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Replying to: p0926 (Aug 11, 2008 3:29 pm) |
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Replying to: p0926 (Aug 09, 2008 9:09 am) The thing is, I get 17 - 18 mpg highway with the Avalanche no matter how loaded down it is. And I figure, if I added dual exhaust, a cold air intake and an E-Con programmer, I could probably improve that by a couple mpg and improve performance. So, from what I'm reading here, I'll pay quite a fuel mileage penalty stepping down from the Beetle TDI and won't gain that much by parking the Avalanche. I was just hoping I could routinely return 25 mpg+. Thanks for the input. |
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Replying to: phil53 (Aug 12, 2008 4:18 pm) As I've said before, this still beats the city mileage I get out of the F150, or what I got out of the cursed Dodge Intrepid  (whose untimely demise led directly to my purchasing the Forester  a month ago).
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Replying to: buckhuntr (Aug 12, 2008 5:51 pm) |
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Replying to: phil53 (Aug 12, 2008 4:18 pm) My city driving is not heavy here in Fairbanks, Alaska, but last summer in my '07 Outback (manual tranny), I averaged 26-27 around town. This last winter in my 08 Outback (auto), I got right at 20 through the coldest months of the year (-10 to -45 F); my old '96 Outback would drop to as low as 15-16 during that period, and my minivan even hit 13.5 on one tank last winter. I think your driving conditions would be harsh, indeed, if you averaged less than 20. Good luck. |
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So we took a long drive last night, and measured our MPG for the trip in each direction. My wife drove up, and got 30.0mpg. She hit 33 mpg for a short while, but the full trip was 30. Then I drove back, the same route but with less traffic, so my speeds were higher. I got 27.0mpg. She won, but I was impressed with the highway fuel efficiency.
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Replying to: buckhuntr (Aug 12, 2008 5:51 pm) |
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We just completed a 780 mile trip around WA Olympic Peninsula in our XS 5 speed with 45K on it. The load was two passengers & camping gear, overall about 500 lbs & AC was used about 25% of the time. The trip was unusual in that it was an interesting mixture of 2 lane roads, some dirt roads, and no rush - so I drove with a pretty light foot. About 10% was gravel, much of it quite hilly, 60% 2 lane highway, and about 10% over 60 mph. I would say the average speed was about 45 under pretty ideal driving conditions (relatively low traffic, dry weather 65-80 degrees). With the 1st tank I got 487 miles with a half gallon to spare. Over all mileage was 31.7 mpg. Overall I drive pretty conservatively without holding up traffic & have been averaging about 23 -26 on daily driving (70% urban 30% freeway). High way averages about 28-30 with best has been just over 32 mpg. Overall I am very satisfied. It sounds like the mpg are better on the 09s & I hope to get one about 2010. At that point I will probably get an AT & would hope SOA implant a good CVT in the Forster. I have had a civic & A4 with CVT & love em! |
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| Just got 26.1mpg on my 400mi trip today, doing 65-70mph w/o cruise control, not bad, better than I expected! | |
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31.2mpg on an all highway trip this past weekend. We're past 1000 miles so now it's officially broken in. |
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