Toyota Yaris 414 miles on one tank of petrol

I recently made a round trip journey of 414 miles on one tank of unleaded petrol in my toyota yaris driving school car.



The journey from London to Euxton via the M1 and M6 motorways (206 miles) took about 3.5 hours, and on the outward journey had me and my 5 year old son in the car travelling up to the 70MPH national speed limit but there were many sections with road works were the speed limit was reduced to 50MPH.

The return journey only had me in the 1.0 litre VVT engine toyota yaris and the petrol guage started flashing about 10 miles from home which was the condition the petrol tank was in when I filled it up at a shell petrol station with 39 litres of unleaded petrol the day before. at £1.12 per litre at a cost of £43.73.

The other thing that happended was I forgot to take off the front 'L' plates from the bonnet of the car and ended up display the 'L' plates on the motorway!

I was quite impressed by the fuel economy of the 58 plate yaris which did not have the latest toyota optimal drive technology installed, though the small sized engine did struggle on some parts of the journey when it was buffeted by strong snowy showers and wind.