Your mileage may vary.
Meaning if you drive it like my wife (gas-brake-gas, rinse, repeat) there ain't no way your going to get EPA.
Meaning if you drive it like my wife (gas-brake-gas, rinse, repeat) there ain't no way your going to get EPA.
Your not dealing with winter weather and cold temps, those long warm up times really bring down your mpg. I drive one route 5 days a week, and typically if I reset my DIC when I get in the car I'm up to operating temps at the exact same spot(a driveway I pass) and my MPG is typically at 36mpg(and climbing) at the same point. Once below 40F I'm lucky to be at 24MPG at the same spot, and I need to drive an extra 2-4miles to get the engine fully warmed up. The colder it gets the more this can be seen.That does seem low to me. I drive mostly urban in San Francisco. Lots of stop signs, waiting at stop lights, hills, and no freeway. I am also a lead foot with jack rabbit starts. I usually get around 23 mpg. I think to get 17mpg she would have to be riding the brakes everywhere and idle a lot.
This is great advice as city MPG is about half what I get on the highway. Anytime I've been disappointed with my MPG, it just takes one 2hr+ trip to see it was all my route/driving style and lots of cold starts getting me poor MPG.I recommended to a member last week to take a 100 mile highway ride at 60 to 65 mph in an effort to see what kind of mileage the car is capable of......you know, fill tank, get on the road, refill on return and do the math.......
That will be a very good test as long as you can keep it in the 65 or less speed range.Thanks for all the replies everyone. I guess I'm hyper critical with it being new, but I do worry a bit seeing the car under a quarter of a tank and only 200 miles on current tank of fuel.
I will be making a trip to Indianapolis in January, so I will make sure to make note of the mileage it gets with all highway miles. It's ~120 miles away and the trip will be 99% highway.
The shifting was a concern I brought up with them. Besides it feeling like it's constantly searching for a gear to cruise in, it seems to stay in the 2500-3000rpm range for way too long.That will be a very good test as long as you can keep it in the 65 or less speed range.
Like most gasoline burners, this ones mileage starts going downhill as soon as you get much past 2000 rpm......a conspiracy caused by rpm and wind resistance.
Rob