[DTRAIN619]

Gloating can be a good thing.

[samburger]

30 on first tank, combo driving ,80mph on freeway

[eggie]

After changing from 19's to 16's. Changing the oil, cleaning the filter and changing the plugs, I got 31.35.

That is probably my best tank ever. I have always had 18's on the car. Drove it off the lot with them as part of the deal.

[buckwheat]

I dont like to brag either buuut, heh heh

Continously on average I get about 33 city and 38 highway. Highest ever was 40mpg. Although I will say I don't drive like most people. Odds are you will pass me everywhere except a red light. I time all the lights so I don't have to stop. I never get into the gas on acceleration, and whenever possible I try to keep the engine below 2000 rpms which in my Gen1 is about 40-45mph.

I live in a rural area downstate from Chicago, Il, so slower speeds are more common than city driving. However my highest ratings were in Chicago and Chicagoland : 33mpg on the north side of the city and 40mpg in the western suburbs. For this trip I ran my ac and had a power inverter running my computer.

I think driving habits are the key. I always remeber the old saying "how fast can you afford to drive?" I like driving fast but I can't afford it, otherwise I would have bought a Dodge Charger.

2006 1st Gen Xb
bought it new in mid 2007
stock tires
automatic trans

[nherweck]

I get 24-28 city only driving. I get about 30-32 when I do 60% freeway 40% city (school schedule).

[drscion]

im gettin 26 mostly 0-50mph in the city rough but lot of straight roads to accel.

so a little off topic but i got a 06.5 goin back to school and driving is mostly short drives like 2 or 3 miles. wonderin if anyone knows bout synthetic and conventional oil? plus and minus's... let me know does it improve performance at all? any info please.

[Miroresh]

How do you guys calculate real MPG?

[awdwill]

25 mpg in city

[bB626]

Originally Posted by Miroresh

How do you guys calculate real MPG?

firstly, reset your trip meter after you fill in the gas. when its time for the next fill up, fill up the gas. after that, see how many gallons it took to fill up, then look at your trip meter to see how much you went. then take the number of miles then divide the number of gallons. that will gives you the mpg. example, you went 320 miles and it took 10 gallons to fill up. so, 320/10 = 32mpg. hope that helps.

well, i have broken my mpg record. i got 38mpg while going to Sacramento. i went 365.8 miles and filled up 9.633 gallons. that comes up 37.97. rounded that off then i got 38 mpg.

[Miroresh]

I calculated mine today, from full to 1/2 tank i did exactly 180.0 miles with 6.875 gallons.

That gives me 26.181818 MPG. How are you getting high 30's or even past 30MPG?

Granted, i did a lot of city driving this week and it was extremely hot in Miami, so had to blast the AC.

[cherry_8]

I just drove to the beach and back -- highway and traffic -- in my 06. I got 34 when I filled it at the shore, after running 29 in with the previous tank in town. It's been hot, so the A/C's been on. When it gets cooler in town, the mileage goes up in the low 30's.

I've been meaning to take the box out with a friend with GPS and set the Scanguage so it reads the speed correctly. Some folks adjust 3 percent or so for the U.S. tire size.

The best mileage I ever got was about 37 driving SAG support for a bicycle club century. Spent the day cruising at about 30 to 40 mph in 4th gear.

Cheers,

M

[bB626]

Originally Posted by Miroresh

I calculated mine today, from full to 1/2 tank i did exactly 180.0 miles with 6.875 gallons.

That gives me 26.181818 MPG. How are you getting high 30's or even past 30MPG?

Granted, i did a lot of city driving this week and it was extremely hot in Miami, so had to blast the AC.

to get 30+ mpg, one of the things you can do is to try not to pass 3k rpm when driving...

[Miroresh]

^-- Yup, I'm trying that my next fill up. I'll post up the results.

[ChumleyEX]

Man I get about 19-22 mpg in the city. I bought this thing for better gas mileage.. It has stock wheels and a light crank pully.

[SGXbox]

went to sd for the labor day weekend and got around 31.5 mpg going 80mph the whole way, this is with 4 passangers(including me), sub box, ac on the whole way(2 hr drive) and their overnight bags (they were girls so dont underestimate the weight haha)

[j3st3r]

27-30 here with 18" wheels

[pixiedixie862]

My best tank so far has been 37 mpg but i currently get about 32-33 mpg. Dont do much highway driving either... its mostly city driving.

[Miroresh]

Woohoo! My first victory! I FINALLY broke the EPA, not by much but I did it with basic cheap mods and just adjusting my driving style a bit.

When i first got my Box it was doing 26.18 then i changed the plugs and the airfilter and it bumped it to 28.55 and today when i did the new reading after just adding a can of STP engine cleaner, i clocked at 31.16! (I know, its not HUGE but i'm happy to break 30MPG which is what i wanted).

[15yroldSciontist]

I have the sportmax 962s with staggered with 9.5's in the back and 8.5's in the front. with my new custom catback exhaust dosn't help either but im showing like 22mpg.

HELP!!!!!

[xB1Kenobi]

Originally Posted by fritzmoser

I get about 33mpg with my '06. It's all highway miles. Has anyone found any add on's (besides cool air intake) to help mpg?

I avg 33-35 mpg. I have larger wheels, 17x7 with 215/40s on them. I noticed the mileage went down a bit after the wheel upgrade, but I thinks thats due to more accurate odo readings combined with wheel revolutions.

If your looking for better mileage, buy a K&N drop in. It should increase your MPG by 30 miles per tank if your driving habits remain the same.