07 Yaris Hatch - Bad MPG?

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Originally Posted by fasteddie07

My '07 hatch has 181K miles on it. I drive it pretty hard. Hypermiling,WTF? I average 32-33 mpg. However, on a recent trip, almost all freeway, I got 38.6 mpg. Amazing car. My wife hates it, so I'll keep it another 11 years. Still has the original clutch and brakes! Just wish it had cruise control.

Hypermiling was yuge on this forum about 8-10 yrs ago. Not as many people talking about it these days but it was totally a thing. People looking for every opportunity to get their car into FICO mode, never going over 55 mph, drafting larger vehicles, turning off the engine at stop lights and more. With as good of gas mileage as these cars get driving them like you stole them, I never saw the point. I'd be more inclined to be bothered with it if I drove a large truck but I'd never own a large truck, so, yeah lol.