60 MPG+ is possible in the 1.4 Turbo Manual

[Maddog2020]

I filled up with 87 octane on the way home from work. The ride is 30 to 50 MPH with very few stops, I hit all green lights. After 8.9 miles I was at 62.3 MPG.

62.3 MPG for 8.9 miles Video!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp3QOPlMWpY

 

[cndctrdj]

At those speeds it is absolutely possible.

 

[SouthFLSonic]

I filled up with 87 octane on the way home from work. The ride is 30 to 50 MPH with very few stops, I hit all green lights. After 8 miles I was at 60.8 MPG. I almost took out a squirrel because I wasn't about to brake!

60MPG in 2012 Sonic 1 4 Turbo Manual - YouTube

I can hit 60 MPG in my 1.8 cruising @ 1K and 30 MPH easily too but that is not reality when it comes to actually "getting" 60 MPG. If you can run a whole tank out and maintain that MPG and then do it again you can say your car "gets" 60 MPG.

If I put my car in neutral and coasted down a mountain I can get 1XX.XX MPG but it is not reality and only a number on the dash that truly does not equate to what my MPG actually is. If you had an UltraGauge then you could see the fluctuation of average vs instant MPG and see that our car is capable of 200 MPG at the right speeds incline and wind resistance.

 

[cndctrdj]

Coasting down a mountain won't get you the mileage you would think. It helps but when you get to the bottom you eventually have to hit the gas and it comes down fast

 

[Maddog2020]

MPG: 66.2
Miles: 618.0
Gallons: 9.331
Price: $3.829/Gallon
Total: $35.728

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-Eric Smit

It's not easy to do, all I'm saying is it's possible. We have one member that exceeded this (see above). I can't say what the 1.8 can or can't do since I don't own one. Most of my ride was at about 45 MPH in 6th gear, with only some very small hills (up and down). My best for a tank is about 51 MPG (DIC).

 

[Papasonic]

Downhill, with the wind at your back, ~60 mpg is possible:
Then turn around and go back the way you came. That 60 mpg figure soon will disappear! :blankface:

 

[jgrote]

He said he got 60mpg, not averaged 60mpg. I haven't been able to get anywhere near this, but I play with it all the time now. I made a coworker sweat because I wanted to keep the air off and windows up the other day. Yeah, I'm kind of a jerk.

 

[Gary Grist]

A/C and mileage

I haven't noticed that A/C lowers my mileage (1.4 turbo w/ 6Xmt). I still averae 34.5 over all regardless of A/C on or off. I have noticed that during winter when average temp is below 45F, my mileage drops 3 mpg. That dosen't make sense to me. You would think that cooler/denser air would imrove mileage. I guess that dosen't matter on a turbo.

 

[ChrisJ]

60MPG over 7 miles is extremely easy for anyone to do in a 1.4 Sonic. In fact, I bet I can pull off close to 90MPG over 7 miles on one of the roads I drive on because it's mostly down hill, but just flat enough you need a little throttle to do 50mph.

It's the stops and starts and shutting the car off and starting it especially cold that really hurt.

 

[Lazza]

A/C definitely lowers my gas mileage, in part because I keep the RPMs a bit higher at lower speeds to prevent the car from feeling like a slug. I have a turbo w/6MT.


_Lazza

 

[Maddog2020]

Challenge!

Since some seem to think getting 60 MPG for 8 miles is easy, I challenge anyone to post a video (3 minutes or longer) showing 60 MPG or greater. No fair resetting at the top of a big hill, be honest! You have to reset you MPG and trip meter at the same time. I'm not so sure it's that easy, please prove me wrong!opcorn:

 

[SouthFLSonic]

Since some seem to think getting 60 MPG for 8 miles is easy, I challenge anyone to post a video (3 minutes or longer) showing 60 MPG or greater. No fair resetting at the top of a big hill, be honest! You have to reset you MPG and trip meter at the same time. I'm not so sure it's that easy, please prove me wrong!opcorn:

Yeah but in your 3 minute video you start 6 miles into the trip already before you start to record and you decrease about 1MPG over 2 miles. So what you really want us to do is get as high as we think we can on MPG then start to record and maintain it for 2 miles and do not go over 45 MPH. I'll get you a video this weekend in my 1.8 5spd for sure at 60+MPG for 3 minutes.

Don't worry about honesty as I live in South FL and there isn't a hill long/steep enough to affect the MPG for my video over 3 minutes.

 

[94383Z71]

Hit a record short trip MPG last night. Yeah yeah, short trip number are biased, but it was the distance I had to work with.

2012 1.4L 6MT tuned

I used 1.058 gallons for a 63.2 mile trip from Allendale to Big Rapids MI. 95% highway, 60MPH cruise, 56 MPH avg. No AC, 66*F ambient temp.

DIC showed 41.5 mpg, UG showed 43.3 mpg. Calculated? 59.73 mpg

Even if you assume a 1/10 gal pump inaccuracy, still 54.57 mpg. First time I've ever seen the DIC be too low.

 

[Maddog2020]

Florida is pretty flat, I use to live in the Miami area. In fact my record for a tank was done in the Keys while camping (51 MPG on DIC). I did 60.8 MPG for 8 miles, but you are right that the video doesn't prove it. Last time I was in the Keys I was at 60 MPG after 50 miles, but then I arrived in Key West and that killed my average. By the time we left the Keys I had 150 miles at 54 MPG (DIC). Looking forward to your video...Good luck!

 

[SouthFLSonic]

Florida is pretty flat, I use to live in the Miami area. In fact my record for a tank was done in the Keys while camping (51 MPG on DIC). I did 60.8 MPG for 8 miles, but you are right that the video doesn't prove it. Last time I was in the Keys I was at 60 MPG after 50 miles, but then I arrived in Key West and that killed my average. By the time we left the Keys I had 150 miles at 54 MPG (DIC). Looking forward to your video...Good luck!

I am down in Kendall so about 45 minute from Key Largo and I always get horrible MPG coming or going to the Keys as I am either rushing to get there to drink or get home to sleep from drinking and my MPG always pays the price along with my lived......

Last time I camped in the keys it just so happen to be sand flea season and a 4 day camping trip ended in the middle of the first night as our tent was infested lol.

Video this weekend once I decide on a road that I can do 30-45 down for 3 minutes without lights/stop signs or aHOLE drivers messing up my attempt.

 

[mowcowbell]

I logged 62.6mpg on my last tank... oh nevermind, that was while riding my Suzuki V-Strom 650.

 

[ChrisJ]

Since some seem to think getting 60 MPG for 8 miles is easy, I challenge anyone to post a video (3 minutes or longer) showing 60 MPG or greater. No fair resetting at the top of a big hill, be honest! You have to reset you MPG and trip meter at the same time. I'm not so sure it's that easy, please prove me wrong!opcorn:

60MPG for 8 miles is extremely easy.
In fact, isn't the world record for a normal non-hybrid car something like 60 on an entire tank in a Cruze?


No, I'm not going to hold my cellphone to record video while driving.


Take your car on a 400 mile non-stop trip on fairly flat roads and you'll find what I said is accurate.

Stop and go and shutting the car off and restarting it are what really hurt.

 

[Maddog2020]

I am down in Kendall so about 45 minute from Key Largo and I always get horrible MPG coming or going to the Keys as I am either rushing to get there to drink or get home to sleep from drinking and my MPG always pays the price along with my lived......

Last time I camped in the keys it just so happen to be sand flea season and a 4 day camping trip ended in the middle of the first night as our tent was infested lol.

Video this weekend once I decide on a road that I can do 30-45 down for 3 minutes without lights/stop signs or aHOLE drivers messing up my attempt.

I use to live in Kendall by the Metro Zoo, I went to see Arlo Guthrie there (Who?). Are the Sand Flees the same as noseeums? I hate those things, I don't remember them when I lived in Florida about 25 years ago. Highway 41 is probably a good stretch without stops. I recommend not stopping for any gators!

 

[Eric Smit]

I got 66.2 for a whole tank ages ago.
it's not impossible.

 

[Hulty]

The only way my ride is getting that kind of mileage is having my key ripped from my cold dead hand.....and someone else drives it.