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MadMax · 04-01-2010, 03:39 PM

I find I have more fun in my Yaris on back roads that are hilly and curvy!

We drove up to Austin last Saturday, and the ride up was on IH-35 with cars blowing by me in the left lanes.

On the way home I took the back roads, and we can clip along at 50-60 MPH without slowing down for the curves, which is a blast.

There is an old adage amongst motorcyclists that it is more fun to ride a slow bike fast than a fast bike slowly. I think this applies to the Yaris as well, it is a great handling little car but not designed or powered for hard acceleration in a straight line.

But I would still much rather have an increase in fuel efficiency than one of power. A car this light with a 1.5L engine should easily be getting EPA ratings of 42+ MPG combined, instead of the current 32 MPG.

Cheers! M2

04-01-2010, 03:39 PM	#16
MadMax Drives: 2008 Yaris Liftback (Sprocket) Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: San Antonio, Texas! Posts: 2,799	I find I have more fun in my Yaris on back roads that are hilly and curvy! We drove up to Austin last Saturday, and the ride up was on IH-35 with cars blowing by me in the left lanes. On the way home I took the back roads, and we can clip along at 50-60 MPH without slowing down for the curves, which is a blast. There is an old adage amongst motorcyclists that it is more fun to ride a slow bike fast than a fast bike slowly. I think this applies to the Yaris as well, it is a great handling little car but not designed or powered for hard acceleration in a straight line. But I would still much rather have an increase in fuel efficiency than one of power. A car this light with a 1.5L engine should *easily* be getting EPA ratings of 42+ MPG combined, instead of the current 32 MPG. Cheers! M2 __________________

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