Toyota sandbagging the Yaris

[BailOut]

Originally Posted by janders

recently took a 2800 mile trip in my new 2010 sedan auto...first half of trip keeping tires at 45 lb i averaged 44.2 mpg keeping speed at ave 65mph....coming home i dropped tires to 32 lb and did a lot of 70 mph and averaged 42 mpg...highest tank was 46.7...lowest with some city was 38.2....the highest numbers were when i didn,t use the cruise and went easy on throttle....used a/c al the time and vehicle had 2000 miles on when i started...imo i don,t think its worth the harsh ride or the mpg to keep tires so hard!

44.2 vs. 42 represents a 5% difference. That's huge when projected over your annual fuel costs. If someone told you that you could save 5% on your annual grocery costs just by holding onto the cart tighter, wouldn't you do it? If someone told you that you could save 5% at every restaurant you went to if you only sat at a table closer to the kitchen, wouldn't you do it?