BJG57

I just got a 2010 TL Base (Black on Black) a couple of weeks ago and was wondering if the mileage improves over time?
Comments?

jglover

2009 TL
Fairfield to Half Moon Bay, CA

31 Miles to the gallon. 125 miles round trip

jasonwdp10

i drive 95-99% city
in my SHAWD i got 14.5 avg overall
in my Base i got 17.5 avg overall

Six Shifter

after 20K miles in 9 months of (mostly) Interstate daily commutes, is now settling around the 27 mark.

docboy

For my driving, I estimate 50% city/50% freeway.

At 8000 miles, I'm getting around 25mpg, pretty good considering the TL is AWD, 305hp, and weighs 3900lbs (give or take).

Six Shifter

does that weight include your right foot?

docboy

Dam, I forgot to include my right foot. Better add a few pounds for my body weight (which fluctuates periodically).

KeithL

On my 09 SH-AWD I was averaging 20.8 overall, but noticed the milage seemed to increase around 15K miles which was right after winter, so it might have happned sooner, but winter fuels didn't allow it to show.

ostrich

It's funny that you brought this up because I was going to post about it too!

For my 2010 SH-AWD, I just got about 19.7mpg with my first tank and included 50% local driving and 50% short freeway trips (10-15 miles each time). I am pretty happy about that! I expected that to increase appreciably in time too :-) Mind you, I have been babying my car and so I have been driving like a grandma and surely that helped with the gas consumption........ :-)

BTW, I found the trip computer to be pretty accurate - I got 20.4mpg on display and the manual method showed 19.7mpg. That is pretty darn close!

JM2010 SH-AWD

My mileage is slowly improving as I accumulate more miles (now about 3K). In my experience, Japanese motors don't return optimal mileage until about 30K miles.

I'm now averaging 24.4 MPG, in about 1/2 highway, 1/2 urban/suburban driving. (The trip computer shows an average speed of about 35 MPH). Lately, tanks of gas have consistently been reading about 25 MPG, even with the A/C running more during the summer.

Given the car's capabilities, I'm more than pleased with my mileage. That said, if you push the car, the MPG drops pretty rapidly.

MurkyRiversTL

I get 20-22 avg with 50/50 city/highway. I now have 3k miles on the car.

PsychDoc

Averaging about 21mpg in combined driving. But you have to understand, here in NYC the term "city" driving really means city. Not that relaxed suburban driving that most of you probably consider "city." And I have a pretty heavy foot. From what I've heard you could count on at least 3mpg less from the AWD car.

Thasparzan

I'm at 20.4 mpg, after 4000 miles driven.

My first tank off the lot, I only got 14.8 mpg, driving the way I was used to in my 335i.. had to change my driving habits a little. Brought my over mpg to 20.4 with about 80% highway, 20% city, with quite a few hills.

Kingmeow

20k miles, getting around 25-26 MPG on my runs from NJ to Boston and trip back. Mostly cruise control on interstates with A/C on. Using Premium gas.

Pete2010

17mpg - with 20's and 100% city (and a heavy right foot, but not as heavy as docboy's).

andrec8513

Are all of you using 91 octane or higher? What have your respective service dept's said about using premium?

PsychDoc

Just took a trip to New England. On the open road with A/C on, you can figure about 27.5 mpg. Once you hit true stop and go traffic that'll drop to about 20 mpg. That's for the 3.5 FWD car. Like I said, figure about 3 mpg less for the AWD car. And, of course, that's assuming 91-93 octane gas.

TLNV

Chevron 91 exclusively from the same station and pump, 17k miles, avg 560 miles per week on a 93 mile per day round trip commute of 50%hwy 50%city, averaging pen and paper full fills (to the brim) (and before you blast me I have an 6 mile drive to the house that dips it down at least a 1/4 gallon for expansion. I have done this with all of my vehicles and have never experienced a fuel related problem or failure) at 24.8mpg. Avg mpg's have been steadily increasing since about 10k miles.

Huskr84

19.6mpg after 15K miles. It's a little disappointing (my 07 TL-S averaged around 22.5), but it's so much fun to drive and the SH-AWD drive is great during snowy Nebraska winters!

NOX 3.2

31.6 mpg highway with no traffic this morning. 23 mile trip

22 city with traffic, 17 if I push the SH-AWD 6MT very hard.

The mileage has improved 3-4 mpg since I bought it.
it has now 23k miles on it.

docboy

3-4mpg improvement is quite a bit

Six Shifter

I think the question is based on actual fuel calculations based on dividing miles travelled by gallons taken on since last fill up. I have touched over 30 mpg within the first 10 miles of filling up also ... but that's not what is being asked.

RIneuron

2-month old SH-AWD. Very steady 19.5 commuting, 50/50 town and highway. Haven't done a long highway trip yet. Medium aggressive driving after the first few thousand.

NOX 3.2

I devided the miles driven by the gallons used after 23 miles driven... when I filled up again.
I never let the tank go empty because there is a lot of dirt on the bottom and the gas filter is inside the tank.

Badabng

My 2010 SH AWD auto gets between 19.8 and 20.3 each tank of gas. I drive mostly highway (avg speed 75) and i do not use high-test gasoline. My dealer recommended that i use the middle blend which I do most the time.

andrec8513

So you use 89? I asked my dealer and he said only 91 or above. Any knocking?

PsychDoc

Methinks your dealer is an idiot. Any possible savings you may realize from saving 5c/gallon is more than eaten up by the gas mileage you will lose. Maybe your dealer graduated from the prestigious Yugo School of Automotive Arts and Sciences.

graphicguy

3k MILES.....I leave "trip b" tracking my overall MPG, which comes in at 21.4 MPG. If I had to guess, that's 75% urban and 25% city driving overall.

I've hit 27 MPG on one tank....all highway, driving between 75 MPH-80 MPH.

Lowest was 17 MPG...all city, stop and go, using the A/C constantly, keeping my foot in it leaving every stop light.

I've found the car's computer to be close enough to my manual calculations (via "Gas Cubby" on my iPhone) that there's no reason to cross check anymore.

So far, quite pleased as I figure the MPG will only get better as the miles pile on.

peterk

I just came back from a 750 mile all-highway round trip.
FWD, 93 octane, 75mph with the A/C on.
I got 30.2 on the car's computer.
Otherwise, my around town driving is at 20.

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TLevation09

After 24K miles with a AWD, I am still at 22-23 with 70% highway (25-26 on pure highway trips). My winter tires (Blizzaks) reduce it to 21 or so.

Tyresian

I purchased and picked up my 2010 TL SH-AWD Tech just over a week ago. Already put 450 miles on the car. I'm getting about 21-23 combined. Which really sucks... compared to my 3G that was getting 27 combined. However, they aren't that comparable and my car still is very new.

I would like to see what kind of gas and oil people are using? That could attribute to slight differences.

For my 3G TL (Base), I only used Shell 93 Octane V-Power, and only got Synthetic Oil (Dealer only carries Mobile One, so that's what went in).

Odometer Reading: 450 Miles
Highest Highway Trip: 29 MPG
Combined Milage: 21 - 23 MPG
Gas Used: 93 Octane V-Power
Oil Used: (No Oil Change Yet, plan to use Mobile One Synthetic)

Eli

Moved and started commuting 2 miles, getting 16 mpg with FWD. =( Just gonna start riding a bike.

CTsteve

Averaging 15 mpg.

free598

i dont care about Miles to the gallon i just drive when the tank is empty i refill..thats it

chaiwala

+1. There are far more important things in life to worry about, plus sometimes the less you know the better it is for your health

free598

a funny thing happen to me today i ran out of gas.....it shut off rite as i pull into the gas station..lol

SHAWD10

I drive 60% hwy and 40% city and I am averaging about 20 mpg combined in a 5AT SHAWD.

Rick66

I have a 2009 TL SH/AWD with over 26K miles. On a recent trip down to Florida from Maryland, over 2,600 miles I averaged 27-29 MPG, highway driving mostly which was typically between 75-85 MPH. I had a 2006 Audi A6 that was more efficient, but it also didn't have 305 horses.