speedtrader
Member
- :
- 2013 Mazda CX-5 Sport MT
Good to hear. You Californians need all the mpg's they can get right now!
Ok, Gas Mileage SUCKS!
- Thread starter rS1
- Start date
That's for sure! It was $4.65 when we filled up Friday night! Arrgggghhh. We talked about who got the better gas mileage when deciding which car to take, one of the girls even has a hybrid Accord. Mine still ended up with better mileage and more comfortable. Yay!
So true this month. Glad I'm driving most economical SUV available here.
I'm at 5k miles now, just got back on a 500 mile round trip to KC fro the weekend and still only got 27mpg. I'm jealous at you guys getting that around town, I just don't see how you're doing it. On the way out to KC on Saturday, the trip computer read 28ish when we got there and we were at 215 miles and right at half tank, when we filled up I did the math and it worked out to 26.8xx, and the computer by that time was reading 27.2. Coming back, the computer reads 28.something (I haven't looked at it since we got home), but I'm sure it will average around 27 when I fill it up. This is doing the speed limit the whole way back (70 for 60 miles or so, 65 for 100 miles or so, and 55 the rest of the way), babying the throttle getting up to speed, and not flooring it to pass anyone on the back roads. I'd love to just break 30mpg one day.
GT-AWD
GT-AWD
I just beat my all time record. On the trip computer 34.5 mpg, all city driving, at an average of 26 mph. I love the gas mileage.
Previous vehicle, Chevy silverado truck averaging 15 mpg in the city. Needless to say I am happy with the bump.
speedtrader
Member
- :
- 2013 Mazda CX-5 Sport MT
1 US mpg is about 1.2 Imperial mpg. Your 45+ mpg is equivalent to 37+ mpg US. Not bad.
Exspeedaway
Member
- :
- Mazda CX5 dark grey
^^(headbang)
Mazdafreak16
Member
- :
- 93 VW Eurovan 5 speed manual
- :
- 23 CX-5 Premium
Sorry, but that doesn't compute. I just picked up my Touring in San Diego and drove it 565 miles home yesterday and averaged 34.2mpg (confirmed by an actual fillup). Me thinks your definition of "around town" may be broader than most!
My MPG has exceeded my expectations. I've had the car for over 1300 miles and three fill-ups and am averaging 32.7 mpg with a mix (30% city, 35% county, 35% Interstate) of driving. My odometer is under reporting distance traveled by approximately 1% which I attribute to new tires being slightly larger diameter than what the trip computer is calibrated for. Once I factor the 1% into the calculations the manually calculated MPG is exactly the same as the MPG reported by the trip computer. Considering I bought the AWD model for winter skiing, this is excellent fuel economy and I've noticed I'm spending less time waiting for the tank to fill.
There is no other AWD vehicle with so much room inside that returns this kind of mileage.
And the reported "underpowered" nature of this vehicle is a laugh. I find it really zippy as long as I'm not expecting a lot of performance above 70 mph. It's certainly no formula I car but for normal driving in traffic it's more than capable enough to get the job done and have fun while doing it.
There is no other AWD vehicle with so much room inside that returns this kind of mileage.
And the reported "underpowered" nature of this vehicle is a laugh. I find it really zippy as long as I'm not expecting a lot of performance above 70 mph. It's certainly no formula I car but for normal driving in traffic it's more than capable enough to get the job done and have fun while doing it.
Satisfied with my mpg. always could be better though. I think the big variable is what "city" really means. For example my first tank I was getting 28 mpg. Driving was comprised of going over 45mph for maybe 50% of the tank. On the other hand last tank I only got 22.5 mpg. This was comprised of maybe 70% stop and go and driving 25mph. Stop and go will crush your mpg. But just imagine how bad it would be with a bigger vehicle!
Maybe a good piece of info to level the playing field a little would be to list your mpg and also your avg speed listed by the display. If your avg speed is 17 according to the computer I am guessing that your avg mpg is somewhere around 22-24 mpg.
Maybe a good piece of info to level the playing field a little would be to list your mpg and also your avg speed listed by the display. If your avg speed is 17 according to the computer I am guessing that your avg mpg is somewhere around 22-24 mpg.
- :
- 2015 Mazda CX-5 Touring FWD
After 4,761 miles my over all average is 29.0 mpg. Just drove from Colonial Williamsburg to Charlotte NC, (331 miles) and got my best mileage so far, 32.9. Of the 4,761 total, 2,530 have been highway mileage. 17 fill ups so far.
Welcome and congrats on newCX-5. Have you gone through a tank of gas yet?
Another Hawai'i CX5 owner here as well!
I can also confirm this, I currently have 270 miles on my CX5 FWD Touring. I am 95% city driving, and maybe 5% highway. My current mpg is 23.9mpg (calculated at the pump). Lots of stop and go traffic along Kapiolani as well for my daily commute. The CX-5 gets better gas mileage than my 2000 Nissan Frontier (which was 16mpg if I was lucky) and is a more comfortable ride all together. So I'm pretty happy.
Aloha!
