Mazda5 real-world Mileage numbers

[doctorz]

From what I've read, the EPA hasn't changed its testing procedures. The EPA is just revising the published numbers by taking their test numbers and reducing them to reflect "higher speeds" and "increased A/C use". This isn't the first time they've done this, though: the EPA did the same thing in 1984, and now they're doing it again, probably because the 1984 reductions didn't go far enough, or we're just all a bunch of leadfoots. It's worth noting that CAFE numbers are calculated off the EPA test numbers, not the published numbers.

I still think it's all driving style in given conditions. After all, C/D managed to get 16 mpg out of a Prius.

 

[irloyal]

Car is now @ 7K miles and I'm getting 27MPG on the highway @ 70 MPH.

Mixed Freeway/stop-n-go daily 70 mile commute gives about 24.5 MPG

Not as good as expected, especially since I have the Five speed manual. This car could really use a 6th gear in the tranny for the highway.

 

[Fly on the Wall]

Long term milage report: 5 spd
My first tank was on 9/15/2005. I have checked the mileage on 48 tanks since then and didn't record about 9 tanks. At last fill up I had 18,106 miles.

Average for all tanks recorded: 27.3 mpg (usa) with roughly 60% city/ 40% highway.

Hi: 34 mpg, Lo: 20 mpg

I'm in Salt Lake City at ~4,500 feet above sea level. For better and worse I've keept my tire pressure at 35 psi (sometimes I've had it up to 40 psi). I use the cruise quite a bit and drive ez around town(though I'm not crawling). I usually keep my highway speeds between 75 and 80 mph.

 

[AIMWO4]

1600 Miles

I have been getting 24.5 when I drive like a nut, and 27.8 when I take it easy.

I don't get on the highway much, as I work 2.6 miles from home. The speed limit is 45 most of the way to work.

K&N CAI

 

[powertrip065d]

I get 28 mpg just about all the time with 10.000 on the clock....

 

[AIMWO4]

Truedelta.com

I get 28 mpg just about all the time with 10.000 on the clock....

You can log your mileage, etc. at Truedelta.com

 

[jandree22]

Where some cars will give you a night and day difference between driving styles, I've found that in the 5, whether you drive like a rice boy with the AC on or like grandma with AC off, there's only a few MPG difference... IME anyways.

 

[AIMWO4]

Same for me...

Where some cars will give you a night and day difference between driving styles, I've found that in the 5, whether you drive like a rice boy with the AC on or like grandma with AC off, there's only a few MPG difference... IME anyways.

I drove like a nutcase on my last tank, and still got 24.3 MPG on 85 octane (It's "altitudes" version of 87). The only real improvement I noticed, was the tank that included a 45 mile highway trip. I think that boosted me to about 27 MPG.

 

[Skylab]

30.8 mpg
460.3 miles on 14.9 gallons of gas

Click here for my thread about getting good mpg's.

 

[Woochifer]

If anything, our mileage has been very consistent since we picked up the car a few weeks ago.

First tank: 24.9 MPG
Second tank: 24.9 MPG
Third tank: 25.1 MPG

This is all under mixed driving conditions. I recently topped off the tank after predominantly city driving, and the mileage dropped down to around 22 MPG.

 

[Skylab]

My 5 has 16,600+ miles. The MPG's have improved in the past 3,000miles.

 

[5phreak]

21 combined, 26 and 27 on two mostly highway tanks. Car has 2,700 miles (2007)

 

[raspykart]

we get 25mpg consistently since day 1 in town driving... extremely low hwy miles mixed in. On the hwy we've gotten 28 - 42mpg depending on speed... 78mph - 58mph respectively

 

[PolarBear]

100% city driving a lot of short trips and traffic lights - 11.6L per 100km or 20.3 mpg. OEM tires and Regular gas from Shell

06 Mazda 5 MTX

 

[coolmazda5]

As per an earlier thread: In our case gas station locations vary, yet I got a decent 24.5MPG, mostly city driving (I just calculated miles driven vs. # of gallons filled at the pump). It is hilly around here so I was expecting a worse number. I can't complain (silly)

 

[PolarBear]

100% city driving a lot of short trips and traffic lights - 11.6L per 100km or 20.3 mpg. OEM tires and Regular gas from Shell

06 Mazda 5 MTX

Another update

2 adults and 2 kids + 2 child bikes + AC

100% hwy 100km/h - 110 km/h 7L/100km or 33.6 mpg

95% hwy 110km/h -120km/h 8L/100km or 29.4 mpg

 

[antlind]

Another update

2 adults and 2 kids + 2 child bikes + AC

100% hwy 100km/h - 110 km/h 7L/100km or 33.6 mpg

95% hwy 110km/h -120km/h 8L/100km or 29.4 mpg

That's quite impressive....I guess the key is keeping it between 100-110.
I did a 120km/hr run all hwy and only got 24mpg or thereabouts.
BTW, it must be nice now in Northern Ontario if you need the AC at this time of the year. I live in Calgary and we had snow flurries yesterday....(uhm)

 

[PolarBear]

BTW, it must be nice now in Northern Ontario if you need the AC at this time of the year. I live in Calgary and we had snow flurries yesterday....(uhm)

It was a long trip to Toronto But it's nice here as well for the last few days.

 

[vw mofo]

Just made my first road trip in our 5. It's an 07 Touring 5 Speed with 2700 miles now. A/C on with about 2-300 or so pounds of cargo not including me, my wife, daughter, and dog.

Average speed 74MPH and acheived 1st tank got me 34.5 MPG, and the 2nd got me 32.8MPG. Both tanks were the cheapest regular unleaded I could find. I was shocked.

Also, can someone tell me how large the tank is in this car? and how it measures it on the gauge? As an example, the tank in my VW is 14 gallon's but the gauge only measures 12 so you have 2 "reserve" gallons when you hit "E".

 

[Scott Y]

1500 miles on the clock, '07 touring 5sp
Last tank went 375miles on 12.5 gallons. This was 100% commuting to work via freeways, no A/C, mix of stop and go plus 65mph if traffic managed to flow. Gas was Shell 85.