Mega Users seabass07 Posted June 25, 2012 Mega Users Share Posted June 25, 2012 OP, congrats on being a severely boring SOB. My mpg reads 17.4. I could get it much higher if I wanted to, but if that was my priority I would have bought a different car. If you have to concentrate your entire commute on keeping your mpg up, you bought the wrong car. This is equally as retarded as trying to get hp out of an N/A 2.5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaNu1142 Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 C&D brought a base Corvette and spanked the living hell out of the field. Some of the built and tuned rice would have cost a customer over $90k (combined- one check for the car, one check for the speed shop) and they couldn't touch the stock Vette. I don't think it was a complete shutout, one car may have beaten the Vette in one place (0-60, 1/4, skidpad, braking?) but nobody was even close for a lap. It was also the only car that hadn't voided its warranty. Yeah... but how many MPG did it get? Tits mcgee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BXR4T Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Every Evo and STI in the whole world??? Nope, just the extremely modified Evos and STis that thought they were hot stuff from the valley. They were all proven wrong by a Legacy wagon, and an automatic to boot. Doc's car is no joke and he is a pretty dang good driver as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred_Buchi Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Bad ass! I meant that with a happy face or something, definitely was just kidding. Must... Get... F1 VB mod... And then blow all my money on project fastwagon. Right now I'm stuck at project averagewagon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BXR4T Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Yeah, his car is tits, and sounds frickin beautiful when he drives past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Charlie Posted October 2, 2012 Author Share Posted October 2, 2012 It's been a good summer, FE wise. Eight more tanks in a row over 500 miles, the best one getting 34.77 mpg and the longest one going 563.7 miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_sharp Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 i bet you're getting passed by hondas and toyotas that are getting 34.78mpgs lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoplightAssassin Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Just stay the F out of the left lane hippie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucid Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 My 2.5i gets an average of 32mpg from most tanks. My obxt averages 17 mpg. One of them is a very enjoyable commuter. The other just gets good gas mileage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumblinaviator Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Just stay the F out of the left lane hippie. Absolutely. I have no problem with people getting excited over fuel economy, to each his own i suppose, but please don't hinder My attempt at enjoying My car. /rant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strizzy Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 What pressure are you running in your tires to get that mileage? My bad luck build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaloNHorns2002 Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Wow... lotsa hate on here... makes it hard to find the (tons of) useful information on this forum buried in all of it. Let the guy have fun with his car his way, you have fun with your car your way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaloNHorns2002 Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 And yes, I drive a grocery-getter 2.5i auto wagon. Flame me all you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTDogg MA Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 What are your driving techniques used to get that kind of mileage. I'm genuinely curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a93x Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 even driving like a hippie grandma I get 17mpg with 265whp....WTF torque impresses girrls, hp impresses flat-bills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InnocentGuns Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Also curious about how close you follow people, uphill slowing, tire pressure. taped off body lines, i bet the turbo never hits boost. or is incapable probably ate a rock chewed the impellers enough to let air by without restricting flow. Im just glad people who want mileage still know enough to buy efficient vehicles that always get good mpg not vehicles that need to be coasted in neutral with the engine off creating many hazards to themselves and others. Personally i get 22mpg. 65mi RT mostly highway at 68mph around 2400rpm. hmm maybe i can make a diverter for exhaust gases to pass by the turbo hmm. ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTDogg MA Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 even driving like a hippie grandma I get 17mpg with 265whp....WTF Something is wrong, or you're not driving like a typical grandma, or you're driving mostly city/traffic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a93x Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Something is wrong, or you're not driving like a typical grandma, or you're driving mostly city/traffic. LOL. Your right it is a mix of city and highway, but I've been trying hard to stay out of boost, not drive fast etc and it seems like this is the best i can come up with. torque impresses girrls, hp impresses flat-bills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_sharp Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Just give in to the dark side... it is more fun and puts a smile on your face every time. What does getting 25+ mpg do for you? Saves $2 every time you fill up. $2 doesn't make me smile unless I'm at a strip club. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeleodee Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Just give in to the dark side... it is more fun and puts a smile on your face every time. What does getting 25+ mpg do for you? Saves $2 every time you fill up. $2 doesn't make me smile unless I'm at Chippendales. Fixed. I can't imagine driving my car in such a docile manner just to save a few bucks at the pump. It would probably only equate to about $100-$200 a year which I'll happily spend to drive my car without my eyes on the gas guage all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Donated Too laff79 Posted October 3, 2012 I Donated Too Share Posted October 3, 2012 why is this thread still alive? kill it with fire nao! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panicrev Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 like many others said here before me, the op neglected to describe how he is getting the mpg other than change in tire size. i get 24 mpg in summer (85-100 temp), 22-23 in winter (15-40 temp) with rom raider tune (2-3 more lbs. boost) and stock tires. 70% highway at 75-80 mph. i know my cold start up map is way rich. i myself try to stay out of boost but when i am at a traffic light and i can't stand following others i get into it. i also get into it when on freeway on ramps. i would love to get the mpg the op is getting. i want to know what the op did modification wise to get that mpg besides the tires. tires alone will not make that much difference. anyone else agree?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Charlie Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 Sharp- I'd worry about not getting econobox mileage if I'd bought an econobox, which I didn't (would any of you part adders here get upset if you got shut down by a Ferrari?). There isn't a Honda or Toyota out there that can dance like an LGT and still be used to carry as much stuff, and there certainly isn't another car that would let me wave at Jeep drivers while passing them in blizzards. Strizzy- I've got slightly oversized Assurance Fuel Maxes at 40 psi (max sidewall is 50). BigTDogg- For the first 6 years I was in the turbo, clawing to make that one pass and shave a few seconds off my commute. On downhills and when there was no chance at all of making a pass I'd feather the throttle, trying to burn as little as possible without engine braking. I'd get 21-22 on most tanks. Last spring I started popping it into neutral on the downhills and my first partial tank of doing that got 27.5. My first full tank was 28.5. InnocentGuns- I don't quite see the hazards you're referring to. On the big highway I'm usually between 60 and 70, traffic and time depending. Drafting can be a help, but tailgating is stupid. During rush hour the big trucks tend to go a little more slowly anyway, so I'll go past- a smidgen higher on my mileage doesn't mean much if I'm late, you know? dr. sharp and joeleodee- My log shows that getting 30+ mpg has saved me over $2k in the last year and a half, but I haven't been talking about that because it's not about saving money. It's about getting performance out of the car when normally there's none to be had. When the highway is full and there's no room to move through traffic, I'm still working it and getting really good performance out of the car. You're right, panicrev. The tires aren't enough of a mod to get those numbers. Sometimes performance has to come from the driver, not from a catalog or a tuning shop. In the meantime, I'm just showing what someone can get out of this car. It's a great car and it can do a lot of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_sharp Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 15,000 miles per year $3.75/gallon @ 25mpg = $2250 @ 32mpg = $1758 By my math you'd be hard pressed to save more than $500/year. I think your tires are bigger than you realize and that you're not actually getting the mileage you claim. What size are they? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Charlie Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 Stock was 215/45/17, 819 revs per mile. Now I'm at 215/50/17, 792 revs per mile. The difference is 1.034 percent. Gallons don't change, but I take the odometer reading * 1.034 to get actual miles travelled. If the odometer says 500 miles and the pump says 16 gallons, that'd be 31.25 mpg for the week. Since the car actually went 517 miles for that 16 gallons, I log it as 32.31 mpg. I do about 25,000 miles a year, and since I've been logging mileage I've averaged paying $3.96 per gallon. I've been comparing it to the 19 mpg combined rating instead of the 22 that I was getting back when I wasn't working for mileage as seriously. Using 22 mpg as a baseline I've only saved a little under $1400 in the last year and a half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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