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Hyundai Elantra Real World MPG 2011 MY and earlier

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#426 of 655 Re: In search of the holy grail of Elantra's promised 40mpg [m6user] by oldburbnewcx9

Oct 15, 2011 (12:45 pm)

Replying to: m6user (Oct 15, 2011 12:20 pm)
When posters complain about milage its uselly becaude they do not know how to compute gas mileage. I ofter see " I have a 14 gallon tank and only got 280 miles. These prople clrearly do not know how to compute gas milage. Then I see people who report one tank gas milage. They do not understand the filling up one tank has a large error in really how full is the gas tankand thus a poor estimate of gas milage. My estimate is at least a 1/2 gallon error if not more.
 
Here is how compute gas milage:
 
1993 GMC C1500 Suburban 5.7L 223,450 miles 14178.3 gallons 15.76 MPG
2005 Mazda 6s 5 speed 72456 miles 2911.0 gallons 24.89 MPG
2005 Hyundai Elantra GT Auto Only owned 1 year drove 10430 miles 352.8 gallons 29.56 mpg
2009 Mazda CX-9 AWD 29760 miles 1532.5 gallons 18.23 mpg

#427 of 655 Re: In search of the holy grail of Elantra's promised 40mpg [oldburbnewcx9] by m6user

Oct 15, 2011 (3:08 pm)

Replying to: oldburbnewcx9 (Oct 15, 2011 12:45 pm)
Just curious but don't research if you don't have at hand, do you know what the EPA avgs are for those vehicles?

#428 of 655 Re: In search of the holy grail of Elantra's promised 40mpg [m6user] by backy

Oct 15, 2011 (3:43 pm)

Replying to: m6user (Oct 15, 2011 3:08 pm)
I know the Elantra off the top of my head as I have the 2004 GT AT (same EPA fuel economy as 2005): 21/29, and 24 combined under the newer method. Which is pessimistic. I can easily get mid-30s on the highway in my Elantra, and mid-20s in the city except in tough conditions (dead of winter, stop-n-go on the freeway etc.). But I usually drive with a light foot, stay pretty close to speed limits etc.

#429 of 655 Re: In search of the holy grail of Elantra's promised 40mpg [backy] by fushigi

Oct 15, 2011 (4:43 pm)

Replying to: backy (Oct 15, 2011 3:43 pm)
My wife just filled up her '12 Elantra for the first time. Odometer/Gallons = 25MPG. This is the first tank, supplied by Hyundai, so we don't know how full it was to start which means the 25MPG is worst-case. Also, she only does short trips with nothing so far over 10 miles (it took 3 weeks to drain that first tank of gas).
 
So while it failed to hit the advertised 29 city, there are extenuating circumstances. Indeed, with her short commute the car often won't even make full operating temp so the fuel mix will be extra rich which also negatively impacts economy.
 
I look forward to seeing her MPG after she's put 4K or so miles on it, but I think this is a promising sign.

#430 of 655 Re: In search of the holy grail of Elantra's promised 40mpg [m6user] by oldburbnewcx9

Oct 16, 2011 (4:16 am)

Replying to: m6user (Oct 15, 2011 3:08 pm)
1993 GMC C1500 Suburban 5.7L 223,450 miles 14178.3 gallons 15.76 MPG
EPA Rating (City/combined/highway) Old 13/15/17 new 11/13/16
 
2005 Mazda 6s 5 speed 72456 miles 2911.0 gallons 24.89 MPG
EPA rating Old 19/22/26 New 17/20/24
 
2005 Hyundai Elantra GT Auto Only owned 1 year drove 10430 miles 352.8 gallons 29.56 mpg
EPA Rating Old 24/27/32 New 21/24/29
 
2009 Mazda CX-9 AWD 29760 miles 1532.5 gallons 18.23 mpg
EPA Rating 15/17/21

#431 of 655 10 months later, MPG stats based on 10K Plus Mileage by drew11m

Oct 16, 2011 (5:19 am)

Replying to: oldburbnewcx9 (Oct 15, 2011 12:45 pm)
This debate is interesting. Some of the folks on here are blaming the driver if they arent getting the MPG they "should" be. Hypermiling is not regular driving. There are 10 million reasons the MPG might be different from others, so lets try to hold up on the whole "well clearly the reason you are getting bad gas mileage is because you dont drive it correctly"
 
I just turned the odo at 11,432 miles and here are my stats, precisely tracked on actual mpg, not computer (which is ALWAYS at least one mpg over)
 
2011 Elantra Limited
11,432 miles on the odo 1/3/11-Present
Cost avg per gallon $3.33
Highest reading 37
Lowest Reading 27
Overall calculated MPG 30.2 in all mileage and all conditions over 10 months.
Slightly better gas mileage using Super , but not enough to warrant cost shift from regular.
 
Based on EPA claimed 29/40 (which if you read the sticker says this average is in ideal conditions and doesnt reflect all drivers experiences) I am getting roughly 4mpg less than what you would expect overall with my driving mix.
I drive about 70hwy/30city, so that is kind of annoying.
 
However, I am testing several tanks worth of gas over the next several weeks by doing no more than 65 on the highway every day to see if that makes a big difference. However, no matter how i drive it in city conditions, it does not get better than 27
 
Based on my old car MPG of 25 overall,
I saved approximately $222 in fuel costs in 10 months. (and probably several hundred in maintenance, but that car was 10 years old)
 
Overall though, one of the big reasons I chose the Elantra was the bang for the buck (the Limited features are awesome) and the advertised gas mileage.
So I guess overall I am happy with one of the two reasons for buying it.

#432 of 655 Re: 10 months later, MPG stats based on 10K Plus Mileage [drew11m] by backy

Oct 16, 2011 (9:44 am)

Replying to: drew11m (Oct 16, 2011 5:19 am)
...which if you read the sticker says this average is in ideal conditions and doesnt reflect all drivers experiences...
 
Bingo!
 
If everyone drove like the EPA test is conducted, they should get the EPA ratings for fuel economy. Of course, that doesn't happen in the real world. EPA fuel economy ratings are estimates, not guarantees.

#433 of 655 Re: 10 months later, MPG stats based on 10K Plus Mileage [drew11m] by oldburbnewcx9

Oct 16, 2011 (2:43 pm)

Replying to: drew11m (Oct 16, 2011 5:19 am)
This debate is interesting. Some of the folks on here are blaming the driver if they arent getting the MPG they "should" be. Hypermiling is not regular driving. There are 10 million reasons the MPG might be different from others, so lets try to hold up on the whole "well clearly the reason you are getting bad gas mileage is because you dont drive it correctly"
 
I never said the driver was at fault for bad gas milage. The driver is only at fault if they calculate the their gas milage incorrectly or if they think that the EPA estimates are guarantees.

#434 of 655 Re: In search of the holy grail of Elantra's promised 40mpg [oldburbnewcx9] by m6user

Oct 16, 2011 (5:46 pm)

Replying to: oldburbnewcx9 (Oct 16, 2011 4:16 am)
Thanks. Looks like you are beating the EPA estimated average. I'm certainly no hypermiler(in fact they piss me off a lot of the time) but I've always managed to attain or better the EPA numbers.

#435 of 655 Re: 10 months later, MPG stats based on 10K Plus Mileage [oldburbnewcx9] by mikeystoy5

Oct 17, 2011 (9:03 am)

Replying to: oldburbnewcx9 (Oct 16, 2011 2:43 pm)
You hit the nail on the head. Most people think that their guaranteed that mileage, they don't bother to read the fine print under it, where it clearly says not everyone will get this mileage.

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