Yup, as others have said - SHAWD is your answer. And Yes, we do have a lead foot, it's a requirement with the SHAWD.

 

SH-AWD has an impact on your driving. In everyday, completely legal situations, you just find yourself enjoying it.

I have a feeling that I will settle in at 23.5 miles per gallon overall for the simple fact that there are things that are just too much fun to stop doing.

It has an impact on your legal daily driving.

I don't think most potential buyers understand that.

 

Wow 23.5... I do about 100% city during the week, rarely need to drive the highways, and I'll be happy in the summer to get the EPA estimated 18MPG, it's worse now with the crappy winter gas they give us up here - that and winter tires I'm sure adds to it.

 

I'm near 1k miles now and i still haven't seen north of 15mpg (99.9999999% city driving in LA), but then again i'm driving a nearly 4000lb awd 305hp sport sedan.. And yes, i have a lead foot and I'm enjoying the power.

Btw if the "worst" tank you've gotten is 23mpg, you're getting better mpg than most I4 honda accord owners. Not saying i don't believe you, just letting u know.

For comparison, i got 26mpg in my 2006 honda civic.. so yea i drive pretty quick.

 

I was hitting 26 on the highway on a trip yesterday, but I still believe the mileage is better than my previous suv.

It would be so hard to give up the new power. This thing rocks.

 

+100 ^^

 

Re-hello kingjoker, yes it's mostly flat in my area. I'm improving now, going down to sth like 12 - 12.5l/100km these days. Weather has been really nice in past couple weeks, going up to 10-14celsius, nice enough to cut the fan and open sunroof a bit. I've also mounted my mags on it, it should then improve on gas consumption. In general, I'm satisfied with the avg I get, considering the car we have. What is more frustrating is this yoyo game on the gas price, this is crazy, going (more) up & down by 10c/l almost weekly...

 

First tankful after driving my SH AWD from the dealership showroom, a total of 300 miles....all in city driving....17.2 MPG. Exactly what the sticker said. That includes about 20 minutes of idling while the sales person explained all the features.

 

I added the $29.95 Turbonator and my mileage on my SH-AWD doubled.
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almost 11K miles and I'm at 19.7. I wish it was a bit more, but the SH-AWD was awesome this winter!

 

My first tank halfway through and I'm at 18.5mpg on the dashboard screen. I'll get a better number when I actually get the first fillup. 100% city driving with lots of traffic lights. Automatic FWD.

 

^^ Sounds about right, I was about that with the 6MT, before winter tires and winter gas.

 

Just finished a 300 mile road trip yesterday, averaged 27-28mpg with 1 passenger, and A/C on.

Streets so far I got a solid 22mpg.

 

Im getting 22mpg-city&highway- I was hoping for a little better after i installed my SRI but nothing so far. Plus im coming from almost 30mpg car so it hurts. My vette gets better gas mileage for cryin out loud .

 

You must be doing it wrong. The gas pedal is the one on the right.

 

hahai get zero traction this time of yr so i have to be a good boy

 

I live in vancouver as well....getting about 13.8L/100 on average. I drive an auto and do my best to put it in 4th or 5th gear whenever I can to lower the overall gas consumption, especially in city where a lot of times it stays in 3rd. But nevertheless, I think I can still do better mileage than that.

 

Just took a trip this weekend.
Right at 26 mpg, mostly highway, with regular unleaded (87)

Will fill with 93 and check results.

 

You used regular? Did you feel/hear any knocking?

 

My MPG on the 2010 TL 6MT is an average of 20.9 with a best of 22.8 & worst of 19.6, I drive 85% city/surface streets. This is a cumulative average over the last 6 months/ 4500 miles.

I was getting better MPG with the 2006 TL 6MT. I was averaging 26.5 with a best of 31.7 and worst of 22.3.

A small trade off for the increased fun factor. And the cost per mile is only $.03 higher. I'm thinking the MPG will get better with the good weather and taking off the snow tires.


If you have an iPhone, the Gas Cubby app does a pretty nice job tracking your fuel & service expenses if you're into tracking that stuff. Here's a couple of screenshots with my MPG stats for the 2010 & 2006 TL.

 

Nice, now I need blackberry to have an app like that. Yes I like my gas mileage and yes I wish it was better as well. However, I'm getting 21.3 mixed just logging in over 500 miles. I drove about 200 miles the first two days of owning the car. I was just driving it for fun. And it was fun

 

None!

Friend of mine is long-time Service Manager and former mechanic.
He tells me that if you're primarily running flat 4 lane highway miles on a trip, there is no need to use the higher octane. Thought I'd try it?

He suggested 91 or 93 for everyday use, (commuting, etc) or if you are on a 2 lane or extremely hilly regions.

He also said to never to use any additives (STP, Seafoam, etc) in the first 20-25,000 miles and even after that, he doesn't think it's a good idea.