42.04 MPG straight off the lot!

[bnther36]

The wife and I just got back from Carmax in Baltimore with my new Sedan 5-speed. The first 208.5 miles used 5.733 gallons for a MPG of 36.368; not too bad for the PA mountains and using A/C. The next 266.6 miles were through Ohio, where everything is nice and flat ( and no A/C), and the car used 6.341 gallons for a MPG of 42.043. I could not believe it! At this point the car had a total of 511 miles on the odometer! I can't wait to see what this thing will do with synthetic in it.

More to come in the morning. (between the airlines and the road trip, my ass has sat for 1200+ miles today; but I couldn't go to bed without bragging

[hans_fh]

I'm so glade to here that!!

I got 42MPG too on the way to Las Vegas from Utah!! (with A/C and four people).

Mine is automatic trans. sedan

[Kaotic Lazagna]

yeah, don't you love that about the Yaris? wait until you switch to full synthetic oil, it should go up some more.

[jhsouders]

Originally Posted by hans_fh

I'm so glade to here that!!

I got 42MPG too on the way to Las Vegas from Utah!! (with A/C and four people).

Mine is automatic trans. sedan

I got 48.5mpg from prineville, or to hillsboro, or over the cascade mountain range, with 5 people in the car, AC on, and one of them had a computer plugged into to my electric jack. damn was i surprised!

[hans_fh]

Just switched to synthetic oil. I am going to LA from UT this summer. I'll see what happens

[bnther36]

Well I did some more driving today and I had to top it off again just to see what the mileage was. I drove 153.6 miles and used 3.857 gallons for a MPG of 39.823. Most of that was hwy with the cruise set at 73mph, with a little in town driving.

This looks like the beginning of a good relationship.

[falkor_99]

Nice man

[Yaris Revenge]

Awesome! I bet the Yaris is going to give the Smart Fortwo a run for it's money when it gets here next year, considering the price vs. mileage.

~YR

[LOKink]

I have 21,000 miles on my yaris and I still run dino oil, and the A/C and I usually get 38-39 and when my girl drives she gets 41+, but she drives it nicer than I do.

[nsmitchell]

Wicked Mileage! Welcome to the YarisWorld forums.

LOKINK-
Why the Dino? Don't you like your Yaris? Please tell me you don't take it to Jiffy Lube or someplace like that. They use old oil that has been filtered and topped off with additives. The oil filters are about as heavy duty as a Budweiser can!

[jlift]

Originally Posted by nsmitchell

Wicked Mileage! Welcome to the YarisWorld forums.

LOKINK-
Why the Dino? Don't you like your Yaris? Please tell me you don't take it to Jiffy Lube or someplace like that. They use old oil that has been filtered and topped off with additives. The oil filters are about as heavy duty as a Budweiser can!

This seems like quite a claim that you are making. I have never heard this. Personally, I do all my oil changes and am running Amsoil 0-20 FULL synthetic with their oil filter. Are you able to give some links/documentation that would prove up your statement about Jiffy lube using old oil that has been filtered and topped off with additives?

[BailOut]

Originally Posted by nsmitchell

They use old oil that has been filtered and topped off with additives.

That's called recycling, and it's a good thing for us all. Besides, in most States it is compulsory that they do so, and that they allow the general public to drop off their own oils for recycling as well.

Originally Posted by nsmitchell

The oil filters are about as heavy duty as a Budweiser can!

The weight of the unit has absolutely nothing to do with its filtration capabilities. The filtering material itself weighs next to nothing. I have never heard of an exploding oil filter, either, so I doubt it causes a durability issue.


I'm not advocating Jiffy Lube by any means, but they are no better or worse than any other oil changing outfit. If you look around the Net you'll find that the gripes about places like Jiffy Lube have very little to do with their oil or filter quality, but with their service and customer service levels.

[Yaris Revenge]

Originally Posted by BailOut

I have never heard of an exploding oil filter, either, so I doubt it causes a durability issue.

I've heard of it, but not on daily drivers... more of a race thing with super-high RPMs and oil pressure. Usually splits external seams and leaks, or blows the threads out and comes off completely.

I doubt anyone takes their race cars through the Jiffy Lube, though.

~YR

[LOKink]

my wife and her family has used jiffy lube for ever. its a family thing for her. and I do all of my own oil changes on my truck with mobil 1. She doesnt want me under her hood.

[MrJester]

Originally Posted by LOKink

She doesnt want me under her hood.

That right there sounds like a personnel problem. HaHa

[nsmitchell]

This re-refined oil is used by Jiffy-Lube.
I aslo will go so far as to say they dont use top shelf additives as a cost saving measure. Therefore you get a decent (dino) oil base with crappy additives.
http://www.p2pays.org/rrfoil/majconsume.asp

As for the filters, you bet they explode. Small engines like Honda, not too sure about our Toyotas, have very high oil pressure on startup to quickly pump oil into inmportant areas of the engine. A thin metal housing can explode under this kind of pressure.

On top of all that, I have a freind who's fiancee took her car to JL religiously and her engine is now coated in a thick brownish black crud that you can easily scrape off with your fingernail inside the valve cover.

Also, they suck the oil from your engine via a tube down the dipstick. That can't get all of the old oil out like via the drain plug. Kinda like sucking the last bit of a Slurpee, you just can't clean it all out.

Jiffy Lube = No Friggin Way! Not in my cars!

[forpinks]

Try drafting a boxy vehicle and you will get hybrid MPGs!

[LOKink]

the ones my wife takes hers to they full the drain plug.