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04-17-2007, 02:18 PM
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Steals terrorist's lunch
Drives: 2007 Yaris Liftback Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Reno, Nevada, USA
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Pro-Yaris hypermiling article
This article was done by my city's newspaper, the Reno Gazette-Journal, and was published in last Sunday's paper.
http://www.cleanmpg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4204 Yes, that's me.
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- Brian Share the Road I often carry 2 carpool passengers and mountain bikes or snowboards/skis over a 4,500 foot elevation difference. Click the graphic above to see my detailed mileage logs. |
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04-17-2007, 02:27 PM
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Drives: 06 yaris 5-dr le man Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: ontario, canada
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great article bailout, congratulations on the 46 mpg!
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04-17-2007, 02:30 PM
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Drives: 06 yaris 5-dr le man Join Date: Mar 2006
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does anyone know if there is such thing as a start/stop function modification available for gas-only vehicles?
this would seem to me to make a big difference in mpg and could possibly be an inexpensive modification. |
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04-17-2007, 02:34 PM
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Drives: old and boosted! Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Cool article.
stuffy... automatic engine start/stop functionality already exists in Toyota cars... the Prius has it. And the Vitz in Japan has it as an option... they call it the Toyota Intelligent Idling Stop System (webpage here).
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04-17-2007, 02:43 PM
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good show for the yaris!!!
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04-17-2007, 05:36 PM
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Drives: 06 yaris 5-dr le man Join Date: Mar 2006
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i wonder if a n.american yaris could be modified to perform this function. does anyone know what it entails? |
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04-17-2007, 05:46 PM
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Drives: Black 2007 Yaris Liftback 1.5 Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Memphis, TN USA
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In wonder if they might not bring it here next year to offset some of the MPG losses under the new EPA ratings.
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04-17-2007, 06:30 PM
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Yeah... I noticed that article on the front page of cleanmpg a few days ago. Very nice. How did they find about you for that article?
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04-17-2007, 06:48 PM
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Drives: 06 yaris 5-dr le man Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: ontario, canada
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http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/environme...kaihatu02.html
the start/stop function sounds a bit more complicated than i originally thought . |
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04-17-2007, 07:20 PM
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Drives: 2007 Yaris Liftback Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Reno, Nevada, USA
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 Feel free to click my signature to track my Yaris MPG history thus far.
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04-17-2007, 07:51 PM
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Drives: 2010 LB Meteor Metallic Join Date: May 2006
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How can you tolerate 60 psi?
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04-17-2007, 08:13 PM
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Drives: 2005 Scion xB Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: The Black Hills of South Dakota
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This part sucks. "Change oil often.: Oil thickens as it gets old, increasing engine drag. It's doubtful your mileage will increase enough to compensate for the cost of the changes, though."
How often do you change? Synthetic? |
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04-17-2007, 08:52 PM
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Drives: LB Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: OH
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BailOut, way to bring some exposure to our little corner of the market. You're a great resource for these forums!
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04-17-2007, 09:03 PM
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GIGA...DRILL...BREAKER!!!
Drives: Lagann. ;P Join Date: Feb 2006
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That's one kickass photo there, too! You two look like you mean business!
  ~YR
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04-17-2007, 11:23 PM
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Clean and (dis)Functional
Drives: Yaris 2dr--Black Betty Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Tropical Minnesota
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Bailout...congrats on the article, and a true thank you, my milage is going up partly because of you.
One question though, sure your grandma wasn't one of us old hippies???? 
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04-18-2007, 12:27 AM
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Drives: 07 Liftback 5 speed Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
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Bail you are my hero. Can't wait to get the scangauge installed.
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04-18-2007, 01:38 AM
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Drives: 2007 Toyota Yaris Sedan Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Vancouver, BC
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Wow, excellent work...
50 MPG on your commute with hills is quite a feat!
 I heard some folks debating that although our cars are better with emissions, they don't stack up with the Metro's or VX's mileage. Thanks for a strong testament for the Yaris!
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04-18-2007, 09:08 PM
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Thanks for that article. I have used a few of your tricks to increase my mpg. but some I can't do because Atlanta is hell for traffic.
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