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#1 of 3 2010 Kia Forte EX Fuel Economy Package - mpg? by jim1977 Aug 01, 2009 (7:27 am)
I just took my Forte EX with the fuel economy package out on my first trip to central PA. It was about 75% highway driving not exceeding the speed limits, 20% secondary roads at 30-45 mph with a lot of hills and twists, and maybe 5% city driving, for a total of about 420 miles on my first measured tank. There was a lot of downshifting on the secondary roads. I had the A/C on most of the time, if only for the defogger, since we had a couple of days of moderate to heavy rain which probably doesn't help the mileage.   I got 34.4 mpg, which seems reasonable enough for now. The car only has 650 miles on it total. From what I read of the earlier Kia 2.0 L engine on the Spectra, it takes a long time, maybe 10k-20k miles, to break in properly. Whether that holds true on the new Theta II engine remains to be seen. Replies to this message: jim1977 (Sep 26, 2009 1:14 pm)
#2 of 3 Kia Forte EX fully loaded with A/C by timmer23 Aug 28, 2009 (10:20 pm)
Three weeks ago I drove a Kia Forte EX with 5550 miles on the odometer as a rental car from Hertz 1850 miles round trip from Georgia to Pennsylvania. In addition to me driving, there was one adult passenger and the back seats as well as the trunk were packed full of camping gear, loaded coolers, and clothing for the weekend. Driving roughly 10 miles over the speed limit on the highway with the A/C on the entire time, I calculated 35 MPG.
#3 of 3 Re: 2010 Kia Forte EX Fuel Economy Package - mpg? [jim1977] by jim1977 Sep 26, 2009 (1:14 pm)
Replying to: jim1977 (Aug 01, 2009 7:27 am) And I just filled up for the fourth time after 463 miles. I got 38.3 mpg, but the driving was mainly easy highways at 55 to 65 mph, with about 30 miles of in-town driving. It seems that the Forte engine is getting broken in, with about 2000 miles on it now.

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