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I bought a new 2009 Forester 2.5X, auto, non-turbo, Premium last week. I drove about 150 miles round trip today on 2-lane rural and interstate with hills. I have less than 300 miles total. Including 20 miles around town besides the 150 miles I averaged ~25 MPG after filling up. The MPG read-out is indicating about 26.4 MPG at 70MPH with the A/C on. At 55 MPH on level roads it reads as high as 32 MPG. Average around town it seems to be ~22 MPG so far. I am impressed with the performance considering only 170HP compared to my previous Ford Ranger 4WD with the 4.0L V6. On this same trip it would average about 20 MPG in the summer with the A/C on. Around town the best would be 15 MPG and in the winter as low as 11-12 MPG
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Replying to: phil53 (Aug 12, 2008 4:18 pm) My 2008 NA automatic routinely betters that in the summer: http://aatherton06.home.insightbb.com/Forester/For_MPG.htm And it has big mirrors, roof rack, bubble deflector, and tires set to the door sticker pressure. Such mileage requires economical driving habits. |
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Unfortunately, that is my down-fall. I routinely run about 5 over and sometimes 10. Around here, that means 65-75 on the freeways. And no dawdling anywhere during rush hour (if you get out early enough). A lot of traffic lights on the last 5 or so miles of my commute. By the way, that is a very complete chart you're keeping. I keep ODO, trip, fuel used, mpg and brand of fuel, but that's about it. And I haven't been very religious about it lately. |
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Replying to: rich505 (Sep 01, 2008 2:01 pm) I put the Corsa cat-back exhaust, AEM cold air intake and Hypertech Max Energy E-Con programmer on the Avalanche and actually lost 1 mpg for this particular trip. I'm still trying to figure that one out. I had anticipated about a 2 mpg gain. My commute sounds like a previous post. 2 or 3 miles of slow suburban driving, then 25 miles of freeway at 65 - 75 (mostly 75) followed by 5 miles of suburban traffic with numerous stop lights (40 - 45 when you're moving). It usually takes me about 40 minutes. |
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Replying to: rich505 (Sep 01, 2008 2:01 pm) Did you mean 3.0L? That was the V6 in the Escape. |
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Replying to: ateixeira (Jun 21, 2006 10:03 am) Today I went 170 miles on freeway and got 31 mpg. I am very pleasantly surprised.
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Replying to: outpost05 (Sep 06, 2008 6:25 pm) CR got 2mpg better with a manual. We're happy with our auto so I can only imagine the mileage you could get with a 5MT.
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Replying to: ateixeira (Sep 08, 2008 6:52 am) Another question about chains or cables. If you really needed them, would you put them on the front or back (or would all tires need to have them)?
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Replying to: outpost05 (Sep 08, 2008 12:42 pm) Even with FWD you would not want the rear end slipping and getting in front of you. |
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I had a 97 Legacy which had a pretty neat feature. I was wondering if Subaru still has it. There was a single fuse under the hood near the firewall. If you removed the fuse, the car would operate in front wheel drive mode only. Now, gas was cheaper "back in the day", so I wasn't very diligent in monitoring my mileage, but I seem to remember a 3-4 mpg increase when it was in FWD mode. In Colorado, where I live, you really only need AWD for a few months out of the year. Does anyone have any information on if that is still available in Subaru's?
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