cruisin5268d

The U.S. is getting pretty lonely with our system of measurement...

I think Burma and Liberia are the only other countries that are not on the metric system / International System of Units. It's pretty embarrassing, actually.

OlPal

Thanks for the info guys, kind of enlightens me a little !!

When I was a Machinist Apprentice [eons ago] they had us learn Metrics..
What a waste of time, as I only used that learn'n a few times..
Now Rid'n foreign bikes gave me much more experience !!

shouldhavegottheGT

I have no idea how you guys can get such High mileage. Mixed driving I'm usually at mid 22 mpg. If I reset while I'm driving on the highway I can get around 28-29 with an easy throttle. Once I get off the freeway the mpg plummets. I always shift before 3000 rpms. An occasional spirited start but tthat's rare.

vegas_

Trip length and outside Temp are big factors.
For a time I was taking a lot of short trips (1-2 miles) in hot weather (100F, A/C on) and my MPG was about 15MPG (V6 Auto)
But normally I get exactly the EPA ratings 19 City, 31 Hwy.

Just for fun, the attached photo shows my Mustang getting 36 MPG, and my prius at 31 MPG. The 36 MPG in the Mustang was a long trip and moderate speed (55MPH) whereas the prius was short trips in hot weather. Now this is an unfair comparison, because the conditions were different. BUT I can easily exceed the 19/31 EPA ratings with my Mustang. The Prius was rated at 50/60, I never got anywhere near that, and 30's with short trips in hot weather was common.

rumtillidie

I thought buying a tuner would void the warranty on the car in Canada, that's why I didn't get one yet??

Choppertwo

If I really baby it and drive rather boringly,I get 27, but that doesn't last long.I'll run hard thru first second and third twice a month and get@25.5. I have 12000 miles on it right now,mostly mixed driving

13V6coupe

Jees, figure I can put up some actual numbers too then; Even if it is not nearly as well laid out
12.05 @ 226 miles stomping on it frequently and for extended periods 93 non ethanol 18.76 mpg (over 100 miles of that was at Road America on the track)
13.87 @ 327 miles mostly around town and some stomping on to the floor on 93 non ethanol 23.5 mpg
*8.80 @ 245 miles mostly hiway but two(2) to the speed limiter runs on 93 non ethanol 28.85 mpg
*7.92 @ 246 miles same trip coming home, no high speed runs on 93 non ethanol 31.1 mpg
-- 12.47 @ 378 miles typical mix of driving to/from work mid summer on 93 non ethanol 30.31 mpg
12.05 @ 225 miles towing a 5x10 enclosed trailer with 2 motorcycles inside 18.68 mpg 89 10% ethanol fuel (all they had)
-----8.38 @ 176 miles towing same trailer following tank with 93 non ethanol 21.00 mpg
---------------post lowering car, Airaid intake, Bama tune, driveshaft-------------
13.49 @ 292 miles towing same trailer, same 2 bikes... 91 10% ethanol 21.65 mpg
-----10.62 @ 283 miles dido cept ... on 93 tune --93 non ethanol 26.65 mpg
12.90 @ 233 miles dido cept.... 0n 87 tune--still 91 10% ethanol fuel 18.06 mpg

-- 12.59 @ 378 miles no towing, my typical 2 work weeks of driving on 93 tune, 1 time to 145 mph-- 93 non ethanol fuel 30.02 mpg

So I pretty much run 93 non ethanol exclusively unless I just can not get it and run on the 93s tune

no runs with the bbk's yet and no new tune for them either, only have about 100 miles or less on them and it is winter.

some can be directly compared
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nwday

Bone stock 14 V6, with a manual here. I drive mostly interstate, with some stop and go traffic. Little more city on the weekends, and I average between 24 and 26 based on the amount of city miles. I don't drive it real hard, but I don't baby it either.

rumtillidie

Looks like my car finally moved up a notch! I checked the oil today and it seems to be missing 1/4 of the oil, I will have to change it soon. The oil option in my car says I'm at 54% oil life though and the oil is getting very dark now...Wonder if I should change it or follow the oil life gauge.

vegas_

The oil life gauge is just a mileage based calculation.
If you've lost 1/4 of your oil, and it's very dark, you should change it now
And you might have another problem, dark is normal, but losing 1/4 on a 2014 car is not normal.