Yaris approaching 50mpg life time average

[CigaR007]

Originally Posted by SentraSE-R

??? It looks like your lifetime FE is just 47.03 mpg.

His initial post was posted over a year ago; his lifetime average has obviously changed since.

[SentraSE-R]

Those frigid Alberta Winters hurt FE, that's for sure. I misread Red's two week goal as making the 50 mpg lifetime goal. It's really about making a 1000 km tank.

[redyaris]

The reason for this years 50pmg lifetime fuel consumption optomisum is the aprox 10mpg improvement over last years numberss due mostly to LOG ing. the closest I got last year was 49.09mpg. I am hoping that with 60+mpg tanks I am getting now, I can get to the magic 50mpg lifetime average. The numerical inurtia of years of fuel log entries is the problem. I expect that my 90 day mpg numbers will go up quit quickly to the high 50mpg or low 60mpg range, but not the Lifetime FE numbers...

[CigaR007]

Currently sitting on the 930-950 km range with my ECHO. I know P&G will yield great results but I do not have the patience for it. I wonder if 1000 km is still possible without it.

Anyhow, good luck on the 50 MPG-lifetime goal. I am far from it.

[pletby]

Awesome results with the 'LOG' implementation. I can't wait to try it. I just picked up the work car (Toyota Echo, same as Yaris) for a few days and will be trying some of that. I haven't driven standard in five or six years but it comes back fast. Now to up the difficulty and try 'LOGing'.

With crazy tanks like you just had it's only a matter of time before you're way over 50 mpg lifetime.

[redyaris]

1024km 0n 38.2L or 640mile on 10.1 gallons, and I still had 3.8L left in the tank. So LOG ing is the way to get high milage until the Aeromods are done. The next objectives are 60+mpg in 90 days, then maybe 50mpg lifetime average.

[redyaris]

movin' on up. I'm sooo close to the 90 day mpg top ten at 58.12mpg and 81.625% over EPA. one more refuel aught to do it. My present progress aught to end at 60+mpg at which point I will have to go back to aero mods.

[SentraSE-R]

Impressive Summer results, but your lifetime FE only went from 47.03 on 9/5 to 47.39 today. You may reach your 90 day goal, but 50 mpg lifetime is going to be extremely difficult, with Winter coming on. It will put a lot of inertia in the wrong direction.

[redyaris]

Sentrase-r
You seem to enjoy tormenting me with your California "Winters" I am trying to sustain my state of denial about Alberta Winters, until the midle of October when the first snow storm hits. I am also hoping that LOG ing will keep me higher on the mpg scale than in priviuse "real" winters[an other little fanticy...], we shall see. I should get two or three more refuels before w____.which should get me into the gas car 90 day top Ten mpg for a week or so before reallity hits home.

[SentraSE-R]

Red, I paid my dues with 15 w_____s in Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, the Dakotas, Alaska, and Utah. I admit, my fuel logs don't suffer much from seasonal drops in efficiency due to California w_____s.

What we're both facing is huge inertia problems. I'm going to have to run a string of about ten 55 mpg tanks to raise my 49.1 mpg lifetime average to 50 mpg. I have 25,000 miles of inertia to raise. You've got more mile inertia, a bigger mpg gap to close, plus seasonal w_____ reversals. But you do have a more capable car.