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Replying to: csandste (May 14, 2007 9:22 pm) First fill-up. Bucking slight headwind, considerable strip travel behind 80 year olds. Only averaged a bit over 21 mpg. Not good at all. Second fill-up. Noticed a LOT of shifting into third and fourth with the smallest grade. Decided to put it into manual mode to keep it in fifth as much as possible. No real lugging of the engine, could easily go up and down hills at 70 mpg. Got 34 mpg plus. Typical Hyundai stiff-enginitis, maybe it's finally breaking in. Third fill-up. Some two lane roads but averaged a pretty good clip. No stop and go driving. Only averaged 23 mpg. Second tank must have been underfilled. Other than bad mileage, the car drove well and had good room. Think I would have averaged considerably higher in my Malibu Maxx, but maybe it's still breaking in. I'd think I'd be averaging about 28 mpg mixed, maybe slightly better with two aboard. I think the Maxx would have beaten it by 3-4 mpg.
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Replying to: csandste (May 24, 2007 7:18 pm)
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Replying to: mickeyrom (May 24, 2007 7:32 pm) |
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Wife drove car almost exclusively. Doubt if she ever got it fully warmed up (considering June in Missouri). However, 15 mpg is pretty bad for any 4 cylinder engine. Much worse than my 3.5 Maxx and far worse than my old Elantra which averaged 25 or so around town. Of course I always had a lot more highway miles, even in around town driving. Only 3400 miles on the car in six months, less than I put on in two months. I'm going to have to get this car out and running!
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Replying to: csandste (Jun 18, 2007 11:29 pm) |
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| I wonder if the same High end spark plugs are the same size and number i need for my 4 cyl. Sonata?......id love to crank it up and improve my MPG...just like he did with his Optima | |
Getting better although I think it's artificially high just like the last one was low  15. This is the best ever given the mix of driving, summer gas and heavy use of A/C.
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Replying to: csandste (Jul 01, 2007 9:36 pm) Second fill up,maybe 20% city,28.8...I have no complaints. |
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22.5 all around town, almost no interstate driving. Getting better.
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Replying to: csandste (Jul 03, 2007 9:59 pm) |
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