What kind of gas mileage do you get?

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: mariok2006
Topic Title: What kind of gas mileage do you get?

Aparently not enough to change the bad American culture according to the AT Oil Baron supporters on here.

 

[RossGr]

'94 Probe GT ~ 23mph
'99 Chrysler 300m ~ 21mph
'06 Chrysler 300ltd ~ 17mph (AWD) (21 hiway, 13 town)

 

[akshatp]

'97 BMW 740iL - 24mpg highway... 18mpg around town
'02 BMW 525iA - 26mpg highway... ??? around town

 

[Gibson486]

My Altima is supposed to get around 25 mixed, but i swear it is under 20🙁 I don't even floor it either.....

 

[Aikouka]

Originally posted by: Gibson486
My Altima is supposed to get around 25 mixed, but i swear it is under 20🙁 I don't even floor it either.....

Weird, I get 26-27mpg in my '07 Altima 3.5SL. Of course, I have to drive well and be conscious of not trying to be a bat out of hell to get this. It's not impossible and I surely don't drive like a granny (usually going 6 over all the time). The worst I've ever had in my car was 23mpg during the winter because of some bad snow storms during that gas use when it took about 10-15 minutes just to get up a small hill 😛.

EDIT: I used to drive about 33% back roads and 66% highway/higher-speed roads. Now I drive 100% higher-speed roads to work, but also do a lot of in-town driving and I see about the same mileage (I can usually get a good idea based on miles driven and how much gas is left... I'm at like 260 miles and at half a tank right now).

 

[Eos]

1996 Toyota Avalon

3.0L V-6
4 speed auto
137k miles
90% high speed
10% city

Since I moved an hour from my job (3 days a week commute), my average mileage has increased from 22 to 25.

 

[purbeast0]

I get about 350 - 400 miles per tank. I usually put in 13 gallons when I fill up. I have a 2003 20th AE GTI.

 

[j00fek]

34/40

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: mariok2006

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug

Originally posted by: eelw
50MPG - 2003 Civic Hybrid

Too bad for Winter, it's more like 40MPG 🙁

why does winter have such a negative effect on gas mileage?

The gas also does not combust as effectively...

Wrong. It combusts just fine. There is, however, more oxygen per unit volume of air in the winter (due to the air being denser from the colder temperature) and since modern EFI systems compensate for the amount of oxygen to maintain a near-constant stoichiometric ratio of fuel/air, the ECU will tell the car to inject more fuel per injector firing to compensate for the increased oxygen content of the air.

You may have ~5 minutes at most after a cold start on a very cold day where cylinder temperatures are sub-optimal, but that's not going to have a noticeable effect. A modern liquid-cooled engine maintains a pretty constant temperature unless the outside conditions are far beyond the range that most people will encounter.

ZV

 

[Eug Wanker]

2004 Toyota Prius

I get about 40 miles/US gallon in the city at this time of the year. (I live downtown, in stop-and-go traffic.)

It's somewhat better on the highway, assuming I'm driving around 60 mph.

 

[Crafty35a]

2001 Acura Integra GS-R
80% highway driving, averaging 31mpg.

 

[Ktulu]

Originally posted by: RossGr
'94 Probe GT ~ 23mph
'99 Chrysler 300m ~ 21mph
'06 Chrysler 300ltd ~ 17mph (AWD) (21 hiway, 13 town)

Please stay off the freeways.

 

[davew0670]

JEEP grand cherokee- around 15
bmw 323ic - 24 maybe?

 

[funboy6942]

16 city 25 highway
Not bad for a 88 Lincoln town card that weighs a ton and is almost 20 years old.

gets better highway miles then my wifes 98 Cheep Cherokee which is listed at 19 highway, I think city was the same, have to look it up to be sure though. Pretty sad that her car is smaller, with a straight 6, get worse mpg then my v8 chuggin boat.

 

[ryan256]

2003 S-10 4.3L v6 = ~20mpg
2000 Shadow 1100 = ~45mpg