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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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Replying to: nonnemacher (May 18, 2007 4:18 pm) farout |
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Well the verdict is in as far as I'm concerned,had Tsb#18-031-07 performed 2 weeks ago and filled up the tank. Using Mopar oil/filters with 100% city driving my mpg has gone from 27 mpg/imp gal to 32.038 mpg/imp gal. Taking in summer gas blend and warmer temps with 10532 kms/ abt 6200 miles on odo I am happy Caliber owner. Get the flash!!!!!!! |
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I am half-way through my longest highway trip ever in my Caliber (Toledo, OH to OK City). Had cruise control set between 70 and 74 all the way and A/C on a low setting. 496 miles, 15.75 gallons, 31.5 mpg. Car rides very well at these speeds. Just had the PCM re-flashed per the current TSB. I'm not sure if that had any effect on the MPG, but its up-to-date now.
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In my previous post, I was really only 1/4 the way through the trip. I was half-way to my destination, now I am at the same point on the way back. In the last two days, I drove from St. Louis to Oklahoma City and back. This has reduced my overall MPG since my speeds have increased and the terrain is largely that of the Ozark region. Overall, I have averaged 29.6 mpg to this point (1529 miles on 52 gal) and I expect that to increase back above 30 mpg as I drive through the much flatter regions of central Ill, Ind, and Ohio on my way home tomorrow. Overall the car is comfortable and keeps the road out well at higher speeds. The only oddity I noticed was that CVT and cruise seem to team up and act as an "engine brake" when descending fairly steep inclines. As with any car, someone should invent some sort of "smart cruise control" that will maintain MPH, but only up to a user-specified RPM. I could have achieved better MPG in the mountains, if I slowed down to keep the rpm under 3,000 during climbs. With the cruise set at 74-75 MPH, the RPM ran as high as 3800 during steady climbs. I'm sure this was the optimum gear ratio given the specified speed and the grade of the road, but it would have not bothered me if the car's speed dropped a bit to save fuel
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Averaged 24-25 mpg on recent long highway trip with a rented Caliber 2.0 SXT automatic. Average speed was 75 mph. Fuel economy is not this car's strong point. For comparison, other cars that i have rented ranged from 29.4 mpg hiway for a V6 Saturn Aura, to 32-33 mpg for 4 cyl. Pontiac G6 & Chevy Malibu. |
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Just completed my first 4hr mostly HWY trip with my R/T AWD and averaged 26 mpg. Mostly travelling between 70 & 75 mph. Not bad since in previus posts around town I was getting about 18.5 mpg.
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Replying to: habalanche (Jun 25, 2007 9:45 am) My only issue is the 2.4 just lacks quick get up and go. At passing speeds it moves very well, but not from a dead start. These 2.4 world engines need some refinement on a quicker start. Other than that we find it has lots of room and is pretty smooth. farout
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