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Replying to: pf_flyer (Jun 12, 2006 8:14 am) Checked the milage this morning. 30mpg, mostly highway. mostly 70 mph The overdrive (5th gear in my standard transmission) is geared too low. I'm tach'ing 3500 rpm at 70 mph. Should be between 2500 rpm and 3000 rpm. I don't see how I will ever get 38 mpg out of this ride? On the other hand, the Rio has much more torque with the 1.6L I4 than my 95 civic 1.5L I4.
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Replying to: my_burg (Mar 26, 2008 9:05 am)  70 mph.. the factory sticker even suggests that the manual is 3 miles a gallon thirstier than the automatic in hiway mileage..but you should get upper 20s in city,, I get almost 30 mpgs city
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Replying to: danharris (Jan 17, 2007 4:12 pm) Could you please tell me where you got the turbo from? I have an '03 Rio and would like to speed it up. Thanks much.
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Replying to: radascuta (Apr 30, 2008 6:51 pm) |
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Just made a run up north, 5 hours running at 65-75mph, I got 38 mpg. In 60/40 highway/city I'm consistently hitting 35mpg. Tracking it over the last couple of months it's been a steady but gradual improvement. '08 Rio5 Manual transmission. |
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Replying to: pf_flyer (Jun 12, 2006 8:14 am)  I posted in the other category about mpg. I am getting, well, the other day I got 45 mpg, filling up after using 2.8 gallons. I fill up before I go below 3/4 of a tank, that way, you get better mileage. I thought I was going nuts, doing the figuring wrong, but hey, it is getting that much. A few days ago I got 39 mpg. It goes from 38-45 at times. And yes, I am filling it up each and everytime. If I wait till a half tank, I only get about 36 mpg. I stop more for gasoline, but for three or four up to 7 more mpg, I will stop everyday. I spend about 55 dollars a month going one hundred miles back and forth to work. Some of you nuts, and I mean that nicely, are spending that in one fill up. Try filling up more often and take note of what you are getting mpg. It works, really. 5 speed, base model, no air, never liked it, too good to pass up.
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Replying to: mnourse1 (Mar 21, 2008 9:06 pm)
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Replying to: rioowner (Jul 15, 2008 6:23 am) van
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Replying to: lightfootfl (Jul 21, 2008 7:41 am) Start by filling the gas tank as full as a couple clicks will allow.. there is a TRIP meter with a and be settings for 2 trips. Use either one.. RESET it back to 0 miles.. either drive consistantly hiway or city depending on what milage you want to calculate. after you reach 200 miles, refill, the tanks as you did the last time,, this may or may not be a couple clicks of the nozzle. DIVIDE the MILES (200) into the gallons it took to refill. As EG, 6.5 gallons divided into 200 miles =30.76 Miles per gallon.. NOW to make sure your calculation was fairly accurate, REPEAT the procedure again for 200 miles, .. YOu can do this for CITY, or Hiway driving.. Im not sure about the VALIDITY of the last poster who says he gets BETTER milage by filling up at certain tank levels. That makes NO sense at all...I consistantly get 35-36 HIWAY only mileage and 28-32 MIXED city &hiway and 25-28 City only... This should be elementary,, M BTW I have an automatic and 65 mph the engine is barely revving at 2200 rpms..( tachometer)
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Replying to: mnourse1 (Jul 21, 2008 4:46 pm)
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