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9.498 gallons on a "top off" fill, 288.6 trip odometer miles, 30.39 mpg For this last fill up after coming off the L.A. trip. I'll now drive the car with mixed freeway commute (1 day a week) and weekend city driving and see how that mileage compares to the old PT Cruiser with automatic. Then I'll switch to all freeway commuting for a week (no weekend city trips) and see how that compares vs. the all-time mileage champ, my stick shift Cobalt. BTW, this is a lot more car than the Cobalt - I'd call it a midsize vs. a compact, or a "new compact" vs. a "new mini". They are at least a half, if not a full, size different. |
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Average mileage from SF to LA with some surface driving in LA: 28.53 mpg Took a passenger this time, might have affected mileage. Meanwhile my Cobalt stick shirt returns a consistent 33-34 on my commute (used to be higher but the traffic has gotten heavier and the trip computer indicates my average speed is down to 33 mph). The Cobalt remains a mileage champ, but the extra quiet and comfort and size of the Caliber make me prefer it. It will be interesting to see the EPA's revised "closer to real world" mileage figures this fall. |
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I've just put my K & N air filter in my Caliber with a full tank of gas. I'm going to test mileage for the next few weeks and will post driving conditions and mpg with the K & N air filter. I'm not expecting much, I'd like to see close to a mile a gallon difference but I'm expecting .5 of a mile more per gallon. Time will tell! I do notice a difference when I punch the gas or need to pass as this air filter handles 431 scfm's compared to the paper filter at 330 scfm's.
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Replying to: lexan1965 (Feb 08, 2007 3:50 pm) |
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| Well, I've gone through one tank with the K & N air filter and it has made no difference as far as m.p.g. yet. Will it ever? Doubtful, but it's nice to feel some more "pep" on the gas pedal with the cloth filter. Will keep all updated. | |
| My last 2 tanks of gas I've averaged 28.67 mpg. ( 2.0 w CVT ) I'm also having cruise control installed next week so that should help also. | |
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5 Tank Average, 34 mile freeway commute, 1.8 Stick Shift: 31.15 mpg This is a commute so it has some slow and go stretches plus my surface street stretches to get to and from the freeway (about 1.5 miles on each end). I am very pleased with this mileage.
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Replying to: micweb (Mar 07, 2007 11:29 am) |
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This is part of the problem, people seem to consider 30mpg acceptable. the old epa est mpg for the caliber sxt 2.0 cvt was 26-30, the new epa figure is 23-26. Pityful, but accurate. I had based my expectations on admittedly optimistic and naive assuptions; that something 10 years newer might be improved, and I also underestimated government complacency and greed in allowing technology to be withheld from the people. I just sold a 1996 6 cylinder minivan! that got 24 mpg,and bought a 2007 "all new"? 4 cylinder GAS GUZZLER that is even worse than my minivan was!!!!!!!!! Get active, vote with dollars, BUY A PRIUS!
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Replying to: jhknight (Mar 15, 2007 1:41 pm) For example, I had a 1993 Honda CX, their "low tech" high mileage version that year. Here are some key specs from Edmunds: 2094 pounds; 70 horsepower; 91 pound feet of torque; 42 city mpg, 46 highway mpg Ok, want to know what kind of mileage I got when I drove between LA and San Francisco? 32 mpg. Pretty disappointing, huh? I can assure that zero, zip, nada has happened between my driving habits then and now - conservative, easy driver. Want to know my overall LA to San Francisco gas mileage on my 2007 Caliber, which weighs 3089 pounds, has 140 hp, 129 pound feet of torque, side curtain airbags, and a "big" profile (tons of front and rear seat head room and legroom, four doors, bigger hatchback storeage area)? Almost 33 mpg. So I'd call that progress. I have owned a large variety of economy cars in the last 9 years. A 2003 Civic Coupe stick shift gave me 35 mpg on the same run; but so did a 2006 Chevy Cobalt stick shift, and it was much faster and quieter. I tend to average about 30 mpg on that run, except for a couple of VW Golfs which dropped to 26 mpg due to the low 5th speed gearing, and also a Focus hatchback with auto that got the same mileage (their stick shift hb's returned 30-33 mpg - the current Duratec motors are more efficient). It's very hard, imho, to hit the really high mileage numbers. Consumers demand quick acceleration, to manufacturers don't gear their products high. Automatics are very inefficient, they recapture part of that with extra tall gearing but it still doesn't make up for friction losses. In short, the Caliber is, for all intents and purposes a midsize car but matches the fuel economy of the "compact" (more like "mini" compared to today's vehicles) cars of the 90's. To me, that's progress despite all the rants I see. |
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