Official Subaru BRZ 34.3 MPG Highway (real life results)
 

You heard me, 34.3 MPG. I took a trip to Yakima, WA this weekend which was a 363 mile trip. Not only did I make it all the way on a single tank of gas, but I averaged 34.3 MPG. I'm thinking that I probably could have got closer to 34.5 MPG but since I passed the 1000 mile break-in just before my trip I had a little fun. My speedometer now reads 1800 miles, I definitely haven't been light on the driving.

The trip was absolute blast! The driving was so fun I wouldn't trade this car for anything. The only downside was the road noise. It got pretty loud in the vehicle, so loud in fact that it was difficult to hear the radio. I will definitely be installing some sound-dampening material in the door panels. But other than that, this car is amazing! If you are still undecided on whether or not you want to buy the car you gotta be out of your damned mind. I can assure anyone this thing will be one of the funnest cars to drive, whether it be in the city or the highway.

Darien

Welcome. Nice to see you can achieve some good MPG numbers in the car.

Seriously? I have no trouble hearing the radio on hwy. And switch background noise compensation to strong and you won't have to touch the volume button (although it gets upset sometimes by patches of different hwy surface, that alters the noise).

Automatic or Manual?

I may end up just removing the sound tube they use to pump noise into the cabin

I'll try to beat it on my next trip to MA. Usually going east across northern NY is where I see my best mileage. I got 29mpg on my spec.B which is only rated 24mpg highway.

I plan to experiment with that and see if there is enough noise coming from it on the highway for it to matter.

Which transmission did you achieve those numbers on? If its an auto, thats exactly what the epa numbers suggested it would do.

It is an auto, just thought I would let everyone know.

were you going 80 to yakima? I havent gone past 73 mph, and I am not bothered by the road noise. Maybe when you go to higher speeds it starts to sound bad

That is awesome to hear that you weren't *****footing it either. Will be a nice change to finally get some good gas mileage on my DD!

Justin

hmm. I doubt those of us that have ordered MT will be so lucky....

You'll probably see another 1 or 2 mpg improvement after you have 5k to 10k miles on the car. That's very very good gas milage.

I wish 6th gear on the MT trans was geared for better gas milage.

Car is fairly quiet road noise wise IMO. I got it up to 90ish on a long vacant off ramp yesterday on the way back from the coast.

I don't mind the intake noise either.

I'm supposedly averaging 25mpg on my first tank and that's with getting under 10mpg for the first 20 miles. 75% highway, but with a lot of enthusiastic driving.

edit: this is on a manual.

Sounds like you're going around 80mph, slow it down a little and you'll wonder why anyone bothers to get a Prius for long commutes :confused0068:

At 70 mph is it quiet enough to make a phone call with the handsfree?

No I was going 50 to 65 mostly, beside some passing and one pull, but was rowing gears and varying speed to help break in. Also a lot of spirited mountain twisties involved. Nothing assanine.

I think so. Road noise is there but not bad. No rattles at all on local washboard roads either. I will make a note to think about your question tomorrow on the way to work.

good numbers, just like it is rated!

I actually stayed at 72mph... The road noise wasn't terrible, but compared to my parents cars (Audi S5 and Cadillac Escalade) it was really bad. I just couldn't hear my music.

Darien

Those are two well insulated luxury vehicles. True story, my mother's A5 convertible is quieter with its top down on the highway than my Jeep is with windows shut at 25 mph.

Not able to hear the radio at 72 sounds pretty bad

I have an FR-S but I would assume the cabin noise would be similar. I've had several handsfree conversations on the phone at 65-75MPH with no issues. I also have never had to turn the stock radio up past about 35 to hear it clearly. The FR-S radio does have a higher wattage rating though.

Well that sounds about right for the automatic.

That's as impressive as the guy with the auto getting 34+mpg. Under 10? Rock on with yo bad self! :w00t:

Hehe. I don't know if its was stop and go traffic or what but my mileage sucked at first. I actually wasn't hooning it too hard.