Fuel Efficiency and the Yaris

[BailOut]

Originally Posted by Rikster

Currently doing 47mpg, in my 1.0 3cylinder

You're off to a great start, Rikster! You should be able to stomp on us folks in the U.S. that can only get the 1.5L.

Originally Posted by KrazyDawg

What's the optimum speed for driving on say a flat road? Would it be 55 MPH? Less? If anyone has a scangauge, I would be interested in the numbers. I have a 6-7 mile section in my commute where the speed limit is 50 MPH but there are stop lights.

Hi, KrazyDawg. Using the SGII many of us have verified that 35-45 MPH is the sweet spot for efficiency on relatively flat roads. The 10 MPH difference is a broad range that depends on many factors such as tire pressure, road quality, wind resistance, ambient temperature, etc., but the common sweet spot within that range seems to be between 37-39 MPH.

[KrazyDawg]

Originally Posted by BailOut

You're off to a great start, Rikster! You should be able to stomp on us folks in the U.S. that can only get the 1.5L.



Hi, KrazyDawg. Using the SGII many of us have verified that 35-45 MPH is the sweet spot for efficiency on relatively flat roads. The 10 MPH difference is a broad range that depends on many factors such as tire pressure, road quality, wind resistance, ambient temperature, etc., but the common sweet spot within that range seems to be between 37-39 MPH.

Thanks Bailout. There's been a few occasions where someone drives at 40 MPH on the 50 MPH strech and I usually go around because I thought the sweet spot was around 50-55.

[Rikster]

Originally Posted by BailOut

You're off to a great start, Rikster! You should be able to stomp on us folks in the U.S. that can only get the 1.5L.



Hi, KrazyDawg. Using the SGII many of us have verified that 35-45 MPH is the sweet spot for efficiency on relatively flat roads. The 10 MPH difference is a broad range that depends on many factors such as tire pressure, road quality, wind resistance, ambient temperature, etc., but the common sweet spot within that range seems to be between 37-39 MPH.

Well it's not really fair, holland's landscape is all flat :D which come's in handy when it come's to fuel efficiency!

[Falconia]

Originally Posted by BailOut

You're off to a great start, Rikster! You should be able to stomp on us folks in the U.S. that can only get the 1.5L.



Hi, KrazyDawg. Using the SGII many of us have verified that 35-45 MPH is the sweet spot for efficiency on relatively flat roads. The 10 MPH difference is a broad range that depends on many factors such as tire pressure, road quality, wind resistance, ambient temperature, etc., but the common sweet spot within that range seems to be between 37-39 MPH.

You mean the real speed or the speed that speedometer shows. I just checked with navigation system that speedometer shows 4,4mph above real speed