What is your average MPG

[ford40]

I was getting about 23-24 on my daily driving and 30 on my long highway trips and I was getting a shudder sometimes as the car reved down to idle....I called the dealer service group and was told that my mileage was "too good" and that I should drive the car harder...more 3.5 to 4+k plus shifts. Well sure enough my city mileage went down to about 22 and the highway stayed at 30 and the shuddering is drasticly reduced....can only assume that my city driving was "clogging" the system. Only about 8500 miles on the car to date....bought the car with 3500 miles on it 5 months ago...must have benn someones weekend car but is now driven daily. Very happy I have a 100k CPO warranty!

[eslai]

I really wish I knew how you guys are getting fuel economy in the 20's...

[bhduxbury]

average about 20.5 with compressor on, about 21.5 with it off.

[Uncle Bob]

19 ~ 23 for me at just about 3,500 mi.

[AUDIOGUY]

I drive about 10 miles per day back and forth to work... probably 50 or so on the weekends. I fill up every 220 miles or so. So do the math.... What is it 14 gal per tank divided by 220 miles.. roughly 16 mpg around town.

I think the important question is how much are we spending per mile. 1 tank of super is 37.00 here in NJ divided by 220 miles for that tank = 16.81 cents per mile!

I wonder what our buddies in the Hummers are spending per mile....

[speedyellow]

Originally Posted by AUDIOGUY

I drive about 10 miles per day back and forth to work... probably 50 or so on the weekends. I fill up every 220 miles or so. So do the math.... What is it 14 gal per tank divided by 220 miles.. roughly 16 mpg around town.

I think the important question is how much are we spending per mile. 1 tank of super is 37.00 here in NJ divided by 220 miles for that tank = 16.81 cents per mile!

I wonder what our buddies in the Hummers are spending per mile....

10.9 mpg on my H2

[luxury1]

Originally Posted by speedyellow

10.9 mpg on my H2

That SUCKS! This is the biggest reason why I won't buy the Range Rover I want.

[jangobox]

I get about 22-23 mpg.

[986Jim]

Originally Posted by eslai

I really wish I knew how you guys are getting fuel economy in the 20's...

You keep your gall fill up receipts and write your mileage on them. Then create a database and track you mileage, how many gallons you put in the car since you last fill and your new mileage on your next reciept. Once you have 2 receipts you can calculate your last trip from the first mileage record to the second and how much gas you put in the car the second time and see you traveled X miles with X galons of gas give you miles/galon of whatever. Then everytime you fill up just add it to the database and you can see exactly what your MPG was for each time you fill up.

You can then make your database do other things like average miles per fill up, average price of a gallon, average MPG and stuff like that as well.

[mtch]

my daily commute is 27 miles, with 24 miles on the interstate. i avg about 24 mpg for the commute and about 29 mpg on weekend trips. this if for an 03 S

[mach schnell]

drove across desert to Phoenix from just outside LA - about 340 miles one-way. with cruise set at 82mph, I was getting approx 32mpg Also got a bit of sunburn

I love this car!

[eslai]

Originally Posted by 986Jim

You keep your gall fill up receipts and write your mileage on them. Then create a database and track you mileage, how many gallons you put in the car since you last fill and your new mileage on your next reciept. Once you have 2 receipts you can calculate your last trip from the first mileage record to the second and how much gas you put in the car the second time and see you traveled X miles with X galons of gas give you miles/galon of whatever. Then everytime you fill up just add it to the database and you can see exactly what your MPG was for each time you fill up.

You can then make your database do other things like average miles per fill up, average price of a gallon, average MPG and stuff like that as well.

Hahaha, I didn't mean "I wish I knew how you guys were CALCULATING" MPG, I meant "I can't believe you guys are getting such good mileage!"

Although you do raise a good point--if we're not all using the same method for calculating our MPG, this exercise is a bit inaccurate. I'm just going by what the onboard computer tells me my MPG is. I reset it whenever I fill up and then notice where it's at when I refuel.

Mine's always around 17 to 18 MPG when all's said and done. Not enough freeway driving I guess...

[SD987]

"Not enough freeway driving I guess..." - Eslai

"About 340 miles one-way. with cruise set at 82mph, I was getting approx 32mpg" - Mach Schnell

That's what I notice most about the fuel economy in the 987, in that the deltas you see on other convertibles, i.e. top-down vs. top-up or highway vs. city are much wider in the Box.

Driving around town with the top lowered I can watch the fuel gauge go down between intersections, but on the highway, with the top up the Box is a Porsche Prius. On this theme, have you guys seen the low fuel message in the 987 OBC? It says "Consider Remaing Range". I thought it was pretty amusing.

[slogans7]

Eric - get a job 50 miles from your home and drive around 75-85 mph to and from. And don't use use your 987 for short trips to the grocery store. BTW, Karen and I just got a Vespa for our town errands.

[eslai]

"Consider Remaining Range", yeah I found that very amusign the first time too. So polite, like, "Now, I know you're not a dummy and you probably already know this, but you, well... you might wanna think about gas soon, y'know what I mean?"

A Vespa. That sounds good. But driving from Mira Mesa to Poway every day (a wonderful, traffic light strewn drive ) probably wouldn't be so fun on one...