The Yaris achieved an MPG of 80 in a worldwide marathon. There's an interesting quote in the article here:
Ross Durkin, Publisher of Fleet World added, "It's not what you drive, but how you drive that makes the difference. Naturally if you drive carefully in a vehicle which is already highly economical you will reap double the benefit, as the performance of the Toyota Yaris in this year's event clearly demonstrated.
Ok, so it's HOW you drive...will someone please tell me how I can get 80 MPG?
The Yaris achieved an MPG of 80 in a worldwide marathon. There's an interesting quote in the article here:
Ross Durkin, Publisher of Fleet World added, "It's not what you drive, but how you drive that makes the difference. Naturally if you drive carefully in a vehicle which is already highly economical you will reap double the benefit, as the performance of the Toyota Yaris in this year's event clearly demonstrated.
Ok, so it's HOW you drive...will someone please tell me how I can get 80 MPG?
I mean, ordinarily MPG is calculated by "real world" conditions, so it's impossible to compare what happens on some MPG race track or whatever. But, still, I'd be interested to hear how they were able to get that kind of mileage and whether any of it is applicable to daily life.
And if it's the driver more than the car than what's the point of determining MPG at all (or is there a range in every case)? I think the EPA and MINI's Carfun Footprint calculator should change their Yaris scores to reflect this, dammit!
Probably the same person who made the news here a few months ago for getting a ticket for doing 20 in a 55 zone in his Honda Insight. I mean while, have considered putting four guinea pigs in the wheels to provide coasting power. They are more fuel efficient than the local hampsters. I would never turn the engine off though to save mpgs... you loose your power steering/brakes as well, which can be deadly if you're used to powered ones. I don't see how they could get you for engine braking though. People with sticks do it all the time around here, and unless you hear the car nto running, it seems like it would be ha
You get 80MPG by driving a Yaris 1.4d: The Common rail diesel engine is an incredible performer, and you don't have to drive slowly to drive efficient. In fuel economy races, there often is a lower time limit to prevent this.
I can testify that even the small 1.0 petrol engine in the first gen. Yaris manages 55MPG at the speed of 85km/h, a condition where the diesel has all the advantages.
Yup yup yup, it's a diesel. And in the U.K. they have man sized gallons. They also have much lower speed limits on average IIRC, so it was probably puttering along at ~40mph in OD most of the time. Tossing out the extra energy of diesel fuel (~12-14%) and the man sized gallons leaves up w/ ~60mpg U.S. at ~40mph average speed. Totally doable if ya happen to have the right route. And no, that doesn't mean going 20mph in a 55mph zone.
Its entirely possible to get WELL above what vehicles are rated for. You just gotta drive them differently. As you can see from my signature, I get almost double what my car is rated for. This is in everday driving to and from work. I suggest checking out Ecomodder.com for info on how to do this. Its mainly driving style, but there are modifications that can definitly help out.
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