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Mazda Protege Real World MPG

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#21 of 60 MPG on 2001 ES by pcalvin

Jan 05, 2007 (11:46 am)

I have a 2001 ES 2.0L with ~45K miles. I have lived a maximum of 15 miles from work for the life of the car and lived less than 4 miles away for 3 years...so not too many work miles.
I would estimate 50/50 city/Highway with the city being fast speeds 40-60+mph but with traffic lights for commute.
 
I average 20mpg with normal driving and 28-30mpg on the highway at ~80mph average—I’m in San Diego—so that’s just average speed around here.
 
I drive it very hard however and am already on my second set of replacement tires and just had all 4 brake pads and rotors replaced.
I put on Yokohama AVS-ES 100’s and love them…except for the ~12K lifespan.
 
The 20mpg has been consistent since my first fill up and does not change noticeably with different gas brands or octane. I have kept mileage info on every fill up since purchasing the vehicle new.

#22 of 60 2002 Protege5 by garv214

Mar 01, 2007 (2:54 pm)

I have a 2002 Protege5 with 77K miles. I drive my car nice and easy (55-60mph in the right lane) for my 35 mile round trip commute and I average 30 mpg. I was averaging around 26 at 65-70mph, but decided to slow down when gas hit $3/gallon.
 
Happiest day of my life is when the OEM Dunlops wore out at 37K miles - they had awful wet weather traction. Replaced with Firestone Fusion Z-rated tires. I uprated the rubber to 205/50/16 which was way cheaper than trying to find 195/50/16 tires. The wider tire and stickier rubber reduced my mileage by 10%, but I got all of that back by slowing down.

#23 of 60 MPG by ardaproes

Apr 27, 2007 (2:09 am)

My Protege ES 5spd with 180467 miles on it is getting me around 22-27 mpg depending on my habits.

#24 of 60 Re: MPG [ardaproes] by autonomous

Apr 27, 2007 (1:21 pm)

Replying to: ardaproes (Apr 27, 2007 2:09 am)
My Protege ES 5spd with 180467 miles on it
 
What year?

#25 of 60 Re: MPG [autonomous] by ardaproes

Apr 28, 2007 (12:14 am)

Replying to: autonomous (Apr 27, 2007 1:21 pm)
it is 2000

#26 of 60 Re: MPG [ardaproes] by autonomous

May 01, 2007 (2:49 pm)

Replying to: ardaproes (Apr 28, 2007 12:14 am)
Excellent.

#27 of 60 My Mileage by wrobison

Jul 30, 2007 (1:46 pm)

I have recently bought a 1992 Protege DX with the 1.8L SOHC and 5 speed manual. While the body is suffering from salt corrosion (Minnesota winters are bad), the engine at 112000 miles still gets me 32mpg combined (70% City/30% Hwy). I do cheat a little and coast downhill and maintain as much momentum as possible. I haven't had the opportunity to do much long highway driving with it, but 70mph is about 2750RPM on the pizza cutter sized 175-70R13 tires.

#28 of 60 Re: My Mileage [wrobison] by 11b33t

Aug 01, 2007 (7:18 am)

Replying to: wrobison (Jul 30, 2007 1:46 pm)
Kewl beans & congrats on your older Pro. My 92 EX is still hauling butt w/an average MPG of 28 city/34 hwy. She's got 140k on her and I still drive it like it's stolen on 195/60R14 tires. Keep good OCI's, good common sense maitenance on her & they'll run darn near forever..

#29 of 60 MPG by ardaproes

Oct 30, 2007 (9:18 pm)

For my last two tanks i tried too keep away from the high RPM's and i got almost 28mpg on the 80% city 20% hwy combination usually it is around 23 because i drive mine like a rental car. Anyways at 190200 miles it is still pulling hard

#30 of 60 Re: MPG on 2001 ES [pcalvin] by hackd

Oct 31, 2007 (1:43 pm)

Replying to: pcalvin (Jan 05, 2007 11:46 am)
Just noticed this post...I have the same car (50K miles) and same commute. I don't have such a lead foot and am able to consistantly get 25 local and 30+ highway in long Island NY.

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