Fuel Economy

[Racer X-8]

The government estimated mileages leave no room at all for any agressive driving at all. None. If you don't drive it very gently, you won't get the 39mpg. 36.6 is above average for any kind of mixed driving. If it was 100% highway, well...

three main things I've noticed will drag the Yaris mpg down :
1) Hotdogging. Enjoy it, but you will pay in reduced mpg. You knew it, come on.
2) Cold temperatures drag the mpg down during the cold engine (rich mix) time, drops mpg 1 to 1.5 less.
3) Using the AC drops mpg 1 to 1.5 less. It really is a little engine...

[nsmitchell]

Originally Posted by Racer X-8

The government estimated mileages leave no room at all for any agressive driving at all. None. If you don't drive it very gently, you won't get the 39mpg. 36.6 is above average for any kind of mixed driving. If it was 100% highway, well...

three main things I've noticed will drag the Yaris mpg down :
1) Hotdogging. Enjoy it, but you will pay in reduced mpg. You knew it, come on.
2) Cold temperatures drag the mpg down during the cold engine (rich mix) time, drops mpg 1 to 1.5 less.
3) Using the AC drops mpg 1 to 1.5 less. It really is a little engine...

4) Drive Thru Fast Food. Talk about a gas waster. Imagine a line of Hummers waiting for their Big Macs!

[Racer X-8]

Originally Posted by nsmitchell

4) Drive Thru Fast Food. Talk about a gas waster. Imagine a line of Hummers waiting for their Big Macs!

Ooooh, good one! I almost always turn off my engine. Why not? Is it too much of an effort to turn the key to start it again? Or, is there some kind of stigma where it's not American? The American way is to let your engine burn gas needlessly while you have to wait? Nah, people are so lazy-assed anymore, they don't even want to have to turn a freakin key anymore.

I also drop my lights to parking lights - it helps the battery, and, even though I'm not in some jacked-up macho-vehicle that blares its headlights straight-on into the interior of the poor person's car in front of me - even though I'm not, I'll bet they are thankful of it, cuz I sure as all getout hate it when I'm wound-up being that poor person, with some suckwad sitting in some jacked-up swamp buggy behind me!!!!!!! with what seems like 4 or 6 headlights - all highbeam - shining 4 feet directly behind the back of my friggin head!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

Getting back to lazy-assed people, what is it with kids nowadays? It seems as though they all leave their car running outside when they don't anticipate staying any more than 3 minutes. Then, ten minutes - fifteen minutes later, they're still inside while their car is outside STILL RUNNING???????? That is SO STUPID!!!

[Jem_hadar]

Originally Posted by nsmitchell

4) Drive Thru Fast Food. Talk about a gas waster. Imagine a line of Hummers waiting for their Big Macs!

Haha, this one gets me! I'm sure, now, thats its to a reasonable degree responsible for my low-end gas milage I've been getting.

I'm in a Timmy's line up like EVERY morning to get a coffee and baggel... so what... thats aleast 5 mins in a drivethru, 5 days a week... thats bound to be dragging down the mileage im getting!

[Pavel Olavich]

Originally Posted by Jem_hadar

Haha, this one gets me! I'm sure, now, thats its to a reasonable degree responsible for my low-end gas milage I've been getting.

I'm in a Timmy's line up like EVERY morning to get a coffee and baggel... so what... thats aleast 5 mins in a drivethru, 5 days a week... thats bound to be dragging down the mileage im getting!

Fix the bagel and coffee at home and take it with ya....that alone will save you tons of $$ over time, and you can use that $$ for better purchases.

[YANGSTER]

Originally Posted by Jem_hadar

Haha, this one gets me! I'm sure, now, thats its to a reasonable degree responsible for my low-end gas milage I've been getting.

I'm in a Timmy's line up like EVERY morning to get a coffee and baggel... so what... thats aleast 5 mins in a drivethru, 5 days a week... thats bound to be dragging down the mileage im getting!

u lazy bum....why cant u just park ur car and walk-in....i always find the line inside is way faster...and u dont have to smell others' exhaust.

[Jem_hadar]

Originally Posted by YANGSTER

u lazy bum....why cant u just park ur car and walk-in....i always find the line inside is way faster...and u dont have to smell others' exhaust.

Actually no. Its on a retarded busy corner by two highschools and a main street. There is no parking real estate present AT ALL. You gotta drive thru or dont go at all.

Unless you wanna park over a block down the road. Ya right, like thats happening. This one's Its on my way to work. I'm not driving outta my way to another so i can simply walk in. Convenience WINS!

Originally Posted by Pavel Olavich

Fix the bagel and coffee at home and take it with ya....that alone will save you tons of $$ over time, and you can use that $$ for better purchases.

True, will save me lots. But NOTHING (to me) beats a Tim Horton's bagel. Making it at home is a weak comparison. The money you save isnt worth the taste I lose.

Plus, i do enjoy a morning coffee to perk me up, and the only coffee i actually dont mind drinking is Timmys.

The stuff at work KILLS me... brutal.

[hystria]

Originally Posted by Racer X-8

The government estimated mileages leave no room at all for any agressive driving at all. None. If you don't drive it very gently, you won't get the 39mpg. 36.6 is above average for any kind of mixed driving. If it was 100% highway, well...

three main things I've noticed will drag the Yaris mpg down :
1) Hotdogging. Enjoy it, but you will pay in reduced mpg. You knew it, come on.
2) Cold temperatures drag the mpg down during the cold engine (rich mix) time, drops mpg 1 to 1.5 less.
3) Using the AC drops mpg 1 to 1.5 less. It really is a little engine...

It is true, what hurts most is the size of the engine. it can be economic only when driven smoothly. For some reason I enjoy smaller engines... There are even something like 1.3 and 1.0 Yaris engines. Those don't have that much power, somewhere about 60-70Hp I guess, but then who really needs 100Hp

90% of the time most people will only use 50% of the available engine power

[Racer X-8]

Originally Posted by hystria

90% of the time most people will only use 50% of the available engine power

Yup, and as for the other 10% of the time, they don't really NEED to. I'm getting a kick out of all types of people (especially soccar moms) out-doing themselves in their strained efforts to get ahead of my anemic arse, just gunning the piss out of their Explorers to get in front of me (me not even trying), exhaust fumes sickly spewing out their tailpipes enough to choke the life out of any small animal nearby, then slowing down, thinking they have won some kind of fight or something, only to watch me coast on by them, later on down the road... Petty, shallow, insignificant fools that they are...