-Mileage Thread- -Log your mileage, year, model, color, any problems here...

[bkndacn]

2009 3dr liftback
< 33,000 miles
Bayou Blue

Problems: squeaky gears (DIY fixed )
Scuff on the back passenger-side bumper (Mom is no longer allowed to drive my Yoshi!)
His poor nose is riddled with rock dings (working on a DIY for that)

[ramaz]

I have a 2007 with 100,000 miles and runs very well

[paperboy]

Originally Posted by TinyGiant

when i drive about 60 ( i dont have cruise control) it seems like its pulsing .. strange

sounds to me like you're just setting your cruise control at a speed where your car can't decide what gear it wants to be in. add or deduct 3-6mph and it should stop imo

same with the guy experiencing pulsing when he rides right on the line of 60mph

[Chuck G]

Originally Posted by paperboy

sounds to me like you're just setting your cruise control at a speed where your car can't decide what gear it wants to be in. add or deduct 3-6mph and it should stop imo

same with the guy experiencing pulsing when he rides right on the line of 60mph

How do you set cruise control when you don't have it?

[paperboy]

Originally Posted by Chuck G

How do you set cruise control when you don't have it?

i don't follow...

to clarify what I'm saying:

the first guy has cruise control. he is setting it at an rpm that his automatic transmission can't decide on 3rd or 4th gear

the second guy has no cruise control. he is manually holding the rpm at that same point (roughly) with his foot on the gas and his tranny also can't make the choice

it's the same thing only in one case the cruise control is holding the rpm at a point the tranny doens't like, and in the second case it's the guy's foot.

you change gears on a stick by depressing the clutch pedal and manually changing the gear with the shifter. in an automatic the gears change for you based on the rpm you are using.

if you have a tachometer, watch how the needle moves up, then drops off when you change gear. then make the same manuever, but right where the rpm drops off to change gears, let off the gas ever so slightly and just hold it there. your transmission will wait for your cue to change gears (when you increase the rpm just a fraction) so hit the gas enough to change gears, then let off again. see what happens.

well, my theory is this is what is happening continually to these two guys. the cruise is letting up the gas right at that critical moment, as is this guy's foot.

milking MPGs by going for some imagined sweet spot is a waste of time if you're hovering right at the rpm where your tranny wants to switch. milking mpgs in general is a little silly on a yaris since you're using so little gas anyway. it's the kind of behaviour that might make sense in a truck, but in a small economy car, the difference is going to be so small it's not really worth the effort. not to mention, being distracted by something as silly as your mpg while actually driving is just plain dangerous

so like I said, increase or decrease the rpm by a small amount (by setting the cruise at a higher or lower speed or giving it a little more gas for the guy without cruise control) .

try this out and see if you have positive results and get back to me because i'm interested now

and most of all: listen to your engine. torturing your engine/tranny/clutch/whatever on the quest for 45mpg isn't going to save you any gas money, and in a couple of years, it's actually going to cost you a bunch of cash when you need a new car/engine because you killed your yaris trying to squeeze blood from a stone

[paperboy]

I was able recreate this in my Yaris yesterday. For me it was 50/kmh on just off flat freeway (uphill)

it was as I suspected, the Yaris wanted to go up to fourth gear, but kept changing it's mind at the last second. When I accelerated another ~5km/h it stopped.

Hope this helps

[Klink10]

Posted in another thread. 2007, HB purchased new with 19,300 mi. Waterpump.

[jerome]

Purchased 5/29/11: 16 miles.
11/1/11: 3,058 miles.

Average: 139 miles/wk. :D

I'll check in-in a month or two!

[rick996]

Purchased new Oct 2009. 23,000 trouble free miles. Click Fuelly icon for stats.

[enviri]

purchased new@147mi. (driven to dealer) now at 33,000. trouble free so far besides that TSB w/ loose/rusty bolt issue in the front end

[randeez]

2008 polar white liftback 3dr 5sp. bought it at 30,xxx miles, up to 32,500 now
only problem so far is a little stumble i get while idling...i dont have a tach so i couldnt tell ya how many rpm it drops, but it's enough to make the car shudder for a sec or two then jumps right back up....any ideas?

[jerome]

Purchased 5/29/11: 16 miles.
12/1/11: 3,340 miles.

Average: 128 miles/wk (26 weeks)

[bronsin]

2009 3 door hatchback

black

27,000 miles

waterpump replaced ~26,000

cable rattle in reverse

[jerome]

Purchased 5/29/11: 16 miles.
1/1/12: 3,503 miles.

Average: 116 miles/wk (30 weeks)

[Qmobile]

2008 LB
Blazing Blue
115 miles when bought
92,xxx
hvac control lites don't always wanna lite up but few hits then they do, just recently they been actin up. And my airbag lite is on from my first accident dunno y

2010 LB
Chrimson Red(Dark Red)
35,xxxx I think idk(mom's car)
no issues

Both brought brand new

[33OH]

2008 Liftback
5 speed manual
Bought brand new with 6 miles in January 2008
At 100,500 miles and log over 750 per week.
No issues or parts replaced.

[Vang]

2008 Sedan, bought new
Just hit 27k miles last week
Nothing apart from oil/filter changes

[Kal-El]

118,500 miles on my '07.

No repairs (as my sig shows). Maintenance excluded of course. Just oil changes, tires, and a serpentine belt change at around 90K as a precaution.

Feels exactly like new. Never seen a car that doesn't show any sign of degradation at well over a 100K. Usually, the "feel" changes, the sounds begin to change, ect. Toyota knows how to tighten bolts.