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Is it due to the A/C being on most of the time??
Toyota Ken
thanks
for those previous messages... canada sells almost all of its gaz to the USA, the reason why gaz is more expensive in some part of canada it the provincial taxes... (just compare prices between quebec and ontario... it's awfull)
43.5 mpg
43.9 mpg
45.3 mpg
I think that proves it! The heat/humidity in the Baltimore, Md. area this summer has really been bad!!
Sniffles
Speaking of savings gas I heard the Honda Accord V6 hybrid saves all of 2 mpg over the four cylinder Accord. Apparently the car is bought for its wicked acceleration with both a gas and electric motor. Nuts!
Babyboomer
Are there any special attachements/fittings that you put in your cars??
Please write....Id really like to know.
Also, I bought mine used, maybe thats the prob:(
I did just get 41 mpg on a long distance drive with AC on for half the tank, so that's not bad - it may just be the combination of AC and strictly city/rush hour driving that's the killer.
Overall still a great car!
No aggressive driving....short trips, well yes...work and around NJ.
But even when we went to OH last month....and thats about 500 odd miles, the top mileage was 40.
I dont know whats wrong, the service guys at Toyota have no answer either.
Sometimes when I start my car and am ready to drive, theres some strange sound that occurs....for about 3-4 seconds....almost a screeching sound....(not extremely loud, but loud enough so,I can hear even when the windows are rolled up)
It goes away after 3-4 secs and does'nt happen every time...
I heard another car in the parking lot make the same screech sound....though it was not an echo..
Any ideas?
Thanks
Thanks.
Ofcourse...no brake dragging...
Im guessing the screech you are hearing is a belt noise. Have the belt tension checked and also check the pulleys that the belt drives for binding. Also, have your power steering fluid checked it might be low. Tell us what you find out!
http://www.awfulfilms.com/echopage.htm
Any help would be appreciated.
Oh, and also, whenever I am going through a drive through at a fast food restaurant, I hear a sort of oscillating spring noise. I have a 5 speed. The noise occurs when I push in the clutch after moving car forward a few feet.
Pretty hard to figure out what the noise is you are refering to. How many miles on the car?
Regarding the noise - the only way I could really describe it is this: Imagine somebody jumping on a spring pogo stick 30 yards away. That is pretty much what I hear. I only hear it at the drive through because that is pretty much the only time I drive stop and go with the window open. (it reached 114 F last week). I was just wondering if this is a somewhat normal sound for a manual, because I was guessing that it was related to the clutch.
Any thoughts on if this will cause issues with resale?
I have to admit, after another long distance trip I feel this may not be the car for me, battling the wind for 5 hours takes the fun out of the drive.
sniffles, "2006 Toyota Echo" #57, 8 May 2005 10:32 am
-Andrew L
You were so right...they said it was bcos of the pulley...
I dont know exactly what they did, but the noise is gone.
Thanks so much...this time around it was so much easier to get them to fix it, the last time I went, they had no idea what to look for.
The new Yaris (Echo replacement) is significantly roomier than the Echo hatchback - 3" longer, 3.5" longer wheelbase, 1" taller, 1.3" wider. While I don't have the interior measurements yet, it is said to have the same room as the current Corolla, other than the trunk.