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#6 of 294 I'm averaging about 23 mixed mostly city... by csandste Jun 01, 2005 (7:44 am)
road trips have averaged 28-31. The trip computer is about 1.5 mpg too optimistic, not bad. There was some comment here about the odometer being too optimistic. If that's the case mpg would be worse as I haven't computed that only taking the odo. and gallons to fill.
#7 of 294 my '04 maxx.. by kurtamaxxguy Jun 01, 2005 (8:43 am)
gets 24-26 mph for a mixture of half freeway/freeway parking lot and half in-town city street driving (60 miles of this per day).   For freeways, it gets 26 - 32 mph depending on maximum speed (80 mph's required on CA. interstates or you're run off the road), hills (lots of mountains on the I-5), and headwinds.   Runs fine on regular gas. The mileage computer averages things out so intensely it's of very little help.
#8 of 294 LS V6 MPG by montebu Jun 01, 2005 (3:50 pm)
My latest figures are:     272 miles with a mix of highway and city driving. DIC returned average speed of 30 mph and mpg reading of 29.4. Took 10 gallons to fill tank. That gives me 27.2 mpg. Accounting for a four percent odometer error gives me 26.1 mpg. I have about 3600 miles on the car at this time.    One item to note is that I'm driving to maximize my mpg, meaning no fast starts and keeping my speed down (where possible) on the highway. Next tank I'll try driving in a more 'normal' style.
#9 of 294 2000 Base Sedan V6 by bryan200k Jun 22, 2005 (6:24 am)
I have 130,000 miles on my 2000. I drive 500 miles per week highway at 70-75 mph and about 50 miles per week city/local at avg of 35-40 mph. All highway mileage, I get between 29 and 30 mpg. Around home, I'm closer to 26-27 mpg. I did take a 1200 mile round trip between Central PA and Chicago, that I got between 34.5 and 35.9 on my fill ups, averaging about 65 mph speed.
#10 of 294 03 Maxx by fulloutpwr Jun 28, 2005 (5:09 pm)
Currently, im getting approx. 420 miles per tank, and 13.9 gallons at fillup. 85 octane... mostly highway with a/c on... the little driving i do besides highway is on a military base. FYI- 5100 miles, oil changes every 2000 miles, first one was at 200 miles. Replies to this message: csandste (Jun 28, 2005 11:08 pm) fulloutpwr (Jul 05, 2005 5:04 pm)
#11 of 294 Re: 03 Maxx [fulloutpwr] by csandste Jun 28, 2005 (11:08 pm)
Replying to: fulloutpwr (Jun 28, 2005 5:09 pm) 1. There is no 03 Maxx, it didn't appear until '04 2. Your oil life monitor is very sophisticated (if you have an 04+) taking starts, warm-ups, times you floor the car, etc. into consideration. In my case I can easily get more than 7000 miles on an oil change-- the ohv V-6's are VERY easy on oil.   Any SM oil can easily go 4000 miles in any car-- far longer in the Maxx. I use Pennzoil which is a group II+ oil. The Mobil 5000-7500, Chevron-Texaco, or Phillips-Conoco oils are all excellent. Phillips has lots of group III-- in essence you can get a good quality synthetic blend for a bit over a buck at WallyWorld or $1 (but you can't get 5w30) at Dollar Tree. Dumping great oils like that at 2000 miles is very wasteful. Get a UOA if you doubt me. Replies to this message: fulloutpwr (Jul 05, 2005 5:04 pm)
#12 of 294 Re: Chevrolet Malibu Owners: MPG-Real World Numbers [KarenS] by tiger10 Jun 29, 2005 (11:07 am)
I have a 2005 4cyl. Malibu Base Sedan and i am getting about 28.1 mpg in city and 35.5 in Highway. i love this car. Replies to this message: hgallardo (May 20, 2006 6:54 pm)
#13 of 294 Re: 03 Maxx [csandste] by fulloutpwr Jul 05, 2005 (5:04 pm)
Replying to: csandste (Jun 28, 2005 11:08 pm) didnt realize the 03... its an 05 Maxx!
#14 of 294 From Edmunds Editorial by KarenS HOST Jul 06, 2005 (11:48 am)
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#15 of 294 Chevrolet Malibu Owners: MPG-Real World Numbers by my05ls Jul 08, 2005 (5:46 pm)
Just bought mine last week. 05 Malibu LS Sedan. 650 miles as of today. From the DIC Average Speed - 29mph MPG - 26.1 It was about 50/50 highway/city.   Also did an oil change today with Mobil 1 5W-30 and Fram doublegaurd and did reset oil life indicator back to 100%

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