Newbie - horrible gas mileage

[recycledsixtie]

Well OCZ welcome to the forum. I have a 2001 Boxster base and am currently getting around 20 mpg - that is Imperial gallon, not US gallon but that is close. Also we have cool weather still. Once spring comes and I get out in the country more than 27-30 mpg is possible. As my daughter said to me, you did not buy a Porsche to get good gas mileage. As the above poster says, keep up the revs and dont lug it. Enjoy the Boxster symphony music!

[oczdreaming]

I do enjoy the sound of the engine and exhaust... i have yet to turn on the radio in the car, my whole point of the original post was that, MAYBE there is something wrong with the car?? Gas mileage is not all that important to me, as my other car SUV gets around the same, but rather all things being equal... why is my rather new car getting such bad gas mileage... Its very sunny today, i'll take the top down, and try to keep up the revs and report back... I would love to keep the revs up, but in city driving is not alway convenient.. Thank you all of great inputs! :dance:

[recycledsixtie]

Originally Posted by oczdreaming

I do enjoy the sound of the engine and exhaust... i have yet to turn on the radio in the car, my whole point of the original post was that, MAYBE there is something wrong with the car?? Gas mileage is not all that important to me, as my other car SUV gets around the same, but rather all things being equal... why is my rather new car getting such bad gas mileage... Its very sunny today, i'll take the top down, and try to keep up the revs and report back... I would love to keep the revs up, but in city driving is not alway convenient.. Thank you all of great inputs! :dance:

Well I like to keep the revs up while living in the city, I am basically restricted to 1,2 and 3 gears. 4th gear I would be lugging it too much. Staying in 1-3 gears keeps me down to city speeds but I certainly dont redline it. High revs does not necessarily mean high speeds. I can understand why some folks buy tiptronic especially for the city but I do like shifting gears especially when you have a great transmission like the Boxster