Personal Best with MPG

[Idahotom]

Got my first tankful over 46 mpg in my usual combination of town and rural driving. I always get in the 40's, but usually lower 40's. Only difference has been a switch to Mobile 1 in the engine plus Redline for the tranny, if it keeps up for the next few tanks I'll claim the increase is the lube change.

No rear seat or spare, no hub caps, 45 psi in tires, other wise totally stock. '08 5sp. LB

[Hershey]

^ ^ . How's the shifting with the Redline ? Wonder if the clutch engagemnet would be better with a synthetic brake fluid . May help the braking too , since they share same resorvoir . Here's AMSOIL synthetic Dot 3 for use of brakes / clutch , http://www.amsoil.com/storefront/bf3.aspx .

[metalshark]

I've got the best commute in the world for getting pretty fair mileage. Using every trick I could find here I was only getting 43 mpg driving about 40 mph (AC on always, it's Phoenix). I then ran my commute without ever turning off the ignition key. The route is actually 16.1 miles one-way. Using a key-off coast down when ever I see a red light in the distance I was only registering a 14.7 mile commute distance. Thant means that I've been stopping the odometer when I go motor-off-clutch-in/coast down mode. I've been coasting 1.4 miles per trip. When I apply this factoid to a true mileage it tells me I'm actually getting 47 miles per US gallon.

[why?]

Originally Posted by metalshark

I've got the best commute in the world for getting pretty fair mileage. Using every trick I could find here I was only getting 43 mpg driving about 40 mph (AC on always, it's Phoenix). I then ran my commute without ever turning off the ignition key. The route is actually 16.1 miles one-way. Using a key-off coast down when ever I see a red light in the distance I was only registering a 14.7 mile commute distance. Thant means that I've been stopping the odometer when I go motor-off-clutch-in/coast down mode. I've been coasting 1.4 miles per trip. When I apply this factoid to a true mileage it tells me I'm actually getting 47 miles per US gallon.

Yup. A lot of hyper milers that run engine off a ton have added a simple button that turns the engine off yet keeps everything else powered.

[Hershey]

Nope , that's the norm . The '08 w/ the auto hovers around 38 overall for the last 4 years .

[Hershey]

Read that putting your car in neutral while at a stop can save fuel . Been doing that lately . That's if there's enough time to .

[edmscan]

Originally Posted by Hershey

Read that putting your car in neutral while at a stop can save fuel . Been doing that lately . That's if there's enough time to .

I always am in neutral (is very easy with a 5 speed) when I am sitting at a light. But it is when I am sitting at a light that I lose all my progress I have made. My ScanGauge goes up at the lights (it shows 9999 on the display, but my average mileage does go up at the lights) .. *sigh*. That's why I try to time it so I don't have to sit at too many lights.

[Yawiz507]

Originally Posted by fluke_boy

I just wanted to share this tidbit: Filled up with regular at $2.789/gl (yikes!) to 8.605 gls with 309.7 mi for a wonderful 35.99 mpg.

Driving in around in The Villages, Leesburg and Fruitland Park at most hitting 55 mph and at least 30 mph with a 3 dr lb auto.

I'm happy.

As of the current moment... I have 420 miles on a tank of gas with two bars left. I'm speechless at what this car does! Of course I have been paying more attention to my driving techniques. =)

09 Yaris LB. =) Mine is manual though. ;)

[Hershey]

Hear yeh on that . Especially those cold morning starts and get to watch those m.p.g.s' disappear . Have the Eco-Meter .

[edmscan]

I just filled up and got the best mileage I have gotten so far with my Yaris. I did 637.7 km and 36.470 L which is 5.72527 L/100 KM or 41.0835 US MPG. That is close to 2 MPG better than my last tank and a lifetime average of 38.666450 US MPG.

I have learned recently that I am better off switching to 4th gear (and a lower RPM) when I am cruising around the city as it is much better than staying in 3rd gear (and a higher RPM). I have been able to get consistently less than 5 L/100KM by shifting into 4th gear. So I shall see how much of a difference that makes on the current tank.

The only bad thing .. is that the price of gas is now 7 cents / L ($2.55 more on a fill) more than it was this morning. I knew I should have gassed up when I had the chance earlier today ... oh well live and learn. I am just happy that I don't drive a pickup or an SUV like most people here. Go Yaris Go.

[G-Ammo]

I got a 1.0 3 cylinder:

33km on 1 litre. Driving 70km/h in fifth gear, normal weather.

[STC]

The other day I broke my most MPG a tank by .910 gallon.

Most MPG now is 53.925 MPG with ethanol. Got 520 miles on the tank.

Used all the hypermiling techniques, plus 1 trip over 300 miles driving 40-50 MPH on country and hwy roads to Pittsburgh, PA. Large hills... DFCO used. The rest of the driving using the same speed. Revs less than 1,500 RPM on shifts. Tires 44 PSI front and rear. No AC use. Drove mostly early and in the evening. Dry weather temperature 60-80 F.

Cheers!

[edmscan]

G-Ammo and STC .. you guys are doing amazing. I can only dream of getting such mileage. Guess I have lots of room to improve.

[STC]

Originally Posted by edmscan

G-Ammo and STC .. you guys are doing amazing. I can only dream of getting such mileage. Guess I have lots of room to improve.

Thanks. Firm believer if you stick with the plan, in this case hypermiling, the results will show. 90% of great mileage is from driver mechanics. The other 10% from physical car mechanics.

Cheers!

[edmscan]

I just filled up and have got the best tank to date. I just got 662 km on my tank (411.3477 miles).

L/100 KM .... MPG Imperial .... MPG US
5.48640 --- 51.4875 ------ 42.8722

So this is the first time I have gotten over 50 MPG Imperial.

My lifetime average is as follows.

L/100 KM .... MPG Imperial .... MPG US
5.982542-----47.446720------39.507600

[Hershey]

Nice . Possibly on way to 7th tank of 41+ m.p.g.. Eco has been reading lower . Tires are Eco Plus hovering around 36 p.s.i. and little less than 9/32s' . Here's pics taken earlier . Oil is Shell synthetic 5w-30 .

[tooter]

Wow... you guys are producing amazing gas mileage.

My overall average for the first 1,150 miles is only 36.7mpg.

[Golddeenoh]

bumper to bumper traffic, for an hour and then a quick drive on the high way for 2 hours and still got 37.5 MPG (US). One of these days, I will finally drive economical and not like i'm trying to race everyone, probably get well into the 40MPG range then.