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07-10-2010, 03:05 PM | #1 |
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Is 48MPG For Real
My wife just got back from Phoenix AZ (we live in Abilene TX) and she kept track of the gallons of gas used. The trip was 986 miles and the Yaris used 20.1 gallons of gas. Can this be for real? Can the Yaris really get 49MPG?
I read some of the claims here with a bit of skepticism. Did my wife forget to write down one of the fill ups? I don't think she did, she said it cost her just under $55 dollars in gas. Amazing, our Mercury gets 30 -32MPG and it cost us a $100 for the same trip last year. I could really learn to love this car.
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07-10-2010, 04:02 PM | #2 |
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On a recent trip, my sedan (automatic) averaged
44 MPG Pretty darn cool!!! |
07-10-2010, 05:51 PM | #3 |
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did you take the 10? because that's 880 miles, not 980.
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07-10-2010, 06:52 PM | #4 |
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No, my wife took the scenic route. In New Mexico, for example, she went through LasCruces, Alamogordo, Ruidoso, Roswell, and then over to Post Texas then down to Abilene. Anyway, the trip odometer was set to 0 when she left her moms home.
By the way, Pheonix is huge, its an hour drive from her moms to Pheonix city limit. The trip odometer did read 986
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07-10-2010, 08:19 PM | #5 |
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1nz, 1.5 liter gas engine ?
higher than normal tire pressures hypermiling style driving habits and staying at 45 mph or so, yeah it is possible not possible on bone stock, 'normal' daily driving with a blend of speeds and hills ------- BUT, you need to know what the engine is and type (size, era, diesel or not) to compare apples/apples |
07-10-2010, 09:22 PM | #6 |
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The best I have gotten is just under 48 mpg, and I wasn't trying all that hard.
I have to admit I was doing 45 mph through highway construction where I was passed by others doing 65. I even had the air conditioning going on a hot summer day last year. Your wife is a good driver! You're gonna love her AND the car! |
07-10-2010, 11:47 PM | #7 |
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It's quite possible with a bone stock one on the highway, driving 55 MPH or less with flat terrain and favorable wind.
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07-11-2010, 07:29 AM | #8 |
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I agree it is possible because in 1991 driving from Phoenix to Kingman Arizona and back again I actually got 53 mpg in a 1989 Ford Escort Pony. That was the only time I ever broke that mark in that car. I was following a someone who was a slow poke 45-55 mpg and the temperature was in excess of 100 degrees. Normally on a trip traveling 55-60 I logged 40 mpg or so. That was the one and only time I ever went that slow and the only time. It was probably the snail pace (45-55 mph)combined very high temperatures, probably not anything to do with the gas Citgo 93 octane (because of tall gearing [pony fuel saver] that car only liked high test because it tended to know under load).
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07-11-2010, 12:26 PM | #9 |
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The real challenge is to drive on the interstate at 75 MPH and get 40 MPG. Anyone can drive really show and get better gas mileage.
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07-11-2010, 12:53 PM | #10 |
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We can drive on the Internet?!
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07-11-2010, 05:49 PM | #11 |
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Oh... Yeah!!! And more...
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Nothing beats a Toyota!
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07-12-2010, 08:17 AM | #15 |
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... Enough for 'Driving 2.0' applications!
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~ Mark ~ 2010 Yaris 3-Dr Liftback, 5-Speed Manual, P185/60R 15, Bayou Blue Pearl I Love my YARIS - (Click below to see Gaslog): Most miles Tank: 538 tank/10.148 gal = 53.015 MPG / Most MPG: 54.95 MPG (ethanol) 425 tank/7.73 gal "The evils of government are directly proportional to the tolerance of the people." -- Frank Kent |
10-08-2010, 02:11 PM | #16 |
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did she have a full tank when she left, tracked her fuel purchases properly, and then not fill it up right before getting home? if it wasn't filled up at the end of the trip then the math doesn't work.
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