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Hyundai Veracruz Real World MPG

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Re: 11 months, 11,000 miles logged [lmf4159] by jbetten
May 07, 2008 (5:07 pm)
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Replying to: lmf4159 (May 07, 2008 12:06 pm)

I feel your pain. My wife drives mostly in town with lots of stop and go (picking up - dropping off kids). We're are getting between 13 - 15 MPG after about 600 miles. I know its really new, so there may be a bit of loosening needed in the engine. She if not "light footed" at all (I keep nagging - though), so this doesn't surprise me, but I'm sure we we were getting 16 - 18 MPG in our Honda Oddyssy. It seems that the first gear in the VC is rather low, not suprising with 6 gears to go through, but this doesn't help MPG any. This will rev up the engine quickly for speed, but also suck gas, if abused. Our tire are also at 35 PSI, which I think is good for better MPG. I wouldn't go higher though. I don't feel that the oil type will affect MPG much, but I personally wouldn't switch to syn before 10K miles. If you do, then extend your oil change interval accordingly (5K - 6K miles). Syn oil is good for this interval unless you do REALLY hard driving / temp conditions. As far as geting better MPG, you could use the "manual" shift mode and start out in gear 2 from a stop, and shift more quickly than auto mode would (lower RPM). This would take practice, especially getting used to shifting the AUTO-manual! But the point is that shifting at lower RPM will use less gas. Accerate slowly from stops and coast (long before you ge to a red light) like you are on a mission to save gas! This is about all you can do with a 4 - 5K lb car with a big engine to save gas. The best thing to do is drive in the 45 - 55 MPH range with minimal changes in speed. Doing this consistantly will get 20+ MPG. Good luck and enjoy!
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City vs Highway by 1trulove
May 16, 2008 (10:45 am)
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All of lmf4159's comments were spot on. Keep the tire pressure up over 35 psi and go easy on the gas is the best action for city economy. I too don't know if synthetic will help with city gas mileage, but it will help the longevity of your engine. Since Hyundai allows 7,500 mile oil changes, it makes sense if your not driving in dusty or salty air. It will help on highway trips too. This is a good time to add that Hyundai should make a Hybrid - they are very efficient for city driving and make sense if that is what to predominantly do.
Final question - has anyone tried an air filter upgrade, or a more advanced air intake system? Some by Voilant, K&N, etc. say that they can inmorve both power and economy.
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Re: City vs Highway [1trulove] by posystm
May 21, 2008 (10:36 am)
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Replying to: 1trulove (May 16, 2008 10:45 am)

K&N now has an air filter for the VC.
 
I have 13,000 on my 07 VC SE FWD, I have never reset the MPG on the computer, it shows 17.8 MPG. That is with 50% highway, 25% suburban, 25% New York City(Stop and crawl). I think the MPG has stabilized, and now am going to try the K&N air filter to see if that helps any. At this point price wise for gas, a 5% increase would be nice.
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Re: City vs Highway [posystm] by steve_ HOST
May 21, 2008 (10:41 am)
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Replying to: posystm (May 21, 2008 10:36 am)

A typical interval for an air filter change is 15,000 miles. It'd be nice to see you put a paper filter on for a few thousand miles and compare that mpg to an oiled filter.
 
Otherwise skeptics like me will just figure any new filter is going to help your mileage.
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Re: City vs Highway [steve_] by posystm
May 21, 2008 (10:51 am)
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Replying to: steve_ (May 21, 2008 10:41 am)

Good point Steve. Im bringing it in for the 15k and to resurface my rotors (AGAIN) in a week or so, i'll try it out for 3k mi, then try the K & N.
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Re: City vs Highway [posystm] by 1trulove
May 22, 2008 (12:11 pm)
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Replying to: posystm (May 21, 2008 10:51 am)

I agree, 15K is a good time to change, but you said you have not reset your odometer since new. It would be best to reset now and get a tankfull or two of readings under your current normal driving conditions with the old air filter. Then with the new paper one. And, finally with the K&N. Taking readings at each fillup is the best comparison, but you can also do the calculations.
I'm on my 3hd tank since changing to synthethic and have consistently experienced a 1 - 1.5 mpg increase (or about 4-5%). Again, most of my driving is on rural and suburban roads at 50 to 60 mph. Only about 10% in light city traffic.
We're going a a major road trip this Summer and I intend to keep good records. Will give a full report on Car top luggage, Highway and mountain driving in the Fall.
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Veracruz SE AWD by rmhockman
May 23, 2008 (11:02 am)
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I can't imagine why you would be turning the rotors so soon....I have aver 14000 on my 2007 and the rotors are in perfect condition, however I don't really drive too much in city traffic....perhaps you don't use the gears to slow down in your daily commute.
 
This machine has an exceptionally smooth transmission therefore I use the manual mode on a regular basis to hold it back on long steep hills, thus the brakes are spared constant use.
 
As far as using a different air filter I am really not certain you can expect any spectacular results, however I would certainly be interested in your experience..
 
Please keep us posted regarding if there are any real performance gains once you install the new air filter.
 
.... R M H
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Road Trip by mjb56
May 25, 2008 (5:43 pm)
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I just got back from a 3,400 mi. road trip out west. Wisconsin to Utah. Best mileage we got was 27 mpg with a tail wind on the way out. Worst was 24.9 coming back, into a head wind. This was accomplished going the speed limit, generally around 65 mph and using only non-ethanol gas. Excellent ride. Very comfortable. No problems with the trip, at all. The worst tankful was around 23 mpg but I suspect that fuel was mislabeled and I wound up putting the ethanol garbage in unknowingly. It is interesting that in the biggest corn growing states, Iowa and Nebraska, you get a choice of whether to buy the inferior fuel but here in good old Badgerland we are forced to use only ethanol. No options. (Somebody is obviously getting some $$$ under the table around here.) But that's another subject for another discussion board. 24K mi. on the vehicle now and it's still a great car. No complaints.
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Re: Road Trip [mjb56] by rmhockman
May 26, 2008 (4:24 am)
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Replying to: mjb56 (May 25, 2008 5:43 pm)

Your experience is about the same as I have been seeing while driving at reasonable speeds...although I have seen up to an indicated 30mpg at a steady 65 or so mph and a following wind. I recently switched to a synthetic oil (Syntec 5/30) at approx.10,000 miles and noticed a tad more power along with an increase in fuel mileage of at least 1 and perhaps 2 mpg!!!.
 
My tires are inflated to 35 psi all around and of course this helps somewhat with fuel efficiency, tire life and overall handling.
 
This machine is so smooth and quiet it's kind of boring to drive. The engine and transmission are smoother than in my last Cadillac STS.
 
Great piece of equipment...Keep it up Hyundai...
 
                                                R M H
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Re: Veracruz SE AWD [rmhockman] by posystm
May 29, 2008 (11:31 am)
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Replying to: rmhockman (May 23, 2008 11:02 am)

I had to have the rotors resurfaced when I bought the car, stopping firmly at any speed above 40mph, you would feel a pulsing coming from the front. I gave the car 3k mile to see if it was just the pads and rotors needed seating. The dealer resurfaced the rotors and all was fine, but now the pulsing is back. I read somewhere that low quality pads will leave deposits on the rotors causing this problem, so I will ask them to also replace the pads.
 
Just recieved the KN filter, but will try the reg air filter first along with some manual recording of MPG.

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