Real Bad Gas Mileage!
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cruzdreamer
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Hoping...
I am thinking it just needs some breaking in.....In the beginnning I had 12-13mpg when I bought my automatic RX 8 and it was stated to get 18 mpg. After about 5000 miles it was getting 15 mpg then after that it started getting 17.5 mpg consistently. Now I am finally getting 19 mpg after 2 years and 8 months and 36,000 miles. Now it is a rotary engine and I had a guy once tell me(a rotor head) it would be about 24,000 miles before I'd get the best gas mileage. He was right! Also, my car weighs around 3000-3200 lbs. Maybe the turbo needs time like the rotary??? Gosh, I hope so...I don't want 12-13 mpg when I get mine. Please continue to post gas mileage figures. Thanks!
I am thinking it just needs some breaking in.....In the beginnning I had 12-13mpg when I bought my automatic RX 8 and it was stated to get 18 mpg. After about 5000 miles it was getting 15 mpg then after that it started getting 17.5 mpg consistently. Now I am finally getting 19 mpg after 2 years and 8 months and 36,000 miles. Now it is a rotary engine and I had a guy once tell me(a rotor head) it would be about 24,000 miles before I'd get the best gas mileage. He was right! Also, my car weighs around 3000-3200 lbs. Maybe the turbo needs time like the rotary??? Gosh, I hope so...I don't want 12-13 mpg when I get mine. Please continue to post gas mileage figures. Thanks!
cruzdreamer
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Lord_Zath said:
My RX 8 was like that too...I was scared to go fast....needle would drop....after 3000 miles that stopped! whew.
spike blue
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Z_Monzter said:
im agree with you!! I had an msp before that one has the worst milleage gas but i knew that if i get the cx-7 it will be the same or worst but either way i love this SUV and that for me matters!!! and yeah stop complaing enjoy your SUV !!!
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Gas mileage is what I expected. CX-7 is rated 22 mpg/city in Canada, which is 18 mpg/city US. I expected to get 18-19 (15-16 US), maybe less if I get heavy footed. EPA ratings are useless. They calculate city mileage at an average speed of 33 km/h (20 mph) and highway gas mileage at an average of 77 km/h(48 mph). Who the hell drives at those speeds? My Mazda's usually get pretty good mileage on the highway, but with my heavy foot around town its hard to expect much. I only get 25-26 (21-22 US) mpg around town in our Mazda 3, its supposed to get 31 city and 41 highway. I knew the mileage would be mediocre at best in the CX-7, its worth it for the smile it puts on my face. Can't wait to drive it in the snow.
G-Papi said:
I had a chance to drive a Murano for a weekend last summer. I didn't do any actual calculations, but it seemed like the gas guage dropped like a stone. I was left with the impression that it got FAR less than its rated gas mileage. And I REALLY hated the CVT transmission, I just can't get used to it.
G-Papi said:
Her's was a fuel pump issue. so you can add that to a new issue. So many problems with new cars... Her tribute was like that when she first bought it. It, like this one, was the first release, so I would expect a few recalls.
I'm getting 15 - 16 mpg in all city driving, a/c on all the time. I don't race at every stoplight but I ain't babying it, either. I thought that's pretty low but seeing people get 12-13 mpg puts things into perspective. My Mazda6 V6 got 17-18 mpg city but of course, it was lighter, FWD and had less power.
I've also gotten 19 mpg on a tank of about 25% highway and 75% city driving. The mileage is not great, but then CX-7 is what it is - a 2-ton AWD SUV. Like others said, if you want good mileage, buy a Yaris or something.
I've also gotten 19 mpg on a tank of about 25% highway and 75% city driving. The mileage is not great, but then CX-7 is what it is - a 2-ton AWD SUV. Like others said, if you want good mileage, buy a Yaris or something.
can it get ant worse(enguard)cx-7heaven
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Hmmm, I'm seeing 20.xxx with 50 miles a day of highway and usually one or two 50 mile trips in the city. I usually get 320ish miles out of a tank 2000 miles on the car.
Here's mine. Maybe the AWD saps the mileage?
Got back from our road trip up the California coast on the weekend. These are mostly highway driving with 60 to 78 cruzing speed. Our pace was a comfortable medium drive with no hard acceleration (yet)
Tank # 5 80 highway / 20 city 22.7 MPG
Tank # 6 85 highway / 15 city 24.2 MPG
Tank # 7 80 highway/ 20 city 22.5 MPG 7/06/06
Tank # 8 60 highway/ 40 city 22.3 MPG 7/11/06 2,180 mi
Tank #10 40 highway/ 60 city 21.3 MPG 7/30/06 2,900 mi
Tank #11 40 highway/ 60 city 20.4 MPG 8/05/06 3,270 mi
Tank #12 40 highway/ 60 city 21.8 MPG 8/12/06 3,570 mi
Mine is FWD GT
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Got back from our road trip up the California coast on the weekend. These are mostly highway driving with 60 to 78 cruzing speed. Our pace was a comfortable medium drive with no hard acceleration (yet)
Tank # 5 80 highway / 20 city 22.7 MPG
Tank # 6 85 highway / 15 city 24.2 MPG
Tank # 7 80 highway/ 20 city 22.5 MPG 7/06/06
Tank # 8 60 highway/ 40 city 22.3 MPG 7/11/06 2,180 mi
Tank #10 40 highway/ 60 city 21.3 MPG 7/30/06 2,900 mi
Tank #11 40 highway/ 60 city 20.4 MPG 8/05/06 3,270 mi
Tank #12 40 highway/ 60 city 21.8 MPG 8/12/06 3,570 mi
Mine is FWD GT
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chasmanz28
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Im over 20 highway and 16 city, X is a AWD only has around 300 miles on her and i know better mileage to come when she's broken intdf2001 said:
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