When you fill up.. - Toyota Yaris Forums

kaymm · 09-08-2006, 01:32 PM

I know this is really subjective and depends on a lot of factors but does anyone have comparison as to when they fill up with their Yaris vs their old car? I want to get a general idea of overall savings.

I work 5 days/week, drive about 20km/day. And on weekends I go out. I fill up about once/week when I had my old Prelude. $45-$50 for full tank.

I don't have my Yaris yet, but will find out how good it is on gas. I would be really happy if I fill up once every 2 weeks under my same conditions. But am I dreaming?

Bones · 09-08-2006, 01:55 PM

When the gas guage on the dash is on the last bar, it's about 10gl to fill up.
Driving around town I get an average of 33mpg. Driving on the freeway only, I averaged 41mpg.

Here in San Diego it's about $35 for me to fill up with regular gas.

pxpaulx · 09-08-2006, 02:06 PM

my honda element got 21-23 mpg and had a 16 gallon tank. i would start looking for a gas station, and would be 2/3 guage gone at 200 miles. this is my first tank on the yaris, i've only got 2 bars gone at 170 miles! i'm sure they'll start going faster, but i'm so excited to save that much in gas!

sroberts · 09-08-2006, 02:51 PM

I went from $60 to $65 a week in my Jeep to $56 to $66 a month in my Yaris :)

kaymm · 09-08-2006, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by sroberts

I went from $60 to $65 a week in my Jeep to $56 to $66 a month in my Yaris :)

That sounds like a huge savings! about how many km/miles you drive a week?

BTW, I'm picking up a Silver Mica Yaris this weekend as well!

07WYarisRS · 09-08-2006, 04:56 PM

I buy most of my fuel in the US

My S-10 had a 20 gallon tank and was costing me about $50-$55 US to fill the tank and that lasted 1 week. I filled up almost every weekend.

With my Yaris it has an 11 gallon tank and I fill up every two weeks and it costs $25-$30

S-10 = $200-$225 a month
Yaris = $50-$60 a month
We drive the car about 250-300km a week

ceres · 09-08-2006, 05:07 PM

I filled up on the 28th of last month (so ~10 days now) for $30 exactly and I still have 3 bars left. Driven something like 350 miles but I haven't checked since before I left work yesterday where it was around 330. I'll probably need to fill up again on Monday unless I drive anywhere far but it's not looking that way. Just over 1200 miles total on my car now.

riceboy · 09-08-2006, 05:31 PM

You'll probably end up filling up once a month if that's all you drive....

sroberts · 09-08-2006, 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kaymm

That sounds like a huge savings! about how many km/miles you drive a week?

BTW, I'm picking up a Silver Mica Yaris this weekend as well!

I drive about 100 to 150 miles a week.

argylesocks · 09-08-2006, 08:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 07WYarisRS

I buy most of my fuel in the US

My S-10 had a 20 gallon tank and was costing me about $50-$55 US to fill the tank and that lasted 1 week. I filled up almost every weekend.

With my Yaris it has an 11 gallon tank and I fill up every two weeks and it costs $25-$30

S-10 = $200-$225 a month
Yaris = $50-$60 a month
We drive the car about 250-300km a week

your S-10 was really only getting 25% of the fuel efficiency compared to the yaris? yikes!! so it got like 10mpg?
are you driving less?

my saab got (maybe) 23mpg... but i had to put in premium. this is the cost equivalent of 21mpg. The yaris is getting 41mpg.
If my total monthly miles stay the same, my gas bill will be approximately in half :)

07WYarisRS · 09-10-2006, 12:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by argylesocks

your S-10 was really only getting 25% of the fuel efficiency compared to the yaris? yikes!! so it got like 10mpg?
are you driving less?

my saab got (maybe) 23mpg... but i had to put in premium. this is the cost equivalent of 21mpg. The yaris is getting 41mpg.
If my total monthly miles stay the same, my gas bill will be approximately in half :)

The wife drove it to work in the morning, home for lunch, back to work an hour later and then home every day. ALL short driving always on a COLD engine so it never really even had time to warm up properly.
In town I got about 16-18mpg and about 22-24mpg Highway.

She does the same thing with the yaris everyday and we drive the YARIS more then the truck.
One of the biggest differences is we don't let the Yaris warm up as long.
with the truck we let it warm up 2-3 minutes other wise it would not shift out of second and the end of our street is a busy road so we need to be up to 60-80kph. With the yaris we let it warm up 30 seconds or so and drive off. It still holds 4th gear until warm but it's a LOT better then the truck.

jsurles · 09-10-2006, 07:17 AM

I work 3 days a week about 23 miles, 46 round trip. The other 4 days, I spend taking kids to preschool and/or babysitter and running various errands.. groceries, parts store, food, etc. I end up driving on average about 300 miles a week.

The car I was driving 1990 Cadillac DeVille, had an 18 gallon tank and required premium unleaded, and I was filling it up approximately 1.8 times a week. SO at $54 a fillup x 7.2 = $388.8 a month in gas.

With the Yaris, I drive the same exact amount.. maybe a little more cause it's fun to drive. 11 gallons x $2.45 = $26.95 and I fill up about every 10 days so that's about $80.85/mo

The Difference, $307.95.. why by-golly, that's enough to make the car payment and some left over! So for less money than I spent on gas in the caddy I can make a new car payment and buy the gas for it.. not to mention have a more fun and reliable car to drive.

kralmrax · 09-16-2006, 02:55 PM

i drive approx 65-70 kilometres per day, and each fill up usually costs between $40.00 -45.00 depending on the price of gas. sometimes i can go close to two weeks on a single tank of gas. i use high grade gasoline in my yaris, and i know that the common consensus is that this is unnecessary, however i've had this car for eight months and it seems that a tank of supreme goes further than a tank of regular. i could be my imagination, but i won't be convinced otherwise.

Greg66 · 10-15-2006, 06:22 AM

check your specs...the Yaris HBs fuel tank is 9 gal./ 40 liter.

firefly1_0 · 10-17-2006, 02:13 PM

at the Sonic (Supra Owners Network In Canada) Fun Run in calgary, we filled up and drove 315 Km for the fun run and then i returned to edmonton (another 260Km) and drove to and from work for three days.

final milage after a 38.453L (mid-grade) fill was 706.2 Km.

Teruyume · 10-19-2006, 08:40 AM

i usually fill up every 520KM actually it really depends on how often i gun the car hahahhaa..... but 520 is my average

around CA$35~40 per fill up Sunoco 94octane

riceboy · 10-19-2006, 10:39 AM

Hey man.. I only got 490k from the tank where we did the Fall Tour....

bigsky2 · 10-19-2006, 02:36 PM

This is unscientific, but I fill up my tank when the gauge has two bars left, and I am usually at 450km at that point.

My average fill up consists of 30-35 litres, and costs about $35 dollars.

09-08-2006, 01:32 PM	#1
kaymm Drives: Yaris Liftback 3dr (Silver) Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: 604-canada Posts: 66	When you fill up.. I know this is really subjective and depends on a lot of factors but does anyone have comparison as to when they fill up with their Yaris vs their old car? I want to get a general idea of overall savings. I work 5 days/week, drive about 20km/day. And on weekends I go out. I fill up about once/week when I had my old Prelude. $45-$50 for full tank. I don't have my Yaris yet, but will find out how good it is on gas. I would be really happy if I fill up once every 2 weeks under my same conditions. But am I dreaming? __________________ 07 Yaris LB 3dr Silver Mica 5sp manual shift

09-08-2006, 02:51 PM	#4
sroberts View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Englewood, CO Posts: 300	I went from $60 to $65 a week in my Jeep to $56 to $66 a month in my Yaris :) __________________ I am not allowed to put anything here because I do not have any ricey mods on my Yaris....

09-08-2006, 04:56 PM	#6
07WYarisRS HardlyDangerous Drives: 09 Yaris LE, H/B, auto Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ridgeway Ontario Posts: 573	I buy most of my fuel in the US My S-10 had a 20 gallon tank and was costing me about $50-$55 US to fill the tank and that lasted 1 week. I filled up almost every weekend. With my Yaris it has an 11 gallon tank and I fill up every two weeks and it costs $25-$30 S-10 = $200-$225 a month Yaris = $50-$60 a month We drive the car about 250-300km a week __________________ The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

10-17-2006, 02:13 PM	#15
firefly1_0 What the...? Drives: '06 Blazing Blue 3 door RS. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Edmonton Alberta Canada Posts: 88	at the Sonic (Supra Owners Network In Canada) Fun Run in calgary, we filled up and drove 315 Km for the fun run and then i returned to edmonton (another 260Km) and drove to and from work for three days. final milage after a 38.453L (mid-grade) fill was 706.2 Km. Last edited by firefly1_0; 10-17-2006 at 06:17 PM.

10-19-2006, 08:40 AM	#16
Teruyume View User's Garage Drives: 06 Yaris RS Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 120	i usually fill up every 520KM actually it really depends on how often i gun the car hahahhaa..... but 520 is my average around CA$35~40 per fill up Sunoco 94octane __________________ 06 Yaris RS 2Dr HB 5MT Orange Blitz Compressor Apexi Power Intake GP Racing GR-6 15x7 Kumho Ecsta AST 195/50R15 Tanabe DF210 JDM LED Tail lights

09-08-2006, 01:55 PM	#2
Bones Drives: 07 Yaris S Type Join Date: May 2006 Location: San Diego Posts: 42	When the gas guage on the dash is on the last bar, it's about 10gl to fill up. Driving around town I get an average of 33mpg. Driving on the freeway only, I averaged 41mpg. Here in San Diego it's about $35 for me to fill up with regular gas.

09-08-2006, 02:06 PM	#3
pxpaulx Drives: Barcelona Red 5spd sedan Join Date: May 2006 Location: savage, mn Posts: 104	my honda element got 21-23 mpg and had a 16 gallon tank. i would start looking for a gas station, and would be 2/3 guage gone at 200 miles. this is my first tank on the yaris, i've only got 2 bars gone at 170 miles! i'm sure they'll start going faster, but i'm so excited to save that much in gas!

09-08-2006, 05:07 PM	#7
ceres Club Baby Seals Drives: Yaris Sedan Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: NY Posts: 206	I filled up on the 28th of last month (so ~10 days now) for $30 exactly and I still have 3 bars left. Driven something like 350 miles but I haven't checked since before I left work yesterday where it was around 330. I'll probably need to fill up again on Monday unless I drive anywhere far but it's not looking that way. Just over 1200 miles total on my car now.

09-08-2006, 05:31 PM	#8
riceboy Drives: icebox Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: CAN Posts: 1,003	You'll probably end up filling up once a month if that's all you drive....

09-10-2006, 07:17 AM	#12
jsurles Drives: 2007 Yaris Liftback Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Katy, TX Posts: 7	I work 3 days a week about 23 miles, 46 round trip. The other 4 days, I spend taking kids to preschool and/or babysitter and running various errands.. groceries, parts store, food, etc. I end up driving on average about 300 miles a week. The car I was driving 1990 Cadillac DeVille, had an 18 gallon tank and required premium unleaded, and I was filling it up approximately 1.8 times a week. SO at $54 a fillup x 7.2 = $388.8 a month in gas. With the Yaris, I drive the same exact amount.. maybe a little more cause it's fun to drive. 11 gallons x $2.45 = $26.95 and I fill up about every 10 days so that's about $80.85/mo The Difference, $307.95.. why by-golly, that's enough to make the car payment and some left over! So for less money than I spent on gas in the caddy I can make a new car payment and buy the gas for it.. not to mention have a more fun and reliable car to drive.

09-16-2006, 02:55 PM	#13
kralmrax Drives: 06 yaris rs Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 30	i drive approx 65-70 kilometres per day, and each fill up usually costs between $40.00 -45.00 depending on the price of gas. sometimes i can go close to two weeks on a single tank of gas. i use high grade gasoline in my yaris, and i know that the common consensus is that this is unnecessary, however i've had this car for eight months and it seems that a tank of supreme goes further than a tank of regular. i could be my imagination, but i won't be convinced otherwise.

10-15-2006, 06:22 AM	#14
Greg66 New Guy View User's Garage Drives: 2006 Toyota Yaris 2dr hatch Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 12	check your specs...the Yaris HBs fuel tank is 9 gal./ 40 liter.

10-19-2006, 10:39 AM	#17
riceboy Drives: icebox Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: CAN Posts: 1,003	Hey man.. I only got 490k from the tank where we did the Fall Tour....

10-19-2006, 02:36 PM	#18
bigsky2 Cousin Vitz View User's Garage Drives: Yaris RS 5DR / Vitz RS wannabe Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 1,082	This is unscientific, but I fill up my tank when the gauge has two bars left, and I am usually at 450km at that point. My average fill up consists of 30-35 litres, and costs about $35 dollars. __________________ 2007 Yaris RS Hatchback Black Sand Pearl 5DR MT DIY Speaker Spacer/Bracket Template for Yaris Hatchback http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1930

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