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My 04 Malibu V6 200 hp sticker read 23 mpg city - 19-27 mpg average
Highway 32 mpg - 27-37 mpg average. Got between 14/16 mpg straight city driving, 28/37mpg straight highway driving. This of course was based on the old system. It was weird that it hit the highway numbers, but it never acheived the city numbers established on the sticker and the city numbers were more important to me than the highway numbers. Not many hills what so ever.
Next tank all same (avg speed 75-80 mph) 100% Hwy = 35.6 mpg
On my 03 I've managed 29 mpg a couple of times. My overall MPG since I bought it a year ago is around 25. I have the 4.
The other day I had somebody try to convince me that my car was somehow inferior to hers because it wasn't as fast. She has an 01 Cavalier Z24. What a crock. Mines bigger and I still get better mileage. Just a funny side-note.
Many people don't realize that the EPA numbers had already been dumbed down once back in the 80's. If you have a 2007 vehicle as I do, and you multiply the highway number by 1.28 you will get the non dumbed down version of the mileage. In my case 34 x 1.28 = 43.5 mpg. This is the actual number that the EPA achieves, and anybody who drive a warm car carefully and consistantly without the A/C on level ground can achieve this number.
To make up for peoples erratic driving habits they took 22% off their numbers to bring them to more real world conditions hence the rating of 34. Why on earth they felt the need to further drop the numbers is beyond me. 31 mpg for highway (the new number for my car) is 2 mpg less than my lifetime average including all my city driving.
Actually it is not beyond me - the reason people do poorly is poor driving habits. My wife gets much worse mileage than I do when she drives my car. If I get 40 mpg on a trip she will get 32 on the same trip. She drives much faster and is constantly flooring it to pass and braking at the last second instead of coasting.
I see people waiting to pick kids up from school with the engine running for 10 minutes, people waiting in drive through lines, even people watching little league games with the engine running the whole time. They probably all complain about how poorly their cars do for mileage.
Unfortunately it is politically incorrect to tell someone they don't know how to drive, so you just lower the standards so they think they are doing well.
More on topic. Fresh tank mostly highway at a little under 65 mph very little a/c - 44.2 mpg so far (339 miles and the needle is right at half a tank). Had a few nice tail winds.
I had forgotten EPA's adjusting down the highway figure circa 20 per cent.
Ergo my 6M coupe's 30 HWY works out to just under 38 1/2 MPG. Bein' as I've calc'd about 39 on two differing occaisions, it's starting to come back more clearly now.
Again, good work.
best, ez....
Does anybody else have a speed they like to stick to?
On a side note, is it me or does the cruise control match your rate of acceleration if you engage it while manually accelerating or am I drunk?
I never accelerate that quickly.
I'm still happy that I'm getting close to the revised highway number. This is the most mpg I've managed to get on multiple occasions. Until now it's been 26-27. I keep trying to eek the most out of a gallon, but I think I'm at a stalemate.
Part of it is my mom drives my car periodically and she is more rapid than I am. Oh well factors beyond my control. She has every right to drive it, she co-signed for it.
Very happy at this point, since car only has 1,800 miles and would not be considered "broken in". Average daily economy is 23-23.8 MPG since new with routine daily driving. I could have achieved better mileage on the trip staying with cruise control at 65.
I know one time I attempted to go for 6 miles only at 55 mph on a freeway marked 70 during the beginning of afternoon rush hour. It was A boring and B people were whizzing past and giving me the old hairy eyeball. Unfortunately we live in a society where we want our cake and we want to eat it too. The people who are going like bats out of H-E-double hockey sticks are the same ones who are complaining about gas prices. Instead of doing something to improve their situation, like slowing down, they instead do whatever they want and complain. Sorry I started to ramble.
I'd consider a 15-20% improvement pretty big!
Hoping the next cycle fares better..
In April I went to Portsmouth, NH I averaged 38 mpg on that trip, all highway, going 55-65 mph. My tires are inflated to 40psi, car is empty of junk and that does help. Good mileage is possible in this car if your mindful of your driving style.
"City" has many meanings for different people. Just remember, every second you sit stopped, you are throwing a 0 MPG into your average.
Just filled today. 26.602 mpg.
Filling up before using more than 7-8 gallons makes your margin for error pretty large.
I do find it funny that a girl I work with insists that I should get a better car because my car isn't as fast as hers. Meanwhile her car ways about 5 pounds and is rated for about the same horsepower, and she's already had it rebuilt once. What do you think is my car "bad" because it's not fast.
That term bothers my mom. I know it's off topic. I'm in the same boat. I'd love to be able to drive a manual, but I'm just skilled enough to get the vehicle down the road in one piece, and you can forget about hills.
I've been trying to get someone to teach me.
Aren't most car manufacturers phasing out manuals anyway?
Sorry if I offended you.
Consistent numbers:
35 mpg hwy, infrequent braking, good road conditions, speed varies between 60-90 mph, 130-350 miles each way.
25 mpg city, frequent stop/go, good road conditions.
I'm the original owner and this has been a great, reliable vehicle. I intend to keep it for another 8 years if possible.
......with those kinds of numbers, I'd bet a case of Crown Royal it was the square root of 16 (for those in Rio Linda, that would be an I-4).
No one (except - very rarely - me) gets those kinds of numbers with the V-6.
Last tank: 80% highway....trips to Redding and then Lodi.....31.52. I've done better. Maybe it's the ethanol still lurking from wintertime................
best, ez....
In our case the topography of both routes was roughly the same - so I can only attribute the improvement from 26 - 30 MPG with our '08 V6 to the change in speed from 80 down to 70-75.
Mostly city + rural roads, Central Fl(at)rida , with heavy A/C use.
Maybe will get better as engine breaks in.
Mostly city + rural roads, Central Fl(at)rida , with heavy A/C use.
Maybe will get better as engine breaks in.
Sounds really good for mostly city-type driving. Congrats on the new car.
Also, remember dealers are notorious for not filling COMPLETELY full on your first tank, so your mileage may have actually been slightly better.
Dealers are interesting .... to say the least.
I have mostly avoided the interstates , maybe when i do it will give me a full picture of the mpg.