Hello all,
So I've had the cx-5 for a 1.5 months now. The mpg hasn't gotten any better. The last time I filled up it was 19.9 mpg. Believe me, I've been taking easy on it and my wife also drives very slow. Yes, it does drive in local traffic half of the time but I've seen people posting even with local they are getting much better mpg than me. With that being said, I noticed a few weird things recently. It's not "too consistent" but I have noticed it happening. Keep in mind, I had multiple manual transmission cars in the past so I know all about rpm, when it shifts yadda yadda. Today, driving home, I was about to exit the highway, it was going at about 55 mph and the rpm was at 3,000 rpm (so I guess it's probably on 4 or 5th gear). I let go of my foot from the gas pedal COMPLETELY so it can coast a bit before I brake and exit but for a good "I would say 2 or 3 seconds" the rpm was at 3,000 rpm. For ANY AUTOMATIC, it should of up shifted to 5th or 6th so it dropped it back to 2,000 rpm or so to save gas. Other than today, I've noticed in the past too that when I get my foot of the gas, the RPM hangs for a bit before it up shifts. Now, if it does this often, this may explain "one of the reason" why I use more gas than others even when I've been trying to break it in and driving like a grandma.
Is that how the automatic is? Or it's a bit unusual that I noticed the rpm hangs around before it up shifts? Perhaps cx-5 automatic has rev-matching???
The last few days I've been going in and out of highway and the avg mpg has been pretty much stuck at 21+ no matter how I drive (fast or slow).
Thanks...
So I've had the cx-5 for a 1.5 months now. The mpg hasn't gotten any better. The last time I filled up it was 19.9 mpg. Believe me, I've been taking easy on it and my wife also drives very slow. Yes, it does drive in local traffic half of the time but I've seen people posting even with local they are getting much better mpg than me. With that being said, I noticed a few weird things recently. It's not "too consistent" but I have noticed it happening. Keep in mind, I had multiple manual transmission cars in the past so I know all about rpm, when it shifts yadda yadda. Today, driving home, I was about to exit the highway, it was going at about 55 mph and the rpm was at 3,000 rpm (so I guess it's probably on 4 or 5th gear). I let go of my foot from the gas pedal COMPLETELY so it can coast a bit before I brake and exit but for a good "I would say 2 or 3 seconds" the rpm was at 3,000 rpm. For ANY AUTOMATIC, it should of up shifted to 5th or 6th so it dropped it back to 2,000 rpm or so to save gas. Other than today, I've noticed in the past too that when I get my foot of the gas, the RPM hangs for a bit before it up shifts. Now, if it does this often, this may explain "one of the reason" why I use more gas than others even when I've been trying to break it in and driving like a grandma.
Is that how the automatic is? Or it's a bit unusual that I noticed the rpm hangs around before it up shifts? Perhaps cx-5 automatic has rev-matching???
The last few days I've been going in and out of highway and the avg mpg has been pretty much stuck at 21+ no matter how I drive (fast or slow).
Thanks...
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