Toyota: 02 Echo Amazing Fuel Economy Story

styx wrote: 

17.448 liters comes to 3.83 Imperial gallons.
443.3 km = 275.4 miles. 71.9 Imperial Miles Per Gallon.

For us US drivers, thats 1.2 Imperial gallons to 1 US gallon ...
17.448 liter = 4.6 US gallons ... 59.86 US mpg. Whew! My suspicions
suggest you did not really fill the tank in spite of honest efforts
to do so. ;-)
 

The absolute best US mpg I have recorded on my '03 Corolla is 40.8.
I was not trying hard to get top fuel mileage (kept speed under 75
mph). This was on California's oxygenated gasoline which is known
for reducing MPG. Life is too short to get my panties in a knot over
fuel mileage. Get a moped if that's your life's big concern.
--

~~Philip

"Never let school interfere
with your education - Mark Twain"

On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 06:20:01 GMT, "Philip®" <net>
wrote:
 

Excellent point. My wife gave me hell over my Tundra the first time I
put $50 into it (last time prices jumped)... she can't understand that
there's a difference between the 17 gallon tank that I had and the 26
gallon tank that I have. The Tundra mileage is not as good as the '94
with the 22RE, but even with current gas prices, I'm still looking at
fuel costs of under $0.12/mile, where the '94 would have been $0.09 or
$0.10.



--- Rich
http://richlockyer.tripod.com/

Rich Lockyer wrote: 

Oh ... my ... God! Were you not getting an acceptable trade off
(and you are), I can see where your wife might remind you incessantly
that you are using nearly 25% more fuel! But let me tell you ... a
LOT of people are penny wise and pound foolish. I am talking about
the people who buy some super economy car for $22,000 bucks that gets
50 mpg just for bragging rights. Real financial economy would have
been to buy a $10,000 car, leaving you the balance to buy fuel and
oil for a number of years!. But in making a financially sensible
purchase, there would be no MPG bragging rights nor would there be a
social statement like "See, I'm setting an enlightened example for
the world to follow!".
--

~~Philip

"Never let school interfere
with your education - Mark Twain"

com (styx) wrote in message news:<google.com>... 

for your l/km -> mpg calculations, are you using Imperial gallons, or
the smaller gallons used in the US?

> 


In my last calculated loop from 8,000 miles to 12,800 miles I turned 49.17
mpg US gallon, with city driving.

Why not? There are many larger heavy cars with V6 engines and
automatic trannys that can get over 30 and bigger 4cy engines in
cars bigger than the Echo, like the Corolla or Focus that can get
over 35. Why would a midget car with a midget engine not get 50?
They only problem is you place your life in your hands avery time
you drive in it, just to get 20 MPG more. Hardly worth it in my
opinion.



mike hunt



gold wrote: 

On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 21:57:51 GMT, com wrote:
 
Mike

Again you show your ignorance.

If I rememeber correctly, YOU have a fockin PINTO. Now getting in
that piece of shit is placing your life in your hands EVERY time you
get into it. A bomb ready to explodef.

If Natalie dosen't get in this and *fwap* you, I will...



Scott in Florida

"Philip®" <net> wrote in message
news:l_C2b.3452$news.pas.earthlink.net... 

Thanks for the clarification, Philip! I was wondering HOW they were able to
achieve remarkable mileage, when the best we've gotten with the '01 Echo is
about 46 mpg.

~Bhuvan