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I am looking to purchase a yaris within the next few days and am wondering if there is any drawbacks to going the sedan route versus the liftback route? Will i get the same mpg? I know that I will lose cargo space and that really isnt that big of a deal to me as this is a commuter car for me. If there isnt a big difference, would the liftback be the better buy as it will be about 1k less than the sedan? Are there any "must haves" for the sedan or liftback that i should be aware of? Thank you for your time and effort. |
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Replying to: salmonella (Jun 28, 2007 5:56 pm) |
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Replying to: salmonella (Jun 28, 2007 5:56 pm) I would suggest you get a 5 speed manual if you are looking for the highest miles per gallon. I drive a manual 2007 Yaris liftback/hatchback. Also, I would likely wait for the 2008 models. It is late in the 2007 model year, so your new car will soon be a year old. Just my opinion. You might want to consider getting side airbags, many consider them a must have. I did not get them, and I have never had them in any of my cars in the past. |
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Replying to: salmonella (Jun 28, 2007 5:56 pm) |
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I bought a Scangage also and find it useful in showing where I was not getting the best mileage. I was getting about 44 mpg last summer when my Yaris manual lift-back was new. After about 7K miles of break-in and with the help of the Scangage I have been getting a little over 47 mpg. This is for my typical driving which is around 45 mph max on flat, mostly country roads with some stop and go. I took a trip recently on the Interstate and drove about 100 miles at 55 mph and got about 48.1 mpg for the trip on the Scangage. Coming back I drove 65 mph and saw the milage at about 43.8 mpg for that part of the trip. No AC either way, 10% ethanol, 85 deg, flat, no wind, just me in the car. All in all, I’m still very pleased. This kind of mileage might be Toyota’s best kept secret.
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Replying to: jsoar (Jul 05, 2007 2:56 pm) can't complain though. I've been hitting 33-36 on mainly city. recently took a trip, though, and the last tank was 10/90 city/highway, AC on 90% of the time, got a high of 41.3 mpg ! sedan auto tranny. |
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Replying to: Sylvia (May 07, 2006 11:15 am) |
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I'm very surprised I'm not seeing more reports of people getting over 40 MPG with the Yaris. My '99 non-VVTI engined and heavier Corolla averages 38 MPG, and sometimes gets as high as 41 MPG, and all this while running the A/C. I would've thought the smaller and lighter Yaris with it's VVTI engine would easily be getting in the mid 40's.
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Replying to: bottgers (Jul 07, 2007 9:08 am) there are plenty. the sampling size on this site for any one car isnt that big. my research done over at yarisworld.com led me to buy a yaris because there were so many owners gettting well over 40 mpg. i traded in a 5 speed corolla for my yaris hatch (i love small hatchbacks). my first tank off the dealer lot was 42.4 mpg with little effort. my second tank is shaping up to be even higher with even less highway miles (70/30, highway/city). i could only get numbers like that in the corolla with 100% highway driving. the corolla is a great mileage car, particularly the 5 speed. if i liked sedans, the corolla would have stayed in the garage for many years. a yaris sedan would have had ZERO appeal over a corolla. im enjoying the yaris hatchback, and i believe i will average 3-4 mpg higher over the same routes as i did with my corolla. its not a huge gain by any means, but i dont think auto manufacturers will be able to squeeze much more mpg's out of gas-only engine cars at 2300+ pounds.
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For those who might want to know: I went 381 miles on the gas the dealer put in, I assume it was "full". Started at 30 miles already on the odometer. I was about 20 miles after going from 3-2 bars on the gas guage. It took 9.543gals-----> 39.92mpg That's with a HB, stick, abs, pwr, 35psi all tires, 90deg temp and about 85% hwy, 5% A/C usage. I failed to look, but I suspect that there was some amount of ethanol in the gas. I tended to run about 65-68 on the hwy (but did hit 80mph if traffic was flying and I was not paying attention), low-rolling hills. I plan to disable the DRLs when everything stabilizes post break-in, run the tire pressure up, and put in a jug of Mobil 1 that I bought on sale. Yes, I know, if I am that meticulous...I should have bought a friggin' hy-bird. But it is something to do while filling up. The truck gets 18mpg. |
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