stock 2009 corolla
 

what kind of mpg's can i get out of a new 2009 toyota corolla driving it very easy and staying around 60 mph on highway? thinking of buying one! any ideas should i wait? please give some feed back!

I think that car would be quite capable of numbers in the 40s, but mehbe a current driver will step up and chime in.

Not sure about the 09's but my guess is you could attain 40's fairly easily at 60 MPH. Just make sure you get the base model or an LE with the 195/65/15 tires, bigger rims and tires kill MPG very easily, check out my fuel log for proof. All my entries have been with 225/45/17 tires, 195/65/15 being stock size, I'm only able to get near or above 40 MPG when I'm driving on flat highways at 55 MPH.

You could also get an S and just downsize to 195/65/15 if you really wanted the S model, I wouldn't recommend the XRS for MPG.

39 MPG on day 1
 

Just got our 2009 Toyota Corolla LE. Workplace is 200 miles fairly straight highway drive. Was doing 65 MPH and clocked 39 MPG. I'm thinking about doing 55 MPH to see if i can get the mpg to go above 40+.

But i guess 39 MPG is not too bad on a brand new engine.

The new corolla with an automatic won the 50 l challenge at 48 mpg.

Well its my 3 full tank now and now i'm breaking into the lower 44 MPG using the hypermiling technique..its getting good..

Car and Driver had an article on s***boxes, I mean fuel efficient vehicles, and the Corolla was far and away the most fuel efficient vehicle of the ones they tested.

The only reason not to get the Corolla is that it has become a much larger vehicle than it once was. And the engine is more powerful. Do you really need that size and power? Would a Yaris be a better vehicle for you?

IMO you should look into a used corolla, 8th or 9th gen (1998-2002, 2002-2008 respectively) they use a tried and true engine the 1zzfe. (avoid 2000-2002 if possible, they burn oil)

I own a 1998 corolla VE, thats the low end with a 3 speed auto transmission... no overdrive. I've recently acquired a scanguage II and with careful monitoring ive been able to get ~40 mpgs(its rated at 26) (I havent updated my fuel log since getting the SGII, no fillup yet!)

the 2009 corolla is the 10th generation and it uses a brand new family of engines and transmissions. If you can find one look for a 2006-2008 LE :thumbup:

with my 06 ce im getting 42 mpg.
i could get better but I am still driving too fast.

I have had my 09 corolla le for about a month now....best mileage I have gotten is 49, it was hilly terrain and so I purposely coasted down the hills and stayed under 2500rpm to climb them.

average hwy miles is 44

when my wife drives it , she averages around 38...she does not try like i do.

anyway this car seems to far exceed the epa ratings....I am guessing that anyone who just remembers to coast down hills will get in the 40's

I have not even read that much on the different techniques used by ecomodders yet but I really enjoy seeing what I can get.

btw mine is an automatic and we have been in a heat wave here since I got it, so all these numbers are with the a/c wide open

just an update, still at around 44mpg average, I got 47 on the way to work today, I have been experimenting shifting in to neutral down long hills, this helps keeping my speed up while eccomodding but does not seem to help in overall mpg, I guess the corolla does the fuel shut off thing when coasting in gear is the main reason......it really seems like a 5 speed would have made this a 45mpg car without even trying.....also of note is the excellent scan guage feature....if this car had a small electric assist on take offs and climbing hills then I would easily be getting 70 to 80 mpg.....makes me wish I was a mechanic....there is definitely plenty of room in the trunk a mod like that.

well it looks like I am doing this thread myself lol...one more update though, increased my tire pressure to 40psi today...up from 35, result on the drive to work today was 49mpg vs the 47 I got yesterday. I am coasting as much as possible while trying to keep my speed up to at least 40 so it looks like 49 may be the best I can do. Happy but wanted to break 50 :)

Mercury7, a couple of thoughts for you. First, I read that somewhere that Toyotas with manual transmissions have zero fuel injection if you coast downhill with it "in gear". They don't burn much at idle, but it's greater than zero.

Second, back during the first oil embargo (1973) President Nixon was recommending inflating tires to the max sidewall pressure plus 5 psi, for max fuel economy. The tires on my Golf are rated a max of 44 psi, so I keep them inflated to between that and 50 psi. In general, rolling resistance goes down as tire pressure goes up. A 100 psi tire has about 30% less rolling resistance than a 30 psi car tire, and an iron train wheel has about one tenth.

Keep up the good work...the 10th gen Corolla sounds like a great car!

Stan

thanks Stan, the first week I had it I inflated to 44psi and sure enough the next day one tire went flat.....picked up a nail......so I reduced back to 35...which is still above recommended....anyway so now I am back to 40psi....I actually had a hard time finding the max for my tires...they are 15 continentals

I am confident you know that inflation pressure has nothing to do with a tire's propensity to pick up a nail... ;)

I have never seen a DoT-approved tire (any tire legal for sale in the USA) that did not have its max rated inflation pressure posted on the sidewall. Even Contis... :)

btw....as far as creature comforts I would say 35 psi is great....I can definitely tell the difference in ride quality as I go up.....but right now I am just trying to see how good mpg I can get

my bad....continentals are 44 psi

2009 XLE purchased 6/2008. Mid July drove from Richmond VA to Buffalo NY. 60 MPH got 44-46 MPG! I was thrilled. Usually avg 34-35mpg in mixed driving 50% city 50% Hwy here in Richmond

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I own a 2009 Toyota Corolla and I have been getting 56 mpg on long trips in excess of 200 miles at 60mph. In town I have been averaging 43 mpg.

If you buy the Corolla then get the manual rather than the automatic. I always shift from 1st directly into 3rd and then shift directly into 5th gear. The engine will not noticably lug and pulls just fine. Long before I reach a stop sign or light I shift into neutral and coast to the line. On long downhills I shift into neutral and get the max fuel computer readings on the dashboard of 99.9 mpg. It won't register any higher.

Feather Foot,

Do you live in a 'flat' part of CA? The milage you're getting is incredible!

Unfortunately as it gets colder here, I'm losing MPG now down to 33.4 - 34.5 mpg