Wondering why people complain that Yaris' cant get good mileage?!

[ddongbap]

I get around 27mpg.

[Palmer812]

Originally Posted by ddongbap

I get around 27mpg.

Me too! I only drive 2 miles each way to work and back. My first 2 tanks I babied it. I never accelerated hard or downshifted. I am on my third tank now and have a little harder on it. I will see if it makes a difference. And yes I have it in drive. lol.

[Stove]

I average 28 MPG. I drive about 25 miles to work and back everyday with about 4 miles of that in the city. I leave for work at 5 AM so traffic is not a problem. It probably doesn't help that I drive my Yaris like it's stolen.

[BailOut]

Originally Posted by Palmer812

Me too! I only drive 2 miles each way to work and back. My first 2 tanks I babied it. I never accelerated hard or downshifted. I am on my third tank now and have a little harder on it. I will see if it makes a difference. And yes I have it in drive. lol.

Short distances like that will kill your MPG as the engine never fully warms up.

With such a short commute (good planning on your part?) I would bicycle it year round, skipping only the snowiest, slushiest days.

[ddongbap]

Originally Posted by Palmer812

Me too! I only drive 2 miles each way to work and back. My first 2 tanks I babied it. I never accelerated hard or downshifted. I am on my third tank now and have a little harder on it. I will see if it makes a difference. And yes I have it in drive. lol.

I'll be honest. I got fat tires.

[jhsouders]

UPDATE ON MY CURRENT TANK! CANT EVEN BELIEVE IT!

ok seriously this is all 50% mixed highway and city driving, and city driving is delivering pizza.

dropped the first bar at 93 miles
dropped the second at 160 miles
just dropped the third at 219 miles

will keep you updated on the rest of the tank, i would be blown away if i was able to hit 50mpg on mixed driving!!

i am sooo close to 50mpg, i cant even believe it
Oh and i drive 55-60 on the highway, with DFCO whenever i have the chance. In town i take accelerations easy, upshift at about 2500 rpm's and try to keep it constant at 40-50mph. hard to do with all the lights though, even though that means more DFCO :).

[STC]

Originally Posted by jhsouders

dropped the first bar at 93 miles
dropped the second at 160 miles
just dropped the third at 219 miles

i am sooo close to 50mpg, i cant even believe it

Yeppers! You're close. I was at 237 mi when the third bar dropped off... got 504 miles to that tank when all was done. Unfortunately, it took 10.253 gallons to fill.

Hopefully, soon I will break 50 MPG?

Good luck with your MPG...

[RETRO]

I've had mine now for 6 months..I am avg 38 mpg.The best I got is 40.5 mpg the lowest is 36 mpg.I drive 82 miles roundtrip to work.All but 20 miles is highway.I am pleased with my Yaris

[jhsouders]

UPDATE!!!

Originally Posted by jhsouders

dropped the first bar at 93 miles -- 80% highway -- 20% city -- 46.5mpg -- 70 mph highway
dropped the second at 160 miles -- 80% highway -- 20% city -- 53.6mpg -- 55-60mph highway
dropped the third at 219 miles -- 20% highway -- 80% city -- 47.2mpg -- very careful city driving, slow accelerations

dropped fourth bar at 272 miles -- 0% highway -- 100% city -- 42.4mpg -- half average driving and half careful driving
dropped fifth bar at 322 miles -- 0% highway -- 100% city -- 40.0mpg -- Average driving

all of the mpg readings are of that bar only to give an idea of how each type of driving changed my mpg
i started caring less about the mileage because i was at work, so i was rushed to get things delivered.

more updates to come, ill be sure to post my average over the whole tank.

[jhsouders]

Originally Posted by jhsouders

UPDATE!!!


dropped the first bar at 93 miles -- 80% highway -- 20% city -- 46.5mpg -- 70 mph highway
dropped the second at 160 miles -- 80% highway -- 20% city -- 53.6mpg -- 55-60mph highway
dropped the third at 219 miles -- 20% highway -- 80% city -- 47.2mpg -- very careful city driving, slow accelerations
dropped fourth bar at 272 miles -- 0% highway -- 100% city -- 42.4mpg -- half average driving and half careful driving
dropped fifth bar at 322 miles -- 0% highway -- 100% city -- 40.0mpg -- Average driving

all of the mpg readings are of that bar only to give an idea of how each type of driving changed my mpg
all of the 100% city bars was me delivering pizzas. Hard to maintain great mileage.

more updates to come, ill be sure to post my average over the whole tank.

dropped the sixth bar at 380 miles -- 20% highway -- 80% city -- 46.4mpg --- careful city driving and highway 55-60mph

[jhsouders]

Originally Posted by jhsouders

dropped the first bar at 93 miles -- 80% highway -- 20% city -- 46.5mpg -- 70 mph highway
dropped the second at 160 miles -- 80% highway -- 20% city -- 53.6mpg -- 55-60mph highway
dropped the third at 219 miles -- 20% highway -- 80% city -- 47.2mpg -- very careful city driving, slow accelerations
dropped fourth bar at 272 miles -- 0% highway -- 100% city -- 42.4mpg -- half average driving and half careful driving
dropped fifth bar at 322 miles -- 0% highway -- 100% city -- 40.0mpg -- Average driving
dropped the sixth bar at 380 miles -- 20% highway -- 80% city -- 46.4mpg --- careful city driving and highway 55-60mph

all of the mpg readings are of that bar only to give an idea of how each type of driving changed my mpg
all of the 100% city bars was me delivering pizzas. Hard to maintain great mileage.

Just filled up 9.087 gallons, with 412.2 miles on the tank.
That calculates to 45.36mpg with 50% city and 50% highway, thats pretty damn good. If thats mixed, imagine what im actually getting on the highway... Almost as good as an freaking prius!

[tire]

Originally Posted by jhsouders

UPDATE ON MY CURRENT TANK! CANT EVEN BELIEVE IT!

ok seriously this is all 50% mixed highway and city driving, and city driving is delivering pizza.

dropped the first bar at 93 miles
dropped the second at 160 miles
just dropped the third at 219 miles

will keep you updated on the rest of the tank, i would be blown away if i was able to hit 50mpg on mixed driving!!

Such a discrepancy between you and the average fuel economy makes me start to get concerned you are running lean or have a mechanical problem, potentially no bueno. No one said anything like this so I thought I would. Motors and cars do vary and I hope you have a ringer, but a red flag was raised in the back of my head. Let us know how it goes. :)

[LEXX]

Originally Posted by jhsouders

UPDATE ON MY CURRENT TANK! CANT EVEN BELIEVE IT!


i am sooo close to 50mpg, i cant even believe it
Oh and i drive 55-60 on the highway, with DFCO whenever i have the chance. In town i take accelerations easy, upshift at about 2500 rpm's and try to keep it constant at 40-50mph. hard to do with all the lights though, even though that means more DFCO :).

A pizza deliverer that drives the speed limit. Didn't know that existed :o/

[captaincrunch]

I having got to 40mpg gallon yet, but i think it has something to do with all the traffic and bs in Virginia.

[jambo101]

Did a 200kms run yesterday and had the scangauge average mileage up to 48.5mpg

[captaincrunch]

*haven't*..I have problems sometimes

[Kal-El]

Pretty impressive MPG for pizza delivery. That type of driving is usual infamous for yielding the worst results.

I'm boggled when I hear people say they average below 30 mpg. I think if you drove the Yaris pedal to the metal, stop and go, it would be around 30 mpg.

[CarBob08]

I am amazed to hear that some people are getting 45+. I am averaging 35.5mpg over the life, with a low of 29.6mpg and a high of only 40mpg. Even on really long sections of cruise control at moderate speeds, I generally only get about 38mpg. I do drive the manual transmission, so that will reduce the mileage a bit since the final gear ratio is a bit lower, but I see many posts from other manual owners that claim 45+ too. Time to investigate my car.