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Old 04-07-2008, 10:46 AM
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Let's hear some MPG numbers.

Ok folks,

Post your car and your real life MPG city/hwy.


Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland Edition
5.7Liter Hemi V8 330HP/375TQ
City: 12.5 Hwy 14.9

Yes, it sucks to be my gas card right now.
Old 04-07-2008, 10:48 AM
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2007 Mazdaspeed3

25mpg in mixed driving. Down from 30mpg in my Mazda3.

83% of the fuel economy ... 172% of the horsepower.

Yeah, I'll take that
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Daily driving: 24.7 mpg
Highway: , havent really tested it over long distances.
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i averaged about 24 mpg on my heads/cam/stroked trans am. on a 300 mile trip with some spirited driving mixed in. This was all highway though on a 3.73 geared rear.
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21 city / 31 hwy

but i do about 80% city.
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70/30 city/highway
21 mpg average

I've only taken two trips with it, and got 34-35 mpg on them.
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2006 LS2 GTO (400hp/400tq) - 15 mpg in mixed driving, 23 hwy

2006 Mazda MX5 - 28 in mixed driving

2004 Volvo XC 70 - 19 no matter what
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2001 Acura CL-S (yeah, I'm the one that's still here. )
135,000 miles
~28 highway, ~20 city
I've averaged about 26 mpg the last couple of months...
Mostly hwy driving for my 50 mile round trip commute.
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Mixed driving with lots of acceleration ~23mpg
all highway trips I can hit ~31mpg

1991 explorer sport 5mt
Mixed driving ~17mpg
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2003 CLS 6spd.
22-23 mpg average (not much city, but lots of stop an go on highway) - long highway trips 26-28 mpg
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2002 Grand Prix GTP.

24 mpg.

That's a pretty good mix of highway driving, stop and go traffic, and city traffic. I'm also not driving like a granny either.

Once I go back to school and start doing 90% highway again, I'm sure it will be in the 25-28 mpg range.
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19-20mpg (all city....all traffic) I wish I had a reason to go on the highway...
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Originally Posted by charliemike
2007 Mazdaspeed3

25mpg in mixed driving. Down from 30mpg in my Mazda3.

83% of the fuel economy ... 172% of the horsepower.

Yeah, I'll take that
Im about 23mpg mixed..must be the AWD.
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20.5mpg combined, 70% city 30%hwy
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2003 CLS 6MT. Last time I tracked it(at least a year ago)
18MPG hard driving, 28MPG all HW cruise set at 80

1987 2WD 2500 HD Suburban with a 454 big block
9MPG no matter how I drive
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Numbers for my 2006 TSX 6MT which has recently been replaced:

Average fuel economy: 22.58 mpg (nearly 90% city driving)
Total fuel cost: $2643.18 (over 27 months)
Average cost/mile: $0.13

Average MID discrepancy: 1.395 mpg

Highest MPG: 28.74
Lowest MPG: 19.66

I did a lot of heavy city driving and seldom got on the highways. Of the average tank of gas, I would drive about 290+ miles of it on local roads only.

The low MPG is the result of my one tank of gas where I took the car to some local backroads and fuel mileage be damned, drove the car hard.

Highest pure highway mileage I every saw was over 33 mpg with a full load of luggage in the trunk and two people in the cabin traveling at a steady 75 mph on I-95 from DC to MA.

No stats yet on the TL-S. Have only gone through one tank of fuel so far.
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Was averaging approx 20-21mpg in daily driving to work, on the freeway I could get over 30mpg, the highest I ever got was 32.5mpg.

With the Integra, I'm now getting a consistent 29mpg just driving to my vanpool. I haven't driven enough long distances freeway trips to know how much I can get on the open road. I'm guessing at least 32 or 33.
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2007 Kia Spectra (had to sell the truck...gas was kicking my ass)
28 city/38 freeway

I used to pray to gods I didn't believe in for 19mpg on the freeway in my Dakota....
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Originally Posted by Sly Raskal
Was averaging approx 20-21mpg in daily driving to work, on the freeway I could get over 30mpg, the highest I ever got was 32.5mpg.
Oops forgot to say that was with the CL-S.
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02 TL-S (sold) 80% highway driving 20% city, 25mpg

00 GS (3.0 I6) 80% highway driving 20% city, 22mpg
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06 GTO avg roughly 20-21 per tank


55 Chevy Suburban.........5-9 mpg
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18ish mpg city/26.7mpg freeway@80mph+
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2004 TL 5AT 12k miles

Overall = 23-24 (suburban)
Highway = 28-30

I think it might get better when it's broken in.
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01 CL= 27 mpg average.
88 325is= around 20 mpg.
84 ramcharger= 5-10 mpg maybe?
69 dart= 24mpg average.
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Originally Posted by Infamous425
06 scion xb 4AT
29 city/35 highway
same car.

just calculated my overall milage, and came out to 28.1

maybe the a/c on all the time, and our E10 ethonol, and my roof rack and our highways being basically parking lots isn't helping my mileage
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01 TL I average about 28mpg with 50/50 hwy city
99 Suburban (RIP) I did about 16 mpg
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>Acura CL2.2 auto - 25 city/hwy avg.

>Jeep Grand Cherokee, AWD, 4.7L V8, 5-speed auto- 15.3 city/hwy avg.

>2005 Ford F250 Extended cab, short bed, 4x4, 5.4L V8 5-speed auto- 10 city/hwy avg.
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80% highway / 20% city = 27.06 MPG average

highest = 35.67 MPG
lowest = 24.06 MPG
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In my 25-30 minute drive to work (90% highway), I average about 26 to 27mpg. Each fillup, with mixed city/highway driving I get about 21.5 to 22mpg

My wife's 2006 BMW X3, 95% City driving, she gets about 13mpg...horrible....When we drove down to FL (from NY), I averaged between 19-20mpg, all highway driving, but it was going between 70-90mph the whole way
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avg 35mpg....80% hwy 20%city.
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