Is this about average for how I drive?

[randeez]

i seem to be getting 37-39 mpg, my weekly commute is very flat, i can usually cruise as fast as about 80-85 without much interuption, and a few lights to get to the highway. about 100miles round trip daily, 80miles on the interstate/20 miles city. i've slowed down to 70-75 and haven't noticed much change in mpg. i should be able to get 400/tank pretty easy but that last bar flashes for about 50 miles before i get nervous and fill up lol, and then it'll only take a tick over 10 gallons

[carrotCup]

Originally Posted by randeez

i seem to be getting 37-39 mpg, my weekly commute is very flat, i can usually cruise as fast as about 80-85 without much interuption, and a few lights to get to the highway. about 100miles round trip daily, 80miles on the interstate/20 miles city. i've slowed down to 70-75 and haven't noticed much change in mpg. i should be able to get 400/tank pretty easy but that last bar flashes for about 50 miles before i get nervous and fill up lol, and then it'll only take a tick over 10 gallons

Oh wow, does it really last you that long once the gas starts flickering!? Once I went to Riverside to have LowJack put on, and we just went over to L.A. afterwards. I think it was roughly 380~400 mi for the whole trip. By the time we got back to San Diego, it was blinking. I was just gunna fill it up the next morning, but got scared and turned around and went to a gas station. I don't remember the gallons, but it was like $36 to fill it up, which is the most I've ever paid.

That's good mpg to get going so fast (flat terrain helps too, I'm sure)! Especially since there are those who say that you have to be so conscious about what you're doing to get good numbers...

Maybe the Yaris just has more potential than the people at FuelEconomy.gov thinks! Thanks, guys.
Today when I took Barnaby out, I kept it at 80 or below. I'm gunna see what that does to the mileage.