Low mpg
 

I've been doing some readings around the forums and people seem to get around 28-30 average mpg. I'm getting only 24 mpg since day 1. I've have the car for about 3 and a half months now.

How heavy is ur right foot abd when do you shift? Also do u down shift or brake to slow down..cruise control? I get 26-27 min but 28-29 most of the time. Just depends on if I take a few mtn passes or drift some corners that week.

I don't speed that much and I shift at around 3-4k. I just use brake to slow down and don't use cruise control at all.

Also this is my first manual so don't know if that factors in.

Cruise is your friend.

If you are driving from stoplight to stoplight in congested areas, 24mpg is about right.

i get about 29/30.... i neutral a lot :bellyroll but i dont really care about mpg even its my daily driver.. its all about fun in this car:burnrubber:

sports car = wtf is mpg:iono:

I get less than 23mpg but live in LA and my commute is < 3 miles one way.

This is my daily driver, and yea on the way to work its stoplight to stoplight. On the way back its all freeway 60-70 mph

Are you going by the dash indicator? It can be off. The only real way to track your fuel is to either do it yourself, or use a tracking site like fuelly.com

Should we go into a D4S discussion? I find that between 1000-3500 rpm I'll get around 20mpg, and then it will go up to ~40-50mpg when D4S port injection starts coasting in the 3500-4000 range. Anybody else want to chime in on this?

How have you been recording your MPG? You might have something off.

I've ran my car hard, like track hard, and didn't drop under 26MPG for that tank.

I'd double check your match.

http://www.fuelly.com/driver/stiex/frs

It is not that simple. Depends on a whole lot of other things, but D4S kicks in and generally uses more gas (not less) to generate even more HP with higher compression. I can get very good highway mileage too at 65-70mph while in 6th on flat highway (35+mpg). The best mpg I got was during my break-in period when I was trying to stay under 4000k.

I've been averaging 32mpg on my 90-95% mountainous highway commute. I've seen as little as 24mpg on my spirited country-side drives though, too.