[sea6speed]

Can anyone beat 13.5 MPG? This is my worst so far with 100% city.

 

[tuckbar]

Wow, 13.5mpg? Obviously, you must be sitting idling in traffic jams alot.

I love the fact that durring my morning/evening commute the traffic report is always the same "All roads flowing nicely". of course my friends down in Philadelphia wonder why I choose to live in the boondocks, but I wonder why they all come up here on the weekends?

Anyway, with just over 2k on the odometer, I've consistantly achived 23-24 MPG with a mix of highway and rural roads (with too many stop signs & traffic lights). I expect it to get better as things continue to break-in.

 

[awdterror]

hate to break it to you but your car broke in 1,999 miles ago

 

[PerfectXtreme]

Granted my speed is "modified"... I "was" getting 20 mpg steady always...

I haven't tested highway MPG in a while... however all highway driving I do around here ... i'm racing around anyway...

But I feel good to know that even if I race the hell outta my car.. i still manage to pull 20mpg...

Where as in my civic swap.. I could get 25-30 highway.... and if I ran the hell outta it... I could drop as low as 10-15 mpg... on a FOUR CYLINDER lol.... was really bad....

 

[Road Rage]

ok dont laugh
i dont race my speed6 infact i baby it,its is still in break in anyway i have race cars to beet on if i feel the need.

i have had my speed6 for 3 months it does not have the reflash and is stock

miles 563 total (as of today) gallons of gas 47 (before todays fill up)

thats only 11.9 miles per gallon :swearin:

yes all the numbers are right and 90% is around town driveing

 

[jinhao]

using the scan gauge. i clocked 33mpg

this was for 15 a 15 mile trip 90% hwy @ 57mph cruising. "rolling grades" meaning slight uphill then slight downhill....

keep in mind my average for the tank hasn't hit beyond 22 mpg

 

[ksource]

I think I've gotten from 16-17mpg to around 20mpg with a mix driving.

My last tank was around 16mpg again, but that was with almost pure abuse =)

 

[leakslikeasieve]

i work 12 minutes from my house, and i am basically using my car mto get to work, and then going out and having fun with it at night. i have been getting like low 13's normally. but when i take it on a majority highay trip i pull like 24-25mpg

 

[Elicious]

I just filled up my tank for the 2nd time and I got 22.4 MPG. Pretty good for such a new car and me driving it pretty hard. I hope that it gets even better.

 

[Sleeper]

To point out a little tendency of OC... every fill up I've had.

21.694
22.454
22.001
20.895
23.097
20.968
21.340
23.621
19.342
20.764
22.953
22.264
22.211
22.960
22.223
23.050
23.534
23.205
23.074
<RECALL>
21.906
23.439
22.629
23.027
23.032
28.701
23.630
28.143
25.082
26.060
22.437
23.200
22.597
21.649
21.346
22.785
21.571
21.937
20.683
20.373
21.590

Total of 10,592 as of this morning. Honestly, I'm not crazy. I just found an old little notebook when I had bought the car and threw it and a pen into the dash pocket so I could record my first 3-5 fill ups to get an idea of the real fuel economy of my car as opposed to the sticker... now its my little moment of zen I suppose High numbers are from two trips I took (highway and back road driving, but little to no stopping)

*EDIT* Dang, sorry that's so long... and yes, the calc isn't that accurate, and I have no idea why I took it to three decimals, but I still have no idea why I do it in general.

 

[wasntme]

I've averaged 18 MPG on my first 3 tanks. 50/50 city/highway
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Same here. I got 17 on one tank. I can't help but make a quick launch at every red light. I LOVE THIS FUCKING CAR! lol

My first long freeway trip is this Friday wso I will see the highway mileage soon.

 

[mazdaspeedbeast]

when i got the MS6 back in december, i was avraging about 200-225(13ish MPG)miles to the tank.. now thats horrible, i don't know what the hell i was doing wrong, but now i avrage about 250-300(20ishMPG)miles to the tank. My guess would be that now i don't push the car as hard, just because i'm not as hyped?

the most ive had on a highway trip is 330Miles.... pretty bad, but i do about 80-100 on highways (radar detectors=BEAUTIFUL)

 

[jinhao]

if u have a scangauge, you can tell. the minute you give it some gason the hwy, its like 8mpg... the best speed to get the best mileage is somewhere near 55mph

 

[jinhao]

i don't get this at all. i think its something in the gas.. VA runs 10% ethanol so i think i'm supposed to get worse gas milage.

 

[digger10t]

I fill up usually in MD, sometimes in DC if I can't help it. I do 99% city driving, short trips, and I get about 16-17 mpg. I used to get 19 in my 5speed mazda3 on the same roads, so I am OK with it for now considering I am having so much more fun.

 

[jse2480]

I've had my car for almost a month now. I drive about 16 miles each way for work of which 50% is highway and 50% is city. I've been putting in 93 Octane and I am getting 18.5 MPG on average and even got 16 MPG on one tank!

When I took a ride to visit family on thanksgiving (4 hours of highway driving) I got 24.5 MPG. Then the same weekend I took a 2 hour ride on the highway and got 31.5 MPG. Now I'm back down to about 17 MPG and I'm at about 140 miles at half a tank.

I'd say 16mpg - 31.5mpg is a pretty huge range wouldn't you think?

 

[collin geiger]

This week I managed to get 364 miles on one tank. Speeding ticket 2 weeks ago got me to slow up a bit along with the driving fast thread! Sure saves on gas. My average was around 200 per tank. I also get to come home to my family alive rather than taking a trip to the morgue!

 

[aviator79]

I got 16 on my first tank and about 19 on my second. My third I decided who gives a fu(k. But I am going to switch from Gulf gas to only top tier gas...shell I guess around here in CT. And I think that will make a difference.

 

[Kokopellian]

Wow, you guys that fall below the 20's with mixed driving really surprises me. The least mpg I've gotten since I've had the car is 23.62. I drive mostly mixed and flog it quite frequently. Maybe I have flat TX and great quality gas to thank for my results?

 

[More cowbell]

I get like 15mpg, I'm trying to get my 22,900 moneys worth.