Poll: Whats your best gas mileage?
marx404
On my '07 ION3, manual 2.2L I am getting an average of 360 mi on a tank, up
to 400 mi. Average = 30mpg, and that's driving at an average of 60mpg on
country roads.
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marx404
Doug Miller
far on a highway trip was 34+.
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M. Halliwell
2003 Ion 1 2.2L I4
Average 34 mpg (combined highway and city)
Highest 44 mpg (highway only)
Oppie
I typically get about 300 miles per tank (15 gallons) in a mix of
city/highway. On long highway trips it goes to perhaps 400 miles per tank
(65mph). Lately I think that the gasoline formulation is being messed with
as I have been getting only about 250 miles per tank. Nothing else has
changed. I typically buy BP Regular grade.
Oppie
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Matthew Fries
when the price of gas was unusually high, I decided to try a tank full
of BP (Because it was cheaper). I noticed a loss of power, and some
hesitation over the nezxt couple of weeks. I switched back to my
typical flavor of gasoline, and everything became better.
I don't know if the car just didn't like CHANGING fuels, but I suspect
that the quality of the BP fuel is lower, which explains the lower
price.
Thanks.
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Steve
Not sure what my *best* is but I routinely get better than 40 mpg overall during warm periods.
1999 SL 4 cyl (1.9L) manual trans approx 60/40 hwy/city
Doug Miller
>
> Not sure what my *best* is but I routinely get better than 40 mpg overall
> during warm periods.
> 1999 SL 4 cyl (1.9L) manual trans approx 60/40 hwy/city
Bullshit.
Jon Jon
Not exactly -- he did say "routinely" and when I slide from Reno to
Roseburg, Oregon - 400 miles I get 36-38 MPG with my '98 SW2 automatic;
so 40 MPG would not be uncommon.
Other than road trips I only drive like 150 miles per Month <I live 1/4
block from work> -- a LONG city trip to me is like 5 miles -- I'll check
my mileage next time I fill up, which is usually once every 5 weeks.
teem
wrote:
One point i remember when i bought this 03 Ion,was to use the low
grade octane level,the enngines computer was calabrated for it.So far
its been great.
Keith
Bueaty), during the winter I get around 35mpg...
Steve
Thank you for your well-reasoned and carefully documented contribution; but couldn't you have stated your view less
verbosely? :)
Doug Miller
Nope. But I could have stated it *more* verbosely: what you claim to be
getting is something like 75% better than the EPA estimates for that model,
when it was *new*.
That's bullshit.
60/40 kilometers per gallon I could believe. But miles per gallon? Impossible.
Either your math is badly wrong, or you don't know how to measure, or you're
just guessing, or you're lying. I can't tell which.
carlkeehn
More likely Steve is referring to the percentage of highway vs city driving
which generates the 40 mpg claim. IE 60% highway and 40% city driving.
Doug Miller
If that's the case, then I misunderstood, and I apologize. But it sure doesn't
read that way to me.
Steve
Thanks, carlkeehn, you are exactly correct. *Now* I see why you replied as you did, Doug. If you had said why
originally, you could have saved us a couple of days of my thinking you were being a rude troll ... now I know you were
just being rude. :) <smile>
Dennis Midkiff
wrote:
>> Not sure what my *best* is but I routinely get better than 40 mpg overall
>> during warm periods.
>> 1999 SL 4 cyl (1.9L) manual trans approx 60/40 hwy/city
>
>Bullshit.
I had a 1999 SL1 manual as well and routinely got over 40mpg on the
highway. Granted I was only going 60 mph, that still isn't bad for 7
years ago.
Homer
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My 2005 Vue FWD, V6 gets about 24 in town and on a long, long trip driving
from San Diego to Houston, TX non stop we got 32.6.