Gas Mileage issues...

[Sveivo]

Exactly! Show me a car that gets it's rated mileage. Even the Prius isn't getting anywhere near it's rated mileage(especially in city driving).

My car does.

 

[stangmatt66]

It is capable of getting the rated mileages, and really 17...thats 1 off big whoop

That's 17mpg COMBINED! If I drove purely in the city I would understand 17mpg, but driving both the freeway and city, combined 17mpg sucks!

 

[hooolala]

Check vehicle reviews on www.consumerguide.com - vehicles never get their EPA sticker and thats why for 2008 MY they will be revised downwards. If you look at various reviews of the new RAV4 V6, they are only getting between 16-19 mpg, so their EPA sticker of 21/28 doesn't mean jack in the real world either.

As Edmunds says, the true cost to own difference will only work out to less than $500/year and is the third most expensive part of total vehicle ownership, not the first or second...

i'm sorry.. but i'm getting average 24mpg on my new RAV4 V6 with 50/50 local/highway..

 

[Lord_Zath]

This is precisely the reason I'm really debating between CX-7 and 6 wagon. Either way I'll win, I figure. I'll be waiting a good two or so more years to make my decision, though - loving the p5 too much!

 

[Longhaul412]

This is precisely the reason I'm really debating between CX-7 and 6 wagon. Either way I'll win, I figure. I'll be waiting a good two or so more years to make my decision, though - loving the p5 too much!

My first opportunity to check the mileage in the CX-7 came this morning. Had exactly 21mpg. About a 50/50 mix city/hwy. I'm sure I've been a bit heavier on the gas foot as well, as I'm still breaking myself into the car and feeling out the quickness. For an SUV, 21 works for me.

 

[080669]

I'm sure I've been a bit heavier on the gas foot as well, as I'm still breaking myself into the car and feeling out the quickness.

I think that driving styles are going to matter a lot because of the turbo. Just driving to work today, I noticed I could either cause the turbo to kick in or not, while pretty much maintaining the same distance between me and the car in front.

On my 100 mile trip home from the dealership last night, I put the cruise on part of the way, and noticed the car stayed just under 2500 rpms at about 78mph. When I took the cruise off, my foot was unsteady enough that the rpms would climb into the turbo range then drop down, even though I was pretty much maintaining the same speeds.

(And if I've flubbed the #s and turbo doesn't kick in at 2500, someone feel free to yell at me.)

Anyway, that 100 miles brought the fuel gauge down from full to 3/4. I'm going to have to assume the car was topped off when I got it, and idiot that I was, I didn't reset the trip meter, so I'm going to have to assume it was reset when the car was topped off. Lot of assumptions there in my first tank.

 

[Lord_Zath]

yeah that is one advantage of the cx-7's 4 cylinder vs. the 6 wagon's 6 cylinder.

 

[kbrennan]

On a trip from Bakersfield to Los Angeles and back I got 23.9 MPG. This was using the cruise control and setting it +5 the speed limit. So average speed was somewhere in the neighborhood of 72 MPH. I was being very easy on the gas pedal during acceleration as I was trying for high mileage.

 

[cruzdreamer]

My RX8

Then either you keep it below 3000 RPM or you don't hit any traffic. I get 17mpg in my RX-8 whether I'm sitting in traffic, flying on the freeway or babying it around town.

I get 17.5 on average in my RX 8......mostly around town....sticker said 19 I think.....I am ok with this I knew it might be less than stated. I have an automatic by the way. I am figuring about the same on the CX 7 should I decide on that over the Mazda5.

 

[G-Papi]

I got 368 miles on the current tank, but it's bone dry now. I'll post how much it takes to fill it. I've got 2900 miles on it.

BTW - When I shift and do one of my two-lane blacktop passing moves, I can actually watch the turbo suck the gas needle downwards.

 

[Lord_Zath]

wow that's crazy

 

[080669]

Yeah, 368 is amazing. I've gotten close to 300, but not over. But I usually fill up with near 1/4 tank remaining. My commute is 25 miles each way, and I don't like to fill up around work, or worry that there's a carbeque on the way, and my drive home unexpectedly takes an hour and a half, or something.

The two worst trips were when there was a jumper on the wilson bridge, and once when it was snowing. Those took over 2.5 hrs to go 30 miles. On 9/11, I stayed at work till like 9pm or something because I just assumed traffic would be horrible. (I live less than 10 mins from the Pentagon, if there's no traffic)

 

[G-Papi]

It's not really all that phenomenal. It took 17.3 gallons to fill it. By my calcs, that left .7 gallons in the tank. It also was at 371 miles on the trip. That''s an average of 21.45 mpg. Only about 40 miles was heavy city traffic, but the a/c was wide open the whole time.

All this leads me to one qonclusion, and one question.

1. Conclusion - not to run this empty again. Though it's relatively new now, and I presume there's no accumulation of sediment and what-not in the tank, I don't want to do it like that again.

2. Question - I did do something differently. Instead of running cruise control with the tranny in automatic, I made it a point to run it in the manual 6th gear. This prevented the transmission from making decisions to downshift on occasions where I didn't choose to do so. It kept the rpm's down, though I never let it really bog down. Those automatic downshifts at the last minute to make the last 20 yards over the crest of a minor hill were eliminated. Is this a difference maker (provided, again, that the motor isn't allowed to gog down?

 

[cruzdreamer]

I get my mpg rating...

Rx-8 we get the rated 18-24mpg (city/highway)

I have an RX 8 and I am finally getting the rated mpg. I just had my best tank at 19.1 mpg....mostly city driving! I was averaging 17.5 mpg for a long time and now with 35,000+ miles on the car it's gone up again. Depends on how you drive and conditions.....I am expecting to get similiar MPG on the CX7. I was hoping for better gas mileage on the CX7 but the extra $ is worth it to me for the style and most of all fun to drive aspect of this car...it's Zoom, Zoom with great utility!!!!!

 

[Protege52003]

I'll be waiting a good two or so more years to make my decision, though - loving the p5 too much!

i am starting to feel this way about my P5. we have a love-hate relationship and she has been nice to me recently. plus i will own her soon. no monthly payments will be nice!

 

[Lord_Zath]

It's not really all that phenomenal. It took 17.3 gallons to fill it. By my calcs, that left .7 gallons in the tank. It also was at 371 miles on the trip. That''s an average of 21.45 mpg. Only about 40 miles was heavy city traffic, but the a/c was wide open the whole time.

All this leads me to one qonclusion, and one question.

1. Conclusion - not to run this empty again. Though it's relatively new now, and I presume there's no accumulation of sediment and what-not in the tank, I don't want to do it like that again.

2. Question - I did do something differently. Instead of running cruise control with the tranny in automatic, I made it a point to run it in the manual 6th gear. This prevented the transmission from making decisions to downshift on occasions where I didn't choose to do so. It kept the rpm's down, though I never let it really bog down. Those automatic downshifts at the last minute to make the last 20 yards over the crest of a minor hill were eliminated. Is this a difference maker (provided, again, that the motor isn't allowed to gog down?

I noticed the same thing w/my cruise control. I've also kept it in 4th gear (my highest gear) while going up hills. That or I just disengaged CC and took the hill myself. I'm not sure if that leads to any fuel savings or not...