godwhomismike Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 Hey folks, I got back late last night from a little family get together. I drove my Legacy GT Limited from Staten Island, NY, to Philly, Pa to Lancaster, Pa. Friday night. The ride is extremely comfortable and I was very pleased. All the interior features work great, and this car is beautiful inside it at night. The Good: Comfort is excellent. The car is always very smooth. The car has pick up like an animal. I couldn't resist the urge a few times and took the car beyond 4000 rpm - oh well. The manual mode in sport mode is fun and will go right to red line. Another thing is the power this car has - it has loads of it, and I have had the tires chirp a few times, once or twice when the car was in motion. I have 565 miles on the car and haven't noticed anything wrong with it, this car is simply amazing. The Bad: When you have your driver's window open, I hear this whistling sound like a boiling teakettle - it is a little annoying. 565 miles on the odometer, almost all of it highway driving, and I have only averaged 20.1 mpg up to this point. I purchased the car with only 9 miles on it, and it came with a full tank of gas, I already have spent $45 in gas in the first 565 miles, and right now she has less than 3/4 of a tank. The Ugly: Having hundreds of bugs splat all over your mirrors, front bumper, and windshield, and your windshield wipers unable to get a bunch of them off. Another ugly thing is the foot impression I already have on the floor mat in front of my gas pedal. All in all, the car is excellent. I am very pleased with this car, and right now looking forward to the next road trip. - Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
05LegacyGT330Ci Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 Congrats on the car I'm glad you enjoyed it I just put 1300 miles on the car this weekend and the car was brillant and did all it needed to do. The gas mileage still sucks but oh well. If you go slow enough you can get good gas mileage, around 70-73 mph, but I tend to average about 80 to a little above and the car gets not that great of gas mileage at those speeds. So speeds depends a lot on gas mileage specifacally in this car with the turbo an all. '05 Black Legacy GT Wagon 5-spd '02 Topaz/Black 330Ci 5-spd Drift Ryder's School of Rally Arts, coming to an Australia near you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godwhomismike Posted September 7, 2004 Author Share Posted September 7, 2004 [quote name='05LegacyGT330Ci']Congrats on the car I'm glad you enjoyed it I just put 1300 miles on the car this weekend and the car was brillant and did all it needed to do. The gas mileage still sucks but oh well. If you go slow enough you can get good gas mileage, around 70-73 mph, but I tend to average about 80 to a little above and the car gets not that great of gas mileage at those speeds. So speeds depends a lot on gas mileage specifacally in this car with the turbo an all.[/quote] I guess I shouldn't complain, I should think about those RX-8 owners getting 13 mpg. :roll: - Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssaldana Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 Congrats on your new ride. Your high revs are likely contributing to your low 20 miles to the gallon. I average around 23 MPG per fill up, half hwy and half city. Regardless, the MPG is still low, although I would prefer the AWD advantage over other more efficient R/FWD cars. You may want to consider purchasing the all weather rubber floor mats. They trap dirt really well and add to the asthetic appeal of the interior. Glad to hear you're enjoying your break-in! Did you visit the premium outlets in lancaster? There are some great prices over there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godwhomismike Posted September 7, 2004 Author Share Posted September 7, 2004 After 565 miles, I have gotten used to the spoiler, and it doesn't bother me anymore. I had two experiences where I forgot to disengage the emergency brake - with all the warning chimes this car has, you'd think it would warn you of not disengaging the emergency brake. :roll: - Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-2.5-GT Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 its an auto...why are you using the e-brake? maybe on a very steep hill, but otherwise you shouldn't bother...the car isn't going to roll in park... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Throttlejockey Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 [quote name='godwhomismike']Hey folks, . The Bad: When you have your driver's window open, I hear this whistling sound like a boiling teakettle - it is a little annoying. - Mike[/quote] Read this post, I fixed my whistle. [url]http://www.legacygt.com/viewtopic.php?t=1934&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Capacity Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 Thanks for hooking him up with my post about the wind noise. 305,600miles 5/2012 ej257 short block, 8/2011 installed VF52 turbo, @20.8psi, 280whp, 300ftlbs. (SOLD). CHECK your oil, these cars use it. Engine Build - Click Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
05LegacyGT330Ci Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 [quote name='D-2.5-GT']its an auto...why are you using the e-brake? maybe on a very steep hill, but otherwise you shouldn't bother...the car isn't going to roll in park...[/quote] Unless you want the load of the car being held by the transmission even with an auto the E-brake should always be used but laziness has made this practice nearly absolete now. '05 Black Legacy GT Wagon 5-spd '02 Topaz/Black 330Ci 5-spd Drift Ryder's School of Rally Arts, coming to an Australia near you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godwhomismike Posted September 7, 2004 Author Share Posted September 7, 2004 [quote name='05LegacyGT330Ci'][quote name='D-2.5-GT']its an auto...why are you using the e-brake? maybe on a very steep hill, but otherwise you shouldn't bother...the car isn't going to roll in park...[/quote] Unless you want the load of the car being held by the transmission even with an auto the E-brake should always be used but laziness has made this practice nearly absolete now.[/quote] I always use the E-brake when I park, which is why is amazed me that I forgot to disengage it on 3 occasions this past weekend. Oh btw... thanks for posting how to fix the whistling sound. Someone said my poor gas mileage is due to me driving very hard, I could count on one maybe two hands tops the amount of times when I got on it for a very brief amount one time – maybe 10 second spurts at most. Most of my driving was cruising between 70-75 mph highway driving, occasionally going up to 80 and down to 60 to vary the revs. - Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JessterCPA Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 The gas mileage shoots up right at about 1500 miles. I was getting 19-20mpg, now I get 24-25mpg. I drive the same, still a little heavy on the pedal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeGT Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 For my all highway roadtrip this weekend (380 miles each way) going thru eastern TN (w/ the mountains and everything on I-75), I averaged 26.5 ish mpg. I was going 70-80 (tons of cops out) driving with my cruise control, and had around 900 miles on the car. My old wimpy I-4 Cougar would get only a little more (maybe 27-28ish), though it does only need regular gas. On the other hand, climbing up the hills/mountain required the Cougar had to downshift just to maintain speed, but the GT had absolutely no problem accelerating uphill in 5th! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldog1330 Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 Now that I have about 1500 miles on my car, I'm averaging about 25-26ish mpg both city and highway, and thats with some spirited driving on the backroads connecting the highways to and from work :D . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Th3Franz Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 When I drove 100 miles on the highway home last night, my average MPG according to the computer was 29.1! This is on a stock Legacy GT sedan, 5MT. 29.1 MPG is pretty good, and I was heavy on the throttle even when merging onto different roads. -Franz The end of a Legacy http://www.youtube.com/th3franz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deer Killer Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 I got the instantaneous down to 1.0MPG in first gear :) I'm sure it can go lower but it took a good amount of trying. ~1.5 mostly. :D:D:D Really though, after breakin my MPG dropped to about 18 :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
05LegacyGT330Ci Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 Th3Franz I would check your mileage when you fill up though the computer can be very accurate to inaccurate I've noticed through my own testing of MPG against the computer, it has been low .5 to high 2 MPG. '05 Black Legacy GT Wagon 5-spd '02 Topaz/Black 330Ci 5-spd Drift Ryder's School of Rally Arts, coming to an Australia near you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drift Monkey Posted September 7, 2004 Share Posted September 7, 2004 I'm avg 21.0 right now...I don't see how though....:twisted: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
450Thumper Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 I drove my car 800 miles two weekends ago and averaged 23 mpg. Commuting on the highway 80%, and driving in town 20%, I am averaging 21 mpg. I wish I could get the same mileage that you guys are finding. My only complaint on a long ride was that the seats are not very comfortable when sitting several hours at a time. Also, as mentioned above... it can be a challenge getting the bugs out of the fog light molding. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Th3Franz Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 I've been doing more city driving (no pure highway) and it's dropped to 26 MPG. over 200 miles on this fill-up, and it's right around half a tank of gas remaining.. -Franz The end of a Legacy http://www.youtube.com/th3franz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lubeman Posted September 11, 2004 Share Posted September 11, 2004 I broke my car in with a 1200-mile trip from Washington DC to Cincinnati and averaged 27.9 mpg for the whole trip. I think the biggest difference was that I was very gentle with it around town (shifted at 3500 rpm or so). I also put it in neutral for most of the hills in VA, but I doubt that made a ton of difference. My biggest complaint with the car so far has been the radio reception. My 1991 Accord got much better reception, which is kind of embarassing. I noticed the wind noise with the window down too - I'll have to try that fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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