Your Fuel ECON
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Your Fuel ECON
Post what your get. and why.
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good idea to make this a poll so the results are easy to understand. this should become a sticky since it is frequently asked.
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'91 Legacy Turbo 5MT - mothballed
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Considering highway and city driving, I get around 22-23 with AWD and 20-50w oil.
1995 Polo Green Subaru SVX (189k miles - 08/2007-Present)Manarius wrote:The Neo-Cons would call me a defeatist. I'd call me a realist. I'm realistically saying that a snowball has better chances in the blazes of hell than democracy has in Iraq.
I am going to leave this stickied until traffic dies down, and then will link to it in the sticky compilation thread.
I don't like multiple stickies.
I don't like multiple stickies.
Josh
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2020 Outback Limted XT
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2020 Outback Limted XT
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Perhaps 2WD owners need to be taken into account, or recomended not to vote.
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1992 BC Legacy L Sedan AWD 5MT 272,000 - Wish you the best
1998 BK Legacy L Wagon 5MT 234,000 miles - RIP
2002 SF Forester S Wagon 5MT 215,000 miles - Current winter sleigh
1986 FC Mazda RX-7 GXL Coupe 5MT 155,000 miles - Summer cruiser
1992 BC Legacy L Sedan AWD 5MT 272,000 - Wish you the best
1998 BK Legacy L Wagon 5MT 234,000 miles - RIP
2002 SF Forester S Wagon 5MT 215,000 miles - Current winter sleigh
1986 FC Mazda RX-7 GXL Coupe 5MT 155,000 miles - Summer cruiser
2wd didn't make much hill a beans difference.
I got better mileage with my AWD 5spd n/a then I did with FWD 4eat.
I got better mileage with my AWD 5spd n/a then I did with FWD 4eat.
Josh
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Oh, I'm actually quite surprised. Good, now I feel even better about having AWD.
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1992 BC Legacy L Sedan AWD 5MT 272,000 - Wish you the best
1998 BK Legacy L Wagon 5MT 234,000 miles - RIP
2002 SF Forester S Wagon 5MT 215,000 miles - Current winter sleigh
1986 FC Mazda RX-7 GXL Coupe 5MT 155,000 miles - Summer cruiser
1992 BC Legacy L Sedan AWD 5MT 272,000 - Wish you the best
1998 BK Legacy L Wagon 5MT 234,000 miles - RIP
2002 SF Forester S Wagon 5MT 215,000 miles - Current winter sleigh
1986 FC Mazda RX-7 GXL Coupe 5MT 155,000 miles - Summer cruiser
I've gotten over 27MPG once, by my calculations. Normally I get 25-26 with mixed driving.
Keep in mind that this is a modded 2.5L 5MT AWD car that weighs over 3400lbs.
The gas mileage is one reason to not go turbo
FWIW, my 93 5MT Touring Wagon almost always got 20-22MPG.
Keep in mind that this is a modded 2.5L 5MT AWD car that weighs over 3400lbs.
The gas mileage is one reason to not go turbo
FWIW, my 93 5MT Touring Wagon almost always got 20-22MPG.
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Fuel econ
It took me a while to find the appropriate calculators to convert km and litres to mpg lol. I usually get 410 to 450 miles per tank in my 2006 liberty with EJ20 quad cam n/a 5sp.
Usual mpg is 29.40 but it has been known to hit 33.60 on pure high way driving.
Usual mpg is 29.40 but it has been known to hit 33.60 on pure high way driving.
2006 2.0R Manual Sedan
I used to get 28 mpg on the freeway before I put in the vf8, and at worst I'd see 19 in the city. I now see 17-18, but no better than 22 mixed city/freeway driving. I think full freeway I get around 24-26. I hear the MSD ignition helped out fuel economy a bit.
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You need another option. One that is like 18-22
91 Pearl White Sport Sedan
04 Java Black Pearl Forester XT
2014 Volvo S60 T5
18 KTM 1290 Adventure S
87 Grey GL-10 Sedan (so long old buddy) - donated
97 Toyota 4Runner SR5 - sold
2002 BMW r1150rt-p - sold
2004 BMW r1200ST - sold
2016 BMW r1200RS - sold
04 Java Black Pearl Forester XT
2014 Volvo S60 T5
18 KTM 1290 Adventure S
87 Grey GL-10 Sedan (so long old buddy) - donated
97 Toyota 4Runner SR5 - sold
2002 BMW r1150rt-p - sold
2004 BMW r1200ST - sold
2016 BMW r1200RS - sold
Very interesting. Recently noticed the vacuum lines from the Duty Solenoid Valve to the air resonator and intake to the purge control solenoid were disconnected. Re-attached those and installed a new fuel filter. My pure city driving went from ~16 to 20 mpg. My pure highway driving went from ~18 to 24 mpg! .
Thats a pretty impressive change for 'minor' things.
Thats a pretty impressive change for 'minor' things.
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'94 SS | 3" TBE, 07 TMIC, TD05H-16G, Revtronix Stage 2, Walbro -- Sold
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Just got over 26 mpg in my SS on a North Carolina trip for a wedding. Never go too fast by yourself, follow people going 80+ all day and your gas mileage stays decent. I got 370 miles on one tank and still only needed 14 gallons to fill up.
1993 WMP BC6 5MT EJ22T 9psi 3.9:1 213k 205/55R16
62.6 m/s @ 0.66 bar. Gotta love boost. :)
62.6 m/s @ 0.66 bar. Gotta love boost. :)
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I drove down to Oregon and got about 28 highway but usual is 23 to 24 mpg with a mix of city and highway (mostly city). It used to average between 21 to 22 but I replaced the fuel filter and switched to synthetic oil 5W-30. I try to stay around 2500 RPMs because my NA 4EAT seems to accelerate the best without sacrificing fuel economy.
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