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100 km is not nearly far enough to measure the mileage accurately. At
least run a full tank of gas and let us know.


ns wrote:[color=blue]
> Yes, 'brown' fuse is blown fuse - lol.
>
> As promised, I have the initial long distance/highway consumption
> results: 6.1 L/100 km (or 38.5 mpg) - not even close to the
> 'advertised' 40 (city)/50 (highway) mpg, and I didn't floor it at all
> (not a lead foot). My only hope is that these are initial numbers and
> will improve with time.
>
> Graybeard wrote:[color=green]
> > Hi Charles of Schaunburg:
> >
> > I believe you are correct, although we spent a month in Japan and China last
> > year and just about everyone we contacted spoke better english than me.
> > BTW, do you work for the big M?
> > Graybeard
> >
> > "n5hsr" <n5hsr@comcast.net> wrote in message
> > news:YqKdnQYfo9SW6o3YnZ2dnUVZ_sidnZ2d@comcast.com...[color=darkred]
> > > "ns" <ns@ieee.org> wrote in message
> > > news:1158687196.293351.153800@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > >> Yes, we dived into this head first, and for the last 4 weeks are very
> > >> happy with its' performance. Gas milage is amazing (don't have exact
> > >> numbers yet, but if we went 200 km on ~1/4 tank, that is something -
> > >> will have more details next week on actual consumption). Accelaration
> > >> is sufficient (we are not racers), and so is everything else.
> > >>
> > >> Read the guide end-to-end, and found some hillarious text: apparently,
> > >> the guide (manual?) was written in Japan (as the car was built there),
> > >> and in one of the explanations about good and bad fuses, the text
> > >> actually shows 'brown' fuse as bad. As I knew that in Japanese the
> > >> distinction between the letters L and R is not there (don't exist in
> > >> the alphabet), I understood it, but assume someone who has no idea -
> > >> what the heck is a brown fuse?
> > >>
> > >> Another mystery to be solved: the illustration for the trunk shows some
> > >> side pockets (for storage), but close inspection of the trunk revealed
> > >> flat floor on either side - does anyone have any idea if these pockets
> > >> ever existed?
> > >>
> > >> If anyone from Toyota (anywhere: Canada, US, Japan) reads these
> > >> message, kindly review your documentation for accuracy (brown fuse,
> > >> trunk storage). The sales force was totally useless, and we knew way
> > >> more than them. Pity that the whole sale process still took too many
> > >> hours to complete (we knew exactly what we wanted and for how much,
> > >> told them, and still they went through their spiel - including an
> > >> un-necessary test drive). In that sense, they have not done a great
> > >> job.
> > >>
> > >> P.S. The Yaris was a great leap fro my wife - she drove a 1992 Tercel
> > >> till now and the Yaris feels heavier - it is heavier, but much nimbler
> > >> to handle. Sorry to put the NA manufacturers down, but their products
> > >> suck when compared to Asian ones. I drive a Saturn and feels clumsy,
> > >> even when compared to the Tercel.
> > >>
> > >> If anyone has any question regarding the Yaris, feel free to conatct me
> > >> - I'll be glad to answer.
> > >> It is an amazing little car and the cost was very reasonable.
> > >>
> > >
> > > I presume it's a BLOWN fuse? How do they distinguish between Port and
> > > Starboard? I know the Japs had a Navy, after all those Mitsubishi A6M's
> > > didn't get to Pearl Harbor by wishing themselves there.
> > >
> > > I always forget which one has the R sound and which one has the L sound,
> > > but if I remember correctly Japanese has an R sound but no L sound (Domo
> > > Arrigato, Mr. Roboto.) Whereas I beleive Chinese has the L sound but no R
> > > sound.
> > >
> > > Charles of Schaumburg
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