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127.0.0.1 · 11-03-2009, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by b_hickman11

I have got 44 mpg @ 70 mph, tires at 32 psi, 100+ degress outside, with the AC on 3 and 4, the whole trip. I don't call those hypermiling techniques....

Ok

YarisOwnersDad · 11-03-2009, 04:20 PM

I just averaged 40.0 on a 1500 mile round trip with the A/C or Defroster on a good bit of the time while driving 70 MPH and crossing the mountains of WV on I-64 twice, once eastbound and once westbound.

I can see where a steady speed on perfectly flat ground might give me 44 MPH.

Tomster

127.0.0.1 · 11-03-2009, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by YarisOwnersDad

I just averaged 40.0 on a 1500 mile round trip with the A/C or Defroster on a good bit of the time while driving 70 MPH and crossing the mountains of WV on I-64 twice, once eastbound and once westbound.

I can see where a steady speed on perfectly flat ground might give me 44 MPH.

Tomster

yeah. I agree on that. I lived in Austin for a while and also San Antonio, and the drive between those two towns would probably get me 44. from Austin to san Antone would be flat to downhill.

Yaris Hilton · 11-03-2009, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by 127.0.0.1

Not without hypermiling techniques.

[such as high pressure in the tires]

I just made a trip from Bristol down to Gatlinburg and back. Mostly 70 MPH Interstate, and really congested slow traffic through the Pigeon Forge area, with a few miles up a twisty mountain road at 45 MPH to Gatlinburg. Averaged 44.2 MPG for the trip.

minicorolla · 11-03-2009, 09:05 PM

Getting 43 with winter gas on the highway some rural at 50, some on the freeway at 62 in a sedan. Was getting 46.

b_hickman11 · 11-04-2009, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by DevilGirl

Hills or no hills? That's more the question.

Best I can get on a daily commute that involves up and down hills often, was 37.3mpg. And that's with an average speed of about 68-70, no AC. (Not that I noticed a difference when the AC was running.)

Mainly flat. East Tx to Galveston(through Houston) and back. My daily commute which is about 38 miles one way is filled with massive hills. The best I can get is 37.6 with the AC running.

DevilGirl · 11-04-2009, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by b_hickman11

Mainly flat. East Tx to Galveston(through Houston) and back. My daily commute which is about 38 miles one way is filled with massive hills. The best I can get is 37.6 with the AC running.

Ahh. At least now I know I'm not the only one who can't get that magical 40mpg. I was beginning to think I was doing something wrong...

1stToyota · 11-04-2009, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Lazerdot

43MPG highway, without tryin hard....

Figured @ pump after fillup, or an instant reading, looking at a meter, going down the highway? I drive 70 mph, and usually average better than 43 mpg at fillup time, running 32 psi, etc...

YarisOwnersDad · 11-04-2009, 08:57 AM

My TYPICAL tank of gas is expended driving to work and back, a trip of 24 miles each way. I drive in town at lunchtime on work days in order to get to a restaurant. There are usually a couple short trips from home, like to church or to the store.

For my work commute, I use two lane roads and have to come to three complete stops before reaching the town where I work. Then, depending on how I catch the lights, I may have to stop as many as five more times, and a couple of those lights hold forever. I don't shut off the engine at stoplights.

I drive between 55 and 60 MPH, and it seems like I ALWAYS need either the A/C or the defroster going.

I get about 38 MPG with this type of driving.

Tomster

firemachine69 · 11-04-2009, 10:47 AM

From what I've discovered in my research, temperatures play a HUGE factor in Yarii fuel-economy. I don't doubt that some of you guys get 40mpg (US), but there likely is never a flake of snow that makes it to the ground, either. Not only that, but start-stops kill the gas mileage, as well as cold-starts.

TLyttle · 11-04-2009, 12:29 PM

We deliver mail with our 07 sedan, which is ALL stop & go, and get 30+mpgUS consistently. Long trips around here are pulling 45mpgUS, and we are in the mountains; we are surrounded by 5,000' passes.

I don't understand the chirping about fuel mileage, we still get better than anyone except the hybrids!

b_hickman11 · 11-04-2009, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by DevilGirl

Ahh. At least now I know I'm not the only one who can't get that magical 40mpg. I was beginning to think I was doing something wrong...

If you read my previous post you would have seen where I have got over the 40 mpg mark...

derickveliz2 · 11-04-2009, 02:22 PM

43 mpg average, 100 miles commute, average speed 44 mph (according to GPS) back roads around 40 mph, high way around 70 mph ...
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Love my Sedan!

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minicorolla · 11-04-2009, 08:55 PM

derickveliz2 you have it figured out!

Wattz · 11-08-2009, 09:45 AM

My hatch has been right around 43mpg since I got it. 90 mile round trip daily. The only "hill" is the on-ramp to the interstate. I spend 80% of drive time around 60mph on the highway, the other 20% in stop and go morning and afternoon traffic.

1stToyota · 11-10-2009, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Wattz

My hatch has been right around 43mpg since I got it. 90 mile round trip daily. The only "hill" is the on-ramp to the interstate. I spend 80% of drive time around 60mph on the highway, the other 20% in stop and go morning and afternoon traffic.

Sounds a little like me, except my round trip is only about 45 miles, and my highway speed is 65mph, or a little better; filled up this morning, got 43.4mpg. I

my Yaris.

roxy1 · 11-10-2009, 04:49 PM

absolutely no info about how they arrived at any of those numbers: conditions, miles driven, routes, who was driving each car. based on history, CR has a poor record of using standardized methods when they are testing this many different products. there are tons of different variables when doing such tests and i'd bet my left arm that they werent identical for each and every car.

there is no reason there is going to be much, if any, disparity between the yaris sedan and hatch. both have the same coefficient of drag at .29 and the weight differences would be inconsequential.

they came up with a 2 mpg advantage of a corolla over a yaris hatchback. now, i love my corolla mileage wise, but i cannot, under the same routes and driving style i had with my yaris hatch, achieve better mileage than i did with the yaris (consistently 1-2 mpg lower).

if there was really a 6 mpg variance between the two, all the high mpg reporting would be coming from sedan drivers in a pretty high percentage. alas, we know this is not the case.

i couldnt have gotten as low as 38 mpg highway in my yaris hatch if i tried.

Hershey · 11-10-2009, 07:52 PM

C.R. takes the E.P.A. fuel economy of the YARIS and other vehicles which is divided it by 2 . Not from actual test drive .

11-04-2009, 02:22 PM	#31
derickveliz2 View User's Garage Drives: Yaris Sedan "S" Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Central, MA Posts: 2,722	43 mpg average, 100 miles commute, average speed 44 mph (according to GPS) back roads around 40 mph, high way around 70 mph ... . Love my Sedan! . __________________ . My system may not blow your ears, but it will sweeten your senses. CLA 250, 4MATIC

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minicorolla Drives: 2008 Sedan White Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Ohio Posts: 54	Getting 43 with winter gas on the highway some rural at 50, some on the freeway at 62 in a sedan. Was getting 46.

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YarisOwnersDad Is now a Corolla S Owner View User's Garage Drives: 2010 Corolla S Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Western Kentucky Posts: 460	My TYPICAL tank of gas is expended driving to work and back, a trip of 24 miles each way. I drive in town at lunchtime on work days in order to get to a restaurant. There are usually a couple short trips from home, like to church or to the store. For my work commute, I use two lane roads and have to come to three complete stops before reaching the town where I work. Then, depending on how I catch the lights, I may have to stop as many as five more times, and a couple of those lights hold forever. I don't shut off the engine at stoplights. I drive between 55 and 60 MPH, and it seems like I ALWAYS need either the A/C or the defroster going. I get about 38 MPG with this type of driving. Tomster

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firemachine69 School'er of hard knocks Drives: Silver Yaris 4dr. HB Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Sudbury, On Posts: 556	From what I've discovered in my research, temperatures play a HUGE factor in Yarii fuel-economy. I don't doubt that some of you guys get 40mpg (US), but there likely is never a flake of snow that makes it to the ground, either. Not only that, but start-stops kill the gas mileage, as well as cold-starts.

11-04-2009, 12:29 PM	#29
TLyttle Drives: 07 Yaris sedan Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Keremeos BC Posts: 986	We deliver mail with our 07 sedan, which is ALL stop & go, and get 30+mpgUS consistently. Long trips around here are pulling 45mpgUS, and we are in the mountains; we are surrounded by 5,000' passes. I don't understand the chirping about fuel mileage, we still get better than anyone except the hybrids!

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minicorolla Drives: 2008 Sedan White Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Ohio Posts: 54	derickveliz2 you have it figured out!

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Wattz Drives: 2008 Yaris Hatch Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 36	My hatch has been right around 43mpg since I got it. 90 mile round trip daily. The only "hill" is the on-ramp to the interstate. I spend 80% of drive time around 60mph on the highway, the other 20% in stop and go morning and afternoon traffic.

11-10-2009, 04:49 PM	#35
roxy1 Drives: 2014 yaris 5 speed Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: michigan Posts: 642	absolutely no info about how they arrived at any of those numbers: conditions, miles driven, routes, who was driving each car. based on history, CR has a poor record of using standardized methods when they are testing this many different products. there are tons of different variables when doing such tests and i'd bet my left arm that they werent identical for each and every car. there is no reason there is going to be much, if any, disparity between the yaris sedan and hatch. both have the same coefficient of drag at .29 and the weight differences would be inconsequential. they came up with a 2 mpg advantage of a corolla over a yaris hatchback. now, i love my corolla mileage wise, but i cannot, under the same routes and driving style i had with my yaris hatch, achieve better mileage than i did with the yaris (consistently 1-2 mpg lower). if there was really a 6 mpg variance between the two, all the high mpg reporting would be coming from sedan drivers in a pretty high percentage. alas, we know this is not the case. i couldnt have gotten as low as 38 mpg highway in my yaris hatch if i tried.

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