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Old 07-30-2014, 02:16 PM   #15
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Since you already found Fuelly here's mine:
http://www.fuelly.com/car/scion/fr-s...tcaster/177974

Depends on the freeway, elevation changes, traffic and how aggressive I'm feeling. I can set the cruise control to 75, do some passing, zip around traffic, climb some hills and get 30 mpg all day long. I can set the cruise to 65 and poke along in the right hand lane and get ~34. I'd guess if you're comfortable cruising at 55 mph and drafting behind a semi-truck you could be comfortably in the high 30's.

Never forget that the onboard computer overestimates how good your fuel economy is, and go for a test drive this thing is miles different from a mass market sedan/coupe from Honda or Toyota in terms of comfort and practicality.

Edit: Don't forget to turn off the A/C when hypermiling, this car has little insulation so even at 'cool' the engine will still warm up the air in your face, might get another 1-2 mpg if I sweat it out but that's like $1-$2 per fillup at most.
Edit 2: My car is a manual transmission, the automatics get better economy but if you have any desire to get the manual than do it.

Just chugged through the math, assuming 25 mpg avg. vs. 28 mpg avg. and the MT being $1,100 cheaper than the AT you don't start saving money until you've driven 60,000 miles on the AT at $4.2/gallon.

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Old 07-30-2014, 02:21 PM   #16
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35.5 mpg after disconnecting/reconnecting my battery and doing an all-day drive, mostly on the freeway. Car was bone stock apart from a TRD cold-air intake and Optima sealed gel battery. That was on 90 octane fuel with NO ETHANOL in it.

26.5 mpg mixed driving for the last 5000 miles which, in the winter included warming my car up for nearly ten minutes every morning. Still bone stock apart from the intake and battery. Still running NO ETHANOL 90 octane from my local 76 station.

My car has the automatic gearbox and was manufactured in May of 2013. I usually leave my car in "drive" with all of the driving aids off. I almost never use cruise control. Even at 6500 miles, just before my first oil change, my oil looked like fresh golden honey.

Such a great little car. :-)
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Old 07-30-2014, 03:11 PM   #17
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I do about 50-65% City driving in ATL, somewhat hilly. But I shift according to the economy indicators and I try to get above 45 MPH in sixth asap.
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Old 07-30-2014, 03:52 PM   #18
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Something to mention. Because of the read end gear final ratio driving over 70MPH does cause the MPG to drop quickly. I get over 30 MPG on interstate trips even driving 70 or a little above.
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Old 07-30-2014, 04:15 PM   #19
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On my best fill ups with my TC I would barely reach 24mpg and was usually in the 23mpg range. With my FR-S my average just hit 24.3mpg and is still climbing. This is at 860 miles on the odometer. I think it will level off at 25 to 26 mpg.
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Old 07-30-2014, 04:44 PM   #20
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I avg. 29.7 with some mixed city/highway driving, but I most drive main surface roads with about a 12 mile round trip commute every day. Also, good to note that I drive this car in a rather spirited manner. It's a surprisingly efficient car.
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The frs and brz are pretty much the same right?
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My average:
http://www.fuelly.com/car/subaru/brz...mav1178/210014

Been consistently worse in 2014 mostly due to 1-2 track events per month.

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The frs and brz are pretty much the same right?
No. FRS is inferior because it's a cheaper car....

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My average:
http://www.fuelly.com/car/subaru/brz...mav1178/210014

Been consistently worse in 2014 mostly due to 1-2 track events per month.



No. FRS is inferior because it's a cheaper car....

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Lol i like the brz mainly for that blue colour and the nav but i dont really like that front moustache bumper
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The frs and brz are pretty much the same right?
The only difference between the frs and brz is how much you care about what other people think and which local dealership sucks less.
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I recently went on an 8 hour roadtrip out of state and back and averaged ~33-34 MPG mostly interstate going between 65-75 MPH. I had two fill ups that day and did the calculations of miles on trip odo and fill ups. Did some hooning up to 90 MPH in some instances and was getting on and off of ramps going up to ~6K RPMs. I am definitely happy with my gas mileage.
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30.8 even mix of city and highway.
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So I reset the average MPG after my last post and drove 225 miles, mostly with the cruise control set on 67 but with a few good pulls after a few red lights. The average said 36.5 when I pulled up to the garage. Again, I don't know if the car's computer estimates that accurately, but I don't see why it would be far off.

I so fucking love this car.
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So I reset the average MPG after my last post and drove 225 miles, mostly with the cruise control set on 67 but with a few good pulls after a few red lights. The average said 36.5 when I pulled up to the garage. Again, I don't know if the car's computer estimates that accurately, but I don't see why it would be far off.

I so fucking love this car.
Hahaha amazing man, i cant wait till this thing is in my driveway
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