Post your current MPG

Take your car out to a driving course, one where water can be put out on the track, and do some evasive braking and steering both wet and dry, with 30 psi vs 50 psi, and I think you'd change your mind.

50 psi??? My kidneys hurt just thinking about that! 50 psi would also leave one totally derelict on snow and ice.
 
Just filled up today and got 35.66 mpg with 70% highway driving and the rest city and suburban driving. Almost all but a few miles were with a/c. Kept it around 70 mph on the highway. Using the a/c has dropped my mileage about 3-4 mpgs. I envy you guys that have cars that give the same mpgs whether the air is on or not. Driving around in the Florida heat sucks without the a/c.
 
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46.78 MPG for the week. A/C on all the time and kept it right at 67mph when on the freeway for the whole 520 mile tank. About 90hwy and 10% city.

Overall MPG since April is almost 45mpg.

2005 Toyota Corolla 5 speed


Bill,

Are you interested in selling your Corolla ???
I would like to buy it.
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William
 
Originally Posted By: LT4 Vette
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46.78 MPG for the week. A/C on all the time and kept it right at 67mph when on the freeway for the whole 520 mile tank. About 90hwy and 10% city.

Overall MPG since April is almost 45mpg.

2005 Toyota Corolla 5 speed


Bill,

Are you interested in selling your Corolla ???
I would like to buy it.
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William


Thanks for the offer. I think I'll keep it.
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I sure love it. Fun to drive. Easy to work on (when you have to) and the MPG it gets is just icing on the cake.

Today it was only 94 degrees. The A/C works so good my wife was asking me to turn it down (I had it on full cold and 2nd fan of 4)

There are a few things that I wish were better. But for a $14k car OTD I do not think there is a better value out there (ie how much you pay vs how much MPG you get) (For a new car)

Take care, Bill
 
Originally Posted By: firemachine69
Mine's a five-door (Canada). The engine is pretty unrefined, but, if I wanted refinement, I would have said the heck with gas mileage and gotten myself a CTS.


Not so. The Yaris engine is just as refined as the top of the line Lexus V8. Don't confuse loudness or quietness with "refinement". Both engines will last 300,000+ if one takes care of them.
 
'08 YARIS Liftback : 5 speed manual ; 42.03 m.p.g. , this was 2 people , 20%city / 80% Hwy. , avg. speed :60 (est.) , and avg. temp of 73 .
 
Originally Posted By: lovcom
Originally Posted By: firemachine69
Mine's a five-door (Canada). The engine is pretty unrefined, but, if I wanted refinement, I would have said the heck with gas mileage and gotten myself a CTS.


Not so. The Yaris engine is just as refined as the top of the line Lexus V8. Don't confuse loudness or quietness with "refinement". Both engines will last 300,000+ if one takes care of them.



The 'top of the line Lexus V8' has no throttle, instead utilizing real-time valve timing management. My Yaris utilizes a mediocre intake timing device, and a half-acceptable fly-by-wire throttle.

Still love the Yaris however.
 
'08 YARIS sedan w/ 4 speed auto : 41.83 m.p.g. : driving included > 60% Hwy./40% City , 2 people ( 85% ) , and overall speed : 55 m.p.h. ( 73 m.p.h. tops ).
 
In one of my 2 Saturns,(i have 2 of them) I got 447 miles to the tank. I drove from Phoenix to L.A. All highway,obviously.
 
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Just filled up today.

32.1 mpg on my 96 Saturn SL2 Automatic. A good mix of city and highway driving. A/C was on most of the time. I'm very happy with the mileage. :)
 
2.0L Civic.

- 36.6 mpg (70% suburban, 20% highway, 10% city)
- 33mph average
- 1.5 oz. of FP+ used (13.2gal capacity).
- Used some hypermiling techniques (pulse/glide, DWB).

My dream is to extract 40 mpg from a tankful. Realistically, I don't think I'll ever get there.
 
Originally Posted By: QuadDriver
47mpg mixed. and no, it aint a prius.

(06 Jetta with PD TDI)


But don't you wish it ran on the same gas?

47 mpg on $4 a gallon gas is 8.5 cents per mile.

47 mpg on $4.89 a gallon diesel is 10.4 cents per mile.

19 percent more.

So really you are getting 39.50 mpg in gas $$.

Still very good.
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(I had this discussion with a co-worker who is looking at Diesels and hybrids and I was showing how to figure the cost and payback of extra cost of hybrids/diesels)

Sadly, with diesel fuel costing 89 cents a gallon more it needs to get a lot more MPG to be equal to a "normal" car. And then you need to pay off the extra cost of TDI.

Take care, Bill
 
Originally Posted By: Bill in Utah


But don't you wish it ran on the same gas?

47 mpg on $4 a gallon gas is 8.5 cents per mile.

47 mpg on $4.89 a gallon diesel is 10.4 cents per mile.

19 percent more.

So really you are getting 39.50 mpg in gas $$.

Still very good.
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(I had this discussion with a co-worker who is looking at Diesels and hybrids and I was showing how to figure the cost and payback of extra cost of hybrids/diesels)

Sadly, with diesel fuel costing 89 cents a gallon more it needs to get a lot more MPG to be equal to a "normal" car. And then you need to pay off the extra cost of TDI.

Take care, Bill


well, yea, but it dont.

the next best jetta is the 2.5L I-5 at 30mpg.

and if I tart up a gas jetta to match the appointments of what they give you standard in the TDI - I broke even on the TDI cost at 36000 miles (given that at the time diesel was significantly cheaper than gas - I got this car the day katrina hit)

there just aint any super high mileage gas cars anymore - without going hybrid or REAL small. in 1987 my 2.5L I4 Calais got 40mpg highway, and in 1989 my 1.9L Escort GT got 41mpg highway. Since then its been one broken promise after another.

I will likely never own a gas car again. I think we are well past the tip and people wont stop eating McD's fries, so I'll have a ready fuel source!
 
Originally Posted By: QuadDriver
Originally Posted By: Bill in Utah


But don't you wish it ran on the same gas?

47 mpg on $4 a gallon gas is 8.5 cents per mile.

47 mpg on $4.89 a gallon diesel is 10.4 cents per mile.

19 percent more.

So really you are getting 39.50 mpg in gas $$.

Still very good.
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(I had this discussion with a co-worker who is looking at Diesels and hybrids and I was showing how to figure the cost and payback of extra cost of hybrids/diesels)

Sadly, with diesel fuel costing 89 cents a gallon more it needs to get a lot more MPG to be equal to a "normal" car. And then you need to pay off the extra cost of TDI.

Take care, Bill


well, yea, but it dont.

the next best jetta is the 2.5L I-5 at 30mpg.

and if I tart up a gas jetta to match the appointments of what they give you standard in the TDI - I broke even on the TDI cost at 36000 miles (given that at the time diesel was significantly cheaper than gas - I got this car the day katrina hit)

there just aint any super high mileage gas cars anymore - without going hybrid or REAL small. in 1987 my 2.5L I4 Calais got 40mpg highway, and in 1989 my 1.9L Escort GT got 41mpg highway. Since then its been one broken promise after another.

I will likely never own a gas car again. I think we are well past the tip and people wont stop eating McD's fries, so I'll have a ready fuel source!


I get a MPG less than you on my last tank and 3 mpg less average since April with gas. (In a $14k OTD car..)

Bummer that Diesel jumped up and went way beyond what gas cost.
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The Bio diesel does not work in a lot of engines (I know from our test that was to last 6 months.. It made it 2 weeks) and there is not enough waste grease to make a dent.

Every semi is using 200plus gallons a day, that is A LOT of fuel...

But for almost 40mpg (gas equal $) your TDI is doing good. At least they go up hills well...

Take care, Bill
 
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