All your Yaris still care of MPG?

[rningonfumes]

Snaks, for your case, please make a new thread.

List your car ie..auto/manual....scanguage....how you drive, all that stuff.

Give us a typical drive from point A to point B. Describe most of it.


Lets see if we all can help tweak it.

[eTiMaGo]

Sure, with cheap(er) gas it's certainly more tempting to put your foot down more than before, I'm not gonna lie and say I don't do it, I do tend to drive faster on the highway than back in August, but not thaat much. But, I also still use whatever fuel-stretching techniques I can, coasting to red lights/tolls, DFCO, etc, so my average mileage is maybe just 1.5MPG worse than my absolute best, and far better than before I tried saving any fuel at all

[500snakz]

I have an auto tranny and I drive 98.5 miles round trip on all open highway to work 4 times a week. Thats nearly 400 miles a week just going to work.
Its all country highway miles.
The yaris has 13k miles.
38lb of air in tires.
Driving 50 mph/5 under speed limit.
Coasting to stops in neutral with the engine cut off.
No a/c used.
No defroster used.
Mid grade fuel.
Air filter changed at 10k miles.
Oil changed every 3k miles by the dealer.
I feel like the car is running perfectly.
It may be true for others, all I'm saying is that I cannot get any more than 40 mpg.( Thats 5 mpg MORE than stated on the sticker). And I am sorry, I just don't believe that 45-50 is attainable with NO modifications to the car.
Don't get me wrong...I am VERY satisfied with 40 milking it and 36-37 normal driving.
Someone please show me that it IS possible.

[drummerboy2004]

Originally Posted by 500snakz

I have an auto tranny and I drive 98.5 miles round trip on all open highway to work 4 times a week. Thats nearly 400 miles a week just going to work.
Its all country highway miles.
The yaris has 13k miles.
38lb of air in tires.
Driving 50 mph/5 under speed limit.
Coasting to stops in neutral with the engine cut off.
No a/c used.
No defroster used.
Mid grade fuel.
Air filter changed at 10k miles.
Oil changed every 3k miles by the dealer.
I feel like the car is running perfectly.
It may be true for others, all I'm saying is that I cannot get any more than 40 mpg.( Thats 5 mpg MORE than stated on the sticker). And I am sorry, I just don't believe that 45-50 is attainable with NO modifications to the car.
Don't get me wrong...I am VERY satisfied with 40 milking it and 36-37 normal driving.
Someone please show me that it IS possible.

Based on this information... You should be getting over 50 because that is what I would get in the same car doing the same thing. YOU do not need the mid grade fuel... it is useless if your car calls for regular. Oh, and the manual for our vehicle calls for oil changes every 5000, or at least mine does...

Matt

[talnlnky]

Originally Posted by jamal1984

I don't hardly lately, since the gas price are drops dramatically. I drive hard, speeding alot, and you know what i feel good about it.
And last time i got 33mpg instead of around 40mpg+.
But still the weather got cold now, love the winter time. Hope there is snow this year in GA.
Well anyway i hope the gas is not going back up at 5 dollars a gallon again, or else i feel very old in my yaris.
....

funny thing is... I don't care about the price... I only care about the mpg's. I'll be paying for gas regardless of it being .99/gallon or 9.9/gallon. The only thing that will change is how much I drive, and if I have to wake up a tiny bit earlier and pay $30 a month to get a bus pass.

I'm still surprised I haven't seen $5 at the pumps yet... back in 03 I figured we'd have seen that by now.... Came close last summer.

[drummerboy2004]

Originally Posted by talnlnky

funny thing is... I don't care about the price... I only care about the mpg's. I'll be paying for gas regardless of it being .99/gallon or 9.9/gallon. The only thing that will change is how much I drive, and if I have to wake up a tiny bit earlier and pay $30 a month to get a bus pass.

I'm still surprised I haven't seen $5 at the pumps yet... back in 03 I figured we'd have seen that by now.... Came close last summer.

This is the mentality I wish everyone had... They seem to think lower prices mean they are not doing as bad by driving more and carelessly. Last time I checked... we do not have an unlimited supply of this stuff. They should find out who the wasteful ones are, and make their future children walk when we run out of gas...

Oh, and 5$ gas... it will be here sooner than we all think.

Matt

[metalshark]

Modified DFCO. Currently, averaging 43 MPG in the commute, I've started shifting up under light throttle at the maximum RPM I will be at when my cruise control is engaged. When I've shifted into 5th I just hit resume on the cruise and let Rostra control the acceleration rate from there on up. All the speed trap cops on my commute know I'm using cruise religiously at just look disgusted on the slow days. When they pull in behind they quickly turn off looking for a bigger fish. When I see that red light 1/8 mile away I time my brake tap (disengage cruise) so that I haven't dropped below 30 when the light goes back green. Above 30 MPG Rostra will resume and accelerate the car back up to the posted limit without ever having used the brakes, clutch, or shifter. I find it relaxing. Any more, almost all tickets are getting close to $200. The local governments here have lost so much sales tax that it seems like they spend whats left of their money for more red light cameras both on the interstates and at red lights. The local sherrifs are also fond of their roving camera vans placed where ever they can collect a fine. What's better than cheating Wall Street oil speculators? Cheating greedy self serving governments. Economy requires the starving of ALL parasites and vermin.

[sportin83]

i noticed that my gas mileage has gone down to about 33 instead of 36 to 37. i remote start let warm up longer and drive harder these days too. i am glad gas is down below $2.00 here in IL.