Hills - Toyota Yaris Forums

regal · 03-07-2009, 10:41 AM

I live in a hilly area. Some 4 cyl cars get great gas milage in flat areas but when you put them in the hills the gas milage gets as bad as a V8.

Other cars get almost the same gas milage on the flats and the hills.

Where does the Yaris rate as far as hills and gas milage ?

eTiMaGo · 03-07-2009, 10:57 AM

Depends how you drive... if you downshift and mash the pedal to race up the hill, then race down again then sure, you'll see some pretty bad mileage... but if you moderate the load on the engine on the way up, and then ride the engine on the way down (the ECU cuts off fuel supply in the case as it is not needed, aka DFCO, there's a whole topic about it here

), you can still see some great numbers

m911gt · 03-07-2009, 11:35 AM

I live in a very hilly area of Wisconsin and my mileage usually wavers around 30mpg for city driving...and i'm not the most conservative driver :)

if you tried, i'm thinking you could get better mileage than what i'm getting, it kind of depends on how patient you're willing to be.

regal · 03-07-2009, 11:44 AM

I found a dealer with a silver hatchback with the 15" steelies and rear window defrost package for $12,300 including destination. I am thinking I should jump on this deal.

I love my old 93 Civic but Honda just doesn't make a 2200 lb 2-door anymore. I think I could grow to love the Yaris.

Thanks for the fast responses

m911gt · 03-07-2009, 11:46 AM

what year is the above mentioned yaris?

if it's an 08 or 09 that sounds like a good deal!

m911gt · 03-07-2009, 11:46 AM

oh wait, i'd make sure it's a 5spd if you are going to be around the hills

regal · 03-07-2009, 11:54 AM

Yes its a new 5spd '09. Real close to jumping on it. The dealer is about an hour away but they can deliver it. I'll probably keep my Civic to restore it one day.

Tamago · 03-07-2009, 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by regal

Yes its a new 5spd '09. Real close to jumping on it. The dealer is about an hour away but they can deliver it. I'll probably keep my Civic to restore it one day.

def don't let the eg go. it'll never be a classic but it will always be a great handling car.

what kind of mileage do you get with the civic? what engine?

regal · 03-07-2009, 12:04 PM

The civic is an EX with the 1.6L. I get exactly 30 mpg. My commute is hills for 8 miles then flat interstate for the last 8 miles. I don't drive fast, but I don't slow down for curves, I push my car's handling to its limits

The Civic is in need of bearings, shocks, springs, clutch, and the worst part all new bushings. Too big a project for my old age.

m911gt · 03-07-2009, 12:18 PM

ok, that's for a brand new 09? Great price!

regal · 03-07-2009, 12:22 PM

Yea, brand new with the convenience package and desitination. The $1000 cash back is factored in.

I wonder what kind of interest rates are on new car loans now?

Tamago · 03-07-2009, 12:26 PM

depends solely on your credit.. but don't expect anything amazing..

supmet · 03-07-2009, 01:32 PM

I drive on a lot of hills, and have never gotten below 30 mpg(probably average around 35-36). I'd say my driving is ~40% hilly city/30% flat city/30% flat highway.

TLyttle · 03-07-2009, 09:18 PM

Hills? Google any part of BC and watch the altimeter go nuts, those are hills! We have mountains as well, one of the kids lives 2 ranges over, two more 2 ranges the other way. 5500' passes are the easy route. What does this have to do with mileage?

Our sedan runs in the 50mpgUS range on trips, 40-odd locally, but this has to do with driving style: never pull below 2000, never go over 4000, never floor it, yet I have no problem keeping up with traffic. I always gear down rather than apply full throttle to maintain speed up a hill. The car is peppy, and I enjoy its performance, but it has been some years since I lost the urge to race...

Sounds like a good deal, no way can you go wrong.

talnlnky · 03-08-2009, 02:31 PM

I usually do just as good, if not better in hilly areas... thank you DFCO & FAS

Bredayaris · 03-08-2009, 04:21 PM

I've driven in the hills of Belgium and Germany and my average mileage 47 MPG.
But i have to admit that i tried to be the first going uphill and i've driven 122 MPH for a few minutes in Germany and 87 MPH average in Germany.

Tamago · 03-08-2009, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by TLyttle

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BC <3 i love BC

SeaYa · 03-10-2009, 01:20 PM

regal, what part of PA are you in? My folks are around York, have a 5spd Yaris, and get 36mpg. I know the biggest problem with hills there (especially around Pitt) is the traffic lights 1/4, 1/2, and 3/4 of the way up the hill, as well as all the bends, so you can't just accelerate smoothly up the hill, you're always braking and accelerating. A long low grade hill is a lot different than a curvy start/stop city hill. Keep that in mind when you buy.

03-07-2009, 10:41 AM	#1
regal Drives: 09 Yaris 3 Dr White LB Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: PA Posts: 432	Hills I live in a hilly area. Some 4 cyl cars get great gas milage in flat areas but when you put them in the hills the gas milage gets as bad as a V8. Other cars get almost the same gas milage on the flats and the hills. Where does the Yaris rate as far as hills and gas milage ?

03-07-2009, 10:57 AM	#2
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 7,744	Depends how you drive... if you downshift and mash the pedal to race up the hill, then race down again then sure, you'll see some pretty bad mileage... but if you moderate the load on the engine on the way up, and then ride the engine on the way down (the ECU cuts off fuel supply in the case as it is not needed, aka DFCO, there's a whole topic about it here ), you can still see some great numbers __________________ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson Bye bye 1NZ...

03-07-2009, 11:35 AM	#3
m911gt Carless in Chicago View User's Garage Drives: 08 Blk LB Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,479	I live in a very hilly area of Wisconsin and my mileage usually wavers around 30mpg for city driving...and i'm not the most conservative driver :) if you tried, i'm thinking you could get better mileage than what i'm getting, it kind of depends on how patient you're willing to be. __________________ Wanted: Forced Induction Some say that he is the secret love child of Ferrari and Porsche, and others say that he would lap James May twice in a 1/4 mile drag race. All we know is that he is called The Stig.

03-07-2009, 11:46 AM	#5
m911gt Carless in Chicago View User's Garage Drives: 08 Blk LB Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,479	what year is the above mentioned yaris? if it's an 08 or 09 that sounds like a good deal! __________________ Wanted: Forced Induction Some say that he is the secret love child of Ferrari and Porsche, and others say that he would lap James May twice in a 1/4 mile drag race. All we know is that he is called The Stig.

03-07-2009, 11:46 AM	#6
m911gt Carless in Chicago View User's Garage Drives: 08 Blk LB Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,479	oh wait, i'd make sure it's a 5spd if you are going to be around the hills __________________ Wanted: Forced Induction Some say that he is the secret love child of Ferrari and Porsche, and others say that he would lap James May twice in a 1/4 mile drag race. All we know is that he is called The Stig.

03-07-2009, 11:44 AM	#4
regal Drives: 09 Yaris 3 Dr White LB Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: PA Posts: 432	I found a dealer with a silver hatchback with the 15" steelies and rear window defrost package for $12,300 including destination. I am thinking I should jump on this deal. I love my old 93 Civic but Honda just doesn't make a 2200 lb 2-door anymore. I think I could grow to love the Yaris. Thanks for the fast responses

03-07-2009, 11:54 AM	#7
regal Drives: 09 Yaris 3 Dr White LB Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: PA Posts: 432	Yes its a new 5spd '09. Real close to jumping on it. The dealer is about an hour away but they can deliver it. I'll probably keep my Civic to restore it one day.

03-07-2009, 12:04 PM	#9
regal Drives: 09 Yaris 3 Dr White LB Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: PA Posts: 432	The civic is an EX with the 1.6L. I get exactly 30 mpg. My commute is hills for 8 miles then flat interstate for the last 8 miles. I don't drive fast, but I don't slow down for curves, I push my car's handling to its limits The Civic is in need of bearings, shocks, springs, clutch, and the worst part all new bushings. Too big a project for my old age.

03-07-2009, 12:18 PM	#10
m911gt Carless in Chicago View User's Garage Drives: 08 Blk LB Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,479	ok, that's for a brand new 09? Great price! __________________ Wanted: Forced Induction Some say that he is the secret love child of Ferrari and Porsche, and others say that he would lap James May twice in a 1/4 mile drag race. All we know is that he is called The Stig.

03-07-2009, 12:22 PM	#11
regal Drives: 09 Yaris 3 Dr White LB Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: PA Posts: 432	Yea, brand new with the convenience package and desitination. The $1000 cash back is factored in. I wonder what kind of interest rates are on new car loans now?

03-07-2009, 01:32 PM	#13
supmet Banned View User's Garage Drives: 2007 4 Door Yaris Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Southern California Posts: 1,357	I drive on a lot of hills, and have never gotten below 30 mpg(probably average around 35-36). I'd say my driving is ~40% hilly city/30% flat city/30% flat highway.

03-07-2009, 09:18 PM	#14
TLyttle Drives: 07 Yaris sedan Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Keremeos BC Posts: 986	Hills? Google any part of BC and watch the altimeter go nuts, those are hills! We have mountains as well, one of the kids lives 2 ranges over, two more 2 ranges the other way. 5500' passes are the easy route. What does this have to do with mileage? Our sedan runs in the 50mpgUS range on trips, 40-odd locally, but this has to do with driving style: never pull below 2000, never go over 4000, never floor it, yet I have no problem keeping up with traffic. I always gear down rather than apply full throttle to maintain speed up a hill. The car is peppy, and I enjoy its performance, but it has been some years since I lost the urge to race... Sounds like a good deal, no way can you go wrong.

03-08-2009, 02:31 PM	#15
talnlnky Audio Junky Drives: 08 liftback Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Spokane, Wa Posts: 1,412	I usually do just as good, if not better in hilly areas... thank you DFCO & FAS __________________

03-08-2009, 04:21 PM	#16
Bredayaris Drives: Toyota Yaris 1.3 vvti cvt Join Date: May 2007 Location: Breda, The Netherlands Posts: 158	I've driven in the hills of Belgium and Germany and my average mileage 47 MPG. But i have to admit that i tried to be the first going uphill and i've driven 122 MPH for a few minutes in Germany and 87 MPH average in Germany.

03-10-2009, 01:20 PM	#18
SeaYa Is about to 'SeaYa' later View User's Garage Drives: 08 MT Sedan Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: MI, USA Posts: 226	regal, what part of PA are you in? My folks are around York, have a 5spd Yaris, and get 36mpg. I know the biggest problem with hills there (especially around Pitt) is the traffic lights 1/4, 1/2, and 3/4 of the way up the hill, as well as all the bends, so you can't just accelerate smoothly up the hill, you're always braking and accelerating. A long low grade hill is a lot different than a curvy start/stop city hill. Keep that in mind when you buy.

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