Tired of poor gas mileage & buying premium gas.

[pxpaulx]

Originally Posted by Jem_hadar

So ive been hearing. Even up here, they'll drop teh price at night like 3-6 cents. and have it raised before the next morning.

thanks for mentioning the tip. it really does pay off to fill up like that if u can. ^5

i miss being stingy like that about gas! buying by the litre, 2 or 3 cents is a great incentive to keep looking for the best price you can find! (i'm from toronto originally). now that i live in the US, its just not worth my time to search for 2-3 cents less when you only buy 6 or 8 gallons...its only worth it when they hike it 0.20 cents (usually wednesdays, followed by a drop on thursday)...and they say its not rigged and prices aren't set...Bulls*it!

[argylesocks]

Originally Posted by Jem_hadar

thanks for mentioning the tip. it really does pay off to fill up like that if u can. ^5

I think you meant to say:

"it really does pay off to fucking fill up like that if u can."

[dbaxter]

There's nothing wrong with the Auto :D Mines doing just fine and really no issues on the highway or regular traffic.
I had to take the beast out tonight just to get my hp fix, I should be good for another week now.

[SEaton]

so.... what exactly is this thread about?

don't answer that its rhetorical

[SimmZ]

Wow! That's what I call a HUGE difference of vehicule! The SRT-4 is a real BEAST, no matter how gas it take, it's one of the most pleasant car to drive. My friend own a SRT-4 with STAGE-III (355 wHP) and that's unbelivable how it's powerfull.

I think you'll not enjoy Yaris at all, it's one of the less powerfull car on the actual market. Trust-me, I own a 2k2 Echo (same engine as Yaris) and it's a real paint in the ass, I can't affort changing my 2k3 Cavalier (2.2 Ecotec) for a Yaris never. My Cavalier act as a real RACE CAR if compared to the Echo/Yaris! BTW, my girlfriend appreciate the Echo and maybe we will trade the Echo for a Yaris.

[argylesocks]

Originally Posted by SimmZ

Wow! That's what I call a HUGE difference of vehicule! The SRT-4 is a real BEAST, no matter how gas it take, it's one of the most pleasant car to drive. My friend own a SRT-4 with STAGE-III (355 wHP) and that's unbelivable how it's powerfull.

I think you'll not enjoy Yaris at all, it's one of the less powerfull car on the actual market. Trust-me, I own a 2k2 Echo (same engine as Yaris) and it's a real paint in the ass, I can't affort changing my 2k3 Cavalier (2.2 Ecotec) for a Yaris never. My Cavalier act as a real RACE CAR if compared to the Echo/Yaris! BTW, my girlfriend appreciate the Echo and maybe we will trade the Echo for a Yaris.

i could see why you would be unhappy with "paint in the ass" but i havent had a problem with loosing close to 130hp by switching to the yaris.

its all in your goals:
if you wanna have a fast car, then look elsewhere. if you want a fuel effiecent, cheap car, then you cant beat the yaris (except off the line).

[SimmZ]

Originally Posted by argylesocks

i could see why you would be unhappy with "paint in the ass" but i havent had a problem with loosing close to 130hp by switching to the yaris.

its all in your goals:
if you wanna have a fast car, then look elsewhere. if you want a fuel effiecent, cheap car, then you cant beat the yaris (except off the line).

Sorry for the typing error. BTW, actually, there's many other fuel economics cars on the market who are more fun to drive than an Yaris/Echo. Just take my Cavalier, last week I drove 600 KM with 45L of regular unleaded. My girlfriend also drove 600 KM with 41L on the Echo. This only make a difference of 4 liters for 600 KM, but these two car are not giving same performance at all.

Performance is my only complain about the Yaris/Echo, they are real nice car, very reliable, pretty cheap (not the cheapest car in the category), they are well constructed. But they give very very poor performance while many other car give better performance for a very small fuel milleage difference. I mean, the Yaris is probably getting the best fuel economy in the category, that's true, but many other car will be a lot more performant and only take 0.7L to 1.0L/100 KM more, that's is an almost invisible difference in your budget.

[pxpaulx]

Originally Posted by SimmZ

Sorry for the typing error. BTW, actually, there's many other fuel economics cars on the market who are more fun to drive than an Yaris/Echo. Just take my Cavalier, last week I drove 600 KM with 45L of regular unleaded. My girlfriend also drove 600 KM with 41L on the Echo. This only make a difference of 4 liters for 600 KM, but these two car are not giving same performance at all.

Performance is my only complain about the Yaris/Echo, they are real nice car, very reliable, pretty cheap (not the cheapest car in the category), they are well constructed. But they give very very poor performance while many other car give better performance for a very small fuel milleage difference. I mean, the Yaris is probably getting the best fuel economy in the category, that's true, but many other car will be a lot more performant and only take 0.7L to 1.0L/100 KM more, that's is an almost invisible difference in your budget.

to be fair you're giving highway driving comparisons. The 'performance' difference you are giving the cavalier probably makes it a much less efficient car in traffic - the yaris might lose 15% economy while the cavalier may change 30% or something (of course i'm just pulling numbers out of my ass) - but thats what i see with most GMs - highway MPG rating in the mid 30s, but city will drop to the mid 20s.