OculiAquilae

I've always wanted to own, DD, a manual, but would've had to pass up way too good a deal on for my first car. Now at 23 years old, I finally own my first manual. I've been driving them since I was 18 (yeah, slightly late start), and having never owned one until now I obviously never witnessed first hand the "manuals generally get better gas mileage" (though I believed it obviously), until now. I've read a few people talking about what kind of gas mileage they get and being shocked at how low it was....

So, I'm curious. What kind of gas mileage do you guys generally get?

Please state:
Your gearbox: manual or auto
Mods: if any, to gauge how it'd effect MPG
Where you typically drive: mostly highway, mostly city, half/half
Your driving style: you can describe this any way I'm sure
And what you've noticed you get for MPG

fordcourier72

2005 6spd
no mods
in town 19-21
hwy 29-32

polobunny

2004 5AT
no mods
~75% city: 23-25 mpg
90%+ hwy: 30-32 mpg
Driving: Generally tame with some outbursts of 2nd and 3rd gear accelerations. When tame, upshift ASAP. On the 5AT, 3rd gear can be manually shifted in at 10mph, 4th gear at 19 mph.

OculiAquilae

6spd (Manual)
Stock/No mods
50/50 (city/highway)
I drive as you described. Generally tame, with outbursts. For me it's generally tame, I'll generally hammer one gear, but not necessarily to redline, once or twice a day, other than that I baby the car. Weekends I'll rip a lot more....
With all that including the 50/50 (city/highway), if I'm really nice, I'll average 27-28mpg, if I'm a little more aggressive, I'll average 25-26mpg, consistently 26 mpg though. Best I ever had was a trip from the Twin Cities here to Grand Forks, ND for a buddy's wedding. I was driving around 80 the entire time, 75-85 traffic depending, and on the way out there my computer told me I averaged 30mpg....I always manually check it as well and my actual was 31mpg! Could not believe it.
Then on the return trip to the Twin Cities, I averaged a measly 27mpg hahaha, granted I had a nasty headwind for the first 60 miles and a nasty side wind after that, 20-25mph with 30-40mph gusts.

DementiaPhuro

I get about 20-21 MPG's with mixed 3/4 city driving and 1/4 highway. 04 5AT no mods.

Jackass

The difference in MPG between a manual and an auto are no where near where they were before the 2000s. What matters the most these days is the overall gearing the manufacturer decided to use. I know in my 2006 Scion tC, the manual actually go lower MPG than the auto version did. It had to do with how short the final drive ratio was in the manual.

In the TL, the auto and manual both get around about the same MPG. Driving style will impact your MPG more than anything. There are plenty of threads on here discussing MPG already. Automatic transmissions have gotten quite a bit more efficient.....but still not as much fun.

Summary:

City Driving - 15-27
- depends on speeds
- depends on how much stopping
- depends greatly on driving style

Highway Driving - 25-35
- depends on speed mostly
- stay at 55mph, you will jump into the 30s
- go over 70mph, you start dropping into the upper 20s

polobunny

But at 55... ugh.

5th gear can be engaged at 38mph on the 5AT, however it is more efficient at 50mph, torque converter lockup happens right there (as long as you're not in rapid acceleration).

Ponto

2005 auto, no mods, premium gas
In town: 22-23
Hwy: 29-32
Last 9000 miles, 65 hwy/35 town: 27
I just averaged 31 on a 900 mile trip going 75+on hwy (I was shocked but I had a tail wind both ways).
90% tame, 10% spirited

sockr1

iTrader: (5)

Your gearbox: manual (type s)
Mods: many...look at my signature
Where you typically drive: half/half
Your driving style: mostly tame except for on-ramps and when people think they have a faster car
And what you've noticed you get for MPG: 25mpg combined (which i think is excellent for a car putting down ~300hp to the wheels with my mods)

imj0257

iTrader: (1)

Average about 21 mpg on a full tank. 1/2 city, 1/2 hwy with 1/2 of the hwy in traffic. I am not a tame driver lol.

OculiAquilae

That is impressive!
I was just surprised I can get nearly highway mileage in city. Never have I ever had that with an auto. Logically, it makes sense, but it just shocked me having never witnessed it from personal experience....

sockr1

iTrader: (5)

erdoc48

2006 AT
112K MIles
No mods
Overall 24 mpg (60% hwy/40% city but no bad traffic)
Highway run 33 mpg/ can't answer for pure city driving
Winter mileage 22 with snows on
All on 93 octane (only type of premium at most NJ gas stations)

Style of driving: not too aggressive, more like grandma with punching it on rare occasions

dezymond

2008 Acura TL

AT
No Mods
I'd say about 45% highway and 55% city
Driving style: Overall, I take it easy

I use an app called aCar to keep track of all car related expenses. According to the app I get a combined 24mpg. Highest I ever got was 32mpg and the lowest was 19.4mpg.

I use Costco Top Tier gas, premium.

LaCostaRacer

There is a high correlation with what the MID reads in average MPH/MPG to what your actual MPG will be. Every city is different and claiming a percentage of city/highway is not as accurate as saying what your MID MPH says.

In general, if your TL has a MID MPH of 26 MPH or lower you're driving in a city/urban environment and your mileage will be < 20 MPG. Once you get in the open road with MID MPH values in the 40+ range, you can expect to get 25+ MPG.

I have been doing my MPG at fueleconomy.gov for 9 years now and the TL is remarkably consistent. If my MID reads 27 MPH, the estimated MPG reads about 18 MPG and the actual will be 17.9. Where as if I go on the highway, the best I got was a 69 MID-MPH 30 MID-MPG and actual 31.4. It's tough averaging 69MPH over hundreds of miles so I was cruising pretty fast that time.

truonghthe

2007 TL-S AT stock

80% city (50% of the time during rush hour) 20% highway
style: no MPG spared, 50-50
MPG: 18-19 MPG

once I got on highway put the cruise at 75, mpg bump up to 29 mpg.

Juan Lepe

04 5AT

All city driving: 16-18 mpg

Acuratl327

2006 6speed TL

Mods. CAI, JPIPE, PCD, CLUTCHMASTERS STAGE 1 CLUTCH.

Driving mostly highways with stop and go traffic through lights.

I usually get 20-24 mpg never got 25-30mpg.

Leaving first usually shift 3-4k and through 2nd. But shift into 3456 shift to 2-3k. I sometimes drive hard hit vtec everyday. Even shifting 2-3k I still get 24mpg. And flying through gears I still get the same MPG. And using premium gas with sythic oil.

Dunnik

According to my trip computer, over the last 1500 km or so, I've gotten a steady 9L/100km combined mileage.

I'll translate that into 'murican: 932 miles, 26.13 MPG.

I can easily get 6L/100km on the highway (39.02 MPG).

08 5AT, no mods, 65,000 km mileage (40k miles), riding on Bridestone Turanzas 3-seasons, Conti EWC winters.

Overall I consider the mileage to be pretty damn good for a 7 year old sports sedan.

GreenSpades

2004 6MT
Stock, no mods, premium gas

All city: 19-20
Normal work routine(80% highway) 25mpg, sometimes 26
All highway: 29-30
Economy run at

Legend2TL

2005 6MT stock with 102K miles

~27MPG mixed urban and highway driving

Moderate driving but try to coast down whereever can to get better mileage.

quantum7

2007 TL Auto with 199,620 miles
no mods

27 mpg ave with about 80% highway (75 mph) via the computer....1 or 2 mpg less when I calculate the mileage.
On pure highway runs I get 30 mpg
Moderate but fast driving...ie...not 55 mph
89 or 91 octane

maharajamd

iTrader: (1)

I drove from Columbus to Philly/NJ and back last week. About 1300 miles...98% of which was highway/turnpike. I pulled 31MPG. CAI/JPIPE on the way down CAI/JPIPE/HFPC on the way back.

I was very pleased with that.

Acura-OC

Threads about MPG are as useful as "How long is your commute?" ones or "How often do you fill up?".

thoiboi

Stock type S

Average 21-22mpg at ~60/40 highway/city

I drive as tame as the Stig...

thoiboi

merc009

About 19 mpg, 20 miles everyday round trip, just on highway i managed 37mpg at 68mph

white_n_slow

2005 6mt has some exhaust mods, although I doubt that effects anything.

24-28 typical mixed city/highway. I have gotten as good as 31 or 32 on a tank--all highway through the mountains. 22 is probably the worst I've ever gotten from a full tank. I do not drive like a grandma, but I'm generally going about 10 over which may or may not help :o

b15

95% city, been averaging about 21-22mpg on 93. I may drop it down to 89 just for shits n giggles to see if there's a difference.

mc1114

According to the indicator, currently at 21 MPG, all city

On the highway at 80 MPH, it read low 30s MPG

Have not had a chance to do the division calculation for MPG yet, as Im still on the first tankful after purchasing the car

mtiaz

'07 TL-S
Gearbox: Manual
Mods: none
Where you typically drive: mostly city
Your driving style: I'm pretty easy on the car, shifting at around 2300-2700rpm most of the time with maybe a quick sprint once or twice
And what you've noticed you get for MPG: 24mpg, highest I've hit is 30. I've gotten these figures by actually calculating it, not by the trip computer. But I have to say the trip computer is pretty darn accurate

hisost

iTrader: (2)

05 TL 5AT 148k miles
HFPCs, Jpipe, Test pipe, catback
about 26mpg with avg speed of 28mph, so mostly city
I'm pretty easy on the throttle most of the time, maybe 3k rpm max with some spirited driving here and there. My gas mileage got better when I cleaned the EGR valve + new EGR seals for the first time at 145k miles (which had a LOT of carbon build up at that point)

OculiAquilae

You like running 93 octane or would you run less if they had it? I'm in MN, and have my option as to 91, 92, 93, but always fill on 93 (it also happens to be consistently the 2nd cheapest gas station around me, and is 2 miles from my house )

OculiAquilae

Personally, in the summer here in MN, I average 28 mpg (MID and actual). With the MID MPH being about the same, generally 28-32 MID MPH. Last winter (I was learning the car), I average the same MID MPH (it never changes unless I'm taking a road trip), but my MID MPG was 24-26 varying with the severity of cold temperatures. As I said in an earlier post as well, I have a 10 mile commute, 5hwy (cruising 70mph), 5 city (cruising generally 45mph between lights). On the way home, my highway speed would be decreased to probably 45mph average due to slow N go traffic

OculiAquilae

Brutal! Sorry for your loss! :/

OculiAquilae

I like you. Using proper (metric (so to speak)) measurements, yet were polite enough to translate to "murican" and I was rofl. I've been trying to learn EU/rest of world measurements for fuel economy, but have a hard time. Any tips/tricks you'd suggest for quickly converting or easy ways to remember the difference?

OculiAquilae

If you knew why I was asking you wouldn't have said that because the logic behind it doesn't apply haha.

erdoc48

Where I am all of the premium pumps show 93 octane- if it was available in 91, I'd use that. I believe Sunoco has 91 and 93, but I have none of those stations nearby.

mc1114

2008 TL stock - 23MPG indicated, 21.6 actual. All city. Sporadic traffic lights. No stop and go congestion

My 2008 TL-S is currently at 23MPG indicated. Have not done the division yet. Im hoping the actual MPG will be similar or very close to my TL. I try to coast and slow down as much as possible before braking

MCBfly

But I just picked up my ASPEC SHAWD this morning.