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Does anyone know what each bar on the graph corresponds to with respect to fuel economy? I drive economically, I think, and much of it is highway driving...I can't get more than 16.5 mpg average on the average mpg gauge. Much less than claimed by Ford.
What kinds of speeds do you drive for highway driving? For me, I usually average about 20.5 mpg with a pretty large percentage city driving. I would say close to 50%.
Also give it a little time if you just picked up the car recently, at first when I was driving mine, the computer was giving me some terrible MPG values and gradually they've been increasing for me
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Be sure that you're resetting the on-board at each fill-up (at the pump) and don't touch it in between fill-ups. Also, hand calculate. The on-boards on the 05-09's are notorious for being about 2 MPG conservative (on the high side).
Many, many variable to getting good fuel mileage. And if the fuel you get from tank-to-tank varies in the % ethanol, that just makes it all the worse to figure out.
Does anyone know what each bar on the graph corresponds to with respect to fuel economy? I drive economically, I think, and much of it is highway driving...I can't get more than 16.5 mpg average on the average mpg gauge. Much less than claimed by Ford.
I average close to 21 mpg, hand calculated with probably 75% being city driving. Of course, I also rarely get above 2k rpm except for the rare occasion that I get a wild hair growing.
Does anyone know what each bar on the graph corresponds to with respect to fuel economy? I drive economically, I think, and much of it is highway driving...I can't get more than 16.5 mpg average on the average mpg gauge. Much less than claimed by Ford.
Wow, old thread.
Driving manual or auto? Cruise control? Gear ratio? It makes a difference in fuel economy. I get average of 21mpg strictly highway driving, 16.8 city/suburban driving or 18.2 mixed. This is with a 2006 auto GT.
I have a 2011 GT, my indicator bar of fuel economy are always on ( all the bars) and below appear the odometer, is this a failure??.
Many Thanks
I would say something's wrong if you go out to take a drive and notice that. Also, perfect way to test is to sit in a parking lot and do nothing. The bar chart should 0 out.