Your MPG

[Cory Wolfe]

Your MPG - Fueleconomy.gov

On the topic of fuel economy, does anyone share their MPG? With the CRX back on the road, I've started to input my fill ups onto their website. It's interesting to compare the highest fuel efficient cars as rated by the EPA with those of actual users.

[loki]

i keep track of my mpg in an excel sheet. with prices, and a graph of 3 different moving averages.

[Drew Dowdell]

I keep track of all of my vehicle expenses in a really great android app called aCar

The nice thing about it is that you can set up reminders for all of your maintenance items. No more forgetting to get the tires rotated (a warranty and road hazard requirement) because it will warn you as you approach the mileage where it is required. No more forgetting what mileage to change the oil, check/replace the air filter, replace the wipers, check your lights, change your coolant, etc.

All of the maintenance schedules can be customized by vehicle if you have more than one.

It's free, but it is really worth the $5 for the pro-version.

[daves87rs]

I'm happy, as all 3 of mine are doing 30+Mpgs now.....

[§carlet §wordfish]

Last time I checked the Sunfire was getting about 31, compared to its EPA estimate of about 24. I drive as economically as practically possible.

I haven't been able to top off the tank for the past few months so I don't know what I've been getting recently.

[PurdueGuy]

I generally get high 20's low 30's in the SC2 with a lot of zippy in-town driving. Personal best is 39mpg on a road trip, and it wasn't babying the car at all, I was tearing up & down a mountain pass, and enjoying some "spirited driving" on a snaking road alongside a river in the mountains.

[Robert Hall]

I'm not obsessed about it and don't really track it, but the car computer shows an average of 16-18mpg...been that way since Aug '00.

[daves87rs]

I'm not obsessed about it and don't really track it, but the car computer shows an average of 16-18mpg...been that way since Aug '00.

Nothing wrong with that!

[Paolino]

I dislike that I'm getting such poor fuel economy since I put the Buick down. I'm stuck in a 2006 Sonata V6 and I get about 350 hwy miles in one tank. I'm averaging 23-25mpg highway with the a/c on. My Buick used to get 27-28mpg with the a/c on... and the a/c was much colder!

[loki]

best i ever got was 37, in indiana in may.

[Cory Wolfe]

My highest recorded thus far was 50 mpg on an all highway trip to Detroit, but I'm hoping to not only replicate, but surpass that on my next dedicated highway run. I love... looooove hypermiling, almost more than I love spirited driving.

[GMTruckGuy74]

I filled up the Envoy last night (took about 15 gallons, slightly more than half a tank) and averaged 15.9 MPG going 230.8 miles. The D.I.C. said I averaged 15.4 in that timeframe. The G6's D.I.C. usually states approximately 24-26 MPG.

[frogger]

I average 28mpg in the TSX give or take 2 mpg depending on hwy/urban mix.

[bobo]

IS300 gets 24 mpg on the highway. Silverado 17.5 mpg mixed.

[Blake Noble]

After a recent oil change, the Challenger is getting 26.5 to 27 mpg mixed. Granted, it still takes 89 octane to achieve those numbers, but that bests the EPA's rating of 21 mixed by, uh well, a lot in the big picture. It's been said before, but I'll say it again just because the proof is in the pudding: the EPA don't know $h!.

[Cory Wolfe]

Well, color me shocked. I just filled up today after work. The result is an astounding 48 mpg in a what I'd call a rough 50/50 mix between city and highway driving (pizza delivery).

[pow]

I drove the Odyssey last month. Amazing how much your driving style and driving conditions can affect fuel economy. For one fill-up, I drove ~250 miles using just ~9 gallons for an average of 27 MPG. And this was a mix of freeways, city streets, and hilly suburbs, occasionally carrying a full load of furniture. I kept it under 2,000 RPM as much as possible, anticipated traffic lights and surrounding traffic, and used the momentum of the van (4500 lbs...) to keep it rolling.

Then I stopped paying attention to my driving style and averaged 16 MPG over similar conditions. With heavy vehicles, how you use that extra mass is crucial...

[Paolino]

I drove the Odyssey last month. Amazing how much your driving style and driving conditions can affect fuel economy. For one fill-up, I drove ~250 miles using just ~9 gallons for an average of 27 MPG. And this was a mix of freeways, city streets, and hilly suburbs, occasionally carrying a full load of furniture. I kept it under 2,000 RPM as much as possible, anticipated traffic lights and surrounding traffic, and used the momentum of the van (4500 lbs...) to keep it rolling.

Then I stopped paying attention to my driving style and averaged 16 MPG over similar conditions. With heavy vehicles, how you use that extra mass is crucial...

It also can be the gas you put in it. I've noticed that I ALWAYS get better fuel economy when I drive home from NH. My friends always said the same thing. Maybe it has something to do with driving "south" so, gravity helps you

[Z-06]

I drove the Odyssey last month. Amazing how much your driving style and driving conditions can affect fuel economy. For one fill-up, I drove ~250 miles using just ~9 gallons for an average of 27 MPG. And this was a mix of freeways, city streets, and hilly suburbs, occasionally carrying a full load of furniture. I kept it under 2,000 RPM as much as possible, anticipated traffic lights and surrounding traffic, and used the momentum of the van (4500 lbs...) to keep it rolling.

Then I stopped paying attention to my driving style and averaged 16 MPG over similar conditions. With heavy vehicles, how you use that extra mass is crucial...

It also can be the gas you put in it. I've noticed that I ALWAYS get better fuel economy when I drive home from NH. My friends always said the same thing. Maybe it has something to do with driving "south" so, equator helps you

Fixed.

[caddycruiser]

I've been logging on MPGTune.com since my '09 Malibu and still through to my current '11 CX-9:

http://www.mpgtune.com/user-profile.php?userId=2079

CX-9:

http://www.mpgtune.com/vehicleDetails.php?carId=5216

Average on the CX-9 right now is looking to be 18. When I lived in Delaware, it was always 21-22. Moving to Philadelphia with stop & go traffic and tons of hills to climb near home, dropped to 17.5-18.

Edited June 6, 2011 by caddycruiser

[the_yellow_dart]

This trip:

Gmaps - Toronto to Quebec City

on 40.3 liters.

Google tells me that's 5.0 L/100km

and 5.0 l/100km = 47 miles per gallon

[67impss]

great to hear that YD

[the_yellow_dart]

I'm still not sure if impss is mocking me or being serious...

[67impss]

I'm still not sure if impss is mocking me or being serious...

Seriously happy for you and Chevy(GM) as we need to hear that the Cruze Eco gets hybrid MPG #'s at real world $. I can't imagine what e-assist will be getting on a Veranio in the real world hyper miled

[Turbojett]

I usually pay attention to my DIC, though I've had a long-running suspicion that it's inaccurate. BUt it still averages be out to around 25-26mpg which, considering how I drive, is pretty decent.

[Brougham-Holiday]

In almost all city driving: 14.1mpg- 1988 Olds 98 Touring Sedan. This was based on three recent fill ups.

[67impss]

In almost all city driving: 14.1mpg- 1988 Olds 98 Touring Sedan. This was based on three recent fill ups.

I'd take a look at your O2 sensor and a good tune up as that car is able to pull down at least 22-24 city been there done that got 34 HWY mpg with mine

[Drew Dowdell]

In almost all city driving: 14.1mpg- 1988 Olds 98 Touring Sedan. This was based on three recent fill ups.

Wow... only 3mpg over my 307?

[the_yellow_dart]

I had a check-engine light that the dealership had no techs to check on... so they gave me a rental overnight. All the place had for GM products was a Sierra, so I had to go with that. 300km of mostly highway driving later, I had to put 38 liters back in to fill it back up to where it was when I picked it up. That's 12.7 l/100km. OUCH.

[Cory Wolfe]

Somehow managed to eek out 28.8 mpg in the Legacy. It's odd because this is first time I've used the A/C for the majority of a tank. This car baffles me.

[regfootball]

a couple weekends ago i managed 40.2 hypermiling on an urban freeway trip of about 50 miles in my cobalt. But its been stinking in the heavy stop and go since. trip computer shows 25.2 since i last reset it.