42mpg first tank heavy traffic not even trying.

[ProYaris]

I'm a self employed car currier I drive 200+ miles every day (minimum) and bought a 2011 5 dr AT on Wednesday... Got over 42 MPG on Thursday... not even fully broken in yet. And not at all trying.

Was doing 70 on freeways, AC on about half the day. hit several patches of DC/MD/VA beltway stop and go (probably a couple hours worth by the end of the day), lots of light to light, city driving as well.

The next fill up I pretty much did everything I could to get lousy mileage... I Ran the AC on full blast all day, drove the car harder (intentionally because it's damn surprising how peppy that little 1.5 is) and as luck (bad luck) would have it ended up in crawling traffic for nearly half the day (at least a third of my working day) still managed 37.9 MPG...

I can't imagine what the EPA did to manage their rating. They must have really flogged that poor test Yaris

I'll admit when I'm driving normally (Wednesday) I am a natural at getting decent fuel economy. I scoff at people who accelerate into red lights and brake hard, I roll eyes at people who are in a hurry to catch up to the car in front of them in stop and go (seriously do these people ENJOY sitting still instead of at least rolling along?); but that said I employ no specific "hypermiling" techniques, so I can't wait to see what kind of MPG I can squeeze from my Meteorite Metallic fun-box.