2007 AT Yaris Disappoints me

[frankencar]

Originally Posted by MadMax

...are you sure you're not knocking the shift lever out of OD and into 3rd gear?

I found the answer...and MadMax you were close. Now I see two things. One, I was really, really dumb. Two, all this bitter debate about wild claims and averages and hypermiling and traffic conditions are about to be pretty funny.

So (drumroll)...what I found out was that I was NOT knocking the shifter into 3rd gear. I was CONSTANTLY DRIVING IN 3RD GEAR! Yes I am a fool. Yes you can laugh at me. But in my defense, I have never, ever driven an AT with a 3rd gear. Only L, 2, D, N, R, P. So for some reason, what I know see to be clearly labeled never even occurred to me. I just followed the notching on the shifter and wound up in 3rd. All the time. (My wife too). So I was right that it was at too high an rpm...and yet I was so, so wrong.

So, knowing this, should I get my tranny checked or something? I feel like I've been damaging my poor Yaris for so long without knowing it.

And to set the record straight, I love the Yaris. When I said I was dissapointed, it was because I saw case after case after case of people getting well over EPA, many claiming with an auto and without hypermiling (or without any hypermiling beyond the conservative driving I already employ).