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1990 Acura Integra (5-speed) 40 mpg @ 60 mph, 36 mpg @70 mph, 32 mpg @75-80 mph (no cruise control) 26 mpg around town. 1.8 liter 4- cyl.
1980 VW Scirocco (5-speed) 43 mpg @ 60 mph 37 mpg @ 70 mph Always above 30 mpg in city driving. 1.6 liter 4-cyl.
2000 VW Passat wagon (5-speed manual) 39 mpg @ 60 mph. 35 mpg @ 70 mph. Lifetime average is over 30 mpg. 1.8 liter turbocharged 4-cyl.
1990 Toyota Corolla wagon (5-speed manual) 48 mpg @ 60 mph, 43 @ 70 mph, 38 mpg @ 75+ mph. About 30 around town. 1.6 liter 4- cyl.
Mixed driving: 32 MPG
Highway: 34.5 MPG
Why drive a small car?
1999 Porsche Boxster 5 spd - 3,500 miles - 15mpg city 19mpg highway
1998 Audi A6 2.8 - 36k miles - 18mpg city - 26mpg hgwy
1998 Ford Explorer 5.0 V8 43k miles - 16mpg city - 22mpg hgwy
2000 ML430 V8 19k miles - 18mpg city - 24mpg hgway
2000 Audi A8 4.2 quattro 43k miles - 19mpg city - 28mpg hgwy
2001 BMW X5 4.4 6k miles - 18mpg city - 24mpg hgwy.
700 miles on the car, averaging 21.5 mpg with 70/30 highway/city split. Not too bad for a "green" engine I don't think. And I am using premium fuel too.
city/hwy
1990 Chevrolet Beretta Indy 3.1 V6 5 spd -------- 22/34
60,100 miles
1992 Pontiac Bonneville 3.8 V6 Automatic ------ 19/27
62,800 miles
1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.2 V8 Automatic - 15/19
41,000 miles
2001 Dodge Ram 4x4 5.9 V8 Automatic --------- 12/17
2,500 miles
The Grand Cherokee is quite a dissapointment, but it has Qudra-Drive, so it is always in four wheel drive. The Beretta and Bonneville are a true testament to GMs gas mileage. The Ram is barely broken in, so hopefully the mileage will improve.
'01 Toyota Echo (automatic) gets about 33 mpg in traffic, about 38-39 mpg at 75mph+, and about 45-46 mpg at 60mph or so.
I live in Az and all cars get worse in the summer as A/C is on and 105+ temps. Without the a/c and
60-75 temps Taurus sucks in town. Anyone else have this problem.
100 % highway - 28-31mpg (depends on how fast i drive @28 - 75-80 mph, @31 mpg - 60-70 mph)
50 - 50 city/highway - 23-24 mpg
80 - 20 city/highway - 22 mpg (worst tank of gas so far with vehicle)
1998 Grand SE (3.0 V-6) 23-24 Mixed
2000 Grand SE (3.3 V-6) 21-22 Mixed
2001 Grand LE (3.8 V-6) 23-24 Mixed
I have a 90 Saab 900S 5-speed (4 cylinder, non-turbo). I typically get 20-24 in the city, and 26-28 on the highway.
2001 Olds Alero, 2.4l 4 cyl., 5 sp. manual: lowest, 25, highest, 29, mixed driving. 4.5K miles.
Well folks, 2000 Kia Sephia, prime feature:
low cost, $8600 incl tax & title in service
April 2000 reached 37,417miles December 18,
2001. Measuring Nov 4, 2001 @ 35,191mi; 68.48 gal;
2,336 miles; yield 32.51 mpg combination town & country. It gets the job done and still a heck of a good looking vehicle.(it may have gone two weeks without being washed since purchase).
24 city 30 hwy
1995 Nissan Altima
23 city 28 hwy
1996 Ford Explorer
15 city 17 hwy
2002 BMW X5
16 city 19 hwy
Tom
I've seem my daily average vary between 20-25 and gotten between 30-34 on highway trips.
dave
2001 Ford Focus, 5-sp. transmission, K&N air filter, use Mobil-1, 5W-30. Commute driving: (about 50/50) highway and city - average 24.5-25.5 mpg. Freeway only: average 31.4 mpg.
Note: these averages go down about 2 mpg in the spring/summer when the a/c is used extensively.
Also, because the car is underpowered, I use higher shift points which lowers mileage. Its the best overall commute car I've had in the past 34 years - just three to retirement!
25-30 mpg
89 octane (as VW recommends)
The trick is not to flog it!
Overall, so this would be "mixed driving", we are getting around 28 mpg. Altogether we're quite happy with that, and that's for an engine with 34,000 miles on it now.
Comparatively, our former 1993 Corsica (3.1L V6, 3spd auto) got 28mpg highway, and around 22mpg overall. Running with A/C dropped highway mileage to around 26mpg.
Going further back, but there's still some of this "version" on the road, my '87 Taurus (3.0L V6, 4spd auto) would get 26mpg highway without A/C and 22 mpg with A/C.
When I look at this overall, it's interesting that I've been going to larger & larger displacement V-6's, and getting more & more power, but at the same time - because these are newer designs and have better engine management systems - getting increasing gas mileage. The lack of effect of A/C on our current Alero is really surprising. We'll see if that holds true with more experience.
Pontial Bonneville Ssei 1996 (Loaded to the gills in 96)
City : 21-24 mpg
Freeways : 27-30 mpg
Ford Mustang (Base Coupe - Auto) - 1996
City : 22-24 mpg
Freeways : 26-29 mpg
(It was giving me nearly 32 mpg for nearly 4 months in a previous job where i was driving 52 miles (one way) and all on freeways againts traffic)
City:16-18 mpg; 15 mi trip to work at 40-50 mph with stop lights in Chicago suburbs.
Highway 27-30 mpg; depends on how many times I stand on it from a tollbooth or punching it to get around a slow poke. Same for the city.
I also switched to Shell Premium instead of Amaco Ultimate a few months back and the mileage did go up by .5 to 1.5 mpg, plus the performance is better with Shell.
But, with any of the Supercharged 3800 Series II vehicles (Grand Prix, Regal, Park Avenue, Bonneville) most are rated in the 18/27-28 range.
2000 Intrigue with 3.5l: 30.0 mpg
Explorer with 4l ohv V-6: 16.6 mpg
2000 Solara SEV6/5spd: 24city/32hwy
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All highway: 54mpg
Worst City: 13mpg(floored it a lot)
Best Highway: 24mpg(easy 200 mile cruise)
Worst Highway 20mpg(80mph with periods of 100-120mph during return from 200-mile trip)
15 city, 20 highway unleaded reg--cheapest I can find
94 Mirage; best mileage 600 per tank, Spring of 99; 95% highway; Average of 400-425 per gallon
39 hwy
First fill up 50%short trips/50%55 mile trips= 30 MPG
2nd fill up 20% short trips/200 mile roundtrip=34.59 MPG
3rd fill up 50%short trips/50%55 mile trips=32.78 MPG.
Can not complain so far. This car weighs in at just over 3,000 lbs.
mixed driving: usually about 29 MPG
... and I like to go!
Average this winter has been about 37.5 mpg for probably about 70% city driving, 30% short trips on the freeway.
Last summer averaged about 41 mpg with probably 50/50 city/highway.
Long trips on the freeway: best was 45 mpg. That was 65-70 mph most of the way, summertime, but not much use of air conditioning.
Great little car, this Echo. Goes a long way on not much gas.