amazing gas milage

[_jp]

2008 4dr 3i (2.0, 5spd) all highway with 850 on the odo - 34 mpg
2008.5 ms3 mix of hills and hwy @ 500 miles on the odo - 28.8 mpg

2006 tj - 12 mpg

 

[Russm]

2 months old today, 10,142 miles averaging 27 MPG city / hwy comute 110 miles a day.
MS3 MSCAI/MSCBT
Lots of Smiles

 

[Zimmer]

i did math this morning because i've been driving cruise control 65 mph wanted to see how well i could do ...28 mpg city/highway (mostly highway though)

 

[Zimmer]

Quote of the Year.

If gas prices are really hurting you that much, you should've got a Prius/Fit/et al. My SPG (smiles per gallon) are higher than listed on the window sticker.

a guy at work huge car fanatic who recently passed away once told me there's MPG and FPG to some of us FPG means something

FPG = fun per gallon

 

[trufanatic]

i can agree. i've never really take my car on a long trip, i think since i've owned it most its seen in a 2hr contant drive. but on the highway ( i have a sport ) i average 29-32mpg with babying it and shifting b4 3k and trying to stay out of boost. if you habituall gear down and not boost to get up to speed you will see good gas mileage with this car. cant really complain.

 

[happy and angry]

8 months ownership, 5500 miles total driving: averaging 22 mpg - not too good, but I do enjoy the few miles I put on it.

 

[n|njutsu55]

I recently drove from Louisville, Ky to Destin, FL on 2 tanks (about 660 miles). I still had a quarter of a tank left on the second tank by the time I pulled up to the beach house. Last week I drove from Louisville to Memphis,TN (about 350 miles)on one tank of gas. Still, paying anywhere from 4.25 to 4.50 a gallon for gas lately is horrible. The 10 speed has been seeing a lot of action lately.

 

[jeff4880]

I traded my Titan for a Speed 3 so anything better than 15MPG is a improvement for me.

 

[Russm]

City/Highway Combined

Second oil change to full synthetic just got 29MPG city/highway combined, and if you ask my car pool buddy, I scare him a lot with this neet car so I don't granny it all the time.

 

[hectik1]

I get about 25 or so MPG mixed driving boosting regularly.(thumb)(cabpatch)

 

[guy_incognito]

Just got back from a Seattle to So Cal trip. I've been doing 99% city driving for the past year, so I've been getting terrible gas mileage; like in the 16 mpg range.

But during this trip I got an average of 31.5 mpg over the whole trip. My first tank I was at 245 at the halfway mark, and at 409 when the computer read 0 miles remaining; and drove it to 425 miles. When it was filled up (in Oregon so I couldn't pump it), only 12.377 gallons went in. If that were true, it'd be 34.3 mpg, but I definitely will not claim that. Just by knowing my car, I'd say he should've put in close to 13 gallons. My next tank was 389.9 miles on 13.5 gallons (28.9 mpg), which was probably a result of being underfilled at the first fill-up, and the last was 399.8 miles on 12.7 gallons (31.5 mpg). I just slightly topped off at the start, and slightly topped off at the end - so over the three tanks it should be a pretty accurate average. Needless to say I was very happy with the fuel efficiency.

For those wondering - I have an 07 MS3 now with ~5900 miles, MS-CAI, synthetic oil since 2500 miles, and the last reflash from the OBD-II compliance recall (have not had the fuel pump TSB re-flash). I generally did about 5 mph above the speed limit, except for the downhill areas where I let gravity take over. A/C was on for about 2/3 of the trip, since it was 113 degrees in So Cal. Did hit a fair bit of traffic on the 210 also; so that last tank at 31.5 mpg is pretty impressive. Oh, and my car was full because I was moving (but probably weighed less than having 3 adult passengers).

 

[skylar2ups]

I recently drove from Louisville, Ky to Destin, FL on 2 tanks (about 660 miles). I still had a quarter of a tank left on the second tank by the time I pulled up to the beach house. Last week I drove from Louisville to Memphis,TN (about 350 miles)on one tank of gas. Still, paying anywhere from 4.25 to 4.50 a gallon for gas lately is horrible. The 10 speed has been seeing a lot of action lately.

I live in Destin, Fl and used to live in Cincinati, Oh and I can make that trip on two tanks as well!