As the title reads, tell me your MPG. I wanna if this minor misfire is causing a drop in my mpg or if its the fact that i'm driving a 10 year old car and it really is getting this crappy mpg. A huge portion of my driving is highway at 75mph, I shift around 3750-4k change my oil on schedule and if i'm lucky i'm getting 260 per tank. My car is bone stock so if your car is too that'd be good and if your's isn't lemme know what you were getting when it was stock.
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Whats your MPG??
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starjammir
Hard-core CEG'er
17 MPG
I get up to 18 on my work commute and up to 24 pure highway, driving 80 or so. All stock. Thats about 300 miles to a tank, sometimes a little more.
PS: If you search you will see this is asked every month or 2
PS: If you search you will see this is asked every month or 2
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The Digital Slacker
Hard-core CEG'er
I'm getting @ 260 a tank or less driving like a sane person, under 3k rpm most times. No CEL or anything. Its pretty lame.
99Mystique ATX
Hard-core CEG'er
Been getting 22-24 mostly city driving...
This ethanol blend gas they've got here is CRAP!
This ethanol blend gas they've got here is CRAP!
TheMexicanJob
Banned?
i can squeeze 300+ out of a tank, stock 2.5 SE. averages out to like 22-24mpg. You aren't alone though, there are some others getting crap mileage. i think sprebound says he's lucky to pull 260 out of a tank, but his mileage increases in the summer. Michigan sucks dude.
I drive the car the way I want to, and don't granny shift it. I do not beat the car, but I'm not shy about spirited motoring. With matched rev shifts and frequent quick acceleration (no tire spinning, of course), I get between 21 and 23, depending on how much time I spend in traffic. I'm pretty damn pleased with that number out of a high perfomance car. I don't have the greatest handle on highway mileage right now, but expect that 28 is totally doable. If we were talking MTBE gas instead of this ethanol cat pee, I betcha I'd be in the 30s on the freeway. 
TheMexicanJob
Banned?
i got better mileage with sprited driving on my 3L SVT then i do driving like a panzy in my 2.5 SE. :blackeye:
TheMexicanJob
Banned?
holy balls, that's mega poopy.
TheMexicanJob
Banned?
your mazda was also slow as balls, but it had good brakes.:shrug:
SVTeve
CEG'er
I get about 200 a tank with the city driving around san antonio, sucks bawls... I think I could squeeze 250 out of it on the highway. If I stroke it to E as well
SVT3391
CEG'er
Old stock 2.5 engine: 25 - 25.5
Current 3L: 22 - 23
I will see after the headers are put on what mpg i will be getting.
Current 3L: 22 - 23
I will see after the headers are put on what mpg i will be getting.
DanMyers
Hard-core CEG'er
Winter I average about 27-28MPG mixed city/highway, spring fall and summer I get about 30 or over, usually about 32-33 on the highway. Yeah, I shift at 2,500 and someone called me a grandma for it, but my MPG beats everyone. Plus I think my car was broken in sorta spirited, almost exactly how I drive, so it really matches my driving style, usually shift around 2,500, but winding out through 3rd a lot too.
martinmalley
CEG'er
I've been keeping rediculously anal records of my fill ups and miles driven since I got the car in Oct. My average right now is 25.11 mpg. That's 45 miles one way, daily rural highway then freeway commuting with a non-healthy dose of stop and go most days.
I do stay out of the secondaries for the most part. I try to hit the corners hard, but going fast in a straight line during regular diving doesn't have the appeal it once did. Except, of course, when I really just need to feel the pull and hear the music!
Took a long drive to Dayton last weekend and hit 27.29 mpg. Best tankfull so far.
I do stay out of the secondaries for the most part. I try to hit the corners hard, but going fast in a straight line during regular diving doesn't have the appeal it once did. Except, of course, when I really just need to feel the pull and hear the music!
Took a long drive to Dayton last weekend and hit 27.29 mpg. Best tankfull so far.
kw8z3boi
Veteran CEG'er
Same with me. I only drive 5 times a day. Drive about 30miles perday, Traffic on the freeway every morning. By the fifth day, I only have 3/4 tank left.
I spend about $30+ for gas every week
WHEELSPIN
CEG'er
CSVT gas mileage sucks balls! I miss my TSX, in the winter I would average 26-28mpg and in warmer weather 30-33mpg and that was all city driving. It had a 5 speed automatic.
Has anyone changed the gearing on there svt, because it seems like they are geared way to low
Has anyone changed the gearing on there svt, because it seems like they are geared way to low
I think the gearing is the key. I was getting around 25-26 when I was commuting all highway at about 75 ish. Since I moved, my commute is more like 40-50 mph, and my mileage has increased to a 27-29 range, I even hit 30+ on a couple tanks where I drove real easy.