguy]

I actually got a trade offer from a guy at work, but my wife likes the echo better. We shall see!

[@EarthtonesCymbals]

Oh...great tip. He is probably on his way to Lowe's right now to buy a power washer. NOT.

[@JyveKilla]

@@EarthtonesCymbals bit late to the party, moron

[@brendanleonard1375]

Wow! That car was dirty beyond belief.

[@artemislian5261]

2:25 that’s probably one of those citronella scented wristbands to repel mosquitoes. I just got an echo and cleaned it out but i didn’t think about checking under the rear bench seat. And now after watching this I’m nervous to see what could be underneath

[@717Lucero]

You need Adams polishes products. To really clean the interior of that dirty car.

[@Jimmy-yu1gu]

Hey man I’m wondering if you’re still active on this video or let alone your channel I just bought one for really cheap and I’m watching your videos to see what I could do with my 2002 echo !

[@thousanddollarcarguy]

I still post.v ever 4 days currently. Many projects are sold or gone now. But i still make videos. Here. On dosomethingeveryday 2. Or on leonsgarageadventures.

[@lindalawon9151]

Are there any certified preowned?

[@mustafa.laghari]

Money car!

[@smapson54]

Do you know if it's possible to awd swap these things? I was just given one

[@thousanddollarcarguy]

I don't wanna be that guy. But if you want it bad enough you can do anything. Either with trying to find another toyota product that was awd and swapnin similar stuff or go full custom and use a different chassis to supply your parts like a denali or something crazy.

[@smapson54]

@@thousanddollarcarguy totally fair! I'm still a noob to this stuff, so I'm just not sure exactly which yota would match up. I was thinking RAV4 might work

[@thousanddollarcarguy]

Its crazy rare but i believe the toyota celica had an awd version. But if you found one of those id rather have the celica.

[@smapson54]

@@thousanddollarcarguy yea I just want to set it up for winter shenanigans and beat on it.

[@DanielsCarTalkChannel]

One good thing about that car, it keeps on coughing up change, but yah whoever had that car I’d hate to go to their house 🤢🤮

[@91myroc]

I bought a 2003 Cavalier Coupe last month that was far more disgusting on the inside than this Echo was and I had wish I wore gloves from finding broken glass underneath the back seat was a tell tell sign it's been hit before to finding old nasty French fries 🍟. Now I sold the car for more than what I've paid for it.

[@thousanddollarcarguy]

Hey at least your in the Black. Nice

[@91myroc]

Thousanddollarcarguy I May be a year late replying back to you but ironically I paid $1000 for a 2-Door Echo after I sold the cavalier and now the Echo has been my daily driver for about 2yrs until a decent buyer comes along. I bought the car with 83,000 miles on it now it has 104,000 on it and I have replaced all the worn out coils and spark plugs mass airflow sensor etc. Now I have the car running great with the for sale price up by another $1,000.

[@jimmer1976]

ECHOOOOOOOOOOO

[@Orbittherapper]

The cut in the floorboard is where they used to stash drugs

[@thousanddollarcarguy]

Hahaha

[@supras7]

What is that green stick lol just cleaning my echo and found the same thing

[@thousanddollarcarguy]

Can you give me a time stamp in the video so i can just scroll straight to it?

[@supras7]

Thousanddollarcarguy 2:12

[@thousanddollarcarguy]

i believe its a coffee stirer

[@Bmanfresh]

Starbucks coffee cup stopper / coffee stirrer

[@leftright6054]

'Merica.. where you can buy dope cars for a buck. Wish they were cheaper here.

[@thousanddollarcarguy]

Where ya from?

[@waltherppk4956]

*HOW DO I FIND A TOYOTO* ECHO IN 2020???

[@thousanddollarcarguy]

Local craigslist. Kijiji. Fb market place. Ebay motors. Let go. Orrrr the old standard of finding on driving around and following them till they stop

[@FirstnameLastname-ni9uh]

How do u find so many cheap cars that cheap.

[@thousanddollarcarguy]

Thats why im thousanddollarcarguy. Also theres no inspection in florida. So we got a lot of crap cars here

[@gregnixon1296]

If you have a collection of filthy coins in your car, it is 100% certain that you have bad credit.

[@thousanddollarcarguy]

+Greg Nixon ha

[@skyturnblack]

Could you lower the sound of the background music quite a bit when you're talking? It makes it more difficult to focus on what you're saying otherwise

[@thousanddollarcarguy]

Yes i can. I had it set on like 10% i guess it wasn't low enough. It also varies music type and song itself. But ill work on it. Thanks for the heads up!

[@EarthtonesCymbals]

No, he can't. Deal with it.

[@nickcontraguerro7352]

“Why didn’t anybody do this before” hmm because it’ll scratch the car

[@EarthtonesCymbals]

Yeah...the previous owner definitely didn't want to scratch the car.

[@leogoku13]

You need to wear some gloves bro lol

[@williamhickerson4316]

SOOO GROOOSS! lol

[@jeromemorin1873]

kouki s14 for 5500$?? this shit is worth like 3x the price and even more now lmao

[@joshua199628]

Part 2?

[@thousanddollarcarguy]

joshua199628 you should be able to find all 10 episodes if you look at the playlist on my channel for it!

[@joshua199628]

Thousanddollarcarguy neat!, i didnt think you’d reply back, I will check it out 👌🏼

[@Gramps83]

You should invite Matt from "Obsessed Garage" to come help out. LOL! linky: kzbin.info

[@Gramps83]

Also, he may have a power washer you can have. LOL!

[@thousanddollarcarguy]

Is he in Florida?

[@Gramps83]

Yes sir!

[@okieg8960]

I just got an echo for $400 buts it’s a 2 door

[@thousanddollarcarguy]

Thats even better. Congrats

[@DeerKoden]

If i'd were him, i'd just pick a high pressure washer, and wash all of that shit out of the entire car...all of the carpets and the seats look awful anyway.

[@thousanddollarcarguy]

Thats a Jeep Thing. Or like the last episode of Roadkill haha.

[@DeerKoden]

Maybe, but considering the poor condition of the interior...anyhow, have you considered buying one of the early '90s honda civics?

[@thousanddollarcarguy]

YES, yes i have. Im not much of a honda guy, im like one of the only people on the planet where i had so many problems with my honda Fit that i traded it in and only broke even. I drove a 89 Civic with like 250k miles on it and it felt tighter than a early 2000's buick with 50k miles on it.

[@EarthtonesCymbals]

Are you secretly wishing that you were him?

[@addieca6816]

Model

[@lindalawon9151]

Ding dong she did not care who saw all that unvacumed junk.

[@rockbrasil9822]

Female pork

[@joearmijo1157]

jesus christ this car is fucking disgusting. how do people let their shit get that far gone.

[@thousanddollarcarguy]

I know man, i washed my hands thoroughly after this episode. I guess to most people the car is just a tool, and if it isn't broke down on the side of the road they don't care how it gets them to work.

[@Cenotaff]

Joe Armijo I know what you mean but at the same time, my car isn't that much better. It's not until you stop and look to see what's going on. Most casual drivers just get in, go and that's that. Over time, human slime develops without really you noticing. I'm turning the corner though and seeing my car as something to cherish and enhance rather than something to get me from A to B.

[@Cenotaff]

Joe Armijo My apologies, I made the same old mistake of replying before seeing everything. My previous comment stands as a general car owner but this has gone beyond that. All that change will slow the car down on the drag strip!

[@safeenzaman2327]

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[@gregnixon1296]

People who have coins all over their car have terrible credit. I guarantee it. The previous owner's most often purchased items: beer, cigarettes, and lottery tickets.