What's your average fuel economy?
 

Farthest I have travelled with a single tank since I bought the car. I have to say, a little too close for comfort.

It seems the gas light comes on at around 80%, considering I had 7L still remaining after travelling quite a bit after it came on. Averaged 7.7l/100km (30.5mpg) this tank.

LET ME EDIT THE QUESTION

What is the average number of weeks between new threads asking about fuel ecomomy?

... How?
3. Just go ahead and trust that I did the math.

Huh. Well today I learned. That would come out to about 31.6 mpg US, for those at home.

It's pretty decent. For a manual, that's pretty high. For an auto, that's medium high. For reference, my car gets about 25 mpg US, which is only 30 mpg Imperial. I have constant heavy traffic and a heavy right foot though.

Light weight, low coefficient of drag, gearing, and how you drive it. Gearing is why the autos consistently get higher mpg than the manuals. How you drive it plays a huge part. Tcoat hits mpg numbers in his manual that I can't even dream of, because we drive our cars completely differently. He spends many hours a week with cruise control at freeway speeds. I spend most of my time either going stoplight to stoplight with a lot of 0-60, or stop and go under 25 mph.

According to the car's calculated average I'm hitting around 27.5 mpg, but in reality it's closer to 26. But if I granny it on a long trip, I can still hit 31 mpg.

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Ditto. I spend a lot of time in stop-and-go traffic around the Dallas/Fort Worth area and it sucks the life out of my mileage. Not to mention that when traffic does free up somewhat and I see a path around or through traffic I don't much keep it under 4k. The car may not be particularly fast, but it is quick to an opening.

MT - last trip, between 31 and 34 - mountain driving.


humfrz

Yes, your driving habits / how you drive matters greatly. Buy a Scangauge II, and it will give you second by second read out of what you are getting MPG wise.

Shift quickly, don't shift above 4k rpms , feather the accelerator (don't be a lead foot the majority of the time). If it's real steep grade maybe 4th gear, rolling hills maybe 5th gear, long and flat = 6th gear. The faster you get out of 1st, 2nd, 3rd ….. the better, shift up.

A narrower tire ( 205 or 215) , with higher PSI , and lighter wheels also helps MPG. Properly tuned up car also helps. Use synthetic gear / engine oil, it's worth it and last longer then dino oil.

Buy better gas (Mobile /Exxon or Shell) , and the more you have your AC / defroster on = that also eats gas. The less idling you do…better mpg, more idling = worse mpg.

**Pay attenstion to your local routes where you drive daily, to get more efficient (ex. I take a road to work in the morning that is more downhill, then coming the opposite way = climbing hills hurts mpg). Left turns = tend to eat more gas. Avoid stop lights when at all possible. Keep the car moving…… being in 2nd, 3rd gear, is better then not going any where. When you see road construction happening, avoid that route if possible.

We can also talk drafting as well… if you'd like. Some people think it's dangerous. You can actually benefit from drafting by being in the opposite lane as a semi (big rig) , behind them about 15-50 feet , cruising at their speed.

I learned a lot about MPG driving my Scion xA , for over 9 years now :drool:

Do you know our cars already come with the live mpg meter? How is the scan gauge 2 any different? :iono:

Correct.

On a Scangauge II, there is a 4 line digital read out that can give : 1. current MPG, 2. Air intake temperature (which affects MPG) , 3. engine operating temperature , 4. ... you can pick another thing to view on 4th line (RPM, speed, etc)