Fuel economy

[jmaryt]

you don't need to! if ya just run through the gears quickly,and settle into 6th
you will be fine!.just make sure your revs are high enough so as to NOT lug the
engine,as mentioned! this applies to every manual i have ever driven,and the frs/brz is no exception.

[jmaryt]

Originally Posted by Yruyur

I'm getting the same as you. It is all driving style. Some of the local guys are getting around 30. However one of them was in my car the other day while driving. We were cruising around 35 and I asked him what gear he would have been in at that speed. He would be in sixth by then, while I cruise in third. That being said I think we flog it about the same so it's the cruising in lower gears thats killing me.

Nice on the company gas card.

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Originally Posted by WRXGuy1

9,493 miles in with an average of 33.53MPG. This is real mileage, not what the computer shows, which tends to be 1-2MPG higher.

FYI, I've used 283 gallons of gas with an average price of $3.82

this is really good fuel management.what a terrific bonus!

[Jaylyons1]

Once I hit the 1k mile mark I forsee my mileage jumping quite a bit too. The break in takes soooo long! Will probably be done this week though as I'll start my 40 mile a day commuting!

[Yruyur]

I see your mileage going down. Since you will be able to take it above 4k. The car to me didn't feel broken in until around 5k.

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[Coheed]

I avg 26.5 on last tank. The computer shows 28.4 right now, because of a little freeway trip I did today. Drifting hurts gas mileage pretty bad. But I am pretty impressed with the mileage I have gotten so far.

[86BRZ]

Originally Posted by BoxeRZ

22mpg ave. Really not sure how everyone is getting such good gas mileage, mines been steadily declining since I bought it. Of course I do most of my driving on back roads as pure enjoyment. Thankfully I just got a Sunoco gas card from work, so fuel conservation is a think of the past, and Sunoco has super93

Same here, mostly city and back road hard driving. That means high rpm, heel toe, late breaking, up and down hill, those fun stuff.

[RYU]

I use divide my trip miles by the number gallons of I put in. Reset then repeat...

With the stock Prius Primacy tires I easily average between 30/34miles city/hwy. My "street" set is averaging significantly lower after upgrading to 245/18 Hankook Evo V12 tires. The change in compound, increased width, and tread pattern cost me a few mpgs. I'm now averaging around 26/28mpg city/hwy. It would be worse if I installed stickier and wider tires on here.

You can also rule out increased wheel weight. My current 18" wheel combo is lighter than stock. I had the chance to reconfirm this at my last track event. I drove to and from the track in the Prius tires which got me back up to 34mpg. Also, on the track, at near redline every time, I was averaging 25mpg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Shocker.

I'm 6AT btw!

[BoxeRZ]

Originally Posted by 86BRZ

Same here, mostly city and back road hard driving. That means high rpm, heel toe, late breaking, up and down hill, those fun stuff.

Drive a purpose built car with a purpose! I'm with you on this, I feel like I'm not doing the car justice if its not being pushed.

[Eurasianman]

Interesting for me, my mileage has hardly changed since before and after the break-in. Normally fluctuates between 26-28 MPG and that's with me getting on it from time to time. And as others have said, when I'm cruising (over 40 MPH), I'm in 6th gear.

[brzninja]

27 mpg 75% city 25% hwy driving. Not bad considering my last car (subaru legacy) got only 21 mpg on average.

I love this car.

[swag]

Does anyone know what the time period for the computer-generated overall MPG number is? Lifetime, last 100 miles, etc.?

[Jaylyons1]

Originally Posted by Yruyur

I see your mileage going down. Since you will be able to take it above 4k. The car to me didn't feel broken in until around 5k.

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I'll be able to take it above 4k, but I'll also be able to maintain a steady speed again. That's whats really going to save me some gas. Right now I'm all over the range.

[PMok]

26.4 MPG over 2500 miles. Mileage went up as high as 28 during the first 1000 because I was keeping under 4k rpms. Took a big dip to 24.x when I broke through and started revving it, and now it's up and down dependent on how much I'm flooring it. Not too bad, I see it as an improvement over the 24 MPG avg I was getting from commuting in my Lexus.

BTW I use an app for iPhone called Gas Manager, pretty neat analysis functions and charts/graphs etc. Free on App store. And the car computer's mpg is optimistic by over 1 MPG compared to real math.

[OrbitalEllipses]

Originally Posted by swag

Does anyone know what the time period for the computer-generated overall MPG number is? Lifetime, last 100 miles, etc.?

I believe it's lifetime from the way it behaves. No way I got 28mpg on my last tank, but over the last 10 it's possible.