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Kia Rio MPG-Real World Numbers
101 messages, Last post on Nov 16, 2012 at 1:11 PM
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#97 of 101 Re: Kia Rio: MPG-Real World Numbers [w9awx] by dratman
Jan 17, 2011 (8:32 pm)
Replying to: w9awx (Apr 01, 2010 2:52 pm)
Wow, now I know mine is messed up. I've got a 2009 Rio 5 SX automatic, same as pf-flyer's only a hatchback. 8000 miles now and generally 22 to 24 mpg driving 9 miles each way to work with a couple miles of freeway. I've been telling the dealer from the get go that something is wrong but they only believe the computer. It's not the way I drive. My last car, a 1990 civic hatchback typically got 33 mpg driving to work although it was a stick. I don't know what to do. Apparently our government EPA doesn't enforce the mpg ratings it advertises.
- bike1953 (May 16, 2011 5:08 am)
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#98 of 101 Re: Kia Rio: MPG-Real World Numbers [dratman] by bike1953
May 16, 2011 (5:08 am)
Replying to: dratman (Jan 17, 2011 8:32 pm)
I have a 2009 Kia Rio5 SX automatic and do a 320 mile trip every other weekend. Gas mileage is 26 to 39 mpg. I top it up the same, but you should realize that there are various gas pump fuel nozzles out there that fit (into the filler neck) differently and shutoff at different levels.
Don't expect great mileage for short trips, warm up time and stop and go driving is not efficient. I bike 1.5 miles to/from work, just for that reason.
How much you depress the gas pedal makes a hugh difference with this car!
A/C drops 3-4 mpg.
The defroster turns on the A/C!
A tailwind boosts the mpg (a headwind drops mpg).
Yesterday, with a 20 mph tailwind (gusts to 30mph, no A/C) I got 38.8 mpg from Madison, WI to Davenport, IA. Lots of hills in there too.
Conclusion: I accelerate briskly, but just use some of the gas pedal. You floor it and you waste gas. The new computer controlled automatics "learn" from the driver and adjust how and when they shift. Smoothly applying gas pedal "inputs" makes a difference!
#99 of 101 Rio owners by steve_ HOST
Nov 05, 2012 (3:56 pm)
A reporter would like to speak to Hyundai and Kia owners who agree or disagree with the latest controversy over MPG. If you own a Hyundai or a Kia and would like to speak to a reporter about your experience with your car's fuel economy, please send your daytime and evening contact info to pr
edmunds.com no later than Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at 8 a.m. PT/11 a.m. ET.
#100 of 101 Kia Mileage and sales rep by markon
Nov 08, 2012 (6:50 pm)
My Kia was great at first - then as you, my mileage was not where they promised - THEN the salesperson told me I was driving it wrong, and "you need to break it in".. I am trying to talk to others who were told that. Does this Forum let pe
ople DD? mike at sysdisrupt Dot com
#101 of 101 press request by kirstie_h HOST
Nov 16, 2012 (1:11 pm)
If you are a parent of young children (at least one under 12 years old) who owns the latest model Toyota Prius C or Kia Rio, a reporter would like for you to fill out a survey, due by December 1, 2012, for use in a print publication. Please email PRedmunds.com no later than Friday, November 30, 2012 for a copy of the survey.
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