16" wheels and bigger: What kind of mileage ?

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Originally Posted by eTiMaGo

I have 18" and only do about 25MPG, but that's mainly due to my driving habits which are very short trips. Hard to tell how much of an effect they have.

Also, I can't help but notice that other SEA members are getting low mileage compared to US brethren, but then again it's probably once again due to the distances involved... 200 miles in a day is quite a road trip for us over here, in the US that's a lot of people's daily commute (well maybe I exaggerate )

Strange to see the US Yarises getting better mileage, especially when they are running 85 octane fuel and I'm running 98! DOnt they need to run slightly retarded timing to compensate, resulting in less power ? But their 0-100 timing is just as impressive. Even if I baby the throttle, drive 80% on the freeway, best I've gotten was 36mpg.