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I now have records for the last 3471 miles, most of which were freeway, typically cruising at 70 mph. Avg mpg is 28.24.
I thought it might be varying ethanol concentrations, but I took my 2004 Camry on the same trips twice and the mpg's on those two trips were 35.3 and 35.7 (normal)so it's not obvious that the fuel is the main culprit.
This weekend I took a round trip from Durham to Columbia and back in the 2004. I pumped the tires to 35psi and set the CC at 66 mph. (There was a little 60-65mph around the beltline). 323 miles up and 325 miles back with one cold start and a small side trip to the mall. 648 miles overall on one one tank and consumed 15.50 gallons filler cap to filler cap at the same pump. Overall mpg was 41.8. The low fuel light never came on...
This is my third long run with the 2004 at 66 mph now. My mileages were 40.0, 40.4 and 41.8. Interestingly, the two lower runs were on the 'open' road with little traffic. This weekends run was with plenty of traffic. Was the higher mpg due to a lot of being sucked along by all the rest of the cars that were going 10mph faster than me? Maybe...
Drem
Other people have recorded 50mpg in Accords and Camrys driving 55 mph. I suspect that's about the best you would see. Driving at 1500 rpm is not very efficient in terms of manifold vacuum and thermal efficiency for an internal combustion engine. I think suspect that you might actually get less than 55 mpg at 45 mph.
drem
I had Michelin Energy's on my American made 2007 LE. Have since replaced them with a different Michelin.
Monday I traveled from Nothern New Jersey to the Philadelphia Airport, and then to Atlantic City, and then back home to Northern New Jersey. I averaged 31.9 MPG using 87 no-name fuel, and traveling at an average of 65mph. The vehicle performed GREAT! ---- At one point in the trip to Philadelphia, I had to move into the left hand lanes to go over the birdge and I pressed hard on the accelerator and the transmission down shifted smoothly and the vehicle accelerated like a rocket! I went from 65 to 80 in a second. The "up-shift" was equally as smooth!
I would purchase another V6 Camry. My vehicle is 22 months old, and I have 37,000 + miles on it at the present time! ---- (I never had to have any warranty work performed on this vehicle!) ---- By this time next year, I will probably have between 88,000 to 90,000 miles! I will be looking at either a 2009 / 10 Camry, a Honda Accord or a Chevrolet Impala as a replacement vehicle. (My Camry is under warranty untill 100,000 miles, so as such, I will have 10,000 miles to find a replacement vehicle.)
The Camry has Michelin tires. (The vehicle came with Bridgestone Tires, but I would not accept delivery until the dealer switched the Bridgestone for Michelin tires.) ----- I would not own a vehicle with either Firestone of Bridgestone tires. They are an accident looking for a place to happen!
NOTE:
The Buffet at Atlantic City was "GREAT"!
Best regards to all! ------------------- Dwayne :shades:
1) Had an engine short block replaced by dealer due to coolant leak
2) Switched to synthetic oil
I'm still not filling the tank full and using amount of gas reported by pump to do my calculations.
1) are you saying that the "Tank Avg" display is probably not an accurate MPG reading? should I just figure it the old-fashioned way of miles divided by gallons?
2) the first fill-up the tank avg. displayed 25.9; the second fill-up displayed 28.9; now it's only reading 23.4-yikes!!! I do a lot of short trip, city driving. I wondered if the brand of gas made a difference (1st was by dealer, 2nd was BP gas, 3rd was WaWa gas). I am bummed that I'm getting such a low reading right now--only have about 600 miles on it.
3) do those Michelin Energy tires (or others) really make a difference in MPG?
Thanks for all your help--I have a lot to read through...........:-)
Tires make a little difference, but the big differences are the driver and the driving conditions.
I'm considering a camry V6, what can I expect?
My wife is getting only about 20 mpg in a 4-cylinder 2005 Camry in our small town. But her average one-way drive is only about 5-7 miles, and there are several traffic lights along the way.
This is the 3rd 2000+ mile trip in which I have averaged 28 or close. When I used to set the cruise at 73-74, mileage was 26 to 27. Highway mileage is very speed dependent.
I know this engine isn't available any longer but my figures show that with careful driving, one can meet or even exceed the EPA highway figures. Under the new procedure, this engine is rated at 18 city, 27 hwy.
I continue to make 355 mile round trips to Charlotte every month or so. I enjoy the ride at a CC setting of 66-67 mph. I also enjoy the rock solid 40-40.5 mpg fuel mileage each and every time. This include one cold start each weekend.
I also make a couple trips to PA every year. The last one a couple weeks ago was at a CC of 72 gave an entirely expected 36.2 mpg. That was 506 miles up and 507 miles back. Fuel used was 14.0 gal up and 13.9 gal back.
A while back my normally identical performing 1999 2.2A was starting to get more erratic numbers of 32-35mpg, but that has since seemed to have come around to a consistent 35+mpg again. I don't really know what may have hurt the mileage or helped the mileage recover. I really didn't do anything but oil changes and manage tire pressure as normal...
Again, for the record, I get about 1.3-1.5 extra gallons in after the first click off until fuel shows in the filler pipe.
Mileage around town isn't very meaningful for me. My wife has a 7 mile highway commute each way to work and gets 25-26 mpg consistently. I drive all kinds of mild city and highway and get 25 mpg consistently.
Drem
My lease is up and I need to purchase a car within the next 7 days.
My options are Camry LE 4-cyl ($19,900+TTL, 0% for 60 months) and Toyota Prius II($23,200, 7% for 60 months). I'm putting 0% down.
Camry seems to be the right choice but I'm driving 2500 miles a month. With the gas price of $3.25, will be saving more money by buying the Prius?
And is it assumed that you are going to have the vehicles for 60 months?
Is that amount of the vehicle the total amount being financed....or is there tax and other stuff that you haven't indicated what they are?
'17 Chevy Volt Premiere
I'm going to keep the car for at least 4 years. I was leaning towards prius because I thought I'd save about 120 bucks on gas per month but that was based on 29mpg on camry. But it seems like some of you are getting 40+mpg. That means it's cheaper to own camry.
Assuming everythings equal (in terms of $ to own) I want to get a prius.
- for gas cost, advantage prius
- for monthly loan cost of vehicle (including interest costs), advantage camry
- for depreciation cost and loss of value at end of 60 months (ie, depreciation cost)......I don't know. I'd suggest research trade in values of 5 year old vehicles as a percentage of their purchase cost. Personally, I would probably not feel real comfortable buying a high mileage 5 year old prius.
I know people are not interested in this these days with convenience being king, but a Camry with the manual transmission will get a few mpg better and will cost $1,000 less than the automatic. So if you are looking for cost savings that will beat the AT Camry. For that matter the Corolla (or Civic if you look at other brands) will be more efficient than the Camry for less money.
As an owner of Camry manual transmission, I completely agree! Besides cheaper, it makes a big family car more fun.
Best MPG yet was summertime, Air Conditioning on, Cruise set at 63, traveled 178 Interstate only miles - got 39.72 MPG
Travel consisted of a 115 mile round trip to Dulles Airport out side of DC for the annual antique plane/car show last Saturday in stop and go traffic with 2 teenagers. Four days of my 80 mile daily commute with 75% highway travel and a few local errands thrown in along the way.
The highest mpg I've ever attained was 33-34 on all highway travel and I just just clicked 13000 miles on the car.
You will get your best mpg and slickest running engine in the 40-100 thousand mile range. But even at 120,000, my 1999 4cyl auto still gets a sweet 35-37 at a 72 mph cruise.
I drove a Toyota Versa at a 72 mph cruise and got 41 mpg. The 5 mpg edge was not worth the roomier and more luxurious Camry IMO. I absolutely believe that the 1999 is a much better car than my 2004. I hope to rent a new 2010 soon and give it a spin...
Drem
It sounds too good to be true!