Gas mileage question

[Phratt]

Hi everyone,

I'll just add my 2 cents to this thread...

I own a CX-5 - 6Mt - FWD.
Had about 5500Km (about 3400 Miles) on the ODO before the trip.

Filled up the gas tank in Plattsburgh, reset all the counters, got on I-87 - destination : New Jersey. Did some sight seeing with the car in Jersey. Filled the tank and headed back to Plattsburgh where I filled the tank back up. There is a difference of 0.2 L/100Km between the car computer and my own calculations. So I give you my numbers, not the car computer's.

1412 Km's later (877 miles)
90.5 Liters of gas later (23.90 US Gallons)

• 6.4 L/100Km (36.75 Miles/US Gal. - 44.14 Miles/UK Gal.)
  
• Cruise control set at 68 miles per hour (except construction zones and tolls)
• A/C on medium
• Lots of luggage for the family

Before the trip - first 5500Km - 80% city/20% highway driving :
7.4L/100Km (31.79 Miles/US Gal. - 38.17 Miles/UK Gal.)

 

[TheLoudHorn]

Now, my consumption: FWD - 7.2l/100km. 70% city + 30% Hyw

Pretty close to the same as me, I am at 7.7/100km. AWD 2.0 Man. I do like to floor it in 2.gear some times and have some fun on winding roads, so that costs clearly. Still only on 1200km so expecting it to go further down.

 

[Mannix143]

for the past 2 days, i got 17-18mpg. all in the city(NY), a lot of stop and go. We have a Touring FWD. Travelling to NJ on the Freeway we get about 33-35mpg.

 

[twrecks]

Nevermind those numbers I put up, they were mostly on the highway and they dipped down as I drove more and more to around 25.6 that is what i currently see on the display. At the time I put that up I did not even have 100 miles on the car.

Same here... When almost new I got 27MPG on the highway (same time of year as now) but after a year an 10K mi the best I can get is 25MPG, same road, same speed. Neither is approaching the 31MPG rating. I even pulled off the roof bars to see if it mattered. It didn't.

Tim

 

[GTScott]

300 miles on the clock of my 2017 GT AWD. Rolling hills. Averaging 26 on this first tank.

 

[Kaps]

Same here... When almost new I got 27MPG on the highway (same time of year as now) but after a year an 10K mi the best I can get is 25MPG, same road, same speed. Neither is approaching the 31MPG rating. I even pulled off the roof bars to see if it mattered. It didn't.

Tim

At this rate you will get negative mpg after 130k miles. -1 mpg. So you will go back 1 mile after consuming a gallon. Better sell it.