Gas Miles per Gallon tracking

[Carnut]

1st fill. 244 miles, 220 of it turnpike at 65-72 mph, 24 of it city stop and go. 7 gallons 34.85. (Stopped at click off in order to check 2nd fill up at same pump.)

[jonnysan]

And most of these numbers will improve once everyone's engines are broken in. I for one will not even check it until the engine has over 500 miles or more.....did a quick check on the first tank just to see if it is in the ball park and it is. More accurate numbers to come later on.

John

[Crosstone]

Two reading so far, first 34.34 MPG with Dealer fuel, second 36.25 MPG with 89 octane fuel mixed. Drove in manual mode.

The first reading, this Passion started with 12 miles on it and unknown fill miles so there could be 12 miles of error. The 160 miles in the first reading were a mix of local expressway driving and local stop and go driving.

The second reading was with 133 miles with stop and go driving and about 80 miles (4-20 mile segments) highway driving. Used half tank mixed with dealer octane and 89 octane.

Does any one have any data on the octane and MPG?

[Karl Roth]

224 miles 6 gal. 92octane 37.3mpg $19.38 50% town/city 1&2 pax
been very cold most of the time with warm days in between
still smiling
karl
have been posting these #s on fueleconomey.gov as well

[waowens]

We are in the middle of our second road trip, with about 2200 miles on our Passion Cabriolet. First full tank was 35 mpg in Florida - flat interstate. After two more tanks we headed north to Pa and Washington, DC. We are now averaging between 42 and 45 on the road with a mix of flat and hilly driving.

[kags1969]

32.5 MPG on 818 miles on mostly hilly in town driving....

[dancote]

Fill-up #3 yielded 41.9 MPG. COSTCO premium gas. Heavily biased toward highway driving and 90% solo (but I weigh enough for 2). Still using Automatic mode exclusively and definitely not babying it. Total miles just under 900 from new.

I definitely need cruise control. I keep finding myself at 70 MPH+. I don't need a speeding ticket.

[Karl Roth]

274 miles 7.3 gal 92octane $23.72 37mpg Ran hard this week took a jaunt to RI tach saw the upper parts of the dial for the first time never saw more than an indicated 85 on a very blustery day. nothing scary but asked for your attention.
karl

[Dave777]

I haven't had a chance to do a good second fillup, so can't say what I'm getting yet, but I think it's high 30s to low 40s.

Today I took a long drive, including in an area where it is nearly flat for a few miles. (Hard to find any area like that around here.) The ScanGauge is hooked up and running, but I can't trust the MPG numbers yet as I haven't been able to calibrate it with a fillup. So, these numbers are best used as comparative, not absolute. The ScanGauge has an averaging mode that can be reset at any speed. Give it a few minutes at a steady speed and level surface, and the numbers are quite accurate. I ran for a few minutes at each of the following speeds, resetting for each one, and came up with these numbers:

40 MPH**-52 MPG

50 MPH**-51 MPG

60 MPH**-45 MPG

70 MPH**-38 MPG

As most of you probably already know, aerodynamic drag doesn't count for much at low speeds, but is increasingly hard to overcome at higher speeds. Clearly the most efficient speeds are around 40-50 MPH, with about a 10% drop going up to 60 and another approximate 15% from 60 to 70.

[smartco]

OK, first I have to admit that this smart is my wifes, but since she is in Mexico for a month at school, someone has to dive it.
After just 200 miles on the odometer, I could not wait any longer. $14.30 and 4.57 gallons later the lil' bugger was full. Since the dealer delivered the car with a full tank and 9 miles, this equates to exactly 42 mpg.
Driving was about 70% highway and 30% stop and go. I am impressed.