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At 2%, you only get shorted about 700 miles on your 3/36 new car warranty.
I remember one of the car mags did their own tests on this a few years back. The BMWs were the most off, some reading as much as 5% high, but none of the cars was dead on IIRC.
2014 Mini Cooper (stick shift of course), 2016 Camry hybrid, 2009 Outback Sport 5-spd (keeping the stick alive)
Not exactly true. My wife's Rav had a minor trim issue, and it was 4 months past the warranty period, and about 4,000 miles over. I called Toyota and they covered it.
2014 Mini Cooper (stick shift of course), 2016 Camry hybrid, 2009 Outback Sport 5-spd (keeping the stick alive)
I have a 2001 Toyota Echo, with now 158k miles, average 41 MPG and absolutely nothing has gone wrong, not even a light bulb.
Of course all regular maintenance has been done. I am on my second set of tires, spark plugs, belts and brakes. Yearly replacement of ATF and coolant and that's it.
Happy driving!
Phil
Dirty air filter:
If air can't flow smoothly through your air filter, your mileage will go down. Can you see through it? If not, it may be time to change it.
Tire pressure and width:
Are they wider than average for the corolla? Too little air (of course, you don't want too much either!) or wider tires would increase the surface area of your car's contact with the ground, creating more tension and lowering your fuel economy. Wider tires do, however, improve handling.
Driving style:
Try to avoid higher RPM's.
A/C:
The more you run it, the worse your fuel economy.
Weight:
This is another example when More definitely equals Less. Carry passengers a lot? Have junk in your trunk (your car's silly!
BTW, can someone please explain who's adding stuff to the gas in the winter? Also, why else the same circmstances cause cars to get less mileage in winter? Thanks!
I'll repost after I change my air filter and reinflate my tires.
Jonathan
http://www99.epinions.com/msg/show_~threads/cat_id_~3/id_~5889/forum_id_~124
Jim
this is a joke, am leasing the car with the intention of buying but now forget it..
they say the computer is working fine.
I live in montreal,canada they say that is because is winter or because the way I drive that I only get less than 300kms out of 42.0 litres.
can someone tell me what to do next??? :sick:
However since October when they started using the winter additives and the driving conditions have been bad and we use the defrosters continually the millage has dropped to about 26 to 27 Mpg during this period. But overall for the nine plus months we have averaged the 30.2 and feel this is terrific . :shades:
We live in a large suburb in North East Ohio with a population of about 85,000 people. It's not like driving in Boston or New York city but we have a lot of stop and go traffic with a speed limit of 25 MPH throughout the City.
Use higher than the minimum recommended it ONLY if:
1. Your car is turbo. That's not us. The Corolla trim lines are all normal aspirating engines, including the S and discontinued XRS.
2. You have knocking, pinging or engine run on.
Other than that -- if you use an octane rating higher than 87 (or 85 at elevations > 3500 feet), you are throwing money away.
I've found that I get better mileage and performance after 10-20K miles or more,
And, like the previous poster said, if you're getting 33 mpg with a fair amount of city or secondary roads, that's not bad -- better than many people are getting in subcompacts.
So what is all this technology doing for us?!
Also...i have read some posts here about gas mileage...and i only get 21/22 city, i mostly drive city but ive seen people post 30+ driving city here...my driving habits aren't bad, i try to not use A/C, dunno whats wrong
thanks
I usually keep my OD on. It keeps the rpm down and saves fuel. I also try to keep mine under 3000 rpm.
One suggestion I have is to list additional driving conditions like; tires (low rolling resistance?), wind, season, topography (flat, hills, altitude), traffic, weight carried, driving speeds on the highway and driving habits. Trying to compare mileage between people is difficult if you do not account for all the variables. With my own car I can see mpg go from 13 (sub zero winter, all city) to 31 (summer highway with favorable winds). I find it difficult to imagine that my 3400 pound car with a 3.0L V6 could get better mileage than a Corolla unless the conditions are very different. (F=MA & M*V Squared/2 & drag coefficient)
1.) How long is your commute vs. how much time it takes? My "city driving" averages nearly 30 MPH when including all the redlights (average speed calculated by my Garmin GPS system - you can do the same thing by dividing miles and minutes). If one person's city driving takes them 3 miles in thirty minutes, obviously their mileage will be dismal, as opposed to someone going twelve miles in thirty minutes. Both may be "city," but they will yield VERY different outcomes.
2.) How short are you typical trips? If your car does not warm up properly on trips, your car will always be using more fuel trying to get to operating temperature.
3.) Describe your driving style, and saying "conservative" or "aggresive" doesn't typically help. My father thinks he's fairly conservative, until he compares how he drives to me. He revs to 4,000 RPM very often, whereas I may go my entire commute and not see the top side of 3,500 RPM. We both think we drive conservatively, but without comparing things like where the transmission is shifting (in RPMs) it is hard to get a quantitative idea of just how quickly you tend to accelerate.
This is not a post directed at anyone, just a post that hopefully will help people figure out the differences in the mileage.
Many times in Honda forums I have seen people upset that they only get 20 MPG in a Civic, only to find out that their commute is approximately one mile. With a one mile commute, 20 MPG is EXCELLENT.
Another person complained that their Mercury Milan was getting 13 MPG, only to find out that they live in Manhattan!
And it's hard to tell at first (or second) glance if a Corolla or Camry is passing by. For a savings of 5K to 10K, the Corolla give way more bang for the buck than the Camry.
The 2007 Corolla is the same size as the 1992 Camry ...