The Fuel Economy/Mileage Thread

[CALL_911]

I'm sure there's already a thread like this, but why gravedig?

As of 6/17/2012, I have 13,835 miles on my car. Got 30.8 mpg on my last tank of gas.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Uhh... Accent has 33,XXX, and is getting 28 MPG in the city with the A/C blasting.
Harley has... 300-ish miles, MpG unknown, but suspexted to be around 40.

[TurboDan]

LR2 averages 21mpg regardless of AC or driving style. Occasionally it'll drop to 20 or rise to 22 or 23.

[93JC]

As of my last fill-up on the 8th I have 23,753 km on the car. Lifetime average fuel economy is 9.13 L/100km, or 25.2 mpUSg, with the city/highway split about 2/3 city, 1/3 highway. The winter average dips down to over 10 L/100 km. The best tank I've ever had was shortly after I bought the car and was on a drive in the mountains, where I got 7 L/100 km (33.5 mpUSg). The worst I've ever had is 11.9 L/100 km (19.8 mpUSg); it was the dead of winter and all city driving with lots of heavy traffic.

[Rich]

Mustang averages about 18-19.

Miata is getting about >99.9 mpg right now as it sits on a boat.  Usually it gets about 26-28.

[TBR]

Just drove to Colorado today. Pushed over 177k on the way, got 25mpg on the first tank and 23 on the second.

[GoCougs]

21.5-22 mpg in mixed driving in the G. Have yet to take a long freeway trip (rated 25 mpg highway).

[Vinsanity]

LOL. I'm getting 18 mpg on a good day. To be fair, I probably have the worst daily commute for fuel economy; I get on the freeway for 3 miles, and then get off the 2nd exit onto a 60 mph surface street with stoplights for another 2 miles. At least I'm not using any gas for the remaining 40 miles of my commute.

[TBR]

I was getting 18-19mpg at school. Not really bumper to bumper or even that many lights, my commute was just so short the engine didn't really get warmed up until I was already on campus.

[hotrodalex]

Saturn:
23-24 mpg suburban
28-29 highway

El Camino:
10 mpg suburban
no idea about highway

[GoCougs]

With 3,850 lbs, 328 hp, and AWD I can't complain with that mpg. That actually doesn't include any freeway driving either, and I'm definitely not babying it.

[ifcar]

Around 25 mpg on my daily commute (three miles of city driving), 40 mpg on the highway. 87k miles.

[68_427]

160K.

Average 19-21 every tank.

[280Z Turbo]

I have 148,000 miles on the Focus. I drive it as hard as I can. I got 24 on the last tank because it was all city driving. I normally get 27-29 mpg mixed.

[Rupert]

29 mpg highway 944, dunno city. 110 kmiles.

About 3 mpg no matter what Explorer.

Alright, 15/17 Explorer. 143 kmiles.

[280Z Turbo]

29 mpg highway 944, dunno city. 110 kmiles.

About 3 mpg no matter what Explorer.

Alright, 15/17 Explorer. 143 kmiles.

Anything under 20 is just awful. I can't deal with it. I work too hard for my money.

[Rupert]

Yes, I agree. The engine in the Exploder is such a fucking piece of shit. Too little power, not enough economy, sounds like ass... All it's got is decent durability and marginally OK torque.

I want to put a 4.2L Chevy in there.

Or even better, a 4-cyl diesel.

[Raza]

I'm sure there's already a thread like this, but why gravedig?

As of 6/17/2012, I have 13,835 miles on my car. Got 30.8 mpg on my last tank of gas.

That's pretty damn good.  With summer coming in, I'm down to about 25-26mpg per tank and I just crossed 80,000 miles a few days ago.  So I'm at around 80,200 and change. 

[nickdrinkwater]

mine does 46 MPG (UK) which is about 38 US MPG, from a 50-50 mix of urban and motorway driving.  It will do 53 MPG (44 US MPG) on the motorway/long journeys

[2o6]

Best I've seen is 42MPG on the freeway. I get a solid 30 in thr city.

[cawimmer430]

I'm averaging about 7.2 L / 100 km (32.7 mpg) in my mixed driving (city, Autobahn, country roads). Not bad but not great either. But I'm also using the A/C so that affects the fuel consumption.

I used this site to calculate L/100 km into accurate mpg: http://calculator-converter.com/l_100km_mpg_convert_mpg_to_l_per_100_km.php

[sportyaccordy]

Average on the Kawi is about 30 MPG (all city, often 2 up). Best tank so far was about 42 MPG, when me and wifey rode down to the Jersey Shore + back. If it was just me on the highway I bet 50 MPG would be within reach. When we leave I would def like to get a little 250 to run around on.

[Laconian]

TSX gets 26. It got 33 on a Canadian road trip. 550mi range FTW.

[Onslaught]

Probably around 16-19!

[MrH]

Just under 41k miles in the miata.

Usually I sit around 25-26 mpg.  Since the move though, I do a whole lot less sitting in traffic trying to get on the high way.  I've been around 28-30 mpg now (25 miles each way, usually 60 mph with traffic, 80-90 mph without).


EDIT:  Hopefully I'll be around 32 mpg when I get the BRZ. Seems possible.  More low end torque, taller gearing, direct injection, and a better drag coefficient should help.  Having to break the engine in too will force me to keep the revs down for awhile also.

[Lebowski]

I get abysmal mileage. I'm sure part of it is my short commute (engine never really warms up) plus a lot of my driving is in traffic, and I drive aggressively when not in traffic.

C6 has ~38,500 miles on the odo, and only gets ~10-12mpg in town but can go 25+ on the highway.

4runner odo is in the low 20Ks (prob 21-22k), iirc it gets around 14-16 in town and 16-18 on the highway.

I don't really care about gas mileage cause I only drive about 10k miles/yr between both cars.

[r0tor]

JGC just got 26mpg on the way to the beach... That gives it a range of over 600 miles

[AutobahnSHO]

23mpg in the subie- cruise at 50mph for about half the 12mile commute helps some.

AND it's still not running right, goes into the shop in a couple weeks.

[2o6]

Generally, I almost never shift over 3K in daily driving.

[hotrodalex]

Generally, I almost never shift over 3K in daily driving.

Me either. Then again I drive a pushrod V8.