33mpg!!!!

[MSP #167]

Yea so last week i took a trip and all of it was on the highway and i calculated that i got 33mpg on the highway at a constant 75-80 mph the whole way. I tried to boost as little as i could and im very happy with the results.

Just felt like posting this up

Easy way to get your mpg is to fill up, set the trip and drive as much as you want then fill up again and see how much goes back in then divide the miles you drove by the amount of gas that went back in.

This will give you a good idea of where your at.

[yashooa]

Yea so last week i took a trip and all of it was on the highway and i calculated that i got 33mpg on the highway at a constant 75-80 mph the whole way. I tried to boost as little as i could and im very happy with the results.

Just felt like posting this up

Easy way to get your mpg is to fill up, set the trip and drive as much as you want then fill up again and see how much goes back in then divide the miles you drove by the amount of gas that went back in.

This will give you a good idea of where your at.
I have been skipping gears and accelerating slowly never going above 60 and I knocked out 37MPG :)
Is this fun? No, but I get 440 miles out of 12 gallons.

[MSP #167]

I have been skipping gears and accelerating slowly never going above 60 and I knocked out 37MPG :)
Is this fun? No, but I get 440 miles out of 12 gallons.

hmm....i never tried skipping gears. Doesn't that lugg the engine a good amount? Like going from 2nd to 4th?

[Spooled]

...and 200whp still on tap! Gotta love turbos (ie - variable displacement) ;)

[peepsalot]

I got 360miles out of 12.5 gallons on a long trip recently and that is about as good as I get mine. Recently I have been getting 240miles out of 13 gallons from driving in this fucking city. That's about 18.5mpg (omg) Best tank ever was 400 for 13 gallons, just over 30mpg.

[ChopstickHero]

labor day weekend i got 32.5mpg... :)

[mspeed101]

Im not sure what im averaging but I know im up there too!

[YuYuRena]

i avg about 30mpg on almost every tank I drive for about the past 3 months. The way I did is to accelerate smoothly, and no sudden stop and go pedal to the metal type driving... look ahead at traffic so i can coast as much as i can, fill up my tank when it's dead early in the morning so it's cold and i get more fuel for my $$ (fuel is denser when it's cold). and keep a constant gas pedal position the whole time. this gave me excellent mileage ever since i started to do this. of course i can step on the gas to get some fast acceleration thanks to our turbo.

[RenzoMSP]

On my trip i was averaging the same about 32mpg. It was nice. Now in the city I do like 300mile per tank.

[Brian MP5T]

Just Drive Normal and Fucking Pay... You might as well take the bus if you are short shifting all over to save a dime..

[toucci]

wtf... I drive at 70 mph on a trip and get 31.5 mpg :(

maybe it's because I reset the ecu a couple hundred miles ago. Any ideas?

[smithers_0990]

You all get a lot of miles per tank. I usually get 280 - 300 per tank. The best MPG that I EVER got was 28 and that was shifting at 2000 rpm every time.

I usually average 25mpg, and it dosent even matter how fast or slow I drive.

[BOOSTR]

Are you guys using the A/C full time and getting 30+MPG's? I cannot come close to that in my MSP in the summer.

[Brian MP5T]

Are you guys using the A/C full time and getting 30+MPG's? I cannot come close to that in my MSP in the summer.

Probably not if people are taking the effort to miss gears and roll up windows to max out MPG. It's common knowledge that A/C costs HP and Gas.

(uhm)

[Protege52003]

I got 360miles out of 12.5 gallons on a long trip recently and that is about as good as I get mine. Recently I have been getting 240miles out of 13 gallons from driving in this fucking city. That's about 18.5mpg (omg) Best tank ever was 400 for 13 gallons, just over 30mpg.

like me with my jetta......
i can get anywhere from high teens to lower 30's depending on my driving style......

i have been taking it easy with her and still average better than my P5!

-R

[MSPizzle]

hmm, ive had my car for almost 2 weeks and ive filled up 5 times....but im laying off the boosting a little bit. So its getting better....

yeah, i should be nice to the car. It only has 36000 miles on it though, so its ok

[jersey_emt]

Heh...I never really cared about gas mileage when I had my MSP. I averaged about 23 MPG.

One time I got 425 miles out of one tank (just curious on how far I could go on a full tank trying to squeeze the most out). 35MPG.

Worst tank I got just barely over 200 miles LOLOL

[Brian MP5T]

Fuck Gas! Drive, Pay, Whatever.

[peepsalot]

Worst tank I got just barely over 200 miles LOLOL
haha, makes me feel better about mine. worst so far is 240 yay!

[silverspeed03]

avg. 260 miles per tank

[mspHtown]

i average 240 miles per tank. i used to get around 280 but i am always boosting. i figure i bought the car to enjoy so lugging the engine and drivin like a poon is not for me.

[Leonardo]

how many gallons does our tank hold? Is it 14?

[MSP #167]

how many gallons does our tank hold? Is it 14?

14.5 gallons

[hazeXban]

I drive the speed like it should. I accelerate pretty hard from the line, pass alot on the highway, constantly downshifting to get into boost to play, i get about 24 mpg that way sometimes as low as 21. If I drive "normal" i get like 31mpg

[MSPizzle]

i cant seem to keep gas in my car. So today while it was in the shop, i had to drive around the moms car, haha, waste her gas....but it was an elantra, and i wanted to wear a bag on my head

[Brian MP5T]

Dude!

[PharmacyMSP]

Brian bought his P5 for the gas mileage and not for the fun.

To save on gas, I often ride my bike and keep a pic of my speed in my wallet just incase I have to mac on some shorties!

[Brian MP5T]

Yeah, Spend like $40,000 + on a car for fuel economy... :(