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345 messages, Last post on Oct 04, 2009 at 10:34 PM
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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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| I think the way the Yaris is selling we'll be lucky to even see one in 2011. I saw a TV ad pitching a $79 a month lease of the Yaris recently. | |
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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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Replying to: kneisl1 (Sep 15, 2009 1:05 pm)  At least that's usually the case. Echo seems to be one of the most extreme examples of that out there. |
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Replying to: kneisl1 (Sep 15, 2009 1:05 pm) |
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Replying to: dake (Jul 28, 2009 1:01 pm) Words can't describe how much I LOVE my Echo... at 200,000 miles going gangbusters up and down the highway with an automatic transmission, I still get 34 mpg.  (I have to say though... the interior of the Yaris doesn't look NEARLY as nice as the interior of the Echo.)
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