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Yury · 08-02-2012, 05:45 PM

alignment is in green..the rear right toe is real close to the limit (still green though)...Don't like over-inflating, the ride is too harsh as is.

Red Horse · 08-02-2012, 06:53 PM

maybe your driving in 3rd gear

edmscan · 08-02-2012, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Red Horse

maybe your driving in 3rd gear

I found a HUGE increase in gas mileage just by not driving in 3rd gear .. I now drive in 4th gear when possible and find that my mileage has improved. According to my ScanGauge I have been able to get up to 54 MPG (4.3 L/100 KM) just by doing this small change. However my ACTUAL gas mileage is more like 43 MPG (5.5 L/100 KM) when I fill up.

I drive a standard shift .... so for automatics this isn't an issue.

Yury · 08-02-2012, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Red Horse

maybe your driving in 3rd gear

well, how should I put it...a big letter D staring me right in the face is kinda hard to miss :D
and, oh, yeah, it's an auto :D

charles nelson · 08-06-2012, 04:58 PM

I bet most of us could drop our mileage that low by buying the highest ethanol content gas, hauling max loads, and hard fast starts at every intersection with constant heavy traffic slowing and then speeding up. In that case...I would think about getting the new Prius with regenerative braking. The gas saving would eventually pay for the premium to buy a Prius on a Yaris chassis.

Lux · 08-06-2012, 11:06 PM

There must be something going awry with your calculations to produce 23 milers per American gallon. I would not use half-tanks as reference. Unless you have a voltmeter directly to the fuel level sender, half tank on the gauge is always interpretive.

I also live in Toronto and I get 600 - 650 km per tank, city only, air conditioning periodically used. City driving is usually where the Yaris should be faring better. Is your gearbox shifting late? It may need a relearn.

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Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

Are you using cheap gas, and is it possible that the gas station you're filling up in is still, some how, using winter blend gas (worse gas mileage with winter blend, even worse if using cheap gas).

All brands of petrol stations are supplied by the same handful of refineries.

08-02-2012, 05:45 PM	#37
Yury Drives: 2008 5 Door Liftback Auto Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Canada Posts: 157	alignment is in green..the rear right toe is real close to the limit (still green though)...Don't like over-inflating, the ride is too harsh as is. __________________ 1999 Honda Prelude Base 5 speed (summer driver) 2008 5 Door Liftback Auto

08-02-2012, 06:53 PM	#38
Red Horse View User's Garage Drives: 2008 Yaris sedan A/T Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Costa mesa, California Posts: 353	maybe your driving in 3rd gear __________________

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08-06-2012, 04:58 PM	#41
charles nelson Drives: red Liftback Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: St Cloud Minnesota Posts: 68	I bet most of us could drop our mileage that low by buying the highest ethanol content gas, hauling max loads, and hard fast starts at every intersection with constant heavy traffic slowing and then speeding up. In that case...I would think about getting the new Prius with regenerative braking. The gas saving would eventually pay for the premium to buy a Prius on a Yaris chassis.