Why isn't the fuel economy better?

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by weederr33

I honestly expected my mpg to drop to something like 20 avg from 30 avg. So I'm pretty happy with my 26-28 mpg avg. being supercharged.

But yeah, you have to expect fuel to disappear quicker when you are hooning around haha.

Most of the younger guys have no idea how much gas some older cars used.
With gentle driving and careful throttle my 70 Coronet R/T got about 8 MPG. If I opened up all 3 carbs (for 6 barrels) you could watch the needle drop and I doubt I was getting 2. It was not unknown to use up a whole 20 gallon tank in a day. Now, gas cost 60 cents a gallon and you may think that is cheap but my army pay was $33 a day so burning gas was an expensive hobby. When I bought my Corvair and got a whopping 15 MPG I felt like I was rich all of a sudden.

All in all even the very worst mileage now seems damned good.

[Ultramaroon]

Best car I had was my last one. It too was a first model year. That base, 1.8 liter Eclipse got an easy 42 MPG. Sixteen years I squeezed out of it. RIP

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Best car I had was my last one. It too was a first model year. That base, 1.8 liter Eclipse got an easy 42 MPG. Sixteen years I squeezed out of it. RIP

LOL more than double the MPG what I got with the 2L, turbo, AWD Talon. If I took it real easy I managed to pull off about a 20. More often in the 16 to 18 range though.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

LOL more than double the MPG what I got with the 2L, turbo, AWD Talon. If I took it real easy I managed to pull off about a 20. More often in the 16 to 18 range though.

And less than half the power.

[gravitylover]

I had an '81 Civic 5 speed that I had to flog to get under 35mpg. Regular driving without trying was 40+ and I broke 50 many times on road trips. All of that was with a cracked head and I had to stop about every 150 miles to replace the #3 spark plug. I had a '79 Fiesta Sport (2 barrel Weber progressive) that got 45+ on the highway without even trying. Back then I figured by now I'd be able to have a car that was fun to drive and got 50+ all the time but safety regs and emissions bs have kept the numbers way down. Too bad...

[guybo]

I get 29 with mixed driving. My old GenCoupe 2.0T got 24 with the same driving. I had a Nissan Versa econobox before that and it got 34 if I really went easy, 31 otherwise. That Versa had a 1.8L engine, not fun to drive, no balls at all and with the same sort of driving, my FRS gets me only 3 MPG less but a LOT more fun and performance.

I don't belive what the sticker says on a car or what the claimed MPG is. I don't believe in what most people tell me they get in MPG either simply because many people don't know how to calculate it (basic math is beyond an astounding number of people) or simply lie to make themselves feel better.

[why?]

Originally Posted by guybo

I get 29 with mixed driving. My old GenCoupe 2.0T got 24 with the same driving. I had a Nissan Versa econobox before that and it got 34 if I really went easy, 31 otherwise. That Versa had a 1.8L engine, not fun to drive, no balls at all and with the same sort of driving, my FRS gets me only 3 MPG less but a LOT more fun and performance.

I don't belive what the sticker says on a car or what the claimed MPG is. I don't believe in what most people tell me they get in MPG either simply because many people don't know how to calculate it (basic math is beyond an astounding number of people) or simply lie to make themselves feel better.

that's what fuelly is for. Makes it so easy even morons can do it. I wish gas was dirt cheap again. If it was still $1 a gallon I wouldn't give a crap about gas mileage.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by why?

that's what fuelly is for. Makes it so easy even morons can do it. I wish gas was dirt cheap again. If it was still $1 a gallon I wouldn't give a crap about gas mileage.

Yep, I remember gas at 32 cents a gallon and at the same time, I also remember making $1.00 per hour working in a hot hayloft .......

Hayloft, yes, that place in a barn where you stacked hay ..... summer time, tin roof, lose floorboards, 90 degrees F outside, 110 in the loft, 90% humidity, hay bales weighing half what you did, hay chaff sticking to your sweaty back ...... get the picture.

MORE HAY! ....... as you took a big swig of well water out of a gallon glass jug .....

Wintertime ...... play "fort" in the air passages within the haystacks ...... a place to try to seduce your female cousins.......

I'm sorry, I had a flashback .........



humfrz

[chaoskaze]

Originally Posted by White Shadow

I don't get it, I really don't. These are lightweight cars. They aren't all that powerful or fast. They don't make a lot of power or torque. Yet the fuel economy ratings are lower than some other cars that are 1000 lbs heavier and more powerful & faster.

Am I alone in thinking that these cars should be rated at least 25 city and 35 highway, at the absolute minimum? I mean, a freaking BMW 328i is a boat compared to the FT86, yet it has the same city fuel economy rating and gets 4 more mpg on the highway.

Maybe I'm being too critical, but I honestly thought that such a small and lightweight car would be more fuel efficient, especially with a 2.0 engine that makes modest power.

Try to rev that 328i all the time, i'm sure you will get a lot worse miles then twins.

NEW Miata is really easy on gas but that's a 1.6.... if you look @ NC... our gas mileage is better...

[guybo]

Originally Posted by new2subaru

I get 24mpg and drive the car hard. Yeah, I figured that out ALLLLL by myself...

I'm about half on the highway, half city. These cars really eat a LOT more gas in city driving, the delta between city and highway is huge. Congrats on figuring that out all by your onesies. Here's a cookie.

[murdoc]

I average 28mpg on 93 oct, and 20mpg on e85. It would be better but I have a lead foot and I probably hit redline at least once every time I drive it.

I'd say i'm about 70/30 highway/city, with half of the highway in traffic under 35mph.

My 240sx got 21 when it wasn't boosted, and in the high teens when it was.

[new2subaru]

Mmmmm, chocolate chip.

[Cole]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Yep, I remember gas at 32 cents a gallon and at the same time, I also remember making $1.00 per hour working in a hot hayloft .......

Hayloft, yes, that place in a barn where you stacked hay ..... summer time, tin roof, lose floorboards, 90 degrees F outside, 110 in the loft, 90% humidity, hay bales weighing half what you did, hay chaff sticking to your sweaty back ...... get the picture.

MORE HAY! ....... as you took a big swig of well water out of a gallon glass jug .....

Wintertime ...... play "fort" in the air passages within the haystacks ...... a place to try to seduce your female cousins.......

I'm sorry, I had a flashback .........



humfrz

Really? No one caught the bold?

[Andrew025]

Originally Posted by Cole

Really? No one caught the bold?

I thought that was normal for him.