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103 messages, Last post on Oct 16, 2008 at 8:33 AM
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Replying to: eldaino (Apr 12, 2007 9:38 am) I regularly exceed the speed limit (on the highway portion of the commute) by at least 10 to 15 MPH and 50% of my daily commute is stop and go. 40 miles one way take me 1 hour and 20 minutes. What about the Elantra? It also has a 2 liter engine and has a better MPG rating.
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Replying to: pulgo (Apr 12, 2007 11:06 am) true...but is also a smaller 2.0 as oppossed to the 2.5 in the rabbit. Plus its a four cylinder, wheras the rabbit is a five. And last but not least, the elantra weighs less than the rabbit as well. Even if we are comparing 2.0 litre engines, it depends also on the state of tune. The civic si has a 2.0 and gets worse mpg than similarly sized engines, but it has a colossal redline and a lot of hp to boot. |
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Replying to: dscanuck (Apr 09, 2007 8:52 am) Im really considering getting that 2007 Rabbit as I my work is 78 miles oneway. Ive driven all these hatch GTi manual six, GTi Tiptronic, Rabbit Manual 5 and the Rabbit Tiptronic Six. The only very noticeable thing that I discovered is the Rabbit matic 6 has only 2,000 rpm on 70 mph. the rest are 2,500rpm.  Are you using Matic 6 or stick 5? What octane do you use and what brand? Im using 89 octane. But I definetely would say brand has big diffs.
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Replying to: hatchbackfreak (Jun 03, 2007 6:40 pm) I've got the six speed tiptronic, and yes the rabbit does cruise at very low rpms; its just the gearing. i only use bp gas, and have tried out different octanes, and none of the higher ones seemed to affect mileage to the point where i would use them all the time.
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Replying to: eduright (Dec 06, 2006 8:50 pm) I find the rabbit to be amazeningly easy to shift and im able to start from a stop in second gear (yes it has happened accidentally) your mpg should go up if you do your shifts around 3000 rpm im averaging 27 mpg |
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I just got back from a week 1,000 mile trip with 90% highway miles using 87 and 89 octane fuel. On the leg of the trip where it was hot and thus using air con. I got about 25.5 mpg and the rest of the trip I was getting about 26.5 mpg without air con. I now have 2,000 miles on the car and am really enjoying it. I just hope the mpg will get a little better, though I'm sure that once I get more proficient at the manual the fuel economy will also improve.
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Replying to: shirotori (Jun 18, 2007 6:48 pm) I have one of the best tanks ever now, granted that half of it was driven on ALL highway, but exceeding the speed limit by about 10mph. I'm just barely below the halfway point, and am turning over 250 miles. If i can hit over 300 before a quarter of a tank is left, and i get over 360 miles before i run out, i will have the highest mileage tank ever recorded. |
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Replying to: takapuna (Aug 07, 2006 10:09 pm)
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Replying to: wild8willy (Jul 02, 2007 3:44 pm) the ratings for the 5.7 of that year are 16/26 and for the auto its 15/20. (talk about horrible gearing.) both of these would average a bit less than a rabbit. plain and simple. no one has been posting horrible mpg numbers here so i don't understand why you 'cannot belive it'. did you take into consideration how big the engine is? or, like so many other people, did you just look at the cars price and assume it was super fuel efficient?  if you 'cannot belive' the rabbits gas mileage, never buy and accord, camry, or ANY other midsize, or any mazda offering at this price (with the exception of the 2.0 in the 3) because they ALL get around the same mileage with similar engine sizes. |
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Replying to: eldaino (Jul 03, 2007 6:15 am) I plan on breaking the Rabbit in for 1000 miles staying below 70 mph, and considering how much highway driving I do, I hope to average just shy of 30mpg. If I do that, I will only be a few MPG below my friends Civic. Thanks to the cruise control, and how much late night trafic fee highway miles I drive, I hope to get close to that goal within a few months. I will keep you guys posted once I finally pick the car up!
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