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Averaging 21.6 MPG good?

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Old 11-06-2010, 12:27 PM
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Averaging 21.6 MPG good?

Hey guys I've had the G for 4 days now and I'm averaging 21.6 MPGs I do about 70% highway and 30 city its a 07 G Coupe 6MT I was wondering if this is good or bad? I searched but couldn't find much on 6MTs out there.
 

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That's not that good... but not bad either. With 70% highway, I would expect it to be a bit higher for you.

I usually get about 22 to 23.7 MPG doing about 60% backroads driving and 40% highway. If I do all highway driving, it's like 24.5-26 MPG.

It all depends on how hard you drive the car, assuming you have it tuned up nicely and your tire pressure is to spec.
 
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Thats about average.
 
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Car is bone stock I've had it for about 4 days I have been driving it kinda hard lol its new streets I shift about 4K highway I do about 80-90 usually. And I do live in LA highway I would say out of the 4 days 2 I hit traffic for about 10 mins each time. I will be getting a exhaust and intake very soon. I thinking about a pop charger with HKS replica and test pipes. The cars warranty is almost up and I have got the mod bug already. I just want to get a feel of the car before I do anything major. Thank you for the quick responses guys. Any good advice on the mod picks? In the future I will be getting a 5/16" spacer, headers, and I don't know yet if I can maybe a SC. The SC is the last mod for now before that I will be getting some exterior stuff done.
 
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well too me thats the problem driving 80-90 drop it to 60-65 thats what i do and i shift around $edit$ 2500 to 3500
 
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That's really good compared to the 16 combined mpg I get lol.
 
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With my 05 sedan I remember I use to get 14-16 maybe sometimes if I was lucky I would get 18 that's with a lot of highway driving, only mod on that car was the K&N filter and it was a auto.
 
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Well if you drive 80-90 MPH, then that's pretty good then combined with aggressive back-roads driving.
 
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Old 11-06-2010, 04:18 PM
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I've got an 06 6MT. Get 18-19 around town, 23-24 mixed. So I'd say you're doing okay. The car seems to respond well to smooth driving....in other words, drive it hard and you see a real noticeable drop in mileage....drive it nice and it pays you back. Its a hard car to drive nice...
 
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Very hard to drive nicely specially with the exhaust tone in the back in the 3 days I've had car I've only had the cars radio once lol.
 
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im doin bout 60% hwy drivin and i avg bout 340-350 per tank.
 
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im doin bout 60% hwy drivin and i avg bout 340-350 per tank.
^Me too.
 
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and thats just messin around sometimes but no drifting or dragging......lol
 
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I get around 300miles / 500km a tank around mixed driving.
 
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i'm lucky to get 500 to a tank, but lots of my drives are short - like less then 10 K, and i usually let her warm up for 1 minute before any drive.

i've been having some fun too
 


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