What kind of mpg are you guys getting?

[stockae92]

i am wondering what kind of mpg are you guys getting?

please also post mod to the car, auto/manual, weather, city/freeway, how you drive

thanks

 

[mountjonas]

you can ask more than one question in your posts.

as for mileage i average about 31mpg on the freeway driving about 75mph. my only mod is the mazdaspeed sport axleback.

for wheels, search for the "fitment recipe" and it'll show you all you need to know about wheels

 

[Protege52003]

I can get 30 going 75........

I got 35 MPG going 50-55 with AC on for a litle while.....

I average 23-25 weekly driving. Half City and Half highway and I drive pretty hard.

I get upper 20's with a full car and ski rack in the winter going skiing......

Get mid 20's on highway with luggage and kayaks on roof in summer w/AC.

 

[KYREDP5]

I usually get 30-31mpg/manual/highway/80mph, I've gotten higher on a straight highway drive before though. Usually 420miles ish per tank, best was 490 ish.

 

[vaMP5er]

I get about 23-27 mpg. I drive an 02 automatic p5 in a mix of city and highway (leaning more toward city) driving. I never use the air conditioner (just the fans, never about 2) or defroster or open the windows at high speeds. We get a mix of weather here in Richmond.

 

[cyc]

Just wondering, are there any differences between having the A/C on at speed 4 and having it on at speed 2? I mean, does it consume more fuel?

 

[Poseur]

For the record, this has to be one of the most recurring posts, but I've had some recent changes, so heregoes.

It took about a year for my car to "break in" enough to get decent mileage, I bought my car in June of 03. Prior to this summer, I was pulling a pretty consistent 26-27mpg. that's a combination of town/highway driving (fairly small town overhere, so lights are few and far between, little traffic etc) Just now since the summer's over and I've stopped being an AC weenie, I've broken into the 30's, but that only seems to be freeway driving. aroundtown I'm still inthe upper20's. It's nice, though to pull 400miles+ off of a tank allthe while dragging 3bikes through the wind, and toting a bunch of friends. This is why I have this car...

oh, as far as specifics.
03 P5
stick
ractive SRI

I had an exhaust on for awhile, adn couldn't really tell much of a mileage difference. I could feel the backpressure diff, but the gas tank didn't tell any tales. The intake is questionable, I'd imagien it MAY be good for 1mpg, infact I may soon switch back to my stock box jsut to see what I can pull with it.

word to the wise, abuse of remotestart=bad mileage... I think at the peak of the summer here when it was consistently in triple digits, and I was "cooling" my car forlike 15min before getting in everytime I drove anywhere, I was barely hitting 20mpg. worth it, though.

 

[Bass Addict]

How big are our gas tanks? I got 190 miles out of half a tank today, seems OK.

 

[Protege52003]

How big are our gas tanks? I got 190 miles out of half a tank today, seems OK.

14.4 gallons; 190 for half a tank is pretty good!

 

[Bass Addict]

14.4..man, I fill up and usually it takes like 12.9... and I always thought I was about to run out. Hehe. Guess I can squeeze some more out of there

 

[Pesty]

ive been getting 25-29 mixed HWY/City with the A/C on.

I have an completely stock '03 5spd.

 

[Protege52003]

14.4..man, I fill up and usually it takes like 12.9... and I always thought I was about to run out. Hehe. Guess I can squeeze some more out of there

i put in 13.6 (squeezed it in) once. probably should not let it get that low. when my light comes on, it takes exactly 12.0 gallons, 2.4 left!

 

[Brian MP5T]

MPG...What's that??

No J/K

Mine is quite good as long as I don't go into Boost...But what fun is that?

 

[tttP5]

i put in 13.6 (squeezed it in) once. probably should not let it get that low. when my light comes on, it takes exactly 12.0 gallons, 2.4 left!

actually there should be some more space left in the tank when you fill up the gas and the gun stops automatically. the pressure causes the gun to stop but you can still keep filling it up for at least another gallon, i haven't tried how much it takes for it to overflow though... not that stupid.

 

[Brian MP5T]

after the gun stopps I can only really get 2 L before overflow. I however don't fill up on Warp 15 either.

 

[Sir Nuke]

about the same as everyone else....25 mpg running around town and 30 with the car loaded full of people at 75 mph on the highway.

 

[Mr. Win]

200miles to tthe tank on avg...

 

[toucci]

28 mpg at 75 cruise control on loaded with goodies and rolling hills

25 mpg per tank normally

 

[Protege52003]

200miles to tthe tank on avg...

....wow, you must be under boost a lot. i got mad once when I get 250 before my light came on. that was 20.xx mpg......usually i can hit 300 miles before my light comes on which is around 25 MPG.....

 

[Cellerator]

I can get 400+ mpt when heading home but when I am around town and mixed driving, i consistently get about 350 mpt.
everything is stock.