Fuel Economy

[bigdoglover]

coming from a trailblazer this mileage is amazing. i was hoping to get 40mpg guess i better get out and put some more miles on her! by the way, i was behind another red lb yesterday-south suburbs-tinley park il.

[sherryberry]

Originally Posted by bigdoglover

coming from a trailblazer this mileage is amazing. i was hoping to get 40mpg guess i better get out and put some more miles on her! by the way, i was behind another red lb yesterday-south suburbs-tinley park il.

I've seen a few red lb around the suburban area. Saw one in Algonquin a few weeks ago.

[stellar]

OK... methinks I'm getting punked here...

I've had my Yaris for about a month, and it has roughly 1500 miles on it. I'm probably averaging 29 MPG, and this past tank, I only got 24. I use the AC regularly, and I know that hurts the MPG, but by THAT much??

[swng]

Originally Posted by stellar

OK... methinks I'm getting punked here...

I've had my Yaris for about a month, and it has roughly 1500 miles on it. I'm probably averaging 29 MPG, and this past tank, I only got 24. I use the AC regularly, and I know that hurts the MPG, but by THAT much??

In the absence of more details, I consider that your mpg numbers are a bit on the low side. Even the A/C should not hurt that much. Hope your next few tanks will be better. Otherwise, some further investigations may be due.
In the mean time, I would suggest that you watch out for irregularities when you drive, such as unusual loss of power, warning lights on the dash, strange noises, bad handling etc and take the car to service if you do encouter any problem. May be it is just a matter of "wrong" calculations.
All the best!

[Nigal]

Originally Posted by woof

Bredayaris, I was just ranting in a thread I started elsewhere about the USA not getting the "good stuff". I would kill (well, maybe throw a fit) to get a small diesel here. But, Big Oil and Big Pig Iron are joined at the board room to make sure we always have a big demand for petrol.




I'd dump my LB in a second for one of these....but, we will never see an Aygo here. Sigh.

I wish we could get small diesels here to. They are fairly easy to convert to bio-diesel where you can drive on old frying oil from greasy spoons. The article I read said you can drive all month for an average of $8.

I was reading about the VW Lupo. 3 cylinder diesel that gets 78 MPG!

[ALY]

For those of you that track your mileage (per fill), please post links to share with the rest of us. This thread has grown exponentially and now I cannot find these charts any longer.

Thanks for your assistance.

[Bredayaris]

I was reading about the VW Lupo. 3 cylinder diesel that gets 78 MPG!

But that's a VW, they are expensive, boring and bad quality!
And 78 mpg isn't true also, ok behind a truck maybe with a little luck you get that mpg.

But in the other hand petrol in the States is getting more expensive i realize that but it is nothing if you compare it with Western Europe!

Petrol here costs 1,50€/ L,
that's 5,67 €/ Gallon,
that is 7,80 USD/ Gallon

I don't know what you guys pay for petrol but i think it's 2 times cheaper?!

[Soner]

Well, I filled up my tank twice and here are the results:
1st tank 32.0 mpg
2nd tank 33.6 mpg

A/C was on 90% of the time in the first tank of gas and probably 40% of the time in the second gas. Also, I'm not sure but I would say 50-50% hwy and city mileage.

[petesimac]

Just filled up today after having driven 403.7 miles, 70% of which was hwy/suburban driving and 30% city driving. I took 9.881 gallons of gas, equalling just under 41 mpg.

Pretty good, considering that the a/c was on nearly all the time and considering that there were three people in the car nearly all the time. Still looking for that all city driving tank, just to see if I can get the 34 mpg they promise; because I know that I can get the 40 mpg hwy they promise, having gotten as good as 46+ mpg on a recent trip, again, with a/c, three people and a full luggage bay.

Oh, and I try to stay really close to the speed limit (no higher than 65 on hwy trips), using DFCO as much as possible,turning off the car at long stop lights, and try really hard to accelerate slowly and evenly from a dead stop.

[petesimac]

Re: the Lupo, I would have loved to have had that option, if it was as inexpensive as the Yaris to purchase.

[Nigal]

Originally Posted by Bredayaris

But that's a VW, they are expensive, boring and bad quality!
And 78 mpg isn't true also, ok behind a truck maybe with a little luck you get that mpg.

But in the other hand petrol in the States is getting more expensive i realize that but it is nothing if you compare it with Western Europe!

Petrol here costs 1,50€/ L,
that's 5,67 €/ Gallon,
that is 7,80 USD/ Gallon

I don't know what you guys pay for petrol but i think it's 2 times cheaper?!

Our gas runs about $2.50-$3.25 a gallon which isn't as bad as some European countries. But isn't a major chunk of the cost over there due to taxes. Doesn't Britain fund their healthcare with gas taxes? I may be wrong. i do agree about the VW; expensive, ugly and poor quality but the mileage they logged was about standard and some testers got upwards of 85 mpg. I would think the Japanese engines would be at least close.

Diamler/Chrysler is going to be bringing the Smart Car to American markets next year. It'll be interesting to see how Americans respond.

[Canuck]

Originally Posted by Nigal

Diamler/Chrysler is going to be bringing the Smart Car to American markets next year. It'll be interesting to see how Americans respond.

If it's like they did in Canada, it's too expensive. a base Smart runs you about $2K more than a Yaris. And I like the extra seat.

[churp]

Originally Posted by Nigal

....Diamler/Chrysler is going to be bringing the Smart Car to American markets next year. It'll be interesting to see how Americans respond.

Since Chrysler is no longer part of Diamler...does anyone know if this is going to happen????

[maryinredding]

My husband took our Yaris on a highway trip this last weekend. When I filled up the tank today, he had gotten 37 mpg. The car only has about 300 miles on it so it can only get better, I bet. What a wonderful little car.

[maryinredding]

The Smartcar has come to the United States as of last year, I believe. It could not be sold in California yet because of our strict smog laws, BUT it is going to be sold next year here. It is only a 2 seater car and that is why I chose the Yaris instead of getting one of these.

[maryinredding]

Chrysler will not be selling these cars. They blew their opportunity to do this a long time ago when they decided not to bring the 4 people Smartcar to the US. Then they "restructured" if you want to call it that, and that sealed the deal. I have read that the Smartcar ForTwo (that's the name it will be sold by) will be sold at independent dealers around the country. I believe they are asking $13,000 to $14,000 for them.

[Nigal]

The Smart Car is part of the Mercedes Car Group which I assumed was part of the whole Daimler/Chrysler juggernaut. They will be sold here in the US the first quarter of 2008 and will sell from $12K-@17K for the fortwo Passion Cabrio. The listed mileage is 40+.

All this translates into...not close to a Yaris. :)

[marcus]

the smart car is limited to i think 130 km/hr.....max!! our goes to 200km/hr