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06-24-2007, 11:55 PM | #1 |
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Yaris MPG falls to 31 (auto) 32 (man) under new guidelines
This site shows what the new MPG numbers are for cars (they changed the way they did the tests to reflect higher speeds, air conditioning etc...)
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/calcu...ta&model=Yaris |
06-25-2007, 12:01 AM | #2 |
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haha, kinda funny, the same site lists the honda fit under the category "small station wagon" rather than sub-compact
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06-25-2007, 12:02 AM | #3 |
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The new EPA estimates are sadly based on how people are actually driving, rather than how they should be driving.
We've become a country of very shameful, wasteful, selfish, aggressive motorists.
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06-25-2007, 12:24 AM | #4 |
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Does anyone know if these new estimates are what the government is basing the new milage demands on the manufacturers for the future? Cause they're going to have to shape up if so.
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06-25-2007, 12:45 AM | #5 |
The imports have been cheating for years by only accelerating 3mph per sec,when the domestics have been tested at accelerating at 5mph per sec during the test. It should only effect imports.
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06-25-2007, 12:47 AM | #6 |
Wow I just read the link and checked out some domestics and they change too. I don't get it ford is still advertising 25mpg on the mustang GT and that site says 20mpg. I could see some people suing over it lol.
Edit: ah I see,separate issue... "EPA has changed the way it estimates MPG. Starting in model year 2008, estimates will reflect the effects of Faster Speeds & Acceleration Air Conditioner Use Colder Outside Temperatures"
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06-25-2007, 12:48 AM | #7 | |
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Maybe if the government started pumping up their tires to 578545 PSI and pushed their cars out of the driveway it would be more accurate? Wasteful, selfish and aggressive are relative terms, sir.
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06-25-2007, 09:29 AM | #9 |
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I wonder how to add our mileage to the referred site ?
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06-25-2007, 09:30 AM | #10 |
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all I know is new guidelines or not I drive like I'm late to everything (fast accell, short braking, high speeds) and i still on average get 35mpg and if I dont accell like an ass I get 40mpg and this is with a full trunk all the time and randomly sized passengers
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06-25-2007, 10:57 AM | #11 |
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We've become a country of very shameful, wasteful, selfish, aggressive people in general.
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06-25-2007, 01:26 PM | #12 |
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Wouldn't it be shameless?
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06-25-2007, 01:30 PM | #13 |
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the numbers do seem a little low, I think consumer reports calculated an average of about 34mgp, which seems close to what I get (between 37-38)...I wonder if they are assuming 4 passengers in the car?
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06-25-2007, 01:31 PM | #14 |
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"...shameful, wasteful, selfish, aggressive people..."
Not to mention quicker to judge others, harsher in censuring them, and slower to forgive. More critical, less compassionate. Why, even some of our friends in this forum are guilty of this... |
06-25-2007, 05:46 PM | #15 |
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The new numbers are all F'd up. My old VW Fox, which regularly got 35-36 mpg on the highway loaded with a kid and a year's college stuff, is listed at 32 highway. And I definitely used a heavy foot coz it only had 81hp compared to the Yaris' 100-ish..
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06-25-2007, 09:35 PM | #16 |
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So here's a newbie question. Since so many of you seem to be in the US, are you talking about US mpg, or imperial mpg?
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06-25-2007, 09:36 PM | #17 |
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US mpg
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Ahhh... I digress...
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