50 mpg or bust.

[bronsin]

Hmm Im all for doing everything possible to get max mpg but taking the rear seat etc out down to bare metal (then losing lots o parts and forgetting how to put them back) isnt going to be good when the time comes to sell the car.

BTW now that its been 5 degrees here for a couple of months and Im making lots of 1 and 2 miles trips Im getting 26 mpg!

Really if you want mpg dont mod the Yaris get a manual ECHO. My manual 2001 ECHO got 53 mpg on the only LD trip I took to AC and back at 60 mph and 40 mpg driving 6 miles to work.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by bronsin

Hmm Im all for doing everything possible to get max mpg but taking the rear seat etc out down to bare metal (then losing lots o parts and forgetting how to put them back) isnt going to be good when the time comes to sell the car.

BTW now that its been 5 degrees here for a couple of months and Im making lots of 1 and 2 miles trips Im getting 26 mpg!

Really if you want mpg dont mod the Yaris get a manual ECHO. My manual 2001 ECHO got 53 mpg on the only LD trip I took to AC and back at 60 mph and 40 mpg driving 6 miles to work.

Last Saturday I had to go to Katy. I headed South on I-45, and eventually it was a parking lot re an accident ahead. I got off at Hwy 249, took that to Antione, and then took Antoine all the way down to I-10. Most of the way along Antoine, I was behind a black ECHO sedan (same body style as the one your son had). It had paper dealer plates (the ones that can be moved, not the temporary ones that specify the car they are supposed to be affixed to). There were 3 adults in the car, and they appeared to have plenty of room. The item that caught my attention the most was the paint job. It appeared to be the original paint job, and it was in phenomenal condition . I wondered how many miles had elapsed on the car .

[tooter]

Originally Posted by bronsin

Hmm Im all for doing everything possible to get max mpg but taking the rear seat etc out down to bare metal (then losing lots o parts and forgetting how to put them back) isnt going to be good when the time comes to sell the car.

BTW now that its been 5 degrees here for a couple of months and Im making lots of 1 and 2 miles trips Im getting 26 mpg!

Really if you want mpg dont mod the Yaris get a manual ECHO. My manual 2001 ECHO got 53 mpg on the only LD trip I took to AC and back at 60 mph and 40 mpg driving 6 miles to work.

I really like the looks of the Echoes...



...because they had really large high cabin windows. If Toyota still sold them, I'd have one of them instead of a Yaris.

Your 2001 Echo had the same 1.5 engine except it turned out 108 hp/105ftlbs instead of Yaris' 106hp/103ftlbs. It was also rated at a very respectable 34/41 mpg.