Fuel Economy - Toyota Yaris Forums

Ron · 09-01-2007, 03:43 PM

to give you guys an update, just finished a 4200km road trip from Vancouver to Yellowstone National Park and back. Total overall average was about 6.1km/100km for the whole trip, or 38.5mpg. Not a fantastic number imo, but taken into account that 1/4-1/3 of the driving was done at 110km/h-130km/h (70-85mph), it was to be expected. I drive a 5dr auto liftback, had my fiance and myself in the car with the rearseats folded down and the back packed with camp gear. Even managed to fit a wedding dress in the back on the way home :)

In Yellowstone Park, we saw a fantabulous reading of 405km with the 4th bar of gas just expiring from a regular fill up, on the way to a 700km tank! I usually read about or just under 300km at this point when I am commuting to work and driving about in the city. I attribute this to travelling at speeds of 70-85km/h (~45'ish mph) and longer trips than typical city driving, although we did stop, start and go to see all the different things and wildlife in the park.

This was not my ideal choice in roadtrip vehicle, but her car was in the bodyshop due to an accident. The versatility of the hatch was great, we would have preferred to have the privacy of her trunk though. My lowering springs provided a decent but stiff ride. The only thing I really wished for was cruise control, but life goes on. We found out that it was a great roadtrip vehicle for the future, for the two of us anyways, and came up 20% under our planned fuel budget for the trip if we were to use her car!

09-01-2007, 03:43 PM	#11
Ron Drives: BBM Yaris HB Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Vancouver Posts: 71	to give you guys an update, just finished a 4200km road trip from Vancouver to Yellowstone National Park and back. Total overall average was about 6.1km/100km for the whole trip, or 38.5mpg. Not a fantastic number imo, but taken into account that 1/4-1/3 of the driving was done at 110km/h-130km/h (70-85mph), it was to be expected. I drive a 5dr auto liftback, had my fiance and myself in the car with the rearseats folded down and the back packed with camp gear. Even managed to fit a wedding dress in the back on the way home :) In Yellowstone Park, we saw a fantabulous reading of 405km with the 4th bar of gas just expiring from a regular fill up, on the way to a 700km tank! I usually read about or just under 300km at this point when I am commuting to work and driving about in the city. I attribute this to travelling at speeds of 70-85km/h (~45'ish mph) and longer trips than typical city driving, although we did stop, start and go to see all the different things and wildlife in the park. This was not my ideal choice in roadtrip vehicle, but her car was in the bodyshop due to an accident. The versatility of the hatch was great, we would have preferred to have the privacy of her trunk though. My lowering springs provided a decent but stiff ride. The only thing I really wished for was cruise control, but life goes on. We found out that it was a great roadtrip vehicle for the future, for the two of us anyways, and came up 20% under our planned fuel budget for the trip if we were to use her car!