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10-23-2012, 01:59 PM | #55 | |
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Drives: 2012 and 2013! Join Date: Aug 2012
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You can't "drive" in the fast lane on the Autobahn. It's there for you to pass, once done passing, you go back to the right lane. No one will tailgate you in the right lane, they jus pass you!!
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10-26-2012, 11:18 PM | #56 |
Drives: red Liftback Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: St Cloud Minnesota
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The 'sweet spot' for my 2008 auto Yaris is about 53 mph at a constant speed. With no wind I get about 47-49 mpg. The mileage drops off significantly at speeds above and below that. At Freeway speeds above 65mph my mileage never gets higher than 39 mpg.
I have gotten as high as 65 mpg with a 30 mph tail wind...mileage dropped to mid-30s on the return trip. Traveling at 70 mph with a 45mph headwind...the Yaris never got out of the high 20s. |
10-27-2012, 11:56 AM | #57 |
Drives: 2008 5 sp. LB Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Idahoi
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I'm lucky that my most driven route can either be on an interstate (with little traffic) or a secondary road with a 45 mph limit that everyone drives 50. When on either about midway on the 14 mile drive there is a truck port of entry, more importantly there is a big flag. The way the weather systems work around here in this valley, the wind is either calm, or a direct tailwind or direct headwind.
I can look at the ScanGauge during my drive and before even seeing the flag, tell you what the wind is doing! I usually opt for the 45 mph route, and drive it on cruise at 47 to 50, and easily get the same numbers in mpg, in fact it gets a little confusing when glancing at the gauge as often both displays will match. One day I had a strong tailwind from an approaching cold front, and hours later heading back also a tailwind due to the storm arrival. This netted me my as yet unbroken record of 70 MPG for my about 28 mile commute. My average for this route is mid 50's mpg. |
10-27-2012, 07:13 PM | #58 | |
Drives: '08 Yaris LB Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: British Columbia, Canada
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Nah, Texans know how to drive. Here in Ontario that would be suicide. People use the right lane as the passing lane and the left lane as the right lane. If I drive 5-10 over the speed limit I'm being tailgated in the right lane!
When I was in Texas I was shocked by how many people were driving well below the speed limit. 55-65 on roads that were 65-80. Here I can set my cruise control at 10km/hr over the speed limit and not pass a single car for hundreds of km, but get passed by everyone like I'm standing still. Quote:
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10-27-2012, 11:07 PM | #59 |
Drives: 08 Yaris sedan auto / Fit auto Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: northeast
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Did a fill this evening of SUNOCO 87 w/E10 ( 8.752 gals. @ 1 click ) and got 41.36 m.p.g. overall . The gas was MOBIL 87 w/E10 . Tires at 35 p.s.i.. Many steep hills , some interstate , and city . Conditions were windy , wet on occasion , and some cold mornings . Two people for over 1/2 of the tank ( 362 mis. ) . Overall average probably about 49 m.p.h.. Don't pamper it all that much .
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10-28-2012, 02:35 AM | #60 | |
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11-03-2012, 12:56 PM | #61 |
Drives: red Liftback Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: St Cloud Minnesota
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A couple of additional comments. Popular Mechanics Mag found that slow accelerations do not give as good mileage as a fast acceleration. Faster acceleration puts you into highest gears sooner, and the best mileage. My Toyota mechanic told me that his 'average' customers are getting higher mileage with the auto trans than 5 speed manual stick. It appears that the transmission computer is better at setting the optimal combination of speed and gear ratio. Experienced drivers using manual do get better mileage than even the computer.
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02-23-2013, 08:31 PM | #62 | |
Drives: 2('14+'07)MT 3d ,wHandCrWndws! Join Date: May 2009
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This section is (in its entirety) East of I-35 (as is all of SH 130). The part of I-10 where it ends is pretty rural (IMO, from experience). I imagine the rest is as well. I have yet to make it to The Alamo (), even though I could do it on a long day trip (and I have spent some time in San Antonio on trips to and from California). When I do make it to The Alamo, I'll budget time to explore this 41 mile stretch of SH 130 as well. |
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