Yaris MPG falls to 31 (auto) 32 (man) under new guidelines

[kurokoma-kun]

"...shameful, wasteful, selfish, aggressive people..."

Not to mention quicker to judge others, harsher in censuring them, and slower to forgive. More critical, less compassionate. Why, even some of our friends in this forum are guilty of this...

[Vanderkitten]

Originally Posted by kurokoma-kun

"...shameful, wasteful, selfish, aggressive people..."

Not to mention quicker to judge others, harsher in censuring them, and slower to forgive. More critical, less compassionate. Why, even some of our friends in this forum are guilty of this...

Yes, we call them Republicans!! Oh, no, did I just start a war? Oh, wait, that's the Republican's job!

Ahhh... I digress...

[Vanderkitten]

Anyhow... who really cares about the new numbers? The mileage on the window sticker is not accurate. They come up with those numbers by driving the car on... a DYNOMOMETER!! They don't even DRIVE the car to get the MPG, that's why they had to change the numbers.

It would be interesting to see how the full-size SUV's faired... I'm going to look real quick... Suburban lost 1 MPG... so now you see who funded the change. "Those little cars don't get the mileage they claimed! IT was all a lie! They're unsafe, and they blow-up when you look at them funny from your SUV!"

The other thing that's funny is the fact the gas gauges in all modern cars are heavily skewed to make the first half of the tank more efficient than the last half. The idea is that you THINK you're getting better mileage because you've gone 200 miles on half a tank, then all the sudden you're empty at 300? "I must have been driving harder the last half of the tank." No, the first half of the tank was 6.3 gallons, the last "half" is 3.7.

[ceres]

Originally Posted by Vanderkitten

The other thing that's funny is the fact the gas gauges in all modern cars are heavily skewed to make the first half of the tank more efficient than the last half. The idea is that you THINK you're getting better mileage because you've gone 200 miles on half a tank, then all the sudden you're empty at 300? "I must have been driving harder the last half of the tank." No, the first half of the tank was 6.3 gallons, the last "half" is 3.7.

I also have noticed this with the two cars I owned but the Yaris isn't that bad. My Ford liked to stick at full, 3/4, half, & quarter tank for several days and then it'd plummit till it hit whatever the next mark was.
Yesterday, I was able to put in 8.6g of gas after being at 2 bars for a day (about 25 miles driven). So I had another 2.5 gallons to go before being empty. I was just barely under 300 miles since the last fill.
And I generally drive a mix through it'd be like 70% city/30% highway.

[kurokoma-kun]

Originally Posted by Vanderkitten

The other thing that's funny is the fact the gas gauges in all modern cars are heavily skewed to make the first half of the tank more efficient than the last half.

Are you kidding? This is on purpose? I did not notice it on previous car, but it's very obvious on Yaris.