Pure City Driving MPG

[jayeh]

Hi Guys,

I'm curious what numbers other folks are getting for real life 100% downtown city driving? I'm talking full on 40-50kph (25-30mph), traffic lights every block, slowing down and speeding up to pass bikes, idling in traffic and NOT easy suburban type driving on 60-70kph open roads where you can actually coast a bit and time traffic lights and do other handy fuel economy things.

I usually get about 23 mpg city.

Anyone else get higher/lower?

[IllusionX]

I have a bit of a mix city driving with some 60-70kmh zones. With AC, I get about 7.5L/100km.

[bronsin]

Now that its summer Im getting 37.5 mpg on my ~6 mile commute to work.

Winter I get 32 mpg.

Only a mile or so is in the city.

I only go 30-35 mph in traffic where the speed limit is 45 mph and many cars go 60. To do that Ive installed radar and a special chip to the ECM that tracks other traffic and swerves my car in and out of traffic faster other human drivers can. It sees other cars and computes a course for my Yaris that will cause them to swerve into each other and explode in flames as they try to avoid me! It can compute the trajectories of 100 cars simultaneously!

Its a package from the same people who invented Iron Dome.

Its WAY better than a ScanGauge!

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by bronsin

I only go 30-35 mph in traffic where the speed limit is 45 mph and many cars go 60. To do that Ive installed radar and a special chip to the ECM that tracks other traffic and swerves my car in and out of traffic faster other human drivers can. It sees other cars and computes a course for my Yaris that will cause them to swerve into each other and explode in flames as they try to avoid me! It can compute the trajectories of 100 cars simultaneously!

Its a package from the same people who invented Iron Dome.

Its WAY better than a ScanGauge!

[jack black]

My kid in college drives her yaris mostly in city only. She isn't good at monitoring MPG, but when I did some calculations, it turns out 28 MPG. Big "improvement" compared to 25 MPG she was getting in her RIP corolla. This is AT, lots of AC use, slow speeds and short trips (5-7 miles).

But, the driving the OP describes is even worse than she is doing, so I thing 23 MPG is reasonable.

If you want good MPG in city, hybrid yaris (prius c) is the ticket.

[dj92]

constantly 6,1l/100km with many brutal accelerations ;)

[jayeh]

Originally Posted by dj92

constantly 6,1l/100km with many brutal accelerations ;)

I barely get that on the highway!

I wish they sold the 1.0 engine over here.

[SpeedyYaris]

:o my lowest tank was 24 and i stayed in the city... But while on the highway,, if you have the patience to drive 60-65, you will get in the mid 40s for mpg... amazing :D

[Kar98]

35 mpg, driving 17 miles clear across DFW, much of it stop and go highway, and some even slower stop and go city streets, but also sections of highway where I turn it up to eighty mph.

[WRX]

I get 26mpg city. I live in San Francisco. Tires all at 32psi. When I had tires at 28psi for a cushy ride my mpg was 23mpg. I am lowered on 15 konig feather rims tire size 185/55/15.

[jayeh]

Anyone keep track of their average speed on a scan gauge (or similar device)? My average speed per tank is only about 23-25mph. That explains the low mpg!

[albee213]

I know this doesn't really matter, but I do not think of that as speed but more like every hour the car is on its traveled 23-25 miles.

[vrait]

Nevermind haha

[Pokey]

I get 6.2l/100km with all city driving. Mostly 50km
38MPG US
45MPG Imperial

That's with 1.5L and manual

Drops significantly in winter, I think part of it is the winter tires, but part of it is that when it hits-30 and lower everything takes more energy. Including me

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by WRX

I get 26mpg city. I live in San Francisco. Tires all at 32psi. When I had tires at 28psi for a cushy ride my mpg was 23mpg. I am lowered on 15 konig feather rims tire size 185/55/15.

^^^^^ The most exasperating large city in the U.S. to drive and park in (IMO).....and I've driven in all of the 40 largest except Charlotte......and I'm a Bay Area native.

[BennyLava]

33 mpg for me in pure city driving. 2009 sedan, Royal purple oil, K&N air filter. Those are the only mods.

[bairjo]

I haven't checked it for a while, but I was getting a constant 33mpg city in my 2010. Got the same when I had my 08. Same driving habits I guess.

[jayeh]

Anyone track their average speed with a scan gauge?

From what everyone here is reporting there must be something terribly wrong with my car since I'm only getting 23-25mpg per tank, but I'm willing to bet that it's because everyone does far more suburban driving than I do. My average speed for the last tank was 24mph and I got 23mpg.