25 Mpg

[PetesSweets86]

16mpg I get with a lead food at every light :-D

 

[LEOV5]

Thanks pagluy and rainjacks for your responses, i will be driving from my home town of Pocatello, Idaho to Sacramento to spend the summer out there and am kind of curious to see what kind of numbers i will be able to get and compare with what a lot of you guys have been getting.

Don't expect anything to great once you get here. 91 octane is all you will find, unless you want race fuel.

 

[PetesSweets86]

race fuel? What color does it come in?

 

[jolinc01]

I've got everyone beat. My last tank got 9.3 MPG. I only drive 1 mile to work and 1 mile back, and the car would warm up for about 10 minutes. My damn car warms up really slow. I think my DCCV and stat are going on me.

 

[owlman]

Wow, how long do you go between tanks jolinc?

I get about 20 in mixed driving. Best tank 24 (mostly highway).

 

[LsUnV2]

is it normal to get about 16.7 mpg all the time...,,,?"? oh and i drive about 100mph all the time thanks to radar detector.. all highway

 

[oandtmaster]

when i get in a gas conserving mood, i drive 55mph for the 45 mile drive to work. i've had a best of 33.3 mpg right after filling up for about 30 miles till i get off the high way. but by the time i get home its down to 26. but if i drive normally (75-80) i get in the low 20's

 

[jolinc01]

Wow, how long do you go between tanks jolinc?

I get about 20 in mixed driving. Best tank 24 (mostly highway).

It was about 2.5 months. I just filled it up today actually. It does alot better when the wife takes it to work a few times a week. I usually get around 18 when she takes it.

 

[BrklynExpress]

I've hit 31 mpg. hvac off, @ 57 mph

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

On highway, my 02 V8 gets about 23 ish, right now though, I drive like an idiot in city burbs and getting at best, right now 16, usually only get about 13 though..

This

 

[Hootowl]

I hit 26 on a trip to toledo in my v8. 25 is average.

This is right on with what my 06 LS (V8) gets according to the MPG computer. If anything, I get a notch greater. Tires, load, engine tune, lubricant condition, speed, weather, geography and elevation can really play havoc though with making blanket assumptions on what the MPG should be.

BTW... I think that the computer on my LS is biased to read low although I have been too lazy to verify this with a calculator. I have though checked out the MPG computer on a Nissan and it was definately biased to read low. My guess is that there is a bias built into the algorithim that gives more weighting to low instantaneous MPG numbers (such as up hill or idling at a stop light) than to higher numbers (such as down hill).

 

[owlman]

Mine always seems to be biased to read high (also 06). Every time I do the real calculation it's 1/2 to 1 mpg lower than what the computer claims!

 

[Right on the Mark]

Just an update. Did a 75% city 25% highway test and came out to 16 MPG. Man I hate being in the 10's. Our Woo is in the 20's all the time no matter what. But I like the luxury of the LS.

 

[Ls208]

Just took a trip to salt lake this weekend from my home in pocatello and got up to about 23, pretty satisfied with that considering a big majority of the drive is up and down mountains