It's Final... EPA Estimates

[BensVitz]

Well, maybe I'm just a little odd, but I've been waiting for the EPA's website to list the fuel economy estimates for the 2007 model year vehicles. They were posted today !!!

Here's the link: http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/findacar.htm

Enjoy,
Ben

[w1ngzer0]

manual:
city:34
hwy:40

auto:
city:34
hwy:39

Nope thats not a typo, auto gets the same city gas milage as the manual.

[birdy]

5 speed is still better

[AestheticalFilm]

the only reason why im not going to be getting the 5 speed is this.


im expecting the yaris to last around 8-10 years, and i think when im 30, i wont look at shifting gears as a fun/nice way to drive, more like a hassel

[why?]

You sound like your a teenager with that type of post lol.

I didn't even learn to drive a manual till I graduated college.

Granted I am 27, but I simply cannot picture myself purchasing an auto unless I had absolutely no choice.

[jcove]

the only reason why im not going to be getting the 5 speed is this.


im expecting the yaris to last around 8-10 years, and i think when im 30, i wont look at shifting gears as a fun/nice way to drive, more like a hassel

OMG. Bud if you think you'll be old and feeble by 30 then half of us on here are just that. I love my manual and I drive in traffic every day. I may be a slight exception, but I don't think I'm dead yet...:laughabove:

PS just turned 31.

[boxerboy]

I have been driving for 30 years. I still love shifting gears. It makes sense in a yaris hatch.

[AestheticalFilm]

heh, i am a teenager, only 19 here.

im not saying ill be old and feeble, my past two car have been sticks, i drove a civic hatch, and mazda miata. i love them both. but having gone from driving a manual to driving an automatic sedan, ive realized that i can relax alittle more when im driving especially when it's in traffic.

[fearturtle44]

heh, i am a teenager, only 19 here.

im not saying ill be old and feeble, my past two car have been sticks, i drove a civic hatch, and mazda miata. i love them both. but having gone from driving a manual to driving an automatic sedan, ive realized that i can relax alittle more when im driving especially when it's in traffic.

I agree and I am 49. Unless you have a muscle type car and open driving, a manual is not the way to go (IMHO). Nothing like city driving with many lights to hate the manual.

My gripe is that majority of cars built are AUTO so the auto option should not be "extra" and the manual (less made) should be the add-on option.

Kevin

[Idjiit]

I'm 31 and I wouldn't own the Yaris if I couldn't get it in manual. The manual is a full second faster to 60 than the auto, and the car wouldn't be nearly as fun to drive in an auto.

[60 Somethings]

At 63, I still prefer a stick-shift - same goes for the wife. A/T on a small car is just too inexact/sloppy/gutless. The only minus with stick would be on steep hills, but there is always the parking brake.

I was only able to test drive an A/T Yaris Sedan before purchase - would have not been happy with it. The stick on our liftback is great.

We had to accept an A/T on our 2006 4Runner (no choice anymore, anyway) to get a vehicle with the needed towing capacity. It's A/T does a pretty good job of holding the RPM I want, in the gear I want to be in.

Lou

[Thirty-Nine]

I'd buy an automatic in a heartbeat ... if I had a leg amputated.

[stuffy]

i'm 32 and still love to drive a stick (that won't change), i think especially with a small car, you want to get as much out of that little engine as you can.

i have driven a few auto yarii and it isn't the same, although, i thought it was still surprisingly peppy

[seriousfun]

(at nearly 50...) I considered getting a stick 3-door Yaris, but settled on auto. Almost all of my driving is on the Los Angeles freeways :eyebulge: and I couldn't imagine all that shifting and clutching.

I'm teaching my 17-year-old son how to drive, and (for him) learning how to drive a stick might swear him off driving for all time.

The second gear right below the D3 on the auto is very well placed, ergonomically, and has served brilliantly for downshifting.

[BensVitz]

I knew what the EPA estimates were for the Yaris. Just thought you might like to see what the estimates were for OTHER 2007 vehicles. I think it's interesting.

Ben

[foober]

(at nearly 50...) I considered getting a stick 3-door Yaris, but settled on auto. Almost all of my driving is on the Los Angeles freeways :eyebulge: and I couldn't imagine all that shifting and clutching.

I'm teaching my 17-year-old son how to drive, and (for him) learning how to drive a stick might swear him off driving for all time.

The second gear right below the D3 on the auto is very well placed, ergonomically, and has served brilliantly for downshifting.

I understand the thing about traffic problems in L.A.. My brother lives in san diego with his family. And I go down there once a year to see him. I have to time it going through los angles and san diego so I don't hit traffic jams. Its a pain driving in a traffic jam with a manual which I have with my yaris. So I'll probably time it so I get to his house in the later evening next time I visit.

[YotaYarisUSA]

Its still a matter of personal opinion , I prefer the automatic and my Yaris sedan is coming in this week and its an automatic. I prefer them bc of hills, and city where I live the auto is better for me.

But, lets get this topic back to the real deal the Fuel that this little car is going to get me I hope ? :) 39 and 34 is sounding sweeter and sweeter!!!


YotaYarisUSA

[ricko]

Hey Film, I felt the same way about getting older when I was in my twenties. There are times when being 55 sucks, but it sure beats the alternative. Actually I am probably in better shape now than when I was 40.
BTW my Yaris RS is a 5-speed, and shifting gears is NEVER a chore in this car. I do NOT have to do much city driving though.

[tds12]

Ask any transmission expert. Manuals almost never go bad. Auto transmissions need repair and maintenance. Good luck to all that get the manual. Also, the auto in the yaris shifts constantly. And a gated shifter in a 4 banger?

[w1ngzer0]

You sound like your a teenager with that type of post lol.

I didn't even learn to drive a manual till I graduated college.

Granted I am 27, but I simply cannot picture myself purchasing an auto unless I had absolutely no choice.

i feel yah. Living in the city or doing frustraiting jobs all your life can do that.

[pyromedic]

Just remember EPA estimates are just that, my second tank of gas....all highway driving gave me a 43mpg average.......430 miles on 10 gallons of gas. I have a sedan with automatic.

[Ziv]

Its still a matter of personal opinion , I prefer the automatic and my Yaris sedan is coming in this week and its an automatic. I prefer them bc of hills, and city where I live the auto is better for me.

But, lets get this topic back to the real deal the Fuel that this little car is going to get me I hope ? :) 39 and 34 is sounding sweeter and sweeter!!!


YotaYarisUSA

Yeah, I am auto kinda guy too, after driving manual for quite a while, would like to lay back, relax. I do know there are more control on manual, but I totally love the auto in Yaris.

[seriousfun]

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But, lets get this topic back to the real deal the Fuel that this little car is going to get me I hope ? :) 39 and 34 is sounding sweeter and sweeter!!!


YotaYarisUSA

Thread drift, probably, because there doesn't seem to be much difference in gas consumption between stick and auto.