HT

Hey guys,

I was reading through some threads and I have seen, in a few different places, stories of some V6'ers getting 30 mpg highway and 25 mpg in the city. Now I know it has a lot to do with driving style, conditions, etc. but I am lucky to see 20-21 mpg in the city. I have been trying to drive very conservatively lately just to see how high i coud get my mpg but still I cannot break that 21 mark in the city. I don't see how people are getting over 25 and I was just wondering if it is me or the car that is holding my mpg down.

Thanks,

Hunter

sailing220

It is probably your driving style.


Do you have any mods?

r3velation

some people will swear that a cai and tune will give them 2-3 in mpg increase. which i might agree with because you're making the car breathe better.

20-21 is still something i can't see unless i'm on the freeway. usually 19 or so.

the city, i'm seeing close to 14-17.

JR818

I'm averaging 22.8 MPG(had the car for 3 weeks) with a mix of city/highway driving and a very light foot. Anybody claiming to get 30 MPG probably doesn't know what they are doing.

HT

Not performance wise. I thought it was my driving style to begin with also but I have been leaving my info screen on that little MPG scale thingy and I have been trying my hardest to keep it up at the top # of bars or the second highest level. I mean, thats not always possible, but I have been makeing a conscientious effort to keep it up so I don't see how I could get a 5 mpg difference on average.

And one of the places that I saw a person getting 25-30 mpg was on the thread where the guy restored the beat up '07 S197 that had no mods on it so I don't think this is the issue either.

I might be making this a bigger issue than it really is and it could truly be that my driving style holds it down but I was just trying to see if there is something else that I could correct (car wise) to bring this number up.

Thanks for the help and interest,

Hunter

kdrshocker

i have been keeping a log of my gas mileage for about 25 tanks now... on the average with my mods i get 20 in the city driving 40% hard always shifting around 3k. 25 mpg is Hwy driving the same way. i was reading and it makes sense that the gt gets better fuel econ on the hwy - the engine isn't reved up as high as on the V6 doing 80mph...

HT

Yeah thats what I was thinking, I usually average about 18-20 with all of my local driving (probably 90% city) and I thought that was normal. I jsut saw these reports of 25 in city and 30+ on the highway and it made me think about my MPG. Lately, like I said, I have been trying to keep my MPG up and I have averaged around 19.5-20.5 so I have seen a little increase, but not much. I'm just glad that I'm not just weird and that I'm not the only person who thinks 25-30 mpg is crazy...

sailing220

I usually get about 13-14 (doing rough math in my head on demand - no averages or multiple tanks or anything). This is usually in the city, and I drive like a maniac.

If I try really hard to keep the RPMs down I can get up to 19-20 (GT). Mods in sig.

Jokeurmnd

If you can get 20MPG your better off then I am. I get about 16-17 city

sailing220

That's if I keep the throttle under 2k hahaha...like that ever happens.[8D]