Can't break 40MPG...

[Sodium Duck]

Oh, and about accelerating slowly...

*begin rant, please ignore if you have an anti-ranting policy*

Everyone expects my car to be slow -- so why not live up to it. I don't care, lol.

This one guy, man oh man. I pull out of my driveway about 9PM, driving things over to the new place. I'm just dragging along in no rush as usual, slowly getting up to speed (30MPH for this road). I'm doing probably 28MPH, and this guy blows past me on a double yellow line. Now I'm cracking up because I can see the reflection of the traffic lights in the windows of houses; I know the light is red, that's one of the many reasons why I was going so slow. Anyways, he actually runs the red light and speeds off again. I guess he had somewhere important to be. Maybe he cut his arm off or something and was going to the hospital -- who knows, that's why I don't let it bother me.

So the moral of the story is this: If someone doesn't like that I'm going, "slow," then they can either do something about it like that guy, or they can just add me to laundry list of all the other crap that's pissed them off that day. Who cares. When you're on the road you have to drive defensively, especially in these little cars. I drive slowly and cautiously to be defensive.

*end rant*

[Kaotic Lazagna]

+1 Sodium Duck. People have the choice (on the freeway) to go around you, especially if one is in the slow lane. I hate it when I'm in the slow lane doing 60, and some asshat tailgates me, expecting me to switch lanes to the faster lanes (which are empty btw) when he himself can simply switch lanes and pass me.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by yaris prime

Update......
40.56 mpg on last tank- finally!!

Originally Posted by Sodium Duck

42.778 MPG this tank.

Things I did different:
..55 MPH on the highway
..Very slow accelerations
..Extremely light on the throttle
..No neutral, except a few instances

I managed this despite making several short trips down the street with my girlfriend and various junk in the boot (moved into a new place).

Spectacle: There's no fuel saving mod out there that will help you, otherwise we'd all have it and be ranting and raving about how great it is...

It's been said before - the best mod is yourself. The way you drive your car has the most direct effect on your gas mileage. I modified my driving style and managed about an 18% increase in my fuel economy! I hate this because I know I can do better. Hopefully in the next few tanks I'll give it another try.

Thanks for the help everyone!

Congrats congrats.

[BailOut]

Originally Posted by yaris prime

Update......
40.56 mpg on last tank- finally!!

Originally Posted by Sodium Duck

42.778 MPG this tank.

Things I did different:
..55 MPH on the highway
..Very slow accelerations
..Extremely light on the throttle
..No neutral, except a few instances

I managed this despite making several short trips down the street with my girlfriend and various junk in the boot (moved into a new place).

Spectacle: There's no fuel saving mod out there that will help you, otherwise we'd all have it and be ranting and raving about how great it is...

It's been said before - the best mod is yourself. The way you drive your car has the most direct effect on your gas mileage. I modified my driving style and managed about an 18% increase in my fuel economy! I hate this because I know I can do better. Hopefully in the next few tanks I'll give it another try.

Thanks for the help everyone!

Well done, both of you! And well said, Sodium Duck.

[Sodium Duck]

40.70MPG this tank. I did a 180ish mile trip on the highway at about 80MPH, and the rest I barely hypermiled. Sweet.

[scape]

also make sure your air filter is clean and installed properly. I drove around after hitting up the dealership for an oil change, etc.. and I kept hearing my airbox sounding like it was hallow. At first I thought it was simply a new air filter with less restriction, but the hallowness turned to howling at midrange rpm's, finally when I got a chance to check under the hood it turns out the airbox was completely open!
luckily the airfilter was jammed the hell into the top where the air gets sucked into the engine, but if it had fallen out my engine probably would have been ruined in no time. moral of the story is people suck and are lazy.

well, actually that's not the moral, but still true-- the deal is I ended up getting a huge hit on gas from that, and ended up with an average of under 32mpg, from my usual 35sh. All from a few days of this airbox conundrum. So the filter plays a huge part in gas mileage, and a clean and happy airfilter+box is a clean and happy car.

[1stToyota]

Originally Posted by BailOut

I've already done the math and shown it to you. That you choose not to believe it is your prerogative, but it doesn't change the facts. 7 seconds has been tested, tried and found be true time and again.

I saw math on a DIY project, but not everybody will be able to or want to buy a starter and put it on themselves...might have to refigure your math to include towing, retail pricing and labor.

Oh, and O'Reilly Auto Parts is my favorite place to order parts from, but my average was a little different than the $120.00 that you listed.

w/ Cold Climate Package: $107.97
w/o Cold Climate Package: $264.59

...and those are the cheap prices, not the national suggested retail prices.

[1stToyota]

Originally Posted by mikenacarato

i think of it as....well the yaris gets better mileage than my last car...thats good enough for me. why can you all be happy getting high 30s?

...or low 40s here, and this is with actually driving on a highway at 60+ mph, and never having old ladies flip me off for driving too slow for them.