hey all, im only getting close to 25 mpg on our auto box,,,im actually VERY disappointed... ...do these seem like accurate numbers?

8.8 gallons...220 miles on the odometer...that equals 25 mpg..

now , i also owned a1991 Acura Integra, and at 140,000 miles , it got 27 mpg..my 92 civic, 225 thou miles, gets 29 mpg solid...What gives?...should i take our box in and have it looked at?..i was expecting a lower mpg than sticker, but this is not good at all...we have put 1100 miles on it so far, the first tank, we let it go almost to "E" and the od read almost 310 miles , ad i filled up just over 11 gallons....we drove it granny style for the first 900 to 1000 miles, and we will be getting an oil change really soon...any suggestions all?

 

I suggest tracking it over the course of at least several weeks and finding an average. Tank to tank calculations are going to vary.

 

Wait until you pass 3K miles or so. It's been noted that MPG's go up. Change the oil before the 7K mile interval.

I had the same issue too. Highway miles is right up there in the Echo MPG range. I drive highway and drive under 70MPH= RPM below 3K. Last calculation: 303 miles/8.116 gal= ~37MPGs Weird, very scary I dont expect to get that all the time. That was on a mostly highway trip. Typically I get about 34MPG.

 

Hello,

The first weekend my wife and I had ours we drove to Orlando and Back! When I filled it up we had gotten 48 miles to the gallon at about 70 miles per hour. Around town we have been averaging 36-38 miles per gallon. Awesome! I just added a injen air intake so I'm hopeing it stays the same if not a little better? Anyway we just turned 1000 miles on it! :D

 

I have an Xb auto and am getting about 26 hwy, 25 city with about 1700 miles on it.

I feel your pain. Hopefully it goes up.

If not????

 

For those out there who are getting low mileage, just keep in mind that as the engine breaks in and gets some where, your mileage will go up. I noticed when i first bought my RS1 and after installing the intake @ 8 miles that i was getting poor mileage. Now that im pushing the 3K mark, i noticed im getting just over 300 miles on a tank. This is with a lot of stop and go local traffic, and some high way use too. Just keep a level head, better mileage is coming.

 

i got my xb 5spd on tues with a full tank of gas and 1 mile on the odo. i ran it until the gas light turned on plus and extra 30 minutes. i checked my odo before i refueled at the gas station and it read 271. i filled up my tank, about 50 cents after the gas clicker (full tank indicator) and the gas meter said i filled up withe 10.5 gallons. comes out to about 25-26 mpg. not even close to the 31-35mpg the book and tag said it would get. kinda disappointed..... but kinda not.... my other car gets about 17mpg.... so it seemed like my gas lasted forever in my xb.

all in all.... im ok with it..... but not completely satisfied....

 

Im getting about 28 mpg in my XB but I drive like a bat out of hell

 

I am not sure if anyone still has their window sticker, but underneigth the MPG for City and Highway, in small print, it show a range of MPG for City and Highway. So you are not always going to get the same MPG.

I don't have my xB yet other wise I woudl have posted a picture of the window sticker. Maybe someone else can do this!

 

I used to have a lead foot, but with gas price going out of control in LA I've learned to to easy on the gas now. This past week, I made sure that I didn't go over 3K rpm and I ended up with 35 mpg. I used to average about 28-30 mpg.

 

yeah as previously stated im definately disappointed in the gas milage...i mean u would thinkl a car on the top ten most fuel efficient cars would get closer to 30 mpg...if my 12 yo civic can do it why not this car?...i truly hope the MPG goes up, i will however , bring 0the MPG issue up when i go to get my oil changed next week..

 

Few get the EPA numbers. Generally, the real world mileage is 10-15% less than the EPA estimates. The auto is advertised at 30MPG city, so the real-world numbers should be more like 25.5-27MPG.

The people who bought a Prius are really unhappy. Due to a fluke in the testing procedure, the Prius was rated at 60MPG in the city, but is actually giving around 45MPG in the real world, a drop of 25%! Toyota really figured out how to game the EPA system on that one!

George

 

thats pretty misleading then...never had this prob w hondas..always got the sticker mpg..or within 1-2 mpg

 

I noticed that I am getting 21 MPG! I just filled up 10.334 gallons and had 222 miles on the speedo. I currently have 3,200 miles on the clock... when is it suppose to get better???? BTW, I have a manual tranny.

 

I have typically been getting 25-28mpg on my release 1.0. I, too, am waiting for the mileage to increase.
Does anyone have any idea as to why there is such a difference in the mileage. I mean, driving habits will affect mileage somewhat but not swing the difference 25-38mpg.

thebiggun

 

i was imagining getting like at least 330~340 miles to the tank.....around 28-29 mpg..this really stinks! if i had known about the gas milage, i would have kept my paid off integra ...

any one else? :?:

 

I found an article in the print edition of the May 2004 Motor Trend entitled; About Those Lofty EPA Numbers.

It covers the outdated testing methods to compute gas milage of cars and what type of adjustments need to be made. They even created their own test circuits here in southern California. The article was written with respect to their recently tested hybrids, but it also covered window sticker EPA's of standard cars.
Motor Trend test milage was much lower than EPA window sticker on hybrids.

An informative article, writen by a reputable source. It made me feel not so bad about getting lower than window sticker milage. ~30 mpg averaging 75-80 mph to Vegas.

 

i agree, the mileage is not that great. ive gotten as low as like 24 or so and as high as 28, ive never gotten 30, but i do blame a lot of it on my wheels. i get an average of 26 when i run my 19's and i get the 28 when i have my 15's w/50 series tires on. my friend who runs rotas gets over 35 with mostly freeway and the wheels are like 2lbs lighter before tires. im guessin the crappy mileage is due to the heavy weight of the wheels and the greater force required to get the car moving

 

Im not a mechanic, but if you think about it logically, once the engine has a chance to break in ( usually about 2 - 3K miles ) everything seems to work better and together inside the engine itself. I would think that once everything starts to mesh, that this is why you start getting better fuel mileage.

I have noticed from the guys at Car and Driver, when they test a car new, they keep track of fuel mileage. Then if they do a long term test, the mileage gets better, sometimes considerably better then when they first took delivery of the vehicle.

 

I hope so, is almost like toyota LIED to us....