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Driving to Florida in March. Can't wait to make the trip in my 6!
I've brought the car to the dealer several times and they say nothing is wrong. I’ve tried different gas, a new air filter, and checked the tire pressure but can’t find anything wrong. The check engine light has never gone on. The cars performance and the acceleration feel normal. After reading this form I’m wondering if it’s the catalytic converter. Is there a easy way to test this as I don’t trust the dealer.
If they find anything I'll let you know.
(Winter isn't over; it is snowing here tonight.)
The car came with Aurora tires, 215 x 17s with a 91H rating as opposed to the 215 x 17 93V the manual calls for. The dealer put them on to help sell the car, I'm sure. Could these cheap tires be costing me a couple of mpg?
How durable is this tranny? If I start shifting to neutral going downhill and otherwise treating it like a manual, am I asking for problems? Does anyone out there use the manumatic feature much? Do you need to blip the throttle when dropping down a couple of gears? Mine doesn't seem real happy dropping from 3 to 2, but the upper ranges interchange without much drama at all. I'm trying to simulate driving the stick shift VW without much luck in the mpg department.
First trip: Mar 18. 32.6MPG
2nd trip: April 6. 30.3MPG
Can't really explain the difference. Drove pretty much the same for the 380 mile trip. Temps and winds were pretty close as well. Only main difference was that the first 1.5 hrs driving out of Minny was moderate rain and couldn't use the cruise much as traffice was moving at a lot of different speeds.
I expect 28 to 31 late spring through the fall.
1. Put a trans. cooler on it.
2. Do several drain-refills using synthetic fluid. I also put in Lubeguard
Platinum which seemed to smooth out the shifts.
I average 20-22 MPG in mixed driving.
29.2 - miles driven 464
28.7 - miles driven 360
this is for a 2.3 with the 5 speed auto. We drive 70 to 80 on the highway with 75 being the speed most of the time. The car has just over 3,000. I think this is pretty good. We love the ride!
I have a 2007 I-4 automatic. Last spring and summer with less than 5000 miles on it, I thought the mpg was a little low for my normal commute compared to other cars I have driven the same way. Just finished a tank and got about what I had expected. The car is now approaching 11,000 miles. So my mileage has improved a little...maybe 1-2 mpg.
Freeway mpg was 31-32 last year. Have not had a freeway trip this spring.
So this car with the 5 speed auto is getting close to the EPA Highway mileage. Is it possible to get 34 to 35 MPG on an extended highway trip? I think so.
Freeway mpg actually greatly exceeds the new EPA highway figure of 28 mpg. I got 31-32 on the freeway at 70-75 mph, so I would guess with the engine broken in and going maybe 65 mph, you might get up to your 34-35 mpg.
If you could drive a steady 45, that'd probably maximize the mpg as you would be in 5th gear at very low rpm, with low wind resistance. You'd also likely end up dead, if you tried in on the freeway .
Like I said I drove two identical trips of 380 miles w/ cruise at 74 and got 30+ and 32+. I don't think it's possible to do what you say without one hell of tail wind.
Still, pretty good MPG and am quite pleased. Seems engine break in and summer blend of gasoline has raised the numbers about 3-4 MPG.
Totally agree on the new 6. I was just about ready to pull the trigger on either a new '08 Mazda6 or a '09 Sonata. But I think I will hold off til the new 6s are available and compare.
Several Chicago area dealers are advertising the '08 Mazda6i VE auto for $15995 which is $500 less than I paid for my '07. It's very tempting.
My last five tanks have averaged 30 mpg with a 07 VE, 4 cylinder, automatic. I occasionally hit 80 mph while on the interstate.
I have the low emmision, 146 horsepower engine. I find the power to be more than adequate. I don't understand why reviews deem the engine to be underpowered. I'm aware that other brands have better horsepower numbers; but in real world driving the engine transmission mix executes well.
See you there!
Now that she has discovered the joy of less wind resistance and the better mpg it affords, I think she just may keep it up. I agree that the car does cruise very nicely on the freeway and I usually set my cruise to about 10 over when the limit is 55-60. About 7 over when it's 65 and no more than 5 over when it's 70. To tell you the truth, I just don't enjoy going faster than about 75, it's takes too much concentration.
I actually like the higher speeds; I don't travel 80 mph for long streches. I just filled up last night. 270 miles and 8.543 gallons. This equals 31.6; which is a new high.
In my normal commute, with other vehicles, I've always typically gotten 1-2 mpg below the average of the old EPA city and highway numbers. I averaged 28 mpg with most recent tank of gasin the 6, this is the best I have gotten when doing exclusively my normal mix of (non-freeway) suburban driving. 28 mpg is just a bit above the average of the old EPA ratings of 24/31.
My mix of driving is about 65-70% suburban highway (50-60 mph, stoplight every mile or two) and the rest in town 25-35 mph stop sign or light about every 1/2 mile.
This is on a 2007 6i with the auto. Very respectable mileage.
I have read comments some of which say their mpg is not what is expected while some say the others such as Altima etc. design their cars to get high numbers on EPA but in real world not live up to them.
Could any owners of the 4 cyl with AT share their mileage? I am particularly interested in the city mileage. Could you also define your type of city driving? (miles, typical speed etc.)
Thank you for your help.
I just realized I'm on 'winter gas' now, which is mandated here from Oct to Jan, but I've only noticed about a drop of 1MPG so far, which is pretty good. My old forrester hated ethanol blended gas and would drop up to 4MPG.
PS. I really like the blind spot feature. Another sign of age. It is harder to turn my head these days.
Thanks.
2400 RPM @ 60mph
2600 RPM @ 70mph
2900 RPM @ 80mph
What was interesting is when I turned off the DSC by holding it down for a few seconds I could not get it to turn back on without turning off and restarting the car.
Not sure if this is normal or not. :confuse: