WHY do I want one so bad?

[YarisOwnersDad]

I don't think I will be getting a Yaris, but they are definitely nice little cars. I know I need to hang onto the Cobalt for at least another year or two. I would take too much of a beating on trade-in after only nine months.

Loren, I drove the Cobalt VERY conservatively when I first got it, and with my normal mix of driving, I could only realize 28.0 to 29.5 MPG. Wes's Yaris got 33+ on its very first tank of gas. I have no doubt that driven the same way over the same roads, the Yaris would get several MPG better mileage than the Cobalt. But, that is reasonable, I guess, because it is a smaller car with a smaller engine.

I got tired of driving like an old lady and just began driving normally. (My "normal" mode is not hot rodding or running up on red lights and slamming on the brakes, then taking off like a jack rabbit.) My gas mileage fell off by about a mile or mile and a half to the gallon when I quit trying to milk every mile per gallon out of a tank of gas.

I was just kidding about trading strictly for environmental reasons, although it would feel good to know that my driving was doing less harm to the environment.

I suppose I will do the sensible thing and hang onto the Cobalt.

I appreciate all the replies.

Tom