Fuel Economy

[landrym28]

Originally Posted by swng

Not bad indeed! The traffic on the beautiful PEI must be quite smooth these days!

It's pretty good...well, when construction workers aren't working on main highways in the middle of summer! So yeah, it might not be a smooth ride, even in a Yaris.


I am going to work on my "lead foot" problem. Quite a few Yaris drivers have told me they can get close to 800km on a tank..which is closer to the 50mpg that toyota lists for the Yaris. For once, I'd like to see my numbers get that high!

[swng]

Originally Posted by landrym28

It's pretty good...well, when construction workers aren't working on main highways in the middle of summer! So yeah, it might not be a smooth ride, even in a Yaris.


I am going to work on my "lead foot" problem. Quite a few Yaris drivers have told me they can get close to 800km on a tank..which is closer to the 50mpg that toyota lists for the Yaris. For once, I'd like to see my numbers get that high!

Good additional info! Keep posting your data as you go, please! Just not sure Toyota says 50 mpg. Must be an all highway number. Anyway, I think amongst non-hypermilers, only UncleYaris (a fellow member) has once posted an mpg number exceeding 50 (refers to Imperial gallons). Forgive me Uncle, if you are in fact a hypermiler or if I remember your numbers incorrectly.
Cheers!

[landrym28]

Originally Posted by swng

Good additional info! Keep posting your data as you go, please! Just not sure Toyota says 50 mpg. Must be an all highway number. Anyway, I think amongst non-hypermilers, only UncleYaris (a fellow member) has once posted an mpg number exceeding 50 (refers to Imperial gallons). Forgive me Uncle, if you are in fact a hypermiler or if I remember your numbers incorrectly.
Cheers!

Yep, it was 40 for city driving, and 50 for highway driving. Usually, i'm about 70% city, 30% highway.

I'm actually leaving PEI and moving to Saint John, New Brunswick tomorrow(Thursday), so I'll drive a little bit slower to get there, to see if I can get any better mileage (The speed limit is 110km/hour, but I usually do 125 or 130...I'll try sticking around 110 and seeing what happens).