elwaylite

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I usually keep mine the 2000-2500 rpm range while accelerating up to speed.

cobb

Shhhh, everyone will want to do that now.

I got my worse fuel economy in va beach helping my aunt shop for a coffee table and stopped at 11 furniture stores and dealing with rush hour traffic on the way down from richmond and back. It was slam the gas to the floor, get up to 30-60mph, then slamp on the brakes while looking over both shoulders to find a faster moving lane to whip into.

elwaylite

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Newest

288 miles
75 miles of it city, the rest 65-75mph hwy

29.9 MPG's

I use cruise control whenever I can

Steve60

220 miles - 1 trip - 31mph average = 28.7

08 Auto

This is less than 1mpg less than my first gen1 auto - same trip, almost identical traffic & weather. I LIKE IT!
225/40 18 on a 7" DR17 @38psi cold

adalida7

xb 5 speed MT, run more than 1K miles averages 27.9 to 28.3 Average speed between 65 to 75mph. 10miles hiway, 5 stop and go.

Schmohey

How are we calculating MPG? Based on the MPG thing on the same display as the clock or a different method?

elwaylite

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Only way you should, fill the car, reset the trip, dive it, fill it then do your math.

The display MPG is a tad high and avged over a long time.

elwaylite

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Just compared BP Invigorate and Shell Nitrogen fuels here. Both seem to do very well for MPG's.

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...262776#4262776

Flawlessly

I got 25.2 avg mpg from the screen, half speedway, and half city, driving like half auto and half semi-auto. I use Shell 93.

jthistle

Typically using anything other than 87 is a waste of money.

elwaylite

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Yepp. 93 in an 87 recommended vehicle has also been known to cause problems with 02 sensors (Ford)

tim_rs6

Over the first 900 miles and 3 fillups i've gotten:

1st - 85% City 15% Highway - 21mpg
2nd - 75% Highway 25% City - 25mpg
3rd - 75% Highway 25% CIty - 27mpg

87 octane from either Mobil, Sunoco, Shell, or BP's.

elwaylite

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As mine heads toward the 5000 mile mark, I am seeing its a lot harder to make it get less than 28. In the beginning, if I had a lead foot at all, id hit 26 or so. 5000 miles must be where she really starts getting broken in.

RC-PILOT

I have about 500 in my new B. I cleared the computer while running 75 on the interstate. After about 58 miles at 75 it showed an average of 31.9 mpg. Other than that I really don't intend to do calculations untill after at least 1000 miles. The engine needs to seat or wear-in. Even the book says the engine is not broken in untill after 1000 miles.

chopperzXB

My xb2 (automatic) gets 25.6mpg no matter how I drive. I drive to and from work about 35 miles round trip and get 25.6mpg. I drove to South Dakota this summer and averaged almost 75 miles/hour and still got 25.7mpg. Even with a lead food and using the auto shift stick I still get around 25.6mpg. So yeah, 25.6mpg for me!!

slidemx5

just an update. I shift at 4k or so, depending, I'm averaging 28mpg on my drive to work (about 70/30 highway/city) and on pure highway I'm getting about 30-31mpg.
I keep pretty strict records of my mpg and mileage and have found with premium I tend to get about 1.2mpg better (not worth the price of gas increase)

chopperzXB

I just installed my header last week on Thursday. My MPG just increased to 28mpg in the city and a little over 30mpg highway!