shortfuse12
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just an update from san jose, ca. to las vegas, nv $75 each way take in mind san jose gas is 4.15 per, while i was in nv it was 3.69 per. my average while on crusie control of between 70-73mph was 37mpg according to the dash
MPG's
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MacAttack7
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I don't think I could ever drive hard enough to get under 30 MPG's in this car.
I tried my hardest, just as an experiement, to get to 40 mpg's by crusing as much as possible and shifting into high gears whenever I could & taking off slow & all that crap & I only got 35.
So on the next tank I drove without trying at all, shifted at 4K rpm's when accelerating, drove up some steep mountain roads, used the air conditioning a little bit, and I got 39.5. So I'm not sure how those "hypermile" people do their thing, but it sure didn't work for me................doesn't really make sense..............the more fun I try to have driving it the better mpg's I get................seems to be the opposite of how it should be.
I tried my hardest, just as an experiement, to get to 40 mpg's by crusing as much as possible and shifting into high gears whenever I could & taking off slow & all that crap & I only got 35.
So on the next tank I drove without trying at all, shifted at 4K rpm's when accelerating, drove up some steep mountain roads, used the air conditioning a little bit, and I got 39.5. So I'm not sure how those "hypermile" people do their thing, but it sure didn't work for me................doesn't really make sense..............the more fun I try to have driving it the better mpg's I get................seems to be the opposite of how it should be.
Update: Low 23.5, High 41.4 Life to Date 4400 miles with a total average of 31.8 mpg. Shifting over 4-5,000 regularly. Highway recent 41.4 was on 250 mile trip, windows partially down, AC usage between 5-15%, speeds between 40-90 mostly around 75.
It was probably the mountains...unless you downshifted and accelerated a lot going uphill, you gained some good mileage on the downhill. Take it from a guy who drives through lots of mountains
Racebrewer
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Most of you guys have brand new cars. When the motor breaks in (say 20-25,000 miles) it'll get better. My experience with Japanese cars is that the best gas mileage is at 60,000 when its fully broken in and it'll start declining over 120,000 miles.
YMMV<LOL>
John
YMMV<LOL>
John
roy obanion
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It's good for them, that's what I did..
27 Mpg on a bad week, 31 Mpg on a good week. I'd say 29 Mpg is my average which is pretty good.
MacAttack7
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Lowest I've gotten is 18mpg, best I've gotten is 31. Normal is 30ish...
4200 miles on my car I think. Shifting at 4-5k usually, cruising at 75-85 on highway ...I hate second gear with a passion
2nd gear is interesting. That's for sure.
Some days I think I have it figured out, then some days not so much.
How on earth do you get 18mpg? I'd be freaking out that I ruined my car if I drove hard enough to get 18.
I shifted at 4000 rpm for most of my last tank, but I still got about 36. I stayed below 70 though on the highway.
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Racebrewer
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The last tank was just over 30 mpg and that was the tank I was testing the new Bilstein coilovers on. The RPM took a beating.
What did you guys do to break in your motors? I spent a lot of time accellerating and decellerating using increasing RPM ranges and harder acelleration.
I feel like it helped.
John
What did you guys do to break in your motors? I spent a lot of time accellerating and decellerating using increasing RPM ranges and harder acelleration.
I feel like it helped.
John
How much are u guys filling up in gallons of gas? I was blinking on the last bar with less than 30 miles to go and it only took 8.9 gallons. I only fill it up until the pump stops. I'm getting between 35-40 mpg, I shift between 2.5k and 3k. Unless I need to speed up to get on the freeway.
I've got an automatic and I can't get my MPG's to break 30; I drive it easy (shift between 2k and 3k) and do 50% highway driving, but even driving @ 60 mph on the interstate I can't get any better than 29 mpg (my highest tank.) City average is ~24, I carry no extra weight in the car, tires are inflated to spec...I feel I should be getting better numbers even though I've got an automatic.
The 2 is a very odd little car as far as fuel is concerned. I know the tank in the 2 holds 11.3 Gallons of fuel, however; the gauge has you fill up about every 8-9 gallons which I find a little dumb but apparently this is how Mazda actually designed the car. I asked the same question to some people on the Mazda2 UK forums and that's basically what they said. I fill up every 7-8 gallons and that gets me around 215-225 miles. I could go a bit longer but I choose to fill up when my gauge says I have 50-60 miles left. I've been in the position when I had 20 miles left and my car was acting a bit sluggish. Then again that could just be a placebo effect, meh.
I've got an automatic and I can't get my MPG's to break 30; I drive it easy (shift between 2k and 3k) and do 50% highway driving, but even driving @ 60 mph on the interstate I can't get any better than 29 mpg (my highest tank.) City average is ~24, I carry no extra weight in the car, tires are inflated to spec...I feel I should be getting better numbers even though I've got an automatic.
The only way I usually get 30-31 mpg is when I'm doing highway driving at least 75% of the time or more. Only way I broke over 31 mpg was when I took a 200 mile day trip and drafted an 18 wheeler the whole way home, got 34 mpg, lol.
I've got an automatic and I can't get my MPG's to break 30; I drive it easy (shift between 2k and 3k) and do 50% highway driving, but even driving @ 60 mph on the interstate I can't get any better than 29 mpg (my highest tank.) City average is ~24, I carry no extra weight in the car, tires are inflated to spec...I feel I should be getting better numbers even though I've got an automatic.
I honestly think that forcing a shift between 2 and 3K and keeping it @60 on the interstate actually hurts this car's MPGs. I know that seems completely counter-intuitive, but on my manual I shift between 3 and 4K... usually around 3.5K, and I tend to keep it at 70 on the highway. Over 54 fuel-ups i'm averaging (legitimately averaging... click on my fuelly link below) 34.5 MPG. I've never gotten below 31 MPG... even doing all city in the dead of winter. And on my trip to NY and back I got between 38 and 41 MPG (again... legitimately).
Don't be afraid to drive this car. It likes (and in some cases needs) to get into higher RPMs. If I can give Mazda credit for one thing, it's that they absolutely nailed the MPG ratings on this car, and they were actually a little conservative. They advertise "up to 39 mpg hwy" and a few of us have been able to get better than that. But the advertised low end IS in the 20's... so getting 24 with an auto in the city doesn't blow me away. Plus you're in NC, right? So hot, humid, you're probably using the A/C, it can be a little hilly at times... just speculation.
Oh... and keeping my tires inflated to 40 PSI all the way around helped a lot on that highway trip...so if you can stand a little more road noise/feeling, I'd bump it up.
Sorry for the long post, but since I took a 102 horsepower loss when I bought this car, my new obsession has been MPGs.
@MazdaTwo, my first full tank (driving it off the lot) was my best in terms of fuel economy, and I drove it pretty hard, but I figured that since my MPG's dropped once I started driving more conservatively, my initial higher economy was just a fluke. I do drive with the A/C on almost 100% of the time, but how much does using A/C actually affect fuel economy? I just filled up this morning, so maybe I'll have a bit more fun on this tank and see where my MPG's are at. (Also gonna get signed up for a sweet Fuelly acct.) Thanks y'all
