New blue Yaris
 

I got a Yaris last Thursday. First fill up I got 30.56mpg in mixed driving, decent. 2nd fill up got 34.75mpg, which is good especially for more mixed driving and "testing the car out."
I still need to inflate the tires and I don't want to use the cruise control until after I break it in. I don't do things like accelerate when a red light is in front of me, but I also purposely varied my RPM when on highways/interstates to break in the car.
It seems like with even just a little bit of extra effort you can get some serious efficiency in this car. Nice.

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I looked into one of the 5 door hatches just before they came out. you could see them on the web site but even the dealers couldn't get me one. wanted all my info so they could give me a call when they knew more....that didn't happen.

hope to see you do well with it. the blue isn't too bad either.

if you don't mind me asking, what did you give for that car? (and I don't mind if you do mind)

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With taxes and fees: $16,656.64 with 0% apr and free maintenance for 20k/2 years. Power package, cruise, and floor matsWith taxes and fees: $16,656.64 with 0% apr and free maintenance for 20k/2 years. Power package, cruise, and floor mats :rolleyes: .

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With taxes and fees: $16,656.64 with 0% apr and free maintenance for 20k/2 years. Power package, cruise, and floor mats :rolleyes: .

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Sounds like you know exactly what you're doing.. It's unfortunate though that you got the automatic yaris and not the manual.

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that actually isn't that bad of a deal.

I don't think the 5 door hatches were available in a stick shift. I think they were geared towards a certain market and even the base model had the auto trans. it has been close to 2 years since I was looking at them so that may have changed.

I strongly encourage a scangauge as they are handy little things. does your yaris have an MPG meter from the factory?

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I didn't get a stick because I really don't know how to drive one. In high school (going on 6 years ago now) my friend kind of taught me how to drive stick in his Jeep Cherokee but I never got that good. It would have been a very annoying test drive.
I'm going to get a scangauge at some point soon. Is there any other OBDII tools that work in a similar way?

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See https://www.gassavers.org/showthread.php?t=12565 for a competitor to the ScanGauge that seems like it might be very good, at a fraction of the price.

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that is a new device to me but it looks very promising. if I didn't already have a scangauge, it would be a consideration. especially from a cost consious prespective

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Is there a good bluetooth obdii connector and Android application?

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Oh, also I inflated my tires to 44psi when I went out for lunch. I'm going to drop it down to 35psi when it starts to snow though.

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this is why manual transmissions are dying...

You might not have to as I drove through snow in my FJ cruiser with the tires at 51PSI, slammed on the brakes going 30mph down a little hill and they stopped just fine. I think it was sleet (water+snow) when I tried this. Now had it been ice, well that'd be a different story but it always is when it comes to Ice.

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Would a continuously variable transmission get better mileage then a stick?

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a CVT is a very interesting device. for most people (your average driver) it will (as many EPA ratings show it to have higher numbers) but it also doesn't allow you to EOC (engine off coasting) and it is very hard to DFCO (deceleration fuel cut off) in one as you have to apply throttle to a certain degree. if you take your foot off of the pedal in a CVT, you start to decelerate.

the new ones may be different but I have had friends that had hondas with them a few years back and they absolutely hated them because you have to constantly be applying pressure to the accelerator.

I guess it also depends on how the computer runs the CVT maybe you could tune it to be in it's most efficient RPM band. most of us are stuck with what the factory has decided it will do anyway.

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A CVT or even a well-designed modern automatic will get better mileage for an average driver who is driving inefficiently.

In most vehicles, a driver trying to drive efficiently will do better with a manual transmission.

In all vehicles, a hypermiler will do better with a manual transmission than with an automatic, CVT, or automated manual.

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I rented an AT Yaris for a week in New England last year and managed an average 42 mpg for three tanks. The OP can use that as a goal to attempt to surpass.

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I know at some point I want to go on a transcontinental road trip in this car. It will be interesting to see what kind of mileage I get with E0 and driving efficiently.

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Nice ! Post up some pictures. The Toyota website has the 5 door Yaris, 5 speed manual rated at 29/36, and the 4 speed auto at 29/35

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Here are all the picture that CarMax snapped of the car: https://img163.imageshack.us/g/image28.jpg/
I'll need to take some glammer photos later, but the suburbs aren't great for those.