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02-20-2009, 01:10 AM | #1 |
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41mpg...
Greetings.....after driving 1600km of 60%city/40% hwy i got 41mpg......
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02-20-2009, 01:16 AM | #2 |
Drives: Yaris 5 door liftback Join Date: Jan 2009
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Congratulations on 40wonderful mpg!
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02-20-2009, 01:30 AM | #3 |
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Glad to know someone here is still getting good numbers
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02-20-2009, 05:59 AM | #4 |
Drives: 2008 Yaris Liftback Join Date: Oct 2008
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Good job...and welcome!
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02-20-2009, 09:28 AM | #5 |
I really LOVE this car!!!
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Excellent job.
38.04 mpg on this tank for me. That's my best ever. |
02-20-2009, 10:20 AM | #6 |
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Good job to both of you! I promise that there is even more MPG to be had if you want it.
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02-20-2009, 10:37 AM | #7 |
I really LOVE this car!!!
Drives: 08 Bayou Blue LB AT Join Date: Oct 2008
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Mine is pretty much all city. I'd like to break 40, but realistically that may not be possible. It's a goal though.
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02-20-2009, 11:07 AM | #8 |
Drives: 2008 Polar White LB Auto Join Date: Oct 2008
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I've been doing the math for the first time lately since owning the car and I was getting horrid mileage the first time I added it up few weeks ago. Was avg about 28 mpg, that was mostly freeway driving as well with some city stop and go, shutting the car off and on alot. I've changed my taking off habits and not flooring it so much either, I've saw the mileage go up to 33 mpg mixed. I drive about 70mph on the freeway and sometimes bursts of speed up to little bit higher. City driving is alot of stop and go.
I'm guessing mpgs will go up even more once it gets a bit warmer out over here in Detroit. |
02-20-2009, 04:00 PM | #9 |
Nothing beats a Toyota!
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I gassed up yesterday after driving from Indy to Chicago....around Chicago...and then filled up. 42.7 MPG. This is unofficial...but I try to standardize my fill up process. This was 75% interstate and 25% city. I drove 70MPH on the interstate. I was very happy about it....but unless you drive a Yaris...you don't care.
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Big Dave Indianapolis, IN Synthetic Oil....its in my car.....for at least 10,000 miles! |
02-20-2009, 04:01 PM | #10 | |
Nothing beats a Toyota!
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02-20-2009, 06:51 PM | #11 |
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Got 41.7 mpg on my last fill-up by not doing anything special.
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02-21-2009, 12:20 AM | #12 |
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Nope, I've been using Castrol GTX 5w-30. I was told that's what comes in these Yaris engines from the factory. I'm partial to Castrol GTX anyways from having to do with rotary engines and that it's quality oil.
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02-21-2009, 12:46 AM | #13 |
Nothing beats a Toyota!
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I would recommend switching to Synthetic. It make a small difference in your mileage and provides much better protection.
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Big Dave Indianapolis, IN Synthetic Oil....its in my car.....for at least 10,000 miles! |
02-22-2009, 01:49 AM | #14 |
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I agree synthetic will often provide 1% to 2% better MPG. However, you are dead wrong about the "much better protection" over using mineral oil (dino). Too many Used Oil Analysis tests prove you wrong. The wear number differences are way too small, too insignificant. Now the one great thing about synthetic is that using them can allow you to safely extend your oil change intervals over dino. For example you could go 7,000 - 10,000 and beyond with certain synthetics. I would not go more then 5,000 with dino, however.
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02-22-2009, 10:15 AM | #15 | |
Nothing beats a Toyota!
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02-23-2009, 08:31 AM | #16 | |
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And passing around 10K mile OCI advice is dumb unless it's followed with a footnote about the car already being out of warranty. IMO, don't listen to any oil advice given out by SilverGlow, ever...he's still using and advising others to use 0W-20 oil in the Yaris eventho' the TSB that Toyota issued couldn't be more clear about not using 0W-20 in the Yaris NZ 1.5 |
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02-23-2009, 07:03 PM | #17 |
Nothing beats a Toyota!
Drives: 2013 Yaris 5 dr liftback Join Date: Jan 2009
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Where is the love......
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Big Dave Indianapolis, IN Synthetic Oil....its in my car.....for at least 10,000 miles! |
02-23-2009, 11:09 PM | #18 |
Drives: 2007 Toyota Yaris Sedan Join Date: Jun 2006
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I've been getting 38 mpg for my tanks here in below 32 weather. I just made a trip up to Chicago and I got 40 mpg on that trip again below 32 weather. My best tank is 43 mpg spring '08
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