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I burn midgrade in my '10 GT. With 7500 miles on it, I've had as much as 24.1 MPG and as little as 17.3. Lifetime average (miles driven / gallons used) is at 21.3.
I find the absolute best MPG is around 45-50MPH. At highway speeds, 65-75 seems to not differ much, but it drops off above 75. I once took it to 97 for a moment (before the wife noticed ) but didn't spot-check MPG. I can't imagine it was very good.
If you haven't watched Top Gear do the speed test in a 1001HP Bugatti Veyron, check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk1t6S737Cs . Top speed is 252MPH and they did it. But a full tank only goes for like 12 minutes at that speed. And the tires are only good for like 15 minutes IIRC. :surprise:
Overall measured fill to fill - 24.2 mpg
Best between fills - 27.2 mpg in month of September.
Worst between fills - 17.61 mpg in month of March.
Best "on the run" approx 35 mpg on long straight country roads at 50 mph.
Location Southern Ontario, Canada.
No complaints.
My Outlander turns 5 years old in December. Unless the PHEV Outlander tugs at my heart strings I can't see any reason to trade my current one in.
My '10 GT (V6, AWD) has a lifetime average of about 21, which is 1 MPG better than EPA. Most of my driving is short: about 6 miles. I'm in the Chicago area so it has to contend with hot summers & cold/snowy winters. On the highway I get 23.5-26 MPG. It'll roll 50K miles in the coming weeks.
Currently I plan to keep it for at least another year but am already starting to look at what'll be next.
Question for fushigi: Around the Chicago area, do you use Maintenance Schedule 1 or 2?
Glad to see the economy improvement. I'm trying to convince myself to wait for the PHEV economy specs come out. Can't use non-US specs as they're tweaking it for our market.
An early recall to reprogram the CVT greatly improved the smoothness of speed transitions.
My '10 GT with the V6 & AWD has a lifetime average of 20.6MPG. That's over 54K miles on mostly premium fuel, a mix of city & highway, including midwestern winters, etc. And with me being moderate mostly but not afraid to floor it when I want the performance.
Mitsu seems to actually be serious about the PHEV Outlander later this year (unlike in years past). I'm interested in what it's economy numbers will look like. We have relatively cheap electricity here so a PHEV makes sense and I'm willing to install the garage charger.
Me - Wife
Sister - Niece - Niece's hubby
Grand-niece 1 - Grand-niece 2
The grand-niece's were 7 & 9 so fitting in the 3rd row was OK.
Surprisingly, the 100 mile round trip logged the highest MPG I've ever measured in my Outlander (28MPG).
AWD?
Synthetic oil?
ECO?
I keep ECO on while driving ... this engine requires 0W-20 which is only available with SYNETHIC oil.