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Brand · 06-06-2010, 09:27 AM

I picked up a scangauge to figure out where I'm losing most of my mileage while working. I'm a driving instructor, and expected to be getting less than idea mileage, but I'm generally only getting 500km per fillup.

When I checked out my numbers yesterday, I was surprised. On my trip to and from work, 5.5 to 6 litres per 100km.

Did some city/country driving after work yesterday, 5.2L/100km.

At work? average between 8 and 10 litres per 100km. Students need to learn how to parallel park in less than 30 minutes -.-

BailOut · 06-06-2010, 11:15 AM

Wow! I never even thought about the "new driver effect". Thanks for sharing.

yari09 · 06-08-2010, 03:07 PM

LOL

thebarber · 06-08-2010, 03:15 PM

interesting findings.

80kph backroads are great for mileage. iirc, i got 5.1L/100km on my first tank doing backroads from fredericton to moncton, along the northumberland straight, along the NS border then back to moncton and fredericton....was about 700km when i filled it up from almost empty

auxmike · 06-08-2010, 06:09 PM

Sounds good, though I don't know just how good liters/kilometers you're getting.
We Yanks are MPG people....

Brand · 06-09-2010, 11:49 AM

Just an update, it's amazing how the scangauge has brought down my mileage.

After a few days of using it, I'm now getting ~6.5L/100km after a day of lessons, with a lot of it from changes in the way that I drive. Heh, I'm also telling students to be a lot gentler on the gas (as long as it's safe) and starting to notice the red lights a lot further away to brake earlier.

Rain · 06-09-2010, 11:52 AM

How did the scangauge bring down your mileage?

Yaris Hilton · 06-09-2010, 12:04 PM

He's expressing it in terms of the fuel consumed over a specific distance, so as it gets better, the numbers come down. "Mileage" normally means miles per gallon, so as it gets better the numbers go up.

Brand · 06-09-2010, 08:25 PM

Ah, what I meant to say is it has decreased my fuel consumption :)

For those of us using litres/100km, lower numbers are better than higher numbers since it's measuring fuel spent as opposed to distance driven.

R2D2 · 06-10-2010, 09:59 AM

I think that's great mileage under the circumstances. Your students are getting driving and hypermiling instruction all at once.

06-06-2010, 09:27 AM	#1
Brand Drives: 2009 Yaris Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Mississauga, ON Posts: 16	Yaris while a Driving Instructor I picked up a scangauge to figure out where I'm losing most of my mileage while working. I'm a driving instructor, and expected to be getting less than idea mileage, but I'm generally only getting 500km per fillup. When I checked out my numbers yesterday, I was surprised. On my trip to and from work, 5.5 to 6 litres per 100km. Did some city/country driving after work yesterday, 5.2L/100km. At work? average between 8 and 10 litres per 100km. Students need to learn how to parallel park in less than 30 minutes -.-

06-06-2010, 11:15 AM	#2
BailOut Steals terrorist's lunch View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Yaris Liftback Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Reno, Nevada, USA Posts: 1,299	Wow! I never even thought about the "new driver effect". Thanks for sharing. __________________ - Brian Share the Road I often carry 2 carpool passengers and mountain bikes or snowboards/skis over a 4,500 foot elevation difference. Click the graphic above to see my detailed mileage logs.

06-08-2010, 03:15 PM	#4
thebarber daily driver View User's Garage Drives: the #wrecho Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,877	interesting findings. 80kph backroads are great for mileage. iirc, i got 5.1L/100km on my first tank doing backroads from fredericton to moncton, along the northumberland straight, along the NS border then back to moncton and fredericton....was about 700km when i filled it up from almost empty __________________

06-08-2010, 06:09 PM	#5
auxmike Drives: 2008 HB, A/T, Power W/L/M Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: LI, New Yawk Posts: 2,063	Sounds good, though I don't know just how good liters/kilometers you're getting. We Yanks are MPG people.... __________________ Never take eyes off opponent - Bruce Lee

06-10-2010, 09:59 AM	#10
R2D2 Crazy Oil Sniffer Drives: MM 09 Yaris 5 Dr LB "Click" Join Date: May 2009 Location: ME Posts: 498	I think that's great mileage under the circumstances. Your students are getting driving and hypermiling instruction all at once. __________________ "The howl was the sound of God’s casting pot, the morphing of my cells into shape, the forming of oceans out of molten premordial plasma. And I could feel it. I could cry for it. I could cry with it." -The Fitful One

06-08-2010, 03:07 PM	#3
yari09 new yaris owner Drives: 09 Yaris Sedan with power Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: burlington, canada Posts: 8	LOL

06-09-2010, 11:49 AM	#6
Brand Drives: 2009 Yaris Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Mississauga, ON Posts: 16	Just an update, it's amazing how the scangauge has brought down my mileage. After a few days of using it, I'm now getting ~6.5L/100km after a day of lessons, with a lot of it from changes in the way that I drive. Heh, I'm also telling students to be a lot gentler on the gas (as long as it's safe) and starting to notice the red lights a lot further away to brake earlier.

06-09-2010, 11:52 AM	#7
Rain help! my Yaris shrunk! Drives: 12 Hot Lava iQ/07 Jade Vios Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: SoCal Posts: 1,748	How did the scangauge bring down your mileage?

06-09-2010, 12:04 PM	#8
Yaris Hilton Half a Bubble Off Plumb Drives: 2009 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bristol, Tennessee, USA Posts: 1,593	He's expressing it in terms of the fuel consumed over a specific distance, so as it gets better, the numbers come down. "Mileage" normally means miles per gallon, so as it gets better the numbers go up.

06-09-2010, 08:25 PM	#9
Brand Drives: 2009 Yaris Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Mississauga, ON Posts: 16	Ah, what I meant to say is it has decreased my fuel consumption :) For those of us using litres/100km, lower numbers are better than higher numbers since it's measuring fuel spent as opposed to distance driven.

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