Yes I am- I am now slowing down on the milage. I went on 2 - 200 mile trips. So if you take those off, i would really have 400 miles (still quite a bit) O well- my payments are the same-minus well drive it!

 

I just did my second fillup yesterday. Our area is flat and most of my driving is on 2 or 4 lane state roads. I have a 5 spd and am driving conservatively during break in.

1st fillup was 34.75 mpg

2nd fillup was 44 mpg!! I checked the math twice and my wife checked again. I was shocked. I could have read the pump wrong but I don;t think so.

 

34 is reasonable for conservative driving at constant speeds. 44 is a bit high. Are you sure that you are filling the tank consistently? With that little teeny fill tube it is rather difficult. If your next MPG calculation comes out really low it's likely that this is the problem.

If you've looked at my mileage data you'll see that mileage can vary quite a bit from fillup to fillup. The only way to get an accurate method is to keep track over several fillups. This minimizes the effect of varying fillups and driving conditions.

George

 

This has probably been touched upon, but speed and where most of the driving is done does effect the mileage. I saw about 30mpg for a half tank when driving highway, but as soon as I hit a city with a lot of lights and stop and go traffic, it's about 25 or so.

I only have about 1100 miles on the car.

On another note, does anyone have an idea of how many miles can be eeked out of the car with the gas light on?

 

People, people, people....

I wonder how many of you have upgraded to 18" or larger wheels? That alone affects gas mileage drastically. After that, you can figure your lead foot, and cargo, air conditioning, etc...

The crap about improved gas mileage after a break-in is false. I have gotten exactly what I expected in all conditions, whether I had 10 miles or 3000 miles. Sure it will improve slightly with more miles, but nothing drastic.

I think I must be the only person who ordered 15" alloys, instead of the 18", as I have seen many other xB's, and have yet to see another one with 15"alloys.

I have 3,000 miles on mine, and have taken #'s in all conditions. The worst I got was on a recent tank of gas driving around the city, and it was still 29 MPG.

I also recently drove a 8-hour trip through 80% mountains, driving 70 MPH, and still got 33 MPG.

I think the most important factors, are the size of your wheels, and how heavy your right foot is? I guess I must be the oldest, ( at 32), or the slowest xB driver on the road, since I've been pretty happy with my gas mileage.

 

That would be interesting to find out. I don't see any data to support the "drastic" part of your statement, though. Someone would have to make the switch and keep track of mileage over a few thousand miles before and after to be able to make any meaningful statements. As I have pointed out, tank-to-tank mileage can vary by several MPG even without apparent changes in driving habits.
You seem to be right there. My data shows no change from the first 3000 and the subsequent 7000 miles. It seems to have settled in at 28.6MPG and will likely stay there until I change driving habits.
That's because a lot of us are satisfied with 15" steel wheels! Durable, light, and easy to maintain!
Have you kept records? It would be nice to get another set of long term data!
This matches my experience. Mileage goes up on the highway as long as the speeds stay reasonable.
I think it is the other way around, with foot weight being far more important than wheels. It would be interesting to get some side-by-side coastdown data for stockers and 18s. Anyone care to volunteer?
You're not even close on the age!

 

george u da man ****!! :D ..your milage data inspired me to rethink how i was looking at my own milage...thanks for that!!

AS FAR AS THIS

me and my wife ordered 15 inch enkei alloy rims for ours, same size as stocker, possibly LIGHTER, therefore , you would think an INCREASE in milage would be apparant, however, we have still seen sub par, albeit better the last tank gas mialge (FINALLY hit over 28 mpg on 70% hgwy driving)

 

i have the stock 15" wheels and have constantly been getting 33 mpg city/highway after break-in.

 

I drive about 50/50 city/highway and I'm getting around 380 miles between fillups (between 10-11 gallons), so that comes out to ~34-38mpg. I also tend to drive the hell out of it.

 

Took me 2 weeks o empty my first full tank of gas, 305mi, 9.2 gal, 33mpg. Easy going driving habits (rarely hit 65), stock car and wheels. Rarely over 3000rpm in any gear too helps IMO. AC was on about 90% of the time, so I agree with others about it having little effect (both in mileage and in temperature!).

 

well... i decided to really guage the MPG on the xB.

And to my surprise... the xB does get pretty gas mileage.

What i did was fill the tank to full. Then reset one of the trip odometer.
I drive about 35 miles to work each day...that's about 70 mi round trip. I drive mostly in traffic on the freeway (70%) and on local streets (30%).

once my fuel got low.... i noticed that my trip guage was reading 304 miles. Then i filled up the gas again...which tipped off at 9.6 gallons. when you divide the miles by the gallon pump..u get MPG..which in my case was 31.6 MPG. i did this about 2 weeks in a row..and i averaged about 30 MPG.

Your driving habit does matter when it comes to MPG.

for those wondering.. i have an Auto xB with 17 rims running K&N Typhoon intake with branzach exhaust.

In conclusion... i'm happy with the xB MPG.

 

Now, get a little notebook and keep it in the glovebox. record your odometer reading and the gallons put in for every fillup. After 2000 miles or so you'll have a much more accurate overall mileage than a single fillup will give.

 

You're so old fashioned.

I have an excel file in my Palm T3 that I record each fill-up: with the date, number of gallons, miles traveled for that fill-up, MPG for that tank, and a cumulative for total numer of miles to date, total number of gallons to date and average MPG to date. Putting it in the Palm Pilot makes it really simple to enter data, and it syncs onto my laptop as well. Formulas calculate the the MPG and tally the cumulatrive totals as soon as I enter in the miles and gallons.

Cheers!

Cooper

 

Well, after four fill-ups, I can say that I am very pleased with the MPG of my stock manual Lava. I've gone from a low of 23 MPG during the initial break-in (I only gave her 150 miles or so to break in, mostly city driving) to a high of 31 MPG on my last tank. Right now, I'm at about 1,000 miles. I'm hoping that as I continue to break her in the MPG will improve. Of course, it would help if I didn't tear up the highway at 80, but there's only so much you can do...

Bontster

 

Well, my little notebook cost $3.00

Seriously, you've got a great idea there! If you've made a special spreadsheet for your Palm you might want to pass it along to Darren for the technical section of this site. It sounds like a great tool for those of us who are not gadget-challenged!

George

 

$3.00? - well I'm beat...

I think it took more time to describe the spread sheet than to create it. If I'm going to share it, I may need to add some fancy colors in... :D

 

I'm getting the same mileage in my xB and I do drive like a bat out of hell.

 

I have 15" alloys. Check them out in my profile pic.

I've got ya beat by 2 years (34 here). I probably have somewhat of a lead foot. Starting out from a dead stop, I tend to push the car harder than I should. I also shift gears between 3K-4K rpms. That being said, I've been averaging 28-30 mpg and I calculate this every time I fill up. Most of my driving is on the highways where at least half of that is in stop and go traffic (Boston area traffic sucks and so do those who designed the on- and off-ramps that either make you slow down to get onto the highway or make you merge into traffic coming onto the highway when you're trying to exit).

Anyhow, I'm disappointed at not getting anywhere close to the 34 mpg (I think the highest I've calculated for my xB was 31 mpg). But, I'm certainly glad it's not the reported mpg that SUVs don't even approach.

By the way, I have nearly 8500 miles on my xB and I got it in February of this year if that matters in any calculations for what mpg I should be getting.

 

i gettiing horrible gas milage on my brand new xb. almost down to half my first tank and i've only gone 75 mi. maybe itz cuz they didn't fill it up all da way. i'll have 2 wait for my 2nd tank 2 see

 

i live in the mountains and have 18's. i cruise at 75mph usually and can get 31mpg.
some weeks its like 25mpg. i also have the $219 injen cai.

the way i calculate is as follows....
1. fill the tank till it stops itself. press the trip button.
2. drive until i feel like filling it up again.
3. fill it up until it stops itself while noticing how many gallons it took. divide the miles on the trip by the number of gallons the pump shows.


its not accurate to just say, well it has a 10.5 gallon tank, and i got 302 miles when i thought it was empty...so 302 divided by 10.5=......thats not accurate

Shaun