no tanks under 40 MPG in a year

[stripey]

Originally Posted by twowheels

I've been wishing for that, but I'm consistently getting 37 - 39 with mixed driving, though mostly highway. I got 47 the other day, but I think the wind was in my favor because the best ever before that was 41. I've only got about 6000 miles on mine, so maybe it's partially just the tight new engine, but even on my frequent trips at 55 MPH on the open road I barely hit 40. Do you have a scanguage? I've been wondering if there might be a different speed where the engine is operating in a more efficient range... perhaps going 60 or 65 would be more efficient even w/ the greater wind resistance? (5 speed manual, 3 dr, 2009)

Oh heck I've just realised that you guys are all talking in US gallons and I'm not. Sorry! 40 mpg for you guys is 48 mpg in England!

So my 44 (English) gallons is about 36.6, which is my all-time average, though this year (since September) I have it up to 46 mpg (=38.3 mpUSG).

Better this year with a policy of slow acceleration and keeping it to a steady 55-60 on the motorway, also using brakes as little as possible, just slowing down with the engine. It might be possible to get 50 mpUSg but the car would get much less use to achieve that.