Long road trip, gas mileage

[JD10367]

We've had ours for a month now and have put gas in four times. The last two were today, after a long road trip.

1st fillup: car averaged 34.5 MPG. Almost all suburban driving, little highway.

2nd fillup: car averaged 32.5 MPG. Again, almost all suburban driving, but this was also during a snowy week so I idled the car a lot to warm him up and defrost him.

We drove from RI to NJ, then drove around NJ in some stop-and-go sububan evening driving. Car averaged 42 MPG.

We then drove from NJ back to RI, almost all highway driving with a little stop-and-go on Route 1 in CT. Car averaged 46.5 MPG.

We're just at 900 miles on the odometer, and supposedly the mileage gets better for a lot of people after 1000, so it'll be interesting to see what happens. But, hey, if I get 32.5-34.5 city and 42-46.5 highway, I won't complain! It's a lot better than my other cars...

[saras]

filled up 5 times so far....42mpg mixed driving.....42mpg mixed......41mpg mixed .......38mpg snow storm, high winds.....52mpg highway....looking forward to complete break in period to see what it will do

[smark]

Originally Posted by jimnkaran

Left today on a long road trip, 1628 miles one way. From New Mexico to Kentucky. Just filled up and got a big surprise on my mileage. I went 257.8 miles on 5.1 gallons of gas. And I did top it off as much as I could after the auto stop kicked in on the pump. I have been getting about 45 mpg with part road and part city but this tank was all road miles. Sure hope it holds up that way. Would love to make the whole trip at 50 mpg!!!! Only using 91 octane. Sure wish I had a cruise control, it will be the first thing I buy when we get back.

That's pretty damn good gas milage. My lowest is 33.25 my highest ever is 38.34 mpg. I average between 36.12 - 37.082 mpg. I usually fill up around 270-280 miles, when the little gas gauge blinks. What speed were you driving????? I have a lead foot. I never top off. First click of the pump.

[Smart09]

wow, you people get pretty bad mileage. when going on long trips i dont go past 75 mph and i average 56-60 MPG no lie.. i love this little car

i just finished going 277.1 miles and i filled up with only 4.189 gallons. you do the math. this was around 80% highway 20% city

and i dont have cruise control

[saras]

first three fill ups i never went over 65 as advised by dealer, fourth fill up was not over 55, and much under that, bad snow and winds.... at fifth fill finally pushed it a little more 70-75 for a bit and then back to 65 and back up..

[smark]

Originally Posted by Smart09

wow, you people get pretty bad mileage. when going on long trips i dont go past 75 mph and i average 56-60 MPG no lie.. i love this little car

i just finished going 277.1 miles and i filled up with only 4.189 gallons. you do the math. this was around 80% highway 20% city

and i dont have cruise control

When I use your numbers, I get 66.149439 mpg

[burtandnancy]

smart09, it clicked off a little too early...

[Smart09]

you see. Good mileage

[tinysmart]

much better than the EPA ratings by a long shot.

BTW, my dad (who's an avid hypermiler) averaged 53mpg once.

[Smart09]

There is probably something wrong with my car. At first I got horrible mileage but now I get great miles. Even on the way to Orlando the other weekend I made 60