lithium

I'm a little disappointed in the mileage my xB is getting.

My previous car was a 2000 Toyota Echo. It consistently got mid 30's to upper 30's, just depending on how much of the driving was on the freeway. On a trip from Wv to NY it averaged about 42mpg.

Now the xB is basically a slightly heavier Echo, no?

My xB... first tank of gas I got about 29mpg, almost entirely freeway driving. My second (and most recent) tank, about 19mpg, almost entirely city driving.

Altogether this thing has 777 miles on it after 3 tanks of gas (the first tank was the "complimentary" tank from the dealer and I didn't pay much attention to it). So that's about 25mpg altogether.

Not horrible, don't get me wrong, but not what I was expecting, not EPA at all, and nowhere near what my Echo got.

sk8box

give it some time to break in! It will get better.? do you have a stick

Cameron

I can attest that mileage does get better over time in the XB. I was doing 27 to 30 on average after 15K miles in my automatic, but only around 22-25 to when I first got it.

Now I'm doing about 23.5 in my latest vehicle. Things could be worse. Focus on the positive.

flowmini98

i notcied the same thing....i figured it was cause the tank was pretty small...just outta curiosity..how many miles are u guys able to drvie on one tank...?

lithium

so far about 225miles/tank

adamisbomb

yeah my wife is only on her first real tank after the dealer had filled it up. i didnt let it get all the way to empty. it only took like 8 gallons. she is at half a tank at 165 right now, prolly end up getting like 260 on it 280 if she lets it get real low. seems good to me. better than her lexus es300. that was 17 gallons only lasted 280 miles. sucked

Captain_tC

That sucks. So basically your xB people are getting almost the same thing as my tC. Which isnt normal. For a mix of local and highway I get 25-26mpg, and on mostly highway Ive gotten 28.5 mpg. And that is only for the times I have kept track.

I would be ____ed if I were you guys.

kkawana

i'm gettin about 290-300 miles per tank in my 05 xb auto... and i usually fill up b4 the light comes on.... one time i filled up after light came on i was at about 320miles...or so... mixed freeway/city driving....then again.. freeway driving in seattle may as well be city driving 1/2 the time

empleh

well, i'm with the break in thing. that usually clears it up a bit. but, with the agressive gearing, and the fact its a box (although the coefficient of drag isn't bad) i can't imagine we'll be getting that 35 mpg

fachiro1

I've been able to drive from Pasadena to Vegas on a tank.

timinaz

My xB is getting 275-290 miles to a tank. I usually fill when the light comes on.

This weekend I got 32.5 mpg going to Phoenix from Tucson, average speed was 85 mph with a few runs up to 100 mph.

Remember we have the areodynamics of a brick!

SWiSS

well, how long does it take to break it in?! im only gettin like 25mpg!

ayS

im getting between 29-32mpg. mostly freeway miles. what has everyone been trying to do that has worked in getting better gas mileage?

ayS

damn that's good. did the light come on when you got to vegas? how fast was your speed on the freeway?

ayS

the 5-spd is now rated a little worse in gas mileage then the auto was. probably due to the gearing in the 5-spd, if im correct. someone chime in to correct me if i am wrong.

K9_Crate

As most of you know, I've been snarking about the bad mpg I've been getting too (there are a lot of threads on this issue - you can do a search). Some people are having really good gas miliage, others are gettting really bad miliage and there is nothing wrong with the cars. It just plain sucks for some of us. I'm getting 23-24 mpg right now - DOWN from 29-32. I have 6,000 on my ride.

Joehnn

I'm getting 25 mpg, but I average 80 on my commute to work,
with stop and go on either end of the commute.
I am not a good driver for conserving gas,
so I'm happy with that mileage.

superjeer

yeah, the gas is crap crap crap. If I had known it would be this bad, I might not have bought my xB. I expected to get 34-36 but I'm getting 30. new gas tanks didn't help, stock wheels with correct pressure didn't help. going slower didn't help. crap crap crap

elitsoH

same here i would have put more thought into it if i new id get 230 to 240 miles out of 1 tank....love the box hate the mpg

OdBox

same here... from El Monte to Vegas in almost exactly one tank.