Actually, between one tank and the next, I got 250 miles and 410 miles on the Civic I traded in, so that is entirely possible (seeing as it wasn't just the same model car, but the SAME car). The first tank was while driving up and down mountains in Idaho and E. Washington and traffic, the second tank was all freeway in Montana.

BTW, I got 24 MPG on my first two tanks, working on my third. I drive my car the same as I drove my Civic and I was getting 28 MPG with the little, underpowered 1.7 in that thing. I figure 24-25 combined mileage isn't as bad as it could be.

 

yah for a 4banger this car absolutly suck on gas.. it needs a 6th gear !

 

27.6mpg was my last tank. I just rolled over 10k miles a couple hundred ago also. I have started to slowly see tanks last more than 310 miles, so, I dunno if it's broken in better or if it's I started setting the cruise at 3500rpm in 5th gear to get a bit better mileage. Whatever I did, it's working better than my early tanks mpg was.

 

My tacoma got 14 so getting 25 in my tC is seeming really good to me.

 

I'm 18... drive 95% city miles, and admittedly, drive way over the posted speed limit on any road. And the other 5% of the time that I do drive highway, I go 80mph, which is a hell of alot worse on gas mileage than 60-70 is.

That, and most of my trips are ~2 miles long. Also not to mention I have an HKS exhaust, that I LOVE to hear

If that doesn't explain my ____ty gas mileage... I can send you my gas pump receipts, roughly about 40 of them, documenting all ~8,700 of my miles. My lifetime avg MPG so far is around 16-18mpg.

 

I usually get 40 miles in before the gas guage needle sits on the F line. At 1/2 a tank, Im usually at 130miles, occasionally I'll be at 150. Then it quickly drops to empty when I approach the spot when the reserve light goes on.

I've showed my receipts and MPG documentation to my friend who works in a Scion dealership, he says they can't and won't do anything. He gets only about 22mpg on his xB and he tried to get them to do something, but to no avail.

 

130 on half a tank? i'm usually up towards 200-220 miles at 1/2.. honestly are you really getting on the gas? or you driving like a grandma? that can make a huge difference..

how many miles do you have on your tC? what's the air pressures in the tires? stock tires? different?

 

Yes I get on the gas... alot.

8,800 miles. 32psi all around (I know it's supposed to be 29 back but potholes here are monstrous. Stock tires, HKS Axleback exhaust.

 

This past tank... filled up yesterday, I've been trying to keep my RPMs at 2,000-2,300, with the occasional flooring (I can't help myself) maybe 5 times. And I'm about 1/4 of the way from the F line to the next line, and I'm sitting at 62miles. If I keep this up, I may see 160-170 halfway and maybe get a tank of 230-240.

 

yeah i'm at 3/4 full and have about 100 miles on the trip odometer.. i do have an auto, but yeah limiting your shifts to below 3000 rpms.. would help.. the air pressures sound fine.. keep us posted on what mpg's you get after driving like a grandma.. i bet they go up higher.. then you can have proven there's nothing wrong with the car.. it's just you like to drive "spirited"

 

I KEEP TRACK. 2005 xB; with aircondition running alot!!!

btw the tank is an 11.9 gal tank... im currently at 5800 miles and staying average around 26.5

MPG Week
25.17021277 1
26.75238095 2
26.81730769 3
25.27884615 4
24.04494382 5
27.71428571 6
26.2173913 7
33.42857143 8
27.68421053 9

BTW
I got an xA that gets about 30 all day!!!

 

first tank@ 244 miles = 19.2 MPG
second tank @ 482 miles = 18.91 MPG
third tank @ 717 miles = 19.64 MPG
fourth tank @ 962 miles = 19.61 MPG

MPG average = 19.36
Average price per gallon = $2.411
Total cost = $149.82
Total gallons purchased = 62.119

about 90% city driving

 

i envy anyone that gets +20 MPG

 

City driving can absolutely KILL your mileage. Luckily, most of my driving is highway to and from work, so it helps the mileage out there. Plus, I try not to drive in town during "rush hour" or I take back streets to help ease the stop and go nature of the main roads in my town.

Sucks that you are getting below the estimated city mpg, but those epa tests suck for estimating in my opinion.

 

I've got to say, its posts like this that actually encourage me about the youth of America. You're taking responsibility for your situation and not blaming somebody else. I'm serious about that. Thanks.

To expand on this, driving conditions make an incredible difference and a lot of people are in denial about this. They are also in denial about how hard they are on the gas pedal. Rain, wind, hills, impropper shift points, heavy braking, short trips and low tire pressure all contribute to low mileage. Ambient temperature when you fill up also affects it as hot weather means warmer gas, warmer gas takes up more volume than cool gas so you get better mileage if you fill up when its cool and drive when its hot. Some regions of the country have boutique fuel requirements that can make for drops in fuel economy that are not an issue in other states. It all contributes to your gas mileage. Your driving has more to do with it than anything, but there's more to it than that. It makes it nearly impossible to compare one car to another.

 

I realize there are huge differences, but a 100% difference? from 16mpg to 34mpg seems pretty extreme, don't you think?

 

i have about 3500 miles...i started with about 22 mpg, one time i got 19 mpg...now, i average 26 mpg mostly city stop and go. i just took a road trip with 90% highway driving above 80 mph, i still got 26 mpg.
i'm not complaining. all my friends get 19 or less with their stupid SUVs

 

I think there are some people that beleive they have to race off of every light and are probably killing their gas mileage more than the actual car is doing to the gas mileage. It is rather obvious that some people are getting exactly what was claimed by the epa estimates. Also, if you live in a heavy traffic area with a lot of sitting on the road, obviously you are burning gas without moving, thus that hurts your average as well. It seems the people getting the best mileage have a good amount of highway driving, as should be expected.

 

Not at all. An 18 year old who makes trips of less than 2 miles, admits to driving VERY hard, compared to a person driving a steady road trip at posted speed limits alone might create this extreme. Combine that with the externals of differences in climate, hills, weather and regional fuel requirements and both cars would be doing exactly what they were engineered to do.

 

I guess some cars are different. I drove a subaru through all 48 lower states after I graduated college and I drove through every single climate, altitude, temp, and driving conditions you could imagine and I NEVER saw that much of a change in mileage. Sure, I saw some huge differences, but nowhere near 100%.