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I have an 04 X Forester manual. I have gotten as high as 31 highway mostly just above 29 mpg and generally in the 23 - 24 mpg range for other driving. I tow an 18 to 1900 lb pop up and have generally been at 21 mpg for three 3000 mile trips and almost 24 for one trip. Don't ask me. These are virtually all highway miles. I do know that the first three were through states where we were getting 10% ethanol for probably 2/3 of the gas. The last trip we also did a lot of driving without the pop up trailing behind. Not bad for these days. |
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Replying to: kavoom (Aug 04, 2006 11:28 am) -juice |
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I own a 2003 Forester and get approx. 26 MPG. I love the vehicle and have had no prolems with it at 51,000 miles. The only issue was the mechanics who changed my oil didn't know that the o ring should be replaced when an oil change is done. It is in the book but I never read it! I had a small leak until I called Subaru and they made me aware of this.
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Replying to: anne23 (Sep 06, 2006 3:52 am) The low of 20.27 MPG came about when it was 100% short city trips. The high of 28.46 MPG was a 100% cruise-set 55 to 65 mph driving. |
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| I'm a little disappointed with my new Forester's mileage. I'm on fill up number three and I get a little over 18 MPG in the city. Does that seem right? | |
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Replying to: carlv1 (May 17, 2006 9:56 am) My average improved by about +3mpg after a year or so, that would put you in the low 20s at least. -juice |
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Replying to: carlv1 (May 17, 2006 9:56 am) Stop racing those CRVs 
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Replying to: carlv1 (May 17, 2006 9:56 am) Let's define "in the city," first -- are you talking about going 95%+ of a tankful driving on actual city streets? You know, stoplights at every intersection, rarely traveling above 30 mph, lots of idling? If that's the case, I'd actually be pretty happy with 18 mpg. I live in New York City, and on those occasions where we go a whole tankful w/o ever leaving the city limits, driving exclusively on local surface streets (no intracity jaunts on the highway), I've gotten as low as 15-16 mpg in the summer (AC). I have a 2004 Forester, which lacks throttle-by-wire and a couple of other refinements that yours has, so I wouldn't imagine you'd ever end up that low. But if you're talking about extreme conditions like the ones I outlined above, then 18 mpg doesn't shock me. FWIW, I get about 27-28 on all-highway driving (rare for us) and 23-25 on "mixed" (almost every tankful we drive will be at least 50% hard-core urban mileage). I had one tankful just over 30 mpg, driving 45-55 on rural back roads in Ohio. EPA for my model is 22/28. Hope that helps. I'm not thrilled with my urban mileage, either, but I think it's got more to do with the conditions than with the car.
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Replying to: smittynyc (May 19, 2006 7:01 am) |
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Replying to: carlv1 (May 17, 2006 9:56 am) I think an engine should be fully broken in within 2-3000 miles, really there isn't that much lapping/wear-in happening. I'm not unhappy with the 20-21, was just hoping for 25ish with careful driving.
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