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| I was thinking about buying one second hand, but a friend who has the exact same model and year told me she is only getting 15MPG in-city and 19MPG on the highway. Is her volvo's performance typical or way below average? thanks | |
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Replying to: jim314 (Jun 14, 2006 6:30 am) 1st fillup: 25.0 mpg (mix of 240 mi city and only 59 mi highway with roof box) 2nd fillup: 27.0 mpg (highway up to 65 or 70 mph with some short trips, 318 mi/11.797 gal) 3rd fillup: 31.8 mpg (highway, a lot of backroads, much at 60 mph, 393 mi/12.353 gal) Ave of 2nd and 3rd: 29.4 mpg (711 mi/24.15 gal). The difference between the results for 2nd and 3rd fillups may be due to a difference in driving conditions, or may be partly random variation. Prior to this Thanksgiving camping trip I bought a car top box to carry gear for 4 days and 3 nights, for two adults and 3 dogs. I would have bought a light sport trailer (either Thule or Let's Go Aero), but couldn't get one locally in time. With the roof box some light, soft gear was carried in the the right rear beside one of the dogs. Both parts of the rear seat back were down and all 3 dogs were secured with serious cainine auto restraint harnesses. I selected the aerodynamic Thule Atlantis 1800 (18 cu ft, $510 from REI, + 8.25% sales tax, less dividend) because it was a good fit on the the V70. I could position it far enough back so that the front of the box was still well back of the top of the windshield, but there was no interference when opening the rear hatch. This reportedly lowers wind resistance. Getting back into agressive Dallas freeway traffic I got a little bit of a lead foot and even up to 80 mph there was absolutely no wind noise from the roof box. The 21 cu ft Thule Atlantis was not in stock or I might have gotten that. However it is 8 or 9 inches longer and might project far enough forward to have significantly higher wind resistance because it would make more of a air scoup with the car top. |
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My first road trip (375 miles one way) in my newly acquired 2002 V70 w/53k was 23 mpg down 24 mpg back. I was a little disappointed.
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Replying to: kburton66 (Jan 03, 2007 7:11 pm) |
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I have a volvo 2005 s60 2.5T with the geartronic. Reason I am here is because we are thinking about a V70. Gas mileage is an issue but I would like to relate what happened to us. Bought the s60 new. my wife drove it to work regularly until about 22,000 mile. The car came with free oil changes from the dealer . The last oil change the mileage display had been indicating 19.4 avg (i reset it every sunday going to church ). The free oil was added in the morning i switched to AMSOIL ASL (5W30). My wife calls me from work the next morning and tells me the computer is showing 23.5 now. The avg now is 22.8. On a road trip with this oil the avg went up to 28.5 (75-80 mph) it was 24.5 on the previous trip to the same location on the same road so my question would be is anyone using synthetic oil or just anything the dealer throw in ?
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Replying to: santanareigel (Jan 28, 2007 10:22 am) I'm not claiming this "cost-effective" in the long run, but a V70 is to me a fine car and I'm willing to spend an extra $40/yr to protect the engine and maybe to get higher fuel economy. We get about the EPA for this model year, 22 mpg city/30 mpg hwy. I supply the dealer with 6-quarts of 10W-30 Mobile1 XP and they supply the filter and O-ring and change the oil at no charge. The service advisor seemed to think that this would be cheaper for me than what they would charge for Mobile1. |
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Replying to: kamala95 (Jun 13, 2006 6:33 am) |
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| It gets 20-22mpg pretty much regardless of driving conditions. On the high end of that cruising eastern US highways (70-75mph) and on the lower end in mixed driving in Minneapolis or on western US highways (80-95mph). Not quite as good as I'd like, another gear or two and a standard tranny would have helped. | |
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Roundtrip Dallas to New Orleans May 18-21, 2007: Over 4 days I drove 1220 miles in my 2004 Volvo V70 2.4L normally aspirated 168 hp 5-cyl 5A trans, consuming 36.5 galUS of gasoline, for an average of 33.4 mpgUS (7.03L/100km and 40.1 mpgUK). The US EPA mpg estimates on the 2004 168 hp NA V70 are 22/30 mpgUS city/hwy (10.7/7.83 L/100km, 26.4/36.0 mpgUK). The tires are the base 195/65-15 Michelins (max infl press 51 psi) inflated to 37 psi. Load driver only and light cargo load. Right now when I fuel up I am mixing approx equal parts of 93 octane and 89 octane (or I use approx 2 plus 1 of 93 and 87) to get 91 octane. The manual says that 87 octane is the minumum which the engine can use, but 91 or greater is recommended for optimum operation. I want to get the absolute best mpg and don't want to hole a piston if the knock sensor would fail. The Volvo normally aspirated 2.4L 5-cyl has a compression ratio of 10.3:1. Here's how the legs worked out: Dallas to Ville Platte LA, nearly all IH20 and IH49 with speed control set at 67 mph: 366.5 mi/10.644gal => 34.4 mpgUS => 6.82 L/100km, 41.3 mpgUK. Camped at State Park and slept in the V70. Ville Platte to New Orleans and back to New Iberia via US90, nearly all regular hwy and significant local in New Orleans and in New Iberia: 399.9 mi/12.929 gal = 30.9 mpgUS => 7.60 L/100km, 37.1 mpgUK. New Iberia to Dallas, virtually all IH with speed control set at 68 to 70 mph: 453.4 mi/12.937 galUS = 35.0 mpgUS => 6.71 L/100km , 42.0 mpgUK.
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