Fuel Economy

[mkaresh]

Originally Posted by briman

I'm routinely 26 mpg in the city. I do not drive the car hard. My last tank was 23 mpg, all city. I'm more than a bit disappointed. I'm beginning to wish I had just bought a corolla or camery.

The automatic isn't helping. But the big difference is the number of stops per mile--people mean very different things by "city." The more there are, the better off you would have been in a Prius.

The figures owners have been reporting on TrueDelta's Fuel Economy Survey:

Toyota Yaris fuel economy

[briman]

Originally Posted by mkaresh

The automatic isn't helping. But the big difference is the number of stops per mile--people mean very different things by "city." The more there are, the better off you would have been in a Prius.

The figures owners have been reporting on TrueDelta's Fuel Economy Survey:

Toyota Yaris fuel economy

I have auto/sedan. My city driving is in a town of 20,000 people, so a lot of stop and go driving. Stop signs every quarter mile or so. No merges or blending traffic like in a larger metro. It's also colder which means it's idled longer than normal. But still, 23 mpg is disappointing. It is under 3000 mile and I'm hoping for improvement upon break in. I do not mash it ever I coast as much as possible but I do keep up to the speed limit. Some people tell me their Corolla is getting better mileage. Or their lying.

Hello briman,

Please read through the 3 stickies in this subforum for some additional ideas on how to improve your mileage.

Thanks, I always welcome advice.

[voodoo22]

Originally Posted by briman

I have auto/sedan. My city driving is in a town of 20,000 people, so a lot of stop and go driving. Stop signs every quarter mile or so. No merges or blending traffic like in a larger metro. It's also colder which means it's idled longer than normal. But still, 23 mpg is disappointing. It is under 3000 mile and I'm hoping for improvement upon break in. I do not mash it ever I coast as much as possible but I do keep up to the speed limit. Some people tell me their Corolla is getting better mileage. Or their lying.



Thanks, I always welcome advice.

Sounds like 2 major things you could focus on is getting off the gas when approaching stops and your car is above idling rpm (around 1300 rpm and up from what I've read.) to benefit from DFCO and I cannot stress enough how you cannot go too lightly on the throttle from a dead stop. Initial acceleration cannot be too slow in those situations. Bailout talks about hang time when you are already moving, and that's another example how a sensative touch on the throttle can result in large savings in gas. That doesn't mean you should accelerate slowly when at hwy speeds (once you get going it's more efficient to accelerate at a much faster rate then when you are starting from a dead stop), but learn how to give the car the least amount of throttle to achieve your necessary speed.