Fuel Economy - Page 60 - Toyota Yaris Forums

BailOut · 03-28-2007, 01:39 PM

Heya, Armavir!

I'm curious... All I see on CleanMPG.com is your 2006 Honda Civic. Are you going to log your Yaris on there, too?

nsmitchell · 03-28-2007, 05:16 PM

Just filled up. 41.5MPG. Mostly HWY at 65MPH. My best numbers yet!

BailOut · 03-28-2007, 05:52 PM

We all should start logging our mileage on CleanMPG.com. Let's get the word out on the Yaris' fuel economy potential.

ChinoCharles · 03-28-2007, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by BailOut

We all should start logging our mileage on CleanMPG.com. Let's get the word out on the Yaris' fuel economy potential.

That isn't the "potential" we're unsure about!

yrsdrgn · 03-28-2007, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by ChinoCharles

That isn't the "potential" we're unsure about!

O man, I totally agree with you on that one buddy

churp · 03-28-2007, 11:28 PM

Don't know about this "potential" thing.....after 3,300 miles finally reached a top of 36.6 mpg driving what I feel is conservative (although I do have an automatic). I am 56 but damn if I'll drive like I'm 80 just to break 40 mpg!!!

Racer X-8 · 03-28-2007, 11:46 PM

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 · 03-29-2007, 09:20 AM

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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!

Pavel Olavich · 03-29-2007, 01:23 PM

5) Jack Rabbit starts, or even starts that are a bit more then normal
6) Warming up the car in the mornings.

ChinoCharles · 03-29-2007, 02:09 PM

Popular Science shot the "warming up the car" myth out of the sky years ago. Just don't wail on it before its warm. Actually, letting the car sit to warm up will hurt your mileage on newer cars. This isn't the case on small blocks, but the 1NZ is so far from that its comical.

churp · 03-29-2007, 11:01 PM

I'm happy with the 36.6...it fits well with the revised EPA figures for next year. Quite a while back I had a '71 Honda 600 coupe which I got 30 mpg any way I drove and was happy, even though I did see one get 60mpg in a economy rally. I just feel the driving habits required to get the 42+ mpg in my area would be unsafe....rolling hills and winding roads have a tendancy to make impatient people pass where they shouldn't

Racer X-8 · 03-29-2007, 11:51 PM

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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!!!

Pavel Olavich · 03-30-2007, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by ChinoCharles

Popular Science shot the "warming up the car" myth out of the sky years ago. Just don't wail on it before its warm. Actually, letting the car sit to warm up will hurt your mileage on newer cars. This isn't the case on small blocks, but the 1NZ is so far from that its comical.

True...these days the need to warm up a car is no existent....why people do this, and waste gas is beyond me...the car certainly don't need it, so long as you don't drive hard while it's cold.

*Chris07LB* · 03-30-2007, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Pavel Olavich

True...these days the need to warm up a car is no existent....why people do this, and waste gas is beyond me...the car certainly don't need it, so long as you don't drive hard while it's cold.

Some people dont wanna freeze their ass off in the middle of the winter, when they have to drive.

Jem_hadar · 03-30-2007, 05:44 PM

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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 · 03-30-2007, 06:28 PM

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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 · 03-30-2007, 06:44 PM

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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 · 03-30-2007, 09:34 PM

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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!

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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.

03-28-2007, 01:39 PM	#1063
BailOut Steals terrorist's lunch View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Yaris Liftback Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Reno, Nevada, USA Posts: 1,299	Heya, Armavir! I'm curious... All I see on CleanMPG.com is your 2006 Honda Civic. Are you going to log your Yaris on there, too? __________________ - Brian Share the Road I often carry 2 carpool passengers and mountain bikes or snowboards/skis over a 4,500 foot elevation difference. Click the graphic above to see my detailed mileage logs.

03-28-2007, 05:16 PM	#1064
nsmitchell View User's Garage Drives: LB-Auto-PWR-ABS-Cruise-Springs Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 1,065	Just filled up. 41.5MPG. Mostly HWY at 65MPH. My best numbers yet! __________________ Other car is a 2005 Mustang Convertible 4.0L V6 Manual - Legend Lime Get YarAss in gear! RIP - Casey Tatum

03-28-2007, 05:52 PM	#1065
BailOut Steals terrorist's lunch View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Yaris Liftback Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Reno, Nevada, USA Posts: 1,299	We all should start logging our mileage on CleanMPG.com. Let's get the word out on the Yaris' fuel economy potential. __________________ - Brian Share the Road I often carry 2 carpool passengers and mountain bikes or snowboards/skis over a 4,500 foot elevation difference. Click the graphic above to see my detailed mileage logs.

03-28-2007, 11:28 PM	#1068
churp Clean and (dis)Functional View User's Garage Drives: Yaris 2dr--Black Betty Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tropical Minnesota Posts: 562	Don't know about this "potential" thing.....after 3,300 miles finally reached a top of 36.6 mpg driving what I feel is conservative (although I do have an automatic). I am 56 but damn if I'll drive like I'm 80 just to break 40 mpg!!!

03-28-2007, 11:46 PM	#1069
Racer X-8 Races Little Red Wagons Drives: red '07 Yaris liftback auto. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: warmed-up, SC Posts: 92	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...

03-29-2007, 01:23 PM	#1071
Pavel Olavich Banned Drives: 2007 Yaris LB Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Orange County, Calif Posts: 284	5) Jack Rabbit starts, or even starts that are a bit more then normal 6) Warming up the car in the mornings.

03-29-2007, 02:09 PM	#1072
ChinoCharles Banned Drives: LB Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: OH Posts: 7,787	Popular Science shot the "warming up the car" myth out of the sky years ago. Just don't wail on it before its warm. Actually, letting the car sit to warm up will hurt your mileage on newer cars. This isn't the case on small blocks, but the 1NZ is so far from that its comical.

03-29-2007, 11:01 PM	#1073
churp Clean and (dis)Functional View User's Garage Drives: Yaris 2dr--Black Betty Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tropical Minnesota Posts: 562	I'm happy with the 36.6...it fits well with the revised EPA figures for next year. Quite a while back I had a '71 Honda 600 coupe which I got 30 mpg any way I drove and was happy, even though I did see one get 60mpg in a economy rally. I just feel the driving habits required to get the 42+ mpg in my area would be unsafe....rolling hills and winding roads have a tendancy to make impatient people pass where they shouldn't