My 09 Corolla S @ 2 years and 75,000 miles - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

EHemmalin · 04-30-2010, 07:09 AM

Avg. MPG (US Gallons) - 40
Down from 42 when new

Lowest MPG - 27
Highest MPG - 46

Oil filter changes every 5000 miles.

K&N air filter.
New speakers right after I bought it.
New tires at 75,000. Tires still had tread left, but a belt broke on one of the them.

Have had no problems with the car at all. Still runs and sounds like it is brand new.

wilsonman02 · 04-30-2010, 07:33 AM

Awesome, those are good numbers.

87phantom · 04-30-2010, 08:53 AM

that's great! What tires came with your car?

***FlawedLegacy*** · 04-30-2010, 08:56 AM

wow, awesome numbers. Just over 1 month into ownership (09 Corolla LE) and my avg is 34.4 MPG. Do you just go 60 everywhere or did you do something to help bump it up? I want to change my exhaust, should help with some MPG increase

EHemmalin · 04-30-2010, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by 87phantom

that's great! What tires came with your car?

I don't remember. It was a brand that I never heard of though.

wilsonman02 · 04-30-2010, 09:50 AM

i think they only came with bridgestones or goodyears.

EHemmalin · 04-30-2010, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by FlawedLegacy

wow, awesome numbers. Just over 1 month into ownership (09 Corolla LE) and my avg is 34.4 MPG. Do you just go 60 everywhere or did you do something to help bump it up? I want to change my exhaust, should help with some MPG increase

I commute 90 miles (one way) to work each day. About 98% is all freeway and I use cruise control all the time. I drive 60-65 MPH.

The K&N filter added 3 MPG but only for a short time. Definite performance improvement.

The biggest boost in mileage came from adding 10 extra pounds of air pressure to the tires. Didn't see any abnormal wear on the tires. Ride was a little rougher.

***FlawedLegacy*** · 04-30-2010, 10:11 AM

very interesting... I will definitely have to contemplate adding the extra air!!
I drive 45miles 99.5% highway one way to the office, literally only 1 mile is not highway... this would be ideal, might need to get me the K&N filter!

Pie · 04-30-2010, 01:09 PM

I honestly haven't noticed any significant MPG gain from K&N Filter. I'm still waiting to get a larger data pool before I make a post. The acceleration response is definitely there though.

***FlawedLegacy*** · 04-30-2010, 01:14 PM

anyone know where to get the K&N Filter any cheaper than Amazon? $42.30

joeylgarcia · 04-30-2010, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by EHemmalin

The biggest boost in mileage came from adding 10 extra pounds of air pressure to the tires. Didn't see any abnormal wear on the tires. Ride was a little rougher.

i added 8psi of air from the 32psi at day one from the dealership. my 09 corolla will be 2 years old on May 10th i think with 23,000km.

TACO_KID · 04-30-2010, 05:19 PM

2010 (mid dec 2009) xrs auto, 19k miles
i bumped the tires to 40psi. i use wix air oil filers, synpower 5w/20 every 10k miles
32 mpg 75-80 mph
the engine is good, tires are good.

i have a coolant leak somewhere. overflow is slowly going down, and i smell coolant up front after every drive, but i cannot see any coolant anywhere...... its under warranty so i just havent had the desire to go searching for the cause......