What fuel economy numbers are you getting?
 

I've seen the fuelly listing on many sig's, but they vary wildly. Personally I'm getting around 32mpg in my FR-S without trying very hard. Admittedly it's not very bad city driving and the occasional expressway trip. I'm just curious as to how others drive. I really think a lot of it has to do with driving habits from my previous car: hybrid with a 6MT.

I UNDERSTAND CONDITIONS MAY VARY

I have only had my car a few weeks, but I am getting about 24mpg on mostly city driving (I would say 80% city 20% highway). Have not run the A/C much either so I am hoping this gets better and not worse over time, but I am pretty much at the EPA estimate so I cannot complain. Car is a manual BRZ Limited.

Generally i would say the observations suggest a car whose FE is very dependent on how and where you drive it. City driving with contribute immensely to poorer results, especially the longer you use the very high 1rst gear.

Highway FE can be amazingly good, especially in the AT.

38 mpg highway cruise set at 65 mph sustained. windows cracked, no ac, just the "blower"

26-27 city occasionally acting like an ass

I'm getting 32mpg average . I have a scan gauge.. manual transmission

Poll like this is biased due to driving conditions and hills. Not everyone is going to produce the same results.

If I drove to work 20 miles each day on the interstate only, I'd report 32-35 mpg with no traffic.

Realistically with traffic and the city driving I do, I'm averaging what my Fuelly states, 27.7.

Use Fuelly if you want accurate results based on your odometer. Our car is averaging 27 MPG on that site.

Entirely dependent on driving conditions.

Straight city I'd average around 24-26 mpg, straight highway would be about 32-36 mpg, highway commute is about 29-31 mpg, reality is somewhere in the middle depending on what I do that week. Stopped paying attention about two months ago when my phone died and I lost the mileage records on it.

Should state whether you have MT or AT.

I've been getting about 29mpg. abouy 50/50 highway city. AC about 65% of the time. MT.

Oh about 25 city, 30 highway - manual transmission.

humfrz

Your poll doesn't account for wider, stickier tires. :) I was getting 27-28 mpg, but I put on new wheels and tires last week. My mpg has been dropping since the install and I'm not sure where it'll settle.

At essentially 22MPG, I feel I probably have one of the lowest actual MPGs on these forums (using Fuelly and being very exact with my data - usually to at least two decimals for gallons pumped). I do live in LA and my commute to and from work is only 4 miles through traffic. Plus I did go with aftermarket wheels/tires (225/40/18) but the rest of the car is bone-stock. I really don't think I have that heavy of a foot. Maybe its the cheap Costco 91 gas I'm putting into my car. The best MPG I ever got (25MPG) was on my first tank when I was still breaking in the car and was keeping things under 4K RPM.

You aren't alone. I think I get around the low 20s as well. I have around a 30mi round trip commute and I can see the needle dropping. It's a lot of random stop and go traffic with lights in the mix. I have yet to have a perfect day where I hit all the green lights.

I'm seeing a ton of variables that would make the poll a bit much, but so far we have:
(1) Hills / Elevation
(2) Aftermarket parts
(3) Octane level of fuel
(4) *why not* Zoidberg

I get about 32 averaged out in a tank. My commute to work is 0.8 miles so typically I do not drive and this keeps it higher, when I actually drive to work my average drops to 25-26.
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