Gas mileage confessions from actual owners.
05-13-2007, 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by uberscionofglendale
the tC was not the replacement for the celica.
05-13-2007, 10:32 PM
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Have to agree that the tC was the replacement for the Celica; in much the same way, the Yaris 5 door hatch never made it here to avoid competing with the xA, I've always felt. The Yaris was the replacement for the Echo, even though they didn't really have a whole lot in common. So, too, with the Celica/tC.
Toyota are not stupid, and they know what they're doing. The two new models will outsell the outgoing ones by a substantial margin. I was legitimately blown away by the sheer value of the second gen when I saw it just over a week ago. Selling it isn't going to be an issue at all.
Toyota are not stupid, and they know what they're doing. The two new models will outsell the outgoing ones by a substantial margin. I was legitimately blown away by the sheer value of the second gen when I saw it just over a week ago. Selling it isn't going to be an issue at all.
05-13-2007, 10:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Basilius
I'll let you know when my wife gets back tomorrow. She took the new xB up to Seattle for Mother's Day weekend.
I would get 31-32 MPG (actual numbers after odometer correction) on that trip in my 06.5 box. My wife's driving habits are a _little_ different, but that's mostly in town. So, we'll see what kind of numbers she gets.
I know I've been getting 24 mpg driving around town on my first tank (city/hwy mix), but I've had a bit of a lead foot enjoying the bump in horsepower. I imagine that'll settle to around 25 or 26. I would get 28-29 in the old box with the same mix of driving.
I would get 31-32 MPG (actual numbers after odometer correction) on that trip in my 06.5 box. My wife's driving habits are a _little_ different, but that's mostly in town. So, we'll see what kind of numbers she gets.
I know I've been getting 24 mpg driving around town on my first tank (city/hwy mix), but I've had a bit of a lead foot enjoying the bump in horsepower. I imagine that'll settle to around 25 or 26. I would get 28-29 in the old box with the same mix of driving.
The trip computer said 27.7 MPG since I got the car, and about 80% of that was the roundtrip to Seattle. So, I'm guessing the car got about 29 on the trip. That's 2-3 below what I got in the old xB. However, I haven't calibrated the odometer on it yet to know exactly how accurate that is. The odometer on my 2006 xB ran 4% slow.
05-14-2007, 02:45 AM
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Originally Posted by toronado
Originally Posted by Basilius
The trip computer said 27.7 MPG
05-14-2007, 04:45 AM
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My first tank I averaged around 27.5 MPG. 2005 xB I got 31-32 MPG driving the same, if I drove like a turtle, 34. Never much better than 34. 31 MPG if I drove 72-80 MPH on freeways.
The 27.5 MPG in the new xB had a lot of spirited driving, the car climbs to 90 MPH without me even noticing. I peel out by accident all the time. I have to learn to drive it without making it feel like it's leaping.
The 27.5 MPG in the new xB had a lot of spirited driving, the car climbs to 90 MPH without me even noticing. I peel out by accident all the time. I have to learn to drive it without making it feel like it's leaping.
05-15-2007, 05:27 PM
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Originally Posted by tornado
The tC is a Celica replacement. Basically, they moved the Celica to the Scion brand.
The tC wasn't made to replace the Celica. It was made to compete with the Civic. It sounded like you were saying they redesigned the Celica, then decided it was going to be a Scion. That's what I meant by saying that the tC wasn't the Celica replacement. Toyota never meant it to be, but once the tC came out, and Celica sales slumped further, they killed the Celica. Maybe I just misread what you wrote, yes the Celica ended up getting replaced by the tC, but the tC wasn't made as the Celica replacement.
05-17-2007, 02:01 AM
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Originally Posted by uberscionofglendale
once the tC came out, and Celica sales slumped further, they killed the Celica
But whatever the case may be, if Scion is the "youth brand" then why not move the sporty 2-door hatch model (whatever name you want to give it) to the Scion family? I just assumed this was Toyota's thinking on this. But I don't really know.
05-19-2007, 07:15 AM
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I just filled up my first tank of gas two days ago n after the math got around 25 mpg. now givin the day before was spent mostly giving rides and showing it off around town lol.
Im guessing to get a better reading after the motor wears in.
Oh and went to tucson today and got around 30mpg, not to bad seeing how the engine revvs around 3400 doin 80, not a big fan of that
Im guessing to get a better reading after the motor wears in.
Oh and went to tucson today and got around 30mpg, not to bad seeing how the engine revvs around 3400 doin 80, not a big fan of that
05-19-2007, 01:21 PM
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I drove an 08 for about a 1,000 mile trip lsat weekend on the way to and from the All Scion Show in Ames Iowa. I got to drive it from KC MO as a perk of the job. ;)
Here's what the MPG counter said.
When I floored it driving around town and had a bunch of people in the car doing "test drives" I got 19.7 MPG
When I drove around the city keeping the RPM's down and basically doing the speed limit I got 27.8 MPG
When I drove on the highway at 60-65 MPH and didn't give it too much gas I averaged 36.7 MPG
When I drove 75-85 MPH accelerating very fast to get on the highway I would get about 25 MPG.
Here's what the MPG counter said.
When I floored it driving around town and had a bunch of people in the car doing "test drives" I got 19.7 MPG
When I drove around the city keeping the RPM's down and basically doing the speed limit I got 27.8 MPG
When I drove on the highway at 60-65 MPH and didn't give it too much gas I averaged 36.7 MPG
When I drove 75-85 MPH accelerating very fast to get on the highway I would get about 25 MPG.
05-19-2007, 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by shorberg
I drove an 08 for about a 1,000 mile trip lsat weekend on the way to and from the All Scion Show in Ames Iowa. I got to drive it from KC MO as a perk of the job. ;)
Here's what the MPG counter said.
When I floored it driving around town and had a bunch of people in the car doing "test drives" I got 19.7 MPG
When I drove around the city keeping the RPM's down and basically doing the speed limit I got 27.8 MPG
When I drove on the highway at 60-65 MPH and didn't give it too much gas I averaged 36.7 MPG
When I drove 75-85 MPH accelerating very fast to get on the highway I would get about 25 MPG.
Here's what the MPG counter said.
When I floored it driving around town and had a bunch of people in the car doing "test drives" I got 19.7 MPG
When I drove around the city keeping the RPM's down and basically doing the speed limit I got 27.8 MPG
When I drove on the highway at 60-65 MPH and didn't give it too much gas I averaged 36.7 MPG
When I drove 75-85 MPH accelerating very fast to get on the highway I would get about 25 MPG.
Wait a tic...they also said it would weigh 3400 lbs and base for $19k. guess they were full of ____. Who would have thought.
Thanks for the update Shorberg!