Im now averaging 27 even on my 5 with new tires. mostly highway at break neck speeds although I now hyper drive to the best of a speed demons ability. (slow starts and avoid braking when I can, cruise at 55 instead of 60-65 when im running early), 90% hwy, 10% city. Freeway speed is around 72mph.
Mazda5 real-world Mileage numbers
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Yep. I'm from Victoria. After moving to California, my family would go to the island every summer. My mom grew up and my grandparents lived on Luxton Rd. My mom eventually moved to the Duncan area and is now in Mill Bay.
My last visit was in June 2006... so I know what you mean about hitting every light. I think it's job security for the department of highways. They just slowly upgrade enough to inhibit the ease of travel. (headshake
Not much you can do about Victoria though. More people, same streets.
the wife finally told me her mileage and gallons for once, its 28.56 MPG not bad for constant AC on recirculation with the fires we have in the area.
I got to drive a 2008 Mazda3i automatic while her 5 was back in the shop. I got 42 mpg on the way to walmart and 44 on the way back. Oh that's about a 30 mile round trip maybe a bit more I haven't checked but I know its more then 15 miles each way for sure.
I got to drive a 2008 Mazda3i automatic while her 5 was back in the shop. I got 42 mpg on the way to walmart and 44 on the way back. Oh that's about a 30 mile round trip maybe a bit more I haven't checked but I know its more then 15 miles each way for sure.
mazda 3i 5spd - filled up this morn (at 2.84 pg) 11.5 gal all highway this week was 31.8 mpg. ac one 2/3 most of the time, no tint.
ms3 26, lol. went down from 28 something cause ive been a little rough with it.
and hey, slow. quit burning everything down over there. lol. the smoke from those fires made it all the way to the triad. damn it was smoky.
ms3 26, lol. went down from 28 something cause ive been a little rough with it.
and hey, slow. quit burning everything down over there. lol. the smoke from those fires made it all the way to the triad. damn it was smoky.
After 3 tanks of gas (just filled up my 4th this morning), I'm only averaging around 21mpg (11L/100km). My daily commute is 7km one way, and rarely drive more than 20km per trip. A bit disappointing but I think the short trips is really killing the mpg.
On the plus side, I only have to fill it up once every 10 days or so. Really hope it will improve to at least 24+ mpg for my kind of driving.
No, I don't have lead foot, A/C is on less than 20% of the time, and half of the time I'm the only one in the car. I rarely get over 3000 rpm, the traffic isn't bad in the area I live either. I think my MZ5 is just bit more thirsty that's all. (still love the car, just hope I can get some better mpg)
On the plus side, I only have to fill it up once every 10 days or so. Really hope it will improve to at least 24+ mpg for my kind of driving.
No, I don't have lead foot, A/C is on less than 20% of the time, and half of the time I'm the only one in the car. I rarely get over 3000 rpm, the traffic isn't bad in the area I live either. I think my MZ5 is just bit more thirsty that's all. (still love the car, just hope I can get some better mpg)
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Second tank was 24.6, third tank was 28.2, fourth tank was 26.5. Lots of city driving on that fourth tank.
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I have swapped vehicles with wife mostly due to the 2nd row A/C, plus the car seat fabric seems to be cooler in hot weather.
So now I'm driving the 06. 23.8MPG last tank. Lots of A/C (scratch) and I'm stretching its legs a little, 60%city/40%hwy
So now I'm driving the 06. 23.8MPG last tank. Lots of A/C (scratch) and I'm stretching its legs a little, 60%city/40%hwy
27.55 for our '06 M/T yesterday, nearly all around town, A/C on most of the time (ACC wants to always use it). This represents ~10-15% better than it's been for the last couple years until very recently. Also had our first tanks of >30 mpg a few weeks ago on a fast freeway trip. I've recently switched to a different type of oil which has shown outstanding results in our fleet at work, and I'm also testing a fuel supplement combination that has contributed. I'm so happy (again!)!
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^^ Possibly is a sign that the "new" engine is finally settling in 
No, just kidding of course, but would be interested to know about the fuel supplement combo you mentioned (naughty)
No, just kidding of course, but would be interested to know about the fuel supplement combo you mentioned (naughty)
twentysixtwo
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Me, I'm suspicious of fuel additives or other snake oil, but would definitely believe that a 5w20 synthetic or other low friction oil could give you a few percent improvement...
Me, I run my tires just below the max pressure, IIRC the max is 40 so I run at 38 PSI....
Getting the windows tinted next week so that should reduce the need for AC, which can easily suck 1 or more mpg from your FE.
One thing I do with the manu-matic is to force it to "5" as soon as I hit the highway. By lugging the crap out of the engine, you will get better FE though it's obviously crap for accelleration. That's OK cause if you stomp it the tranny will still kick down to 3.
Me, I run my tires just below the max pressure, IIRC the max is 40 so I run at 38 PSI....
Getting the windows tinted next week so that should reduce the need for AC, which can easily suck 1 or more mpg from your FE.
One thing I do with the manu-matic is to force it to "5" as soon as I hit the highway. By lugging the crap out of the engine, you will get better FE though it's obviously crap for accelleration. That's OK cause if you stomp it the tranny will still kick down to 3.
rweatherford
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I can verify today that 75-100 MPH continuous will net about 20 MPG. Had to go to the hospital 80 miles away. Everything turned out ok.
BTW 100 MPH is NO BIG DEAL in the 5. I had to keep slowing down.
BTW 100 MPH is NO BIG DEAL in the 5. I had to keep slowing down.
I got over 30MPG at 80....I suppose 90-100 could zap a lot more MPG though. I hit 90 pretty regularly, but 100 almost never in the 5. I hit 110 pretty commonly while merging onto the freeway in my bimmer though.
rweatherford
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I was pretty hard on it. Some of that was on a 2-lane road so there were stretches of accelleration from 60 and above. 100 MPH in my state is a trip to jail so I was trying to stay off of it. I also had one self rightous lane blocker that thought I was trying to bully him with my flashers and flashing high beams. He was nice enough to block me in with another car and act like he was calling someone. I wanted to go around and pass on the shoulder, but I'm not that big of an ass. I hope he felt like an idiot when he saw my passenger.
what was the deal mang?
I got back on Wednesday from central Kansas to DFW, Texas and averaged 32.8 mpg.
I was shocked to see it that high, but I was also curious to why the cheapest gas was in OK City, OK.
Most everywhere else it ran from 3.83-3.89/gal, but in Oklahoma city it was 3.69/gal.
As soon as we got back to Texas it was back up to the 3.89-3.93/gal...
I was shocked to see it that high, but I was also curious to why the cheapest gas was in OK City, OK.
Most everywhere else it ran from 3.83-3.89/gal, but in Oklahoma city it was 3.69/gal.
As soon as we got back to Texas it was back up to the 3.89-3.93/gal...
I'd take 3.89/gal any day.... it's over $5/gal here in Toronto area.
I'm on my 6th tank now, was getting 20 - 22 mpg (US) for the first 4 tanks with 0% highway. About 20% highway on the 5th tank and I got 25mpg.
Drove about 300km (190 mile) highway on the 6th tank and it's still over half tank with AC blowing half the time (normally, I only get a bit less than 300 km at the half mark). So I think I should get somewhere between 26 to 28 mpg on the 6th tank. (it's at half mark this morning with 360 km, that's about 70 more than usual)
So much happier now comparing the 20-22mpg for the first few tanks....
I'm on my 6th tank now, was getting 20 - 22 mpg (US) for the first 4 tanks with 0% highway. About 20% highway on the 5th tank and I got 25mpg.
Drove about 300km (190 mile) highway on the 6th tank and it's still over half tank with AC blowing half the time (normally, I only get a bit less than 300 km at the half mark). So I think I should get somewhere between 26 to 28 mpg on the 6th tank. (it's at half mark this morning with 360 km, that's about 70 more than usual)
So much happier now comparing the 20-22mpg for the first few tanks....
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