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345 messages, Last post on Oct 04, 2009 at 10:34 PM
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Well I had the Yaris out for a long distance drive to upstate NY and back this weekend. 250 miles up and 250 miles back. I set the cruise control on 70 mph and used the AC about 20% of the time. MPG? I averaged just a hair under 40 mpg. Not bad! The ECHO would get maybe 1 or 2 mpg more on trips like that. Although I drove about 80 mph in the ECHO. Sometimes I shut down the CC because when going up hill the transmission would downshift to maintain 70 mph. I just let the car slow down 5 or so mph but stay in high gear. I realize this isnt an ECHO we're talking about here but I mention it because many current ECHO owners may find themselves in a Yaris someday.
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Replying to: kneisl1 (Jul 20, 2009 6:43 am) I haven't been tracking mileage for the last year because my wife has taken over the car and I'm on foot except for weekends. But we'll be going on about a 2500 mile road trip soon, and will chart the mileage. Last year a similar trip got just a shade under 50mpg average and three tanks of around 53. |
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Boy no way I see 50 mpg with this Yaris and auto transmission. Maybe if I set the CC for 60? I think that would be suicide on the interstate though!  I have a bad feeling the most FE/affordable ever to be made car will be the ECHO.
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Replying to: kneisl1 (Jul 20, 2009 7:55 am) |
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Replying to: nippononly (Jul 27, 2009 12:14 pm) I just really want them to follow through with a Yaris Hybrid. It'll weigh less than a Prius (which is really pretty big) so it should do better over all including operate under battery power to a higher speed.
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Replying to: dake (Jul 28, 2009 1:01 pm) http://www.hybridtechnologies.com/products |
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Last tank was 414 miles, 9.6 gallons, for a better than 43 mpg reading. The little car just keeps chugging along providing amazing fuel economy, and this summer was a surprise as even with lots of A/C usage, my tank to tank average didn't drop much. Thanks to kneisl's advice, I am upshifting a bit sooner these days than I did when I first got the car, and I make a habit of not exceeding the speed limit on the highway, expressly to conserve gas. But beyond that I do none of the hypermiling stuff some Prius owners do. Still 42 mpg overall, over the last 65K miles. The little guy gets new spark plugs and air filter (and maybe a battery) this fall.  '02 5 speed. |
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I think youve got a big advantage with that 5 speed. With the automatic in the Yaris, it wont shift into fourth until the warmup light goes out. With the ECHO I was in 5th as soon as possible! Still Im averaging 37 mpg overall so far although that includes a 500 mile trip (2500 total miles) where I got 41. Going to work I get 34-36 mpg.
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