2nd day in shop for manifold replacement

[06YarisRS]

Originally Posted by hairygityeti

For the price its a tool i would recommend everyone to have in their tool box! i hope all expensive repair bills are behind you now with many miles off fun ahead

https://www.screwfix.com/p/erbauer-b...FQWlUQodptwFIw

For sure a good addition to one's tool box. Thanks for the link. Another item I'm interested in getting is the screw type bolt extractors as in link below (not sure about the quality of these, but you get the idea). I watched a couple of videos where the broken bolt/stud was drilled and then the screw extractor used to remove the bolt after heat was applied to the surrounding area. It didn't look too difficult.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/5Pc-Screw-Ex...kAAOSwbopZVCcn

I took the kids out for a long drive today. I decided to see how decent the fuel economy is. According to Torque Pro, I averaged 48.9 mpg (imperial) though I maintained 100 km/h and the highway is relatively flat. Combined fuel economy for the trip - we did some city driving - was 42.5 mpg. Not sure how accurate that is but anywhere in that ballpark is fantastic fuel economy in my books, especially when compared to our van with a combined mpg of 22.