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Re: Three week update! [occking] by tinycadon
Mar 31, 2009 (4:31 pm)
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Replying to: occking (Mar 31, 2009 3:45 pm)

occking, I own a 2009 Forester XT and I was able to get 26mpg on a trip from Baltimore to Providence, cruise control for as much of the trip as possible (very tough to do on 95 through the Northeast) and doing 65-70mph. This was not a computer display number, this was my actual calculation from fill up to fill up + trip mileage. If I can do 26mpgs in a turbo then I completely believe that people who have posted 30mpg in their NA Forester are telling the truth and were able to get that result.
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Re: Three week update! [tinycadon] by occking
Apr 01, 2009 (4:09 am)
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Replying to: tinycadon (Mar 31, 2009 4:31 pm)

That's great to get that kind of mileage in a turbo! I was just afraid if I got the turbo it would be a lot less than that. How many miles on your vehicle, and do you have a cumulative mpg (actual or computer) for as long as you have had the vehicle.
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Re: Three week update! [occking] by tinycadon
Apr 01, 2009 (7:13 am)
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Replying to: occking (Apr 01, 2009 4:09 am)

occking, I have just over 7k miles on my XT, and yes, I've kept a running diary of my milage since I bought it. The 26mpg was my best highway trip, my two worst highway trips were 23.7 (winter) and 23.9 (running a/c). When I'm doing mostly city/urban driving that's where the turbo takes a bite, I'm getting between 16-18mpg, but when I have more suburban/rural driving it goes up to 20-22mpgs. The gas might be a little more expensive, but I don't drive more than 10k miles a year so it's wasn't really a deal breaker for me, I wanted to have a little more performance, I guess you could call it my "sin tax?"
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Re: Three week update! [tinycadon] by occking
Apr 01, 2009 (9:34 am)
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Replying to: tinycadon (Apr 01, 2009 7:13 am)

Well, maybe I should have considered the turbo if I really could get that kind of mileage consistently. I travel approc 33 - 35,000 miles per year, lots of highway driving. Too late now!
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Re: Three week update! [occking] by tinycadon
Apr 01, 2009 (9:45 am)
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Replying to: occking (Apr 01, 2009 9:34 am)

I guess the 1 saving grace is that the XTs are few and far between, I was lucky and got mine back in May when they were first arriving at the dealership, I've only seen 2 or 3 other 09XTs in the 10mos I've had it, so finding the exact 1 you wanted might have taken a long time
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Re: Three week update! [occking] by ateixeira
Apr 13, 2009 (10:49 am)
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Replying to: occking (Apr 01, 2009 4:09 am)

Highway gearing is actually slightly taller for the turbo, but you'll still get better mileage in the non-turbo.
 
On our 2.5X Limited PZEV we've seen 33mpg and broke 30mpg for a whole trip. At higher speeds it's usually 27-28, though.
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Re: Three week update! [ateixeira] by occking
Apr 13, 2009 (6:01 pm)
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Replying to: ateixeira (Apr 13, 2009 10:49 am)

Boy, I sure hope I can get that kind of mileage. So far, with 2800 miles approx am averaging 24 mpg, probably 2/3 of that highway driving. How long did it take your vehicle to get broken in before you attained that kind of mpg?
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Re: Three week update! [occking] by ateixeira
Apr 14, 2009 (9:11 am)
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Replying to: occking (Apr 13, 2009 6:01 pm)

My wife hasn't hit 7k yet. It's barely broken in.
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2009 Forester X - 5 speed manual by crv16
May 06, 2009 (12:00 pm)
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12,000 miles on the clock now, and with summer gas, getting around 24-25 in suburban type driving - 28 mpg on the highway. It's bumped up a couple MPG over similar conditions when new.
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Re: 2009 Forester X - 5 speed manual [crv16] by occking
May 06, 2009 (7:46 pm)
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Replying to: crv16 (May 06, 2009 12:00 pm)

Have had X limited two months now, just got back from a 1100 mile trip, 4 days from Prov RI up to Bar Harbor, ME over to a little past Montreal & back home.
 
On first leg, trip computer indicated 28.5 actual was 28.1, that's a record, so far. On seconrf fill up trip computer indicated 26.7 actual was 26.5. Just got home now with a little over 300 miles since last fill up, trip computer says 28.2 to I figure actual mpg at least 27.5
 
Of the 1100 miles, probably 600 miles at highway speeds, averaging just about 65 - 67, most of the balance "rural roads" perhaps 50 - 55 mph average, as far as "stop and go" maybe 50to 100 miles.
 
Must say, so far pleased with the mpg, hope it continues to go a littler higher as I put more miles on the vehicle.
 
The "negatives" on the car??? The rattles are beginning.... The cabin more noisy than I would like, particularly at highway speeds. You can't balance the front and rear speakers very well -- the rear speakers cannot be made very loud, bluetooth, you can hear fine but, just like with my previous car, people on the other end have a very difficult time understanding me; the cupholders should be round, not square, and actually a little too deep. Put a certain size coffee cup in and the lid sinks a little too low.

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