What IS your fuel economy?

[Yawn]

My 328d wagon is at 44.5 MPG based on 45k miles. The drive into work this morning i averaged 56.1 mpg on a 39 mile commute. The drive home will be about 43mpg.

[MrH]

Wait a minute, how many s2k people are here now??


Oh yeah, to contribute to the thread:

Caddy: 18 MPG
Bike: 50ish MPG

3 I think? Me, Ro (technically his dad but he does the bulk of the driving of it), and Charlie? I think that's it.

[Rupert]

12/15

My Explorer would occasionally get that on a bad day.

[Rupert]

Porsche is 28-30 hwy, XTerra is ?? city. I thought I had gone 100 miles on a 20 gal tank of gas last fill up, until I realized that disconnecting the battery resets the trip odometer.

[giant_mtb]

I get 16-18 mixed in the Tacoma. Usually it's 17-17.5, but I'll still see a higher or lower tank occasionally depending on my driving that week or two. 

Edit:  Looks like my truck is rated for 17/21, so I'm basically meeting EPA.  It'll do 19-20mpg at 60-65mph, but on a freeway doing 75mph it's more like 17.

With gas so cheap, I hardly even think about it. I haven't actually filled up/tracked mileage at all this month, just threw $20 in a couple times, which gets me a solid half tank with the fuel light on.  I knew going from the 28+mpg mixed A4 to a truck was gonna be a big drop, but I also don't have to buy premium anymore, which is always a decent amount more expensive around here, 60-75cents more per gallon.

[TBR]

Low ~20s on the Subie. Which I guess is about right, rated 19/25. But, still shocking for how small and slow it is.

[Vinsanity]

3 I think? Me, Ro (technically his dad but he does the bulk of the driving of it), and Charlie? I think that's it.

Nice...I do have to admit I window shop for these on autotrader every now and then when I get those nostalgic feels

[cawimmer430]

My 328d wagon is at 44.5 MPG based on 45k miles. The drive into work this morning i averaged 56.1 mpg on a 39 mile commute. The drive home will be about 43mpg.

I had no idea that BMW diesels were available in the US for the 3-Series. Goes to show how out of touch I am with the latest or past developments. I've pretty much abstained from reading automotive news for years now.

[autokomppania]

With 11 000 miles driven, consumption is pretty much 9l/km even, so 26,14 mpg.

Not bad for big car and once the winter speed come, I think it will even drop a bit (in terms of l/km)

[CALL_911]

You have a 118i? That's pretty bad

[autokomppania]

XC90 D5

Lähetetty minun E2333 laitteesta Tapatalkilla

[12,000 RPM]

Just got my alignment done this weekend... been getting ~25MPG steadily, but that's with running A/C all the time and occasional 90+ jaunts. Hoping with a lighter foot and tires pointing the same direction I can get back up to ~27-28MPG which is about what the EPA promised.

[afty]

[Byteme]

A couple of weeks ago we went to San Francisco and back.  4,200 miles with lots of crawling up narrow mountain roads, like on the way to the Lick Observatory and Yosemite, and lots of two lane roads; we tend to go off of the interstates frequently to see the sights.  The top was down for maybe half of those miles and when it wasn't the air was on.   

The EPA says 17 city, 25 highway and 20 combined.  We averaged 28.5 for the entire trip.

[giant_mtb]

My last tank was 17.8 miles per gallon with very mixed driving including lots of putzing around in the woods.  Thing is pretty consistent.

[giant_mtb]

A couple of weeks ago we went to San Francisco and back.  4,200 miles with lots of crawling up narrow mountain roads, like on the way to the Lick Observatory and Yosemite, and lots of two lane roads; we tend to go off of the interstates frequently to see the sights.  The top was down for maybe half of those miles and when it wasn't the air was on.   

The EPA says 17 city, 25 highway and 20 combined.  We averaged 28.5 for the entire trip.

That's pretty impressive/awesome.

[AutobahnSHO]

Low ~20s on the Subie. Which I guess is about right, rated 19/25. But, still shocking for how small and slow it is.

dat AWD and the triple-reinforced pillars...

[AutobahnSHO]

I get 16mpgeez in Odyssey toodling to work and back, got 24mpg on a highway trip (loaded with people) last weekend.

[2o6]

With Lyft driving, i'm averaging a solid 29-32MPG. That's a mix of idling, freeway stints, and semi-aggressive city driving. I tend to drive more aggressive when picking up fares.

[Byteme]

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That's pretty impressive/awesome.
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We topped off the tank at a gas station in Yosemite NP, then drove downhill 5 miles into the valley for dinner.  Mileage was pegged at 99.9 during that downhill run.   

[mzziaz]

55 mpg hwy on the Megane. Diesel

[2o6]

55 mpg hwy on the Megane. Diesel

Imperial or US

[mzziaz]

US

[2o6]

Im jealous

[Byteme]

Im jealous

Not to detract from that mileage (55 MPG) you've got to remember it's a diesel so the cost of getting those MPGs are higher as well. 

Fuel cost per mile is a better measure, IMO.  But is harder to use for comparison since the cost of fuel is so variable, both over time and over different geographic locations and stations.   

[AutobahnSHO]

Not to detract from that mileage (55 MPG) you've got to remember it's a diesel so the cost of getting those MPGs are higher as well. 

Fuel cost per mile is a better measure, IMO.  But is harder to use for comparison since the cost of fuel is so variable, both over time and over different geographic locations and stations.   

Fun fact:   Diesel is cheaper to manufacture than gasoline, and in Europe it is generally less expensive than gasoline.

--I assume the US Fed hits diesel higher because of the higher impact on road repair big trucks make.

[Byteme]

Fun fact:   Diesel is cheaper to manufacture than gasoline, and in Europe it is generally less expensive than gasoline.

--I assume the US Fed hits diesel higher because of the higher impact on road repair big trucks make.

That drove a change in the excise tax on diesel fuel in the 1980s which accounts for about 6 cents of the difference.

The main reason it's higher because of supply vs demand.  Refineries are optimized to produce a certain amount of diesel.  That can be changed slightly with relatively minimal cost but any significant change is expensive and time consuming to alter.  Proportionally, sales of diesel is increasing relative to gasoline; about 3 times a fast.  Also the cost of transporting and handling diesel with reduced sulfur content adds a sizable amount to the cost.  Also seasonality is a factor; farm use of diesel goes up in the fall when driving demand for gasoline traditionally declines, which makes the difference larger during that period.

[Soup DeVille]

Fun fact:   Diesel is cheaper to manufacture than gasoline, and in Europe it is generally less expensive than gasoline.

--I assume the US Fed hits diesel higher because of the higher impact on road repair big trucks make.

It's actually the ultra-low sulfur content diesel we switched to a few years ago. Before that, diesel was cheaper.

[Byteme]

It's actually the ultra-low sulfur content diesel we switched to a few years ago. Before that, diesel was cheaper.

That's only part of it.

[Soup DeVille]

That's only part of it.

That seemed to be the tipping point though.