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Discussion Topic Fri: What MPG do you get in your best mileage car?
2013 Kia Optima
Total combined city/highway since purchase 1 Feb 2013 28mpg.
34+ when strictly highway (with cruise on) & 24 when strictly stop & go, light-to-light city.
Overall, I can't complain.
My C5 gets 31 MPG at 70 MPH. That all changes BIG TIME if I'm driving aggressively.
2003 Toyota Echo, 48.6 MPG best, all around average 43 MPG. Traded it for 2014 Subaru Forester 38.2 best 29.6 worst average 32.
'08 Altima gets 17 MPG around town, 21-23 on a trip...sometimes.
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
Wow!
I had an '05 Altima that always got 21-23 in town, 30+ on the highway but consistently 28mpg overall since I got it - it was my daily commuter. I traded it in on my '13 Kia Optima, which is now my daily commuter (mentioned above).
Mine has been modified a bit. It's a 3.5 SE.
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
HA! They're all gas guzzlers, unfortunately.
Mine was a 2.5S
SMART car .... 40 MPG
My 2013 Nissan Sentra recently got 45.8 mpg on a trip from DC to NC.
Define "Agressive" = Turning the ignition key instead of coasting down your drive to town?
95 Acura GSR=31 MPG Toyota Turbo MR2= 28 both Premium. Don't know for the Honda Micro Truck but
I filled it four months ago 8 Gallons and so far it has been 450 miles and it says there is a quarter of a tank.
To be fair it is a KEI Class 4X4 with a 3 cyl under the bed. Runs like a top and I've had it up to 50MPH it's supposed to be a Farm Vehicle slow moving but a friend in South Carolina drives his every day to work (on a slow moving vehicle triangle posted on the back, like those you see on a tractor)and says it gets 65MPG His Suzuki Carry runs on a Farm Plackard rather than a license & has had his 7 years, I'm not quite that adventuresome I go to Costco 12 miles away and around here picking up things for the Farm. Read I always have a roll of wire fencing in the bed to keep the Faux Cattle in the yard. Have not been stopped yet. Every time I use it there is a note offering to buy it when I come out of Costco. It is 10 Feet long Cab Over style & 4 feet wide as it is 4 feet tall. Blue with bucket seats & 12" wheels. Most of the parts are from the early 90's hybrid 3 cyl and old civic and 800's It is a Kick to drive tho I am way too tall@5'10"
our 2.5 Coupe gets or shows an average of 27.6 MPG overall
My '08 Town&Country Van gets 17-18 city driving and.....
I averaged 28.5 on a 3 day round trip from Rockford, Il to Charlotte, NC.(1900 miles). At times I was pushing 80mph. OOPs, I shouldn't have said that....
The "toaster" gets 23-24 city and around 32-34 highway....