Fuel Economy

[Vanderkitten]

There are so many factors for gas mileage, what you need to do is be OK with what you are getting. People mis-calculate, there are atmospheric anomolies, gasoline variances, etc. The best thing to do is say, "Wow, I am 1/2 a tank and I've gone THAT MANY MILES! Beat the heck out of an SUV!" and be happy with it!

Here in the Bay Area, if you commute on one side of the bay, you get different gas mileage because of prevailing winds, than the other side of the bay. It could be a 6MPG difference, and you wouldn't even feel the wind...

[churp]

Yes milage varies with temp, road conditions, etc. ......but to say my half tank got me xxxmiles means nothing, it's not MIScalculating by not measuring, it's NOT calculating. Gas milage is the amount of gas used per mile, not miles divided by a guestimate of gallons, under the conditions that are existant. No one ever asks how good of milage do you get with a 30 mile wind behind you, or if you only go down hill....the only reason to ask is to get a factual answer by dividing the miles by the total number of gallons (miles per gallon), anything else is BS (or Pelosi/Read mumbo jumbo, all talk no facts).....Sorry I'm cranky tonight, I'll shut up before I really offend someone

[craigq]

Transmission: Automatic
Driving style: Pretty sedate. Some A/C use.
Driving cycle: not sure, maybe 65/35 HWY/CTY
KM: 423
Fuel to fill: 26.647L
6.3 L/100KM
15.87 KM/L
44.84 IMP MPG
37.34 US MPG

[BailOut]

This tank is only a few days old but I set a new personal record for distance before losing the first pip on the fuel gauge:



My normal commuting drains the first pip between 85 and 90 miles, and even on road trips it usually doesn't last longer than 104 miles. I'm anxious to see how this pans out across the whole tank.

[Imagine]

I got my Yaris with a half a tank of gas. So my first full tank of gas averaged 38mpg. Not bad for an Auto can't wait to see what happens once everything is broken in.

[blacksan]

Right now my Yaris fuel mileage is without the bounds cast upon it by mankind, but of course it is parked in the garage.

On a serious note I have averaged 41 MPG (to date) counting every gallon of gas since purchase. My commute is approximately 50 miles per day with about 45 of those on Interstate highway at a steady 65 MPH. My friend has an equally capable vehicle, but does much worse. She accelerates hard from stops and drives at ever fluctuating speeds on the Interstate. You know the type, she always races ahead, but you catch up to her at the next red light! We toke her car on a trip and I drove achieving the highest MPG she has ever had with that car. She was pissed, but started to pay attention to how I drive. We both are going to get a Scanguage to improve our results (I hope) through driver discipline.

[Pars]

Originally Posted by BailOut

This tank is only a few days old but I set a new personal record for distance before losing the first pip on the fuel gauge:



My normal commuting drains the first pip between 85 and 90 miles, and even on road trips it usually doesn't last longer than 104 miles. I'm anxious to see how this pans out across the whole tank.

Wow, how'd you manage that? My guess is that you hooked sail to the top of the car and had the wind blow it around in the back roads

[hystria]

Originally Posted by Pars

Wow, how'd you manage that? My guess is that you hooked sail to the top of the car and had the wind blow it around in the back roads

that too, but also tank refilled to max possible level , thus first line means way above 5 liters, probably somewhere 7-8 liters

[Sleeper]

On my most recent tank of gas I achieved 39.4MPG, I was very pleased. It was the first time I had driven my Yaris for mileage, instead of driving hard, still missing the extra 700HP I experience on a regular basis. I shifted at 3000RPM and accelerated... slowly. I'd say it took me 10 seconds to get to 45mph driving like that. S-L-O-W.

It's a compromise, this mileage thing. You get the typical pushy Floridian SUV drivers on your tail flashing their hi-beams when you drive for gas mileage. A problem I'm not used to experiencing. Back before I put a blower on my truck and was getting ~500hp I'd accelerate slowly, wait for someone to get aggravated and try to pass me. Then I'd slam the gas pedal down, leaving them in the dust or just keep them from being pushy by matching their speed. Fun times, just not when gas is >$3 a gallon and you get <8MPG.

[swng]

Originally Posted by blacksan

Right now my Yaris fuel mileage is without the bounds cast upon it by mankind, but of course it is parked in the garage.

On a serious note I have averaged 41 MPG (to date) counting every gallon of gas since purchase. My commute is approximately 50 miles per day with about 45 of those on Interstate highway at a steady 65 MPH. My friend has an equally capable vehicle, but does much worse. She accelerates hard from stops and drives at ever fluctuating speeds on the Interstate. You know the type, she always races ahead, but you catch up to her at the next red light! We toke her car on a trip and I drove achieving the highest MPG she has ever had with that car. She was pissed, but started to pay attention to how I drive. We both are going to get a Scanguage to improve our results (I hope) through driver discipline.

[BailOut]

Originally Posted by hystria

that too, but also tank refilled to max possible level , thus first line means way above 5 liters, probably somewhere 7-8 liters

I never fill beyond a pump's automatic shut-off, and with few exceptions
I always use the same pump at the same station.

[hystria]

Originally Posted by BailOut

I never fill beyond a pump's automatic shut-off, and with few exceptions
I always use the same pump at the same station.

reading back again, that's 140 MILES on one bar, considering the first bar to be 1.5 gallon, that's about 100MPG...

your fuel level sensor could be wrong ?

[BailOut]

Originally Posted by hystria

reading back again, that's 140 MILES on one bar, considering the first bar to be 1.5 gallon, that's about 100MPG...

your fuel level sensor could be wrong ?

The fuel gauge in the Yaris isn't the most accurate thing in the world, and seems to be largely graduated at the upper end. As such it's hard to know exactly how much fuel that first pip represented but we'll know how well the gauge is doing overall in another 10 to 14 days when I fuel up again.

[Pars]

Originally Posted by hystria

that too, but also tank refilled to max possible level , thus first line means way above 5 liters, probably somewhere 7-8 liters

Yep, the first drop is about 7 to 8 Liters. But I believe Bailout's 141.2 reading is in miles, which would equate to 226km.

[marcus]

this car cannot run 140 miles on the first bar..140 km is doable but not in miles..

[BailOut]

As I said, it may have just been a fluke in the gauge system but the display is in miles, not kilometers. Again, I see 85-105 miles on the first pip every time, but seeing 142 was a first.

[marcus]

i see i wish i can achieve that the most i had was 140 km on the first bar then again thats on my 3 tank..what was the most you've ran b4 the last bar blinked.. in kilometer ..

[BailOut]

I haven't let it get low enough to blink the last pip yet, and the best I've done so far was 9.516 gallons with the 2nd pip still showing.

At that point the tank had 472.1 miles/759.8 kilometers on it.