I give up!

[uncleyaris]

calm down, the oil in the engine helps break it in. wait for the recommended oil change. drive wisely, and it will change. The engines already have some break in. remember you are getting better mpg than most, and you have to find your groove!!

[sf180th]

I drive my car like I stole it, every where I go I give it hell, I usually shift out of 2nd at 20 then to 3rd at 40-45, then into 4th at 60 and into 5th when I feel like it. I still average 32 miles to a gallon and this is all with 18 in wheels!

[Vervepipes]

yeah, if it's stop and go traffic dont forget that every minute you're sitting idleing your still using fuel, unless you do like me and shut the engine off if you're not moving for a while!

[RogueYaris]

fuck it, just drive the damn thing. if it's bothering you so much, just do what you have to do to stay sane. we're all gonna die eventually, saving a couple bucks on gas isn't going to make one damn bit of difference.

[BailOut]

Whoa there, folks. Beyond feeding money into the oil economy, and beyond saving money on fuel, there is the environment. Every gallon we burn through emits 20 pounds of CO2 into our atmosphere.

If you would like to live longer and healthier and have a nice place to live, and wish the same for your children and your grandchildren and so on, then think before you mash the pedal.

[sort_o_sane]

My first tank in my car I got 28 MPG. Since then it has only increased and I don't drive slow. Can't actually, my foot is really made out of lead or atleast that is what my wife tells me it's made out of. And something about my head in that equation, just cannot remember how it goes...

[Yaris Revenge]

Considering how new the car is and your driving conditions, 28 is to be expected. You're only 5 mpg off the mark from the old EPA city estimates (which is 34). And it sounds like you may be driving in the worst of the possible city conditions.

28 in the city is actually good, the more I think about it. The only thing that could possibly do better is a hybrid, so it's not like you've got many other options, other than relocating.

Or you could just take the bus/train and quit worrying about it. I would imagine a place like Boston has a pretty expansive transit system. If driving is that expensive and frustrating, why bother?

~YR

[Lillydot]

Originally Posted by Yaris Revenge

Or you could just take the bus/train and quit worrying about it. I would imagine a place like Boston has a pretty expansive transit system. If driving is that expensive and frustrating, why bother?

~YR

in the summer i do go a month taking the train, but then it takes an hour and a half to get to work and i'm stuck standing the whole time squished up against the weird guy with the stinky breath and the ignorant kid who keeps whacking me with his backback.

i'm happy now. i'm driving the way i like. and i figure i have to give up something to get something. i give up the (supposedly) great mpg for the ability to park damn near anywhere cause my car is so small. it works out!

[Pars]

Yep, the liftback is the perfect vehicle to take into the core. I've got the 5dr and the interior is just as spacious as a regular sedan which is amazing considering that the footprint is about the same size as the mini-cooper. Can't get any smarter then that, unless you get the Mercedes Smart,which actually isn't that smart (unless they can bring the price down).

28mpg isn't great, but after factoring in all the negatives, it's the kind of mileage I'd expect. Negatives being; automatic transmission, stop-and-go driving,AC blasting, engine that hasn't been broken in yet (it take about 15000 miles or more for the engine to loosen up). Note: In the same scenario, a manual transmission would get about 32mpg (and 34mpg once the engine got some mileage on it).

Many of us are getting close 40mpg on the forum, but that's cause of the highway driving or the lack of stop-and-go. The Yaris doesn't have a lot of initial power for take-off, but once it gets going, it does so very efficiently and quickly.

Regarding oil change, I'd follow Toyota. You're going to want the engine to brake-in as quickly as possible and if Toyota has a special brake-in formula, then you need to take advantage of that, especially when you're already complaining about gas consumption.