New Yaris Owner

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Originally Posted by vaironl

Hello everyone,

I just got a Yaris with the help from my family and wanted to come to the forums and see what everyone else is talking about.
I got the 5 speed 2 door coupe windows, locks, and side mirrors are manual but I don't wine about it. I'm also learning how to drive manuals as well so I feel I might mess up the clutch a bit, I'm not the worst thought and you gotta start somewhere. If you guys have any advice please let me know. I'm glad to be part of this community.

Welcome. The only 2 suggestions that occur to me off the top of my head are:

1. Pay attention re keeping your tires inflated. Increasing PSI has more of an effect (positive) on MPG than any other car I've owned (and of course the converse is true as well). Many of us inflate our tires above the PSI rating on the tire...some of us by 3-5 PSI and a few fanatical people over 20 PSI.

2. One member posted a test that you can put your clutch through to judge its 'health'. I have found this to be quite valuable. If you search 'clutch test' that post will probably come up as a hit.