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| I don't know if it's the warmer weather or what but my last 2 tanks of gas I've averaged 29.8 mpg with my 2.0 CVT. | |
Haven't posted here in months. Bot my SE Caliber 2 liter CVT on Sept. 28, 2006. My first MPG reports were from new car daytrips in the last warm weather we had(Washington State) before the winter weather caved in. Nicely got 32MPG over 4000 foot mountains & even 34.9MPG on 1 flat highway outing. Thru the winter, short trips, cold, winter gas & lots of cooldowns, my average sank to 28.4MPG with low of 24.9MPG & no tanks were 30MPG or more. A month ago with warming weather my Average MPG began rising to 28.8. With the continueing to warm weather plus the switch to summer gas(& longer pleasure drives) my MPG has risen to 29.3MPG with trips in the 31 to 33MPG range. Hope it continues to rise. Might even reach an average of 30MPG in the first year of ownership. We'll see. 
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Replying to: litesong1 (Apr 15, 2007 5:44 pm)
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My SXT is 6 months old and my milage sucks  In US MPG I have gotten: 21.49, 23.04, 20.1, 25.22,and 22.85 on my last five fills. All of our driving is in the city. On the occasions when I get it out on the highway, I see the fuel economy shoot up big time. With gas hitting $1.04 per litre here in Canada I was hoping for something a bit better than my Caravan. I not the lighest foot in the world, but I am very far from the heaviest foot too. Other than the milage issue I love this car, just wished I owned a refinery is all.
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Replying to: commpro (Apr 28, 2007 12:39 pm) formulation you should see an increase in mpg. The CVT if that's what you have for tranny does not like heavy acceleration,the programming allows rpm to go up but is set to protect the belt pulley systems in the CVT from slippage. If you want better 0-20mph starts use "L" then shift to "D" at 20-25mph. Having said that if you drive aggressively the CVT mpg is about what your getting. |
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I was looking at the Caliber and Patriot, and ended up with the latter. They are mechanically clones. My first check with combination driving yielded 26.9 mpg. Not bad for a 3000 pound box. DJP |
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Replying to: litesong1 (Apr 15, 2007 5:44 pm)  I read similar post at other site.http://www.carsurvey.org/model_Dodge_Caliber.html I heard CVT is around 10% better than conventional A/T. I'm looking forward to seeing your post.
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Replying to: likecvt (May 03, 2007 2:58 pm) Altho my MPG has been good, it is because I very carefully feather foot. My latest posted MPG updates are on this website for April 15, 2007. Please see for details. With the warming weather & summer mix gas in the last half month, my average MPG has risen another .2 MPG from 29.3 to 29.5MPG. Doesn't sound like much, but I hope my average MPG to be in the low 30's by end of my first year of ownership, late September 2007. Some people get bad MPG, & blame their cars. We must shoulder some of that blame, be philosophical, & try to feather foot tho. If you really feather foot & get tired of it, then you're not really feather footing. By definition feather footing is being easy on the gas pedal, easy on the planet Earth, easy on your pocketbook, easy on yourself....Zen of the pedal, as one might say. You must love to travel, you must love to look at the planet Earth, you must love those people along the route you travel, you must love to accomplish your aims in life with less fuel consumed. It is more than philosophy, more than Zen...it is Love. |
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Replying to: lexan1965 (Apr 23, 2007 9:04 am) This is the best tank I recorded since buying the car. The car has 11,200 miles on it now. |
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Looking at buying a second Caliber. A local dealer has a 1.8/5 speed equipped the way I would like it, the same color as my 2.0 CVT. Generally, I have not gotten very good MPG from any of my cars around town, but I do fine on the HWY. Nearly all my in-town trips are less than 3 miles, and many are less than 1 mile, so this can't help MPG. That said, I get 24-25 MPG all city and 26-28 MPG with several 10+ mile trips thrown in. On (really rare)long highway trips I get 31-32. Way back in my past I was a pizza driver... I know I'm doing everything right for MPG, but average trip-length is a real MPG killer. That is, unless you have a manual transmission, where you can "coast" alot. In my experience, manuals often get much better in-town MPG than automatics. I'd like to hear from folks with 5-speed Cailbers as soon as possible to see if they are getting the advertised 28 mpg or better in short-trip driving. If the MPG on the 5-speed is better (and it costs $1150 less), I'll have my wife drive the CVT.
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