Official: What are your real world MPG Numbers
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Gimpster
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So I set off on my trip to San Francisco from Topeka, KS. I was fighting INSANE sustained 40-50mph (maybe more?!) wind until about Laramie, WY. Between Topeka and Laramie I got, kid you guys not, 23mpg (hand calculated) avg @ 75mph! After Laramie when the wind stopped still at 75mph we got back up into the 36 range. Up into the 37-38 on the downhill coats into Salt Lake City. Cold out and car loaded with wife and luggage.
Tomorrow we're setting off from SLC to SFO, so I'll be crossing the salt flats. Hopefully the wind is low and we'll see what she can do dead flat
lots of mountain climbing to do in Nevada.
Tomorrow we're setting off from SLC to SFO, so I'll be crossing the salt flats. Hopefully the wind is low and we'll see what she can do dead flat
lots of mountain climbing to do in Nevada.1.8L 6-auto LT hatchback here. So far, I'm only averaging 30mpg at the 2600 mile mark. About 2/3rds highway and 1/3rd local.
This past weekend, I took a 6 hour (each way) trip. Averaged 30mpg each way. The way out was 4 1/2 hours highway, 1 1/2 hours of 2 lane roads in the country (with occasional towns with stop lights or stop signs); the way back was more evenly split. Bear in mind however that this was while there was 600 pounds of people (including me, the driver) plus a couple hundred pounds of stuff in the car, and that we had to go up and down a lot of steep hills in the Finger Lakes NY region and through the Berkshires of MA or the Green Mountains of VT or Monadnocks of NH.
Could wish for better, but it is what it is.
This past weekend, I took a 6 hour (each way) trip. Averaged 30mpg each way. The way out was 4 1/2 hours highway, 1 1/2 hours of 2 lane roads in the country (with occasional towns with stop lights or stop signs); the way back was more evenly split. Bear in mind however that this was while there was 600 pounds of people (including me, the driver) plus a couple hundred pounds of stuff in the car, and that we had to go up and down a lot of steep hills in the Finger Lakes NY region and through the Berkshires of MA or the Green Mountains of VT or Monadnocks of NH.
Could wish for better, but it is what it is.
BoG233
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THIS is why we chose the Sonic.
Average MPG 80 miles later was 51.7.
sorry man but I call BS.
I get that when I reset it going down hill too .
Danny5
Its over 39000!
Danny5
Its over 39000!
The idea that my wife would fake a photo for the benefit of this forum is ridiculous! She has always been amazing at getting the best mileage out of a car. She resets the avg mpg at every fill up, and the fact that she came home with 87 miles on the car, and 51.7mpg is a testament to how good this car can be.
Haters gonna hate...
Haters gonna hate...
AxelRipper
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High altitude? No hills? I could see it.
BoG, he wasn't saying that was his final MPG for the trip. He just said that was a snapshot at one point on the trip, and that his MPG 80 miles later at the end of the trip was 51.7. So I don't think calling "bs" is in order here. Now, if he said that he had that MPG at the END of a trip, then I would probably be right there with you in calling "bs".
NJSwamplands
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gotta watch that danny5 since he went limo tent
ibOTWavingKitty
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NJSwamplands
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thanks guys
richysonic
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I'm getting 27.5mpg. 1.8L auto sedan. All city, and stop and go everywhere, with the heat on. Better than my lifted f150 which gets 9mpg
BoG233
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Yup and I under stand that but real would isn't reset and coast . Hell some of the mountain in NY I can reset and coast for a mile or two snap a shot of my MPG at 99 mpg's and call that real would driving . Once again sorry BS still hold for me .
BoG233
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Sorry to your wife . please ask her how this is possible I sure we all will love hearing how we all can get 51 mpg in the real world . I for one commute every day is very exited to know this info .
And not a hater Fat Old biker set in his ways that loves his zippy new car .
