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Returning home tomorrow and will average the mpg, although my route home will be slightly different.
Help Me Decide: CX-5 vs. CR-V
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Downshifting (with throttle blip) to slow = more efficient? No, maintain set speed more closely..yes . Allowing the vehicle speed to gradually increase above set speed in top gear while descending would be more efficient though quite possibly unwanted...just saying
Check/set your tires +2 or 3 psi door spec when cold, don't go over 80 unless coasting downhill, lock it in 6th gear and no CC. Do those simple things and I'm willing to bet you'll net close to double digit % gains...its there if you try a little is all I'm saying
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Cc keeps it in 6th 99.9% of the time. I'll keep it 80 and under though. Will verify psi.
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Started using a fuel app about 10 fill ups ago. I never expected this good the way I drive. Last few keep creeping up. 25+ on the last? Wow.
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Your true average is within 0.5 of mine I believe.
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Thing is, I drive it the same as any vehicle. It just fails to deliver where they have. Friend of mine drives the balls off his wrx. Averages 23.5mpg. His sticker says combined should be 23, yet constantly flogging it to triple digits all the time. The cx5 is just a failure in the "delivers sticker" dept. Sorry.
7eregrine
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Disagree. Vehemently. Maybe you don't drive like me. My commuter is 65 / 45 city / highway. I hit 80...every. Single. Day. I pass 15 cars for every 1 car that passes me. And that may be being generous. I drive very aggressively. Very, capital V. This car puts a smile on my face....just like my 225 HP Saab used to do. This car, to me, is fast enough.
I may never see 100 in my CX5...and I'm fine with that. I did hit 100 in my Volvo today...seriously ... And just for a second because I haven't done that in years.... And I don't need to regularly.
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I may never see 100 in my CX5...and I'm fine with that. I did hit 100 in my Volvo today...seriously ... And just for a second because I haven't done that in years.... And I don't need to regularly.
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Hope you use your indicators/blinkers/turn signals (wink)
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Yeah, I don't drive like that. I drive this thing more tamely than almost any other vehicle I've owned, because it's not very fun to drive fast. It's like "why do that s*** in this thing?"
Which is even MORE infuriating regarding how poorly it performs at the pump. My 357hp Jeep Grand Cherokee only got like 5-6mpg less on road-trips, and it would actually GO when I floored it. I wish every day that it hadn't also fallen apart so often and I'd been able to excuse keeping it. For better performance, and tons more luxury/comfort.
7eregrine
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Oh yes, absolutely. Even though I have these awesome blind spot monitors that tell me it is safe to get in front of you, I still let you know I'm moving in front of you.
Well your last comment explains a lot, Unob. Get on that thang, brother. It's a real tranny, not a CVT. It wants to be pushed. It still surprises me, almost every day, how quickly this thing gets to 80... it shouldn't...it's not a sports car. And I'm not even using Sport mode. And when I DO occasionally drive tamely? The MPG is just sick. Sick, good, sick. Geez...I want to go drive now.....
#Mazda
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It gets to 80 slow AF bro, what are you talking about? Here is how my last SUV got to 80...
Chris_Top_Her
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^ That's 80 MPH or 130kph
I know. Our speed limit on freeways is 110kmh which is 68mph. No chance of hitting 80mph without being pretty much caught by speed cameras or the police or on dashboard camera
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85-90 is normal traffic speed on many of the roads I frequent. Posted limits are 85. Miles per hour. CX5 can't hack it. It's a great little city car though. For road-trips, it struggles and is horribly inefficient, I've found. Big let-down, that. At least it takes the cheap gas.
Probably wasn't envisaged to be travelling at that speed anyway.
I think it's a fine enough car for our speed limits which are:
- 40km/h (25mph) - city centres
- 50km/h (31mph) - suburban areas
- 60km/h (37mph) - main roads in suburban areas
- 70-90km/h (44-56mph) - highway/freeway/motorway near residential areas
- 100-110km/h (62-68mph) - general highway/freeway/motorway
Note - These are for the greater Sydney area
Each to their own
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Usually I agree, but not really this time. That line won't work with the officer. Nor will it work with doing nearly 20 under the speed limit.
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