[MazdaMetalhead]

So I've had the wagon about a year and a half and realized recently I've never actually figured out what kind of gas mileage I'm getting. So I did my calculations on the last tank and I'm getting an even 19 mpg overall, with a mix of in-town and highway driving. Never in bumper to bumper traffic or under heavy load. What are others getting?

 

[TalonTsi90]

22+ with hard driving. When i first got the 6, drove to ATL for training, on the way back averaging 80-85mph, i got 27, 28 and then 29 out of each tank. In my 3, ive seen over 35 on the highway, but i drive a max of 50 miles on the highway at any time, usually in town and very spirited, im happy with 26-30.

 

[MazdaMetalhead]

22+ with hard driving. When i first got the 6, drove to ATL for training, on the way back averaging 80-85mph, i got 27, 28 and then 29 out of each tank. In my 3, ive seen over 35 on the highway, but i drive a max of 50 miles on the highway at any time, usually in town and very spirited, im happy with 26-30.

Interesting. I wonder if the lighter weight of the hatch compared to the wagon makes a big difference.

 

[DrFeelGood]

I have had the car for 6 years and currently am at 182,000mi.
I drive 100% city these days and get about 15mpg
My best is just under 27mpg and that was flat and straight at around 100ft above sea level with the windows up, AC off, cruise control 72mph and ambient temp around 65 degrees farenheit. I was running 87octane.

 

[TalonTsi90]

Holy shit dude, 15?? I couldnt see that if i were going WOT in all gears all the time.

 

[DrFeelGood]

Holy shit dude, 15?? I couldnt see that if i were going WOT in all gears all the time.

For real. Now if I take just one trip on the highway, say 20-30 miles that number is almost always no less than 17-18mpg, and in fact I try and do this at least every other week (time permitting) for carbon alone. At 100% driving less then 40mph (all city) 15's is where it is.
I fill at no less than half a tank (earthquake country) and get around 150miles to 9.2-10.0 gallons :sigh: I could get those numbers from a Chevrolet LT4 Z06.

 

[jman]

Mine has been parked for a while now but I used to get around 8.5 l/100 km (27.7 mpg) on a 65% highway 35% city ratio. And I'd give it a couple WOT runs every week. 87 Octane gas.

 

[jman]

For real. Now if I take just one trip on the highway, say 20-30 miles that number is almost always no less than 17-18mpg, and in fact I try and do this at least every other week (time permitting) for carbon alone. At 100% driving less then 40mph (all city) 15's is where it is.
I fill at no less than half a tank (earthquake country) and get around 150miles to 9.2-10.0 gallons :sigh: I could get those numbers from a Chevrolet LT4 Z06.

Stop driving with the parking brake on ! ?

 

[Philip Wing]

Stop driving with the parking brake on ! ?

Do you realize we CAN drive with the parking brake on? Mine even managed to do it by itself in idle one day! Waiting for a light, off the service brake but parking brake on and it rolled on a slight downward incline into the car in front!

 

[banzairx7]

21-22 for me. I drive pretty hard and speed limits here in texas are high. My commute is probably 75% highway and I'm going 75-80mph.

 

[MazdaMetalhead]

On this last tank, mileage rose slightly to 20 mpg. I had done a little more highway driving on this one.

 

[MazdaMetalhead]

Do you realize we CAN drive with the parking brake on? Mine even managed to do it by itself in idle one day! Waiting for a light, off the service brake but parking brake on and it rolled on a slight downward incline into the car in front!

That sucks!

 

[thaxman]

18-19 mpg. Nearly all city. Its dropped to 16-17 because recently it really is only being driven 1-2 miles from home to work, gets cold, then 1-2 mi from work to home. Barely gets warm.

 

[MazdaMoisturization]

My friend's 2007, V6 Auto was getting horrible MPG, like 11MPG back in the day. He drove the living shit out of it. In the winter we saw it go down to 9 MPG... so horrendous. I don't ever recall him getting more than like 15 or 16 MPG per tank.

 

[MazdaMetalhead]

Interesting update: My most recent tank was almost all highway (70-80 mph for the most part) and it came in at about 23 mpg.

 

[04GSV6]

I’m getting 14L/100km which it terrible on my 04 V6. Could this be due to winter driving and two wheels with tires in my trunk?

 

[MazdaMetalhead]

I’m getting 14L/100km which it terrible on my 04 V6. Could this be due to winter driving and two wheels with tires in my trunk?

That could affect it some. Cars tend to idle a lot more in the winter, at least mine does because I start it early to defrost and warm up. But your mileage isn't unreasonable for mixed driving and short trips.

 

[DrFeelGood]

Do you realize we CAN drive with the parking brake on? Mine even managed to do it by itself in idle one day! Waiting for a light, off the service brake but parking brake on and it rolled on a slight downward incline into the car in front!

This is an easy adjustment. I can lock my rear wheels with the parking brake for an "e-brake turn" with 225/45WR18.
the bolt is under the armrest and access is with a deep 12mm from a pull off panel on the bottom of the rear armrest.

 

[DrFeelGood]

I’m getting 14L/100km which it terrible on my 04 V6. Could this be due to winter driving and two wheels with tires in my trunk?

That's about what I get.
There was/is a thread on the site that was quite extensive (but now largely lost after multiple site updates) and from what I recall city was around 14-17mpg for the v6 and Hwy was 25-27mpg

 

[Gerald2775]

I have an 06 with a V6 and I often times get better mileage between different brands of fuel. Ex:With Chevron I avg 18-21mpg mixed driving where as with Shell or BP I avg 17-19. And my driving style remains consistent. Anybody else experience this?