How much MPG does your car have?

[smbrm]

Originally Posted by cwb48

The 25.2 for city sounds about right, but I'm having a hard time believing the 46.9, since I have done two trips that consume about one tank on pretty flat highways (Maryland Eastern shore) with speeds of 60-70 mph (I used cruise control often), in good weather, and got around 32 mpg both times. What kind of driving conditions delivered the 46.2?

I filled the tank, drove 67 miles and filled up again to full with 1.43 gallons, less than a mile to get on the highway and probably less than 2 miles getting off the highway to the gas station. 80-110 kmph driving through the foothills. I never said it 46.9 mpusg for a whole tank. It was fuel consumption over a distance, miles per us gallon, and yes, I was also surprised given the topography of the trip, but that was what was observed. I have also observed a 41.3, a 41.1, and a 40.8mpusg based on tank fill measurements( once again not necessarily full tank fills, but ~4 to 6 gallon fills) Cruise control will not necessarily give you optimum fuel consumption.

[MI FR-S]

Manual Trans.
Doing my own math based on the odometer and the receipts from the one gas station I have used. Shell 93 octane. Driving is mostly 45mph speed limits but with heavy traffic and many stop lights.

My average is right around 30.5 mpg.
Sometimes I'll get a 29mpg fill up and sometimes a 32mpg. Mostly 30.5 though.

[Jeong]

27mpg with manual. i do alot of free way driving but i push my car alot :P love to push my baby

[AsphaltLover]

AT, lifetime numbers hover between 28.6 and 29.1. mix of highway and streets, DD.

[terrypm]

My average mpg is at 33.5 per the gauge cluster. I have yet to reset it since I bought the car. It now has about 6K miles and is used as a dd.

[BugeyedWagon]

AT, average 31.5 City/Hwy DD 137XX miles on the clock

[Bleevin]

What PSI are people running to get above 25mpg?

[sierra]

Originally Posted by Bleevin

What PSI are people running to get above 25mpg?

34psi for my manual to get 35.7 and 34.1usmpg using the A/C 95% of the time.
I've upped that to 40psi so as it frees up it should get better, especially in cooler weather without using the air.

Calculated at the pump.

[Celica00]

i've left this laying around a couple fuel threads, but i'll put it here too.

[FrX]

According to aCar:

24.14 over the past month
24.47 over the past 3 months
24.90 over the lifetime of the car.

I average 37 miles per day.

[FRiSson]

Originally Posted by sierra

34psi for my manual to get 35.7 and 34.1usmpg using the A/C 95% of the time.
I've upped that to 40psi so as it frees up it should get better, especially in cooler weather without using the air.

Calculated at the pump.

At that PSI your tires should wear faster in the center than along the edges. Has this happened to your tires?

[sierra]

Originally Posted by FRiSson

At that PSI your tires should wear faster in the center than along the edges. Has this happened to your tires?

Not at 1200km it hasn't.
The 35psi is the minimum pressure for these tyres on this car, not the optimum. Others have found 40psi to be better for handling by increasing the stiffness of the tyre walls.
I will watch the centre for wear but doubt 5psi will be a problem.

[l0aded]

~26 50/50 driving. not driving slow but not redlining everywhere either

[OjiGeorge]

24-25mpg avg.